Mucoacinar Carcinoma: A Rare Variant of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma.
Journal
The American journal of surgical pathology
ISSN: 1532-0979
Titre abrégé: Am J Surg Pathol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7707904
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 08 2021
01 08 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
7
6
2021
medline:
25
9
2021
entrez:
6
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is generally characterized by an admixture of mucous, epidermoid and intermediate type cells. Numerous variants morphologies are described and defined by stromal and/or cytoplasmic tinctorial characteristics. We now report 11 cases of MEC with serous acinar differentiation, reflecting a distal intercalated duct/acinar phenotype, which we designate as mucoacinar carcinomas. Seven patients were female while 4 were male with a mean age of 55 years (range: 21 to 72 y). Ten cases were from the parotid while 1 was from the submandibular gland. Mean size of the tumors was 1.8 cm (range: 0.7 to 4.5 cm). Three cases were low grade, 7 were intermediate grade, and 1 was high grade. Low to intermediate grade cases demonstrated prominent clear to vacuolated cells with focal serous acinar differentiation. The high-grade case showed a distinctive scattering of acinar cells interspersed between epidermoid cells. Periodic acid Schiff after diastase (9/9), SOX-10 (9/9), and DOG-1 (9/10) highlighted the acinar component. Six of 7 cases showed a focal acinar predominant NR4A3 expression. MAML2 fluorescence in situ hybridization was positive in all cases, in both acinar and mucoepidermoid components. Two cases tested by next generation sequencing showed standard CRTC1-MAML2 fusions. MSANTD3 and NR4A3 fluorescence in situ hybridization on the other hand were negative. Evidence thus suggests that mucoacinar carcinoma represents an acinar variant morphology in MEC, rather than a true MEC-acinic cell carcinoma hybrid, or collision tumor. The acinar differentiation, SOX-10, DOG-1, and even focal NR4A3 reactivity may thus be diagnostic pitfalls.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34091485
doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001752
pii: 00000478-202108000-00002
doi:
Substances chimiques
Biomarkers, Tumor
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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IM
Pagination
1028-1037Informations de copyright
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Conflicts of Interest and Source of Funding: The authors have disclosed that they have no significant relationships with, or financial interest in, any commercial companies pertaining to this article
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