乳腺浸润性微乳头状癌临床病理及免疫组织化学分析

目的探讨乳腺浸润性微乳头状癌的临床病理特征、诊断与鉴别诊断要点。方法对乳腺浸润性微乳头状癌进行临床病理分析、组织形态学及免疫组化染色观察,结合文献对其临床表现、病理形态特点及鉴别诊断进行探讨。结果浸润性微乳头状癌光镜下特征性表现为癌巢由呈桑椹状或(和)腺管型的微乳头状癌巢组成,与网状间质间形成明显的空隙(主间质分离)。瘤细胞ER、PR、C-erbB-2、CD44V6阳性;Actin(sm)阴性;EMA在瘤细胞簇外周细胞膜和中间腔缘呈阳性表达。结论乳腺浸润性微乳头状癌可在病理诊断时作为一种单独的类型提出。     

乳腺导管内乳头状瘤、非典型乳头状瘤与导管内乳头状癌诊断与鉴别诊断

目的:探讨乳腺导管内乳头状癌和导管内乳头状瘤、非典型乳头状瘤的病理表现及诊断与鉴别诊断.方法:对20例乳腺导管内乳头状癌及23例导管内乳头状瘤、5例非典型导管内乳头状瘤进行大体及镜下病理学分析及免疫组化分析,并结合文献对其病理表现、病理形态特点及鉴别诊断进行探讨.结果:20例乳腺导管内乳头状癌HE染色表现为导管明显扩张,有真性乳头,乳头之轴心由纤维血管束组成,乳头覆盖细胞有多种形式,但真正的肌上皮是缺如的.免疫组化SMA/p63显示局部或完全的肌上皮细胞消失,CEA85%的乳头状癌阳性.23例导管内乳头状瘤乳头存在肌上皮层,免疫组化结果与导管内乳头状癌相反.5例非典型乳头状瘤局部(＜1/3的区域)显示有不典型上皮增生,局部有肌上皮缺失.结论:乳腺导管内乳头状癌是一种具有乳头状癌样结构基础上的原位恶性上皮增生,但无浸润的癌.预后好于其他型导管原位癌,免疫标记SMA、p63和CEA可以帮助该肿瘤的诊断及与乳腺导管内乳头状瘤、非典型导管内乳头状瘤鉴别诊断.     

消化系统肉瘤样癌12例临床病理分析

目的分析消化系统肉瘤样癌临床病理特点、诊断及鉴别诊断,探讨其治疗方法的进展。方法回顾性分析2012年1月～2018年12月我院12例消化系统肉瘤样癌的临床病理学特征、免疫染色特点、影像学特点,消化系统主要鉴别诊断及预后情况。查阅文献并结合患者临床资料进行分析。结果肉瘤样癌由多形性梭形细胞组成,癌细胞排列分散,呈束状、螺旋状或席纹状,浸润性生长。12例患者中细胞角蛋白阳性率为83.3%(10/12)、波形纤维蛋白阳性率为91.7%(11/12)。12例中仅有1例行术后化疗,其余均未给予术后辅助治疗。结论消化系统肉瘤样癌诊断主要依靠组织病理学检查,免疫组化对其诊断有重要价值。肿瘤恶性程度高,肿瘤切除后结果并不乐观。放化疗对预后无明显差异,基因靶向治疗仍可期待。     

卵巢混合性生殖细胞肿瘤12例临床病理分析

目的探讨原发卵巢混合性生殖细胞肿瘤(MGCT)的临床病理特点及鉴别诊断。方法回顾性分析12例原发性卵巢MGCT患者的临床病理资料,对其临床表现、预后、组织形态和免疫组化结果进行分析。结果卵巢MGCT占我院同期卵巢生殖细胞肿瘤的12.2%(12/98),卵巢MGCT可由多种生殖细胞肿瘤成分组成,镜下形态多样,肿瘤成分包括无性细胞瘤、卵黄囊瘤、畸胎瘤、胚胎性癌、绒毛膜癌。其中9例(75%)包含2种不同的生殖细胞肿瘤成分,2例(16.7%)包含3种不同的肿瘤成分,1例(8.3%)包含4种不同的肿瘤成分。结论卵巢MGCT非常少见,肿瘤的生物学行为、临床治疗和预后的不同与其所含成分相关,准确的病理诊断非常必要,免疫组化标记对病理诊断与鉴别诊断具有重要作用。     

