The epithelia of the pregnant cervix

Aberrant glandular polypi of the uterine cervix associated with contraceptive pills: Pathology and pathogenesis

“…It is to be noted that proliferation of reserve cells is a common finding in pregnancy, especially in polypi. In addition, Nesbitt and Hellman (1952) and Carrow and Greene (1951) describe adenomatous glandular proliferation in pregnancy which resembles the changes described above. Reserve cell hyperplasia in relation to the adenomatous change is apparent in their illustrations.…”

“…This would tend to strengthen the idea that the lesions we have described only affect the cervix which is already pathological. The findings of Nesbitt and Hellman (1952) and Carrow and Greene (1951) in biopsies of cervix showing aberrant glandular hyperplasia in pregnant patients would suggest that steroid substances are directly related to these changes.…”

Mucinous Patterns in Epidermoid Carcinomas of the Uterine Cervix

“…[3b]). It is in fact rather unusual to witness an abrupt transition from the fully differentiated squamous epi thelium of the esocervix, and tin; columnar epithelium of the endo cervix, even in fully phvsiological conditions, the squamocolumnar junction generally resulting from a transitional or transform ation zone (Carroiv and Greene [3]; Stoddard [35]; Fluhmann [9J).…”

“…The carcinomns of the uterine cervix could thus, we think, arise equally from the oae or the other, both elements being still undifferentiated, and endowed with ample perspective potentiality (Papadia [27][28]). The uterine cervix is a singular region, unlike every other region of the body, where rem arkable changes are possible (De Brux and Dupre-Froment [3]; Thornton el at. [3b]).…”

Cyclic Changes in the Endocervix of the Monkey and the Origin of the Cervical Mucus

“…The "secretion" of mucus, as implied above, is therefore of the apocrine type, since the cell discharges a large proportion of its mass, yet retains most of the basal portion with the nucleus. The presence of mitoses in the epithelium points to a need for a certain amount of replacement of cells (Carrow and Greene, 1951), which is also true of the fallopian tube. The same type of .…”