—  SPECIALTY CONFERENCE HANDOUT  —

Gynecologic Pathology
Monday, February 28, 2011, 7:30 PM
CC 103 A/B





Clinical histories are printed below.
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Two Debates in Gynecologic Pathology
Moderator: RICHARD ZAINO
Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA
Disclosure: In accordance with ACCME guidelines regarding disclosure, the USCAP policy requires that faculty members who have a significant financial or other relationship with a commercial company, entity, or service (which will be discussed in this Symposium) must disclose this to attendees. The Academy also requires that speakers disclose any products that are not labeled for the use under discussion. The speakers listed below have indicated they have nothing to disclose.
Panelists: Case #1: CIN ll Exists
Pro: Christopher Crum, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Con: Mark Stoler, UVA Health System, Charlottesville, VA

Case #2: Once Low Grade Serous Tumors Have Been Eliminated, Serous LMP Tumors Are Benign
Pro: Robert Kurman, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Con: Robert Soslow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY



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Case 1 CIN II Exists – Pro - Click here for Text and References

Submitted by: Christopher P. Crum -

Clinical Summary:

Three cases (8 images) of cervical specimens are supplied for your review. Review each set of images in each case and grade the lesion in each of the images. Then, give your diagnosis for the case. Each image and case will be discussed at the session, which will focus on the existence (or non-existence) of CIN2.


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Case 1 CIN II Exists – Con - Click here for Text and References

Submitted by: Mark H. Stoler -

Clinical Summary:

28 year old woman with a history of recurrent cervical dysplasia, who’s most recent cervical vaginal cytology was interpreted as HSIL (moderate dysplasia). This scanned slide and jpeg images provided for your review are from a subsequent simple hysterectomy.


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Case 2 Once Low Grade Serous Tumors Have Been Eliminated, Serous LMP Tumors are Benign – Pro - Click here for Text and References

Submitted by: Robert J. Kurman -

Clinical History:

A 34 year old woman was found to have a pelvic mass and a serum CA-125 of 800. A TAH, BSO, and omentectomy were performed. A virtual slide of the 5 cm diameter right ovary is provided for your review as well as images of the ovary and omentum.


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Case 2 Once Low Grade Serous Tumors Have Been Eliminated, Serous LMP Tumors are Benign – Con - Click here for Text and References

Submitted by: Robert A. Soslow -

Clinical Summary:

The patient is 45 years old and reported abdominal fullness. Physical examination revealed large pelvic masses that were thought to represent bilateral adnexal masses on ultrasound. Serum CA125 was elevated. Exploratory laparotomy revealed bilateral adnexal masses and implants involving uterine serosa, cul de sac and omentum. Frozen section revealed serous borderline tumor. The patient underwent staging and debulking surgery that included TAHBSO, omentectomy and lymphadenectomy.


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