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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg Pathol. 2019 Jan;43(1):75–83. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001095

Table 1.

International Endocervical Adenocarcinoma Criteria and Classification (IECC) and World Health Organization (WHO) classification systems

International Endocervical Adenocarcinoma Criteria and Classification (IECC) World Health Organization (WHO)

Main categories Morphologic subcategories (optional)

1. HPV-related endocervical adenocarcinoma HPV adenocarcinoma, usual type 1. Usual type adenocarcinoma

HPV adenocarcinoma, villoglandular type 2. Villoglandular adenocarcinoma

HPV adenocarcinoma, mucinous NOS type 3. Mucinous adenocarcinoma NOS

HPV adenocarcinoma, mucinous intestinal type 4. Mucinous adenocarcinoma, intestinal type

HPV adenocarcinoma, signet-ring cell type 5. Mucinous adenocarcinoma, signet-ring cell type
HPV adenocarcinoma, stratified mucin producing type

2. Non-HPV adenocarcinoma, gastric type 6. Mucinous adenocarcinoma, gastric type

3. Non-HPV adenocarcinoma, endometrioid type 7. Endometrioid carcinoma

4. Non-HPV adenocarcinoma, clear cell type 8. Clear cell carcinoma

5. Non-HPV adenocarcinoma, mesonephric type 9. Mesonephric carcinoma

6. Non-HPV adenocarcinoma, serous type 10. Serous carcinoma

7. Invasive adenocarcinoma, NOS 11. Invasive adenocarcinoma, NOS