NCIt definition : A mucinous adenocarcinoma arising from the endocervical glandular epithelium. It is
characterized by the presence of malignant glandular cells that contain significant
amount of intracytoplasmic mucin. Histologic variants include intestinal-type, signet
ring-type, gastric-type, cervical invasive stratified mucinous adenocarcinoma, and
mucinous adenocarcinoma, not otherwise specified. All histologic variants except gastric-type
adenocarcinoma are associated with human papillomavirus infection.;