Diseases

Adenocarcinoma in Situ

A lesion with cytological characteristics associated with invasive adenocarcinoma but the tumor cells are confined to the GLANDULAR EPITHELIAL CELLS of origin. Adenocarcinoma in situ of the CERVIX and the LUNG are the most common.

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Abstract

A lesion with cytological characteristics associated with invasive adenocarcinoma but the tumor cells are confined to the GLANDULAR EPITHELIAL CELLS of origin. Adenocarcinoma in situ of the CERVIX and the LUNG are the most common.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Adenocarcinoma, Intraepithelial
  • Adenocarcinoma, Preinvasive
  • Adenocarcinoma in Situs
  • Adenocarcinomas, Intraepithelial
  • Adenocarcinomas, Preinvasive
  • Intraepithelial Adenocarcinoma
  • Intraepithelial Adenocarcinomas
  • Preinvasive Adenocarcinoma
  • Preinvasive Adenocarcinomas
  • Situ, Adenocarcinoma in
  • in Situ, Adenocarcinoma

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38 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2015

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Previous Indexing

  • Carcinoma in Situ (1972-2014)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Adenocarcinoma in Situ. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D065311. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D065311
  2. Adenocarcinoma in Situ. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18556562