{"paper_id":"86e7efc8-4627-458c-953c-30aa68841bf5","body_text":"Cervical enometriosis – a case report and review of literature\nDOI:\nhttps://doi.org/10.6016/ZdravVestn.3238Keywords:\nendometrial cells, cervicovaginal smear, atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance, cytology, histologyAbstract\nEndometriosis is a disease in which endometrial glandular cells and stroma are present outside the uterine cavity. When the endometrial glands and stroma are located in the cervix, this is called cervical endometriosis. Clinically, cervical endometriosis most commonly presents as bloody vaginal discharge or extra cyclic bleeding. On cervical smears (CS), endometriosis may look like normal endometrial gland cells or atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance (AGUS), including adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS). 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