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Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Endometrium: A Clinicopathologic Study of 25 Cases.

25例子宫内膜神经内分泌癌的临床病理分析

Pocrnich CE,Ramalingam P,Euscher ED,Malpica A

Abstract

Neuroendocrine carcinoma (NECa) of the endometrium is an uncommon tumor. In this study, we present the clinicopathologic features of 25 such cases. The patients ranged in age from 37 to 87 years (median, 57 y) and most commonly presented with vaginal bleeding. The tumors were either pure NECa (10) or mixed with other histotypes (15), most commonly endometrioid carcinoma. The NECas were large cell type (15), small cell type (4), or a mixture of both (6). NECa was underrecognized in 89% of referral/consultation cases. All tumors were positive for ≥1 neuroendocrine marker (chromogranin, synaptophysin, CD56). Additional immunohistochemical (IHC) studies were obtained in 18 cases, with positive results as follows: keratin cocktail (17), diffuse p16 (6), PAX-8 (6), CD117 (6), and TTF-1 (1). Mismatch-repair protein expression by IHC was abnormal in 8 of 18 cases (6 MLH1/PMS2 loss; 1 MSH2/MSH6 loss; 1 MSH6 loss). According to FIGO staging, cases were distributed as follows: I (6), II (2), III (10), and IV (7). All patients underwent surgical treatment, and 20 patients received adjuvant therapy. Twelve patients died of disease (mean survival 12.3 mo). Eleven patients were alive 5 to 134 months after diagnosis, including 7 who achieved a 5-year survival (3 stage I; 4 stage III). In summary, most of our endometrial NECas were large cell type, mixed with other histotypes, and underrecognized. These tumors tend to be PAX-8 negative and may be associated with microsatellite instability. The recognition of NECa may have an impact on the treatment of the patients affected by this disease. Although NECa usually has an aggressive behavior, 28% of our patients survived at least 5 years.

摘要

子宫内膜神经内分泌癌(NECa)是一种罕见的肿瘤。本研究作者分析了25例该肿瘤的临床病理特点。患者年龄范围37-87岁(中位年龄57岁),最常见的临床症状表现为阴道出血。10例为单纯性NECa15例混合有其它组织学类型,最常见混合的是子宫内膜样腺癌。NECa其中包括大细胞型15例,小细胞型4例,混合型6例。89%的转诊/会诊病例意识到NECa的存在。所有肿瘤≥1项神经内分泌标记物阳性(CgASynCD56)。18例病例进行了其它免疫组化研究,17CK阳性,6p16弥漫阳性,6PAX-8阳性,6CD117阳性,1TTF-1阳性。免疫组化证实18例中有8例错配修复蛋白表达异常(6MLH1/PMS2缺失、1MSH2/MSH6缺失及1MSH6缺失)。按照FIGO分期,Ⅰ期(6例)、Ⅱ期(2例)、Ⅲ期(10例)、Ⅳ期(7例)。所有患者均进行了手术治疗,20例患者接受辅助治疗。12例患者死于疾病(平均生存时间12.3月)。11例患者诊断后存活(随访5-134个月),其中7例患者(3例Ⅰ期,4例Ⅲ期)达到了5年存活。总之,本研究中的子宫内膜NEca大部分是大细胞型或混合型。肿瘤通常表现为PAX-8阴性,这可能与微卫星的不稳定有关。识别NECa可能对该疾病患者的治疗有一定影响。尽管NECa通常具有侵袭性行为,但是本组病例中28%的患者至少存活5年。

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