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Benign Lesions of the Cervix

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Pathology of the Cervix

Part of the book series: Essentials of Diagnostic Gynecological Pathology ((EDGP,volume 3))

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A wide range of infections and other inflammatory disorders can involve the cervix. These can represent local cervical pathology or be a manifestation of systemic disease, for example vasculitis. Benign tumors and tumor-like lesions also occur in the cervix and form part of the differential diagnosis of intraepithelial, and sometimes invasive, lesions: recognition of their appearances is therefore important, particularly in the context of cervical screening programs. They can be subdivided into epithelial and mesenchymal lesions, with the epithelial lesions being further divided into squamous and glandular categories. This chapter focuses on benign squamous and glandular lesions and infections; neoplastic squamous and glandular lesions, mesenchymal lesions, and other cervical neoplasms are considered in other chapters.

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Herrington, C.S. (2017). Benign Lesions of the Cervix. In: Herrington, C. (eds) Pathology of the Cervix. Essentials of Diagnostic Gynecological Pathology, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51257-0_5

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