ECTOPIC PROSTATIC TISSUE IN THE UTERINE CERVIX

This is the first reported case of ectopic prostatic tissue in the ute rine cervix, diagnosed in a 38-year-old woman. A cluster of benign pro static glands with cribriform and papillary patterns and fecal squamou s metaplasia occupied the superficial endocervical stroma. The glands were immunoreactive for prostatic specific antigen and prostatic speci fic acid phosphatase. This lesion, which could be confused with microg landular hyperplasia, mesonephric rests, or adenocarcinoma in situ may represent an embryonic rest.