嫌色性肾细胞癌17例临床病理学分析

目的探讨嫌色性肾细胞癌的临床病理特征、诊断与鉴别诊断要点。方法对17例嫌色性肾细胞癌进行组织形态学、免疫组化染色及Hale’s胶样铁染色观察,结合文献对其临床表现、病理形态特点及鉴别诊断进行探讨。结果嫌色性肾细胞癌17例,大体肿瘤直径3-10.5cm。镜下肿瘤由嫌色细胞和嗜酸细胞构成,呈片状、梁状和腺泡状分布。嫌色细胞体积较大,多角形,胞膜清晰,胞质半透明细网状,胞核皱缩,可见核沟及核异型,核仁不明显;而嗜酸细胞胞质嗜酸,可见明显的核周空晕。免疫组化:EMA 100%阳性,CD10 52.9%阳性,Vimentin阴性,CK7 88.2%阳性,P504S29.4%阳性,CD11794.1%阳性。Hale’s胶样铁染色100%阳性。17例中12例随访6个月到3年,仅1例在术后15个月发现肝脏转移,其余均未发现复发及转移。结论嫌色性肾细胞癌是一种少见的肾肿瘤,恶性程度相对较低,预后良好。掌握该肿瘤独特的病理学特征,对鉴别其他肾上皮性肿瘤有重要帮助。     

胃肠道双向分化癌2例临床病理特征及文献复习

目的 探讨胃肠道双向分化癌的临床病理特点、分级及鉴别诊断。方法 回顾性分析2例双向分化癌患者的临床病理资料,并复习相关文献。结果 2例患者均行根治性手术治疗,例1以腺样、巢片状生长伴黏液产生,例2在黏液背景中呈印戒细胞样生长。2例均可见细胞内外黏液,细胞核染色质细腻,且免疫组织化学表达腺和神经内分泌标记,证明其具有双向分化特征。2例病例高级别肿瘤成分均> 75%,分级均为3级。结论 双向分化癌是一种具有双向分化特征的恶性肿瘤,诊断主要依赖组织学形态及免疫组织化学检测。     

乳腺化生性癌的病理特征、复发和生存情况分析

目的:探讨乳腺化生性癌的病理特征、复发和生存情况。方法:选取我院于2002年1月至2015年12月期间收治的7例乳腺化生性癌患者临床病历资料进行回顾性分析,讨论乳腺化生性癌的病理特点和鉴别诊断、组织起源以及治疗预后等。结果:7例乳腺化生性癌PR、ER和HER-2均显示为阴性,广谱CK则显示为阳性;所有入选患者均显示EGFR阳性,其中有3例患者显示p53阳性,4例患者显示CK5/6阳性。此外,3例患者经腋窝淋巴结清扫后显示有2例患者出现腋窝淋巴结转移,4例患者经前哨淋巴结活检后结果:显示无癌转移。结论:乳腺化生性癌在临床上属于乳腺癌中较为罕见的亚型,其生物学行为和生存预后均不佳,HER-2和PR、ER等多显示为阴性,容易复发,目前主要治疗方法:为在手术治疗的基础上加以放射治疗。     

252例胸膜恶性肿瘤的临床病理分析

目的：探讨胸膜恶性肿瘤的病理类型、肿瘤所占比例、临床病理特征及鉴别诊断。方法：结合病理形态学及免疫组化方法对252例胸膜恶性肿瘤进行诊断及鉴别诊断。结果：252例胸膜恶性肿瘤包括胸膜穿刺活检120例,胸腔镜活检25例,伴有胸膜转移的恶性胸水107例;男性143例,女性109例,年龄19—87岁,平均年龄59．9岁。临床主要症状是胸闷、气短、咳嗽、胸痛等。CT表现为胸膜增厚、胸水（90％）、多发或单发胸膜结节和原发器官占位性病变。活检病例中,转移性癌86例（34．1％）,包括肺腺癌64例（25．4％）,小细胞癌11例（4．4％）,鳞癌11例（4．4％）,恶性间皮瘤47例（18．7％）,滑膜肉瘤9例（3．6％）,非霍奇金淋巴瘤3例（1．2％）;恶性胸水病例病例中转移性癌95例（37．7％）,包括肺腺癌85例（33．7％）,小细胞癌6例（2．4％）,鳞癌2例（0．8％）,乳腺腺癌2例（0．8％）,恶性间皮瘤8例（3．2％）,非霍奇金淋巴瘤4例（1．6％）。结论：胸膜恶性肿瘤中以转移性腺癌多见,其次为恶性间皮瘤,结合形态学及免疫组织化学检测不同标志物的表达有助于诊断胸膜恶性肿瘤的种类。     

鼻腔鼻窦畸胎癌肉瘤4例并文献复习

目的通过临床资料研究鼻腔鼻窦畸胎癌肉瘤(Sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma,SNTCS)的临床病理特征、病理诊断、鉴别诊断、治疗及预后。方法采用ElivisionTM plus法免疫组织化学对4例SNTCS进行多种标记物染色和分析,并复习相关的文献。结果确诊的4例该病患者中,有3例为男性患者,仅1例为女性患者,1例发生远处转移,1例转院后失访,2例术后暂未复发。显微镜下可见肿瘤组织内的成分比较复杂,可见不同分化程度来源的组织,并且混有畸胎瘤及癌肉瘤成分,局部肿瘤间质中还可见到未分化/原始的肿瘤细胞。3例患者的上皮均呈EMA及CK阳性,其中1例的神经组织成分NSE、S-100、CD99和Cg A均为阳性,另外2例NSE阴性;3例患者未分化梭形细胞肉瘤成分呈Vimentin阳性,而SMA阴性。结论 SNTCS是一种非常罕见的、组织成分相当复杂的恶性肿瘤,因其复杂的病理形态而易被误诊,病理学特征及免疫组化标记有助于该病的诊断及鉴别诊断。     

卵巢囊性颗粒细胞瘤的临床病理学特征、诊断及鉴别诊断

目的:探讨卵巢囊性颗粒细胞瘤的临床病理学特征、诊断和鉴别诊断要点。方法:复习1例卵巢囊性颗粒细胞瘤患者的临床资料、肿物的大体以及镜下病理组织学特征、免疫组化染色特征。结果:患者左侧单房囊性颗粒细胞瘤,大小为14.6 cm×18.9 cm×9.8 cm,囊壁厚薄不均一;镜下可见内壁由颗粒细胞组成,细胞层数不一,可见典型的Call-Exner小体;免疫组化染色可见α-inhibin,Vimentin,CD99均阳性。结论:卵巢囊性颗粒细胞瘤可依据镜下发现不典型增生的颗粒细胞、典型的Call-Exner小体和核沟等特征性的组织形态学作出诊断。     

Diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle aspiration cytology in histological grade 1 breast carcinomas: are we good enough?

Background: Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of both palpable and non-palpable breast carcinomas has a high accuracy and sensitivity in dedicated centres. It is generally thought that low-grade carcinomas have a distinctly lower sensitivity due to discrete cellular atypia that may be difficult to appreciate. Grade 1 carcinomas make up about 45% of screening-detected breast carcinomas and about 20% of symptomatic breast cancers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic sensitivity of grade 1 carcinomas and identify the critical features in the cytological diagnostic work-up of these tumours. Methods: There were FNAC smears from 494 histologically confirmed grade 1 carcinomas diagnosed during 1996–2004. The cytological diagnoses were compared with the histology. Results: A definitive malignant diagnosis (absolute sensitivity) was given in 382 cases (77.3%). Equivocal or suspicious diagnoses were given in 75 (15.2%), benign or probably benign (false negative) in 24 (4.8%). Thirteen cases (2.6%) were unsatisfactory. Complete sensitivity was 92.7%. Invasive ductal carcinomas comprised 81.3% of all cases; absolute sensitivity for these was 80.9%. Invasive lobular and tubular carcinomas comprised 7.3% and 5.9% of cases, respectively; absolute sensitivity for these diagnosis was 50.0% and 57.1%, respectively, significantly lower than for other subtypes (P ≤ 0.0001) whereas the difference for complete sensitivity was less but still significant (P = 0.017). Absolute and complete sensitivities were lower for tumours less than 1 cm size compared with more than 1 cm (P ≤ 0.00001). Conclusion: Preoperative FNAC diagnosis of grade 1 breast carcinoma has a high sensitivity, especially in ductal carcinomas. Invasive lobular and tubular carcinomas were less likely to receive a definite preoperative diagnosis. The main reason for not reaching a definitive malignant diagnosis was sampling error due to small tumours less than 1 cm in diameter, irrespective of tumour subtype.     

Human breast carcinomal tissues display distinctive FTIR spectra: implication for the histological characterization of carcinomas.

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic study of human breast normal and carcinomal tissues has been carried out. Some distinctive spectral differences which are mainly due to nucleic acids and proteins are observed between normal and carcinomal tissues. This method of analysis results in nearly 100% diagnostic accuracy of carcinomal tissues from normal tissues. The spectral patterns of well-differentiated carcinomal tissues exhibit marked heterogeneity, however that of poorly differentiated carcinomas demonstrate significant similarity. Apocrine, tubular, intraductal and mucinous carcinomas and invasive infiltrating ductal carcinomal tissues can be discriminated based on their characteristic spectra. The spectral differences confirm the possibility of using FTIR as an accurate and rapid technique to distinguish between normal and malignant breast tissues and classify breast carcinomas in different subtypes.     

Aspiration cytology of tubular breast carcinoma

The cytologic features in smears of fine needle aspirates from 34 tubular breast carcinomas were studied. Uniform and bland epithelium in cohesive clusters dominated all specimens; two-thirds also showed some degree of cellular dissociation. Characteristic (but not quite pathognomonic) angular epithelial clusters with a tubular structure occurred in about 50% of the smears. Sparsely occurring atypical nuclei and/or cytoplasmic vacuoles, similar to those seen in lobular cancer, were found in half of the cases. Although a lack of myoepithelial cells was apparent in the majority of the smears, one-fourth of them showed a quite prominent myoepithelial component. Various combinations of atypical features resulted in a picture that was considered diagnostic of malignancy in 50% of the cases; the remaining specimens showed less pronounced atypia. Other pitfalls associated with the cytologic diagnosis of tubular carcinoma are discussed, and the importance of basing the management of small breast lesions on the mammographic as well as on the cytologic findings is emphasized.     

False negative cytologic diagnosis of breast carcinoma.

OBJECTIVE: To study the reasons for interpretive errors in false negative diagnosis of breast carcinoma on fine needle aspiration cytology material. STUDY DESIGN: We reviewed only those histologically proved malignant cases where the cytologic material was abnormal and to some extent misinterpreted. RESULTS: There were four lobular carcinomas and one each case of in situ, infiltrating duct, medullary and tubular carcinoma. Smears of lobular carcinomas were hypocellular overall, and the cells showed minimal nuclear pleomorphism. In situ, medullary and tubular carcinoma were associated with fibrocystic changes. The presence of bipolar cells and stromal fragments was misleading in cases of infiltrating duct carcinoma. CONCLUSION: The presence of associated fibrocystic disease may be a misleading factor since it may mask a malignancy. Hypocellularity and relatively nuclear monomorphism were the most common reasons for failure to diagnose malignant breast lesions. Careful attention should be paid to extreme nuclear monomorphism and absence of naked bipolar cells. A cytologically atypical or suspicious diagnosis together with radiologic suspicion should suggest a diagnosis of malignancy.     

Sputum cytology of metastatic carcinoma of the lung.

The cytopathology of 47 cases of metastatic carcinoma of the lung and of 28 cases of recurrent or metastatic bronchogenic carcinoma is reviewed. The diagnostic yield was better for recurrent than for metastatic carcinoma but overall was comparable to that of primary bronchogenic carcinomas. The metastatic tumors were located in all areas of the lung and included single as well as multiple lesions. The positive yield did not differ significantly in relation to any of the pathologic features but was somewhat higher if the metastases were large and centrally located. A definite differentiation of the metastatic tumors, usually adenocarcinomas, from new primary bronchogenic carcinomas is often possible particularly if the cytopathology can be compared with that of the primary lesion. Specific cytologic features include the relative lack of cohesion and the formation of columns in metastatic breast carcinomas, the formation of larger cohesive well circumscribed nodules composed of tall columnar cells in metastatic colon carcinomas, clear cell features in some metastatic adenocarcinomas of the kidney, and the small cell size and uniform, regular nuclear features in the often cytologically well differentiated metastatic carcinomas of the prostate.     

Loss of cell cohesion in breast cytology as a characteristic of neuroendocrine carcinoma

OBJECTIVE: To characterize a specific group of breast cancers displaying a scattered single cell pattern in cytology and correlate it with histologic and immunohistochemical findings. STUDