Abstract
The clinical and pathologic features of 70 juvenile granulosa cell tumors (JGCTs) of the testis are presented. The patients were from 30 weeks gestational age to 10 years old; 60 of 67 (90%) whose ages are known to us were 6 months old or younger. Sixty-two underwent gonadectomy, 6 wedge excision, and 2 only biopsy. Twenty-six tumors were left sided and 22 right sided. Six occurred in an undescended testis and 2 in dysgenetic gonads. The most common presentation was a testicular mass (65%), followed by an "enlarging testis" (25%). Six of 14 patients in whom it was measured had "elevated" serum α-fetoprotein (AFP), likely physiologically, and 1 had gynecomastia. The tumors measured 0.5 to 5 cm (mean, 1.7 cm; median, 1.5 cm) and were most commonly well circumscribed and typically yellow-tan; approximately 2/3 had a cystic component, whereas 1/3 were entirely solid. Microscopic examination typically showed a lobular growth, punctuated in 67 cases by variably sized and shaped follicles containing material that was basophilic (21%), eosinophilic (44%), or of both characters (35%); 3 lacked follicles. In nonfollicular areas, the tumor cells typically grew diffusely but occasionally had a corded arrangement (26%) or reticular appearance (29%). The stroma was either fibrous or fibromyxoid; hemorrhage associated with hemosiderin-laden macrophages was focally seen in 16%. The tumor cells were mostly small to medium sized with round to oval nuclei containing inconspicuous nucleoli and moderate to abundant, but occasionally scant, pale to lightly eosinophilic, sometimes vacuolated, cytoplasm; nuclear grooves were infrequent (6%). Focal columnar morphology was seen in 27% of the tumors. Mitoses were plentiful in 37%, and apoptosis was prominent in 46%. Intratubular tumor was seen in 43% and entrapped seminiferous tubules in 70%. Lymphovascular invasion was present in 2 cases, rete testis involvement in 4, and necrosis in 1. Rare features/patterns included: regressed tumor with hyalinization and prominent blood vessels (13%), papillary growth (4%), basaloid morphology (1%), spindle cell predominance (1%), microcystic foci (1%), adult granulosa cell-like (1%) patterns, and hyaline globules (1%). Inhibin (16/18), calretinin (8/9), WT1 (6/7), FOXL2 (12/12), SF-1 (12/12), and SOX9 (6/11) were positive, whereas SALL4 and glypican-3 were consistently negative in the neoplastic granulosa cells. Only 1 of 10 tumors was focally positive for α-fetoprotein. JGCT is a rare neoplasm with a wide morphologic spectrum that also occurs rarely in undescended testes and dysgenetic gonads. The solid and reticular patterns may pose diagnostic challenges, but the lobular appearance and follicular differentiation are characteristic. Immunohistochemical stains may aid in its distinction from other tumors of young male individuals, particularly yolk sac tumor, a neoplasm that peaks at a somewhat later age. Twenty-four patients with follow-up, including 4 of 6 patients treated with wedge resection/biopsy, had no evidence of disease (2 to 348 mo; mean, 83 mo; median, 61 mo). One additional patient was alive at 260 months, but the disease status is unknown. The benign clinical course of all cases of JGCT with follow-up, despite often frequent mitotic activity, supports testis sparing surgery when technically feasible.
摘要
本文研究了70例睾丸幼年型颗粒细胞瘤(JGCTs)的临床和病理特征。病人年龄从30周胎龄到10岁,已知年龄的67例中有60例(90%)为6个月大或更小。
62例行去势手术,6例行楔形切除,2例只行病理活检。肿瘤有26例发生于左侧睾丸,22例发生于右侧睾丸,6例发生于未降睾丸,2例发生于发育不全性腺。最常表现为睾丸肿块(65%),睾丸肿大次之(25%)。14例病人检测过血清AFP,其中有6例血清AFP升高,可能为生理性反应。1例病人有男性乳腺发育症。肿瘤大小0.5—5厘米(平均 1.7厘米,中位数 1.5厘米),大多数边界清楚,一般呈黄褐色,约2/3病例有囊性区,另1/3病例完全实性。
镜下检查:通常显示结节状生长,67例内穿插大小不等、形状各异的滤泡,内含物质嗜碱性(21%)、嗜酸性(44%)或嗜双色性(35%),有3例缺乏滤泡结构。在无滤泡区域,肿瘤细胞一般呈弥漫分布,少数情况下呈条索状(26%)或网状排列(29%)。间质为纤维样或纤维黏液样,16%的病例可见局灶出血,伴吞噬含铁血黄素的巨噬细胞。肿瘤细胞主要是小到中等大的细胞,核圆形到卵圆形,核仁不明显,胞质中等量到丰富,少数情况下胞质稀少、苍白或淡嗜伊红色,有时呈空泡状,核沟不常见(6%)。27%的病例局灶细胞柱状,37%的病例核分裂丰富,46%的病例细胞凋亡显著。43%病例可见小管内颗粒细胞瘤,70%病例有内陷的曲细精管。2例有脉管浸润,4例累及睾丸网,1例有坏死。
罕见特征/模式包括:伴透明变性和显著血管的退行性变肿瘤(13%)、乳头状生长(4%)、基底细胞样形态(1%)、梭形细胞成分为主(1%)、局灶微囊状(1%)、成人型颗粒细胞瘤样(1%)以及玻璃样小球形态(1%)。
肿瘤性颗粒细胞Inhibin(16/18)、calretinin(8/9)、WT1(6/7)、FOXL2(12/12)、SF-1(12/12)和SOX9(6/11)阳性,而SALL4和glypican-3总是阴性,10例中有1例AFP局灶阳性。
睾丸幼年型颗粒细胞瘤(JGCTs)是一种罕见肿瘤,形态学范畴很宽,发生于未降睾丸和发育不全性腺的也很罕见。实性和网状形态可能造成诊断困难,但结节状生长和滤泡分化是其特征。免疫组化染色可以帮助区别发生于年轻男性的其它肿瘤,尤其是卵黄囊瘤,后者的发病高峰稍晚些。
随访了24例,包括行楔形切除/病理活检的6例中的4例,未发现病变(随访时间 2-348个月,平均 83个月,中位数 61个月)。另一病人随访260个月后仍存活,但病情不明。尽管常显示核分裂活性,所有随访的JGCTs病例临床过程呈良性,支持技术可行情况下进行睾丸保留术。
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