Endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the vagina with a microglandular pattern arising from endometriosis after hysterectomy
| Autor: | Junya Fukuoka, Takao Hidaka, Shigeru Saito, Chieko Kiya, Yoshiki Mikami, Takashi Hori, Akitoshi Nakashima, Kazuhiro Nomoto, Koichi Tsuneyama, Yasuo Takano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Vaginal discharge
Gynecology medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Hysterectomy business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Endometriosis Vaginectomy Vaginal neoplasm General Medicine medicine.disease Pathology and Forensic Medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Vagina medicine Vaginal smear Adenocarcinoma medicine.symptom business neoplasms |
| Zdroj: | Pathology International. 60:636-641 |
| ISSN: | 1320-5463 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2010.02573.x |
| Popis: | Primary endometrioid adenocarcinoma rarely occurs in the vagina. Occasionally, endometrioid adenocarcinoma has a microglandular pattern. Herein, a case of primary endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the vagina with a microglandular pattern arising from pre-existing endometriosis long after a hysterectomy, is described. A 57-year-old postmenopausal woman developed a vaginal discharge over one decade after undergoing a hysterectomy. Microscopic examination of the vaginal smear and a biopsy specimen demonstrated an atypical glandular proliferation composed of columnar cells with occasional intracytoplasmic mucin and bland nuclear morphology, showing microcysts and numerous neutrophils within and around cysts. Immunohistochemically, the neoplastic cells were diffusely positive for CK7, MUC1, ER, and PR, and focally positive for vimentin, CEA, CK5/6, p63, p16(INK4a), and p53. A portion of residual endometrioid adenocarcinoma was identified adjacent to foci of endometriosis in the vaginectomy specimen. The patient has done well without evidence of recurrent disease for 1 year after surgery. Pathologists are encouraged to be aware of the occurrence of endometrioid adenocarcinoma associated with endometriosis in the vaginal stump after hysterectomy, and microglandular morphology which might be a source of misinterpretation. |
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