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. 2023 May 5;482(6):935–966. doi: 10.1007/s00428-023-03552-3
Clinical/Surgical Macroscopic Microscopic
Specimen(s) submitted

Specimen dimensions

• Loops/cones:

• Number of tissue pieces

• Transverse and anteroposterior diameters of ectocervix; Length

• Trachelectomy or Radical Hysterectomy:

• Weight and size

• Length of the cervix

• Vaginal cuff: Minimum and maximum length.

• Size of parametria (vertical and horizontal)

• Tumor size in three dimensions

• Macroscopic tumor site(s)

• LN: number and size

Tumor dimensions

• Horizontal extent (two measurements)

• Depth of invasion or thickness

Histological tumor type

LVSI

Coexisting pathological findings

• Squamous intraepithelial lesion/cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (SIL/CIN).

• Adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS).

• Stratified mucin-producing intraepithelial lesion (SMILE).

Tumor distance to all margins (proximal (if present) /radial/distal

Margins status (invasive and preinvasive diseases). Specify the margin(s)

LN status (SLN status, number involved/number retrieved, size of the largest metastatic focus, and presence of extra-nodal extension)

Pathologically confirmed distant metastases

Pathological staging (TNM category)

*Tumor dimension should be based on a correlation of the gross and histological features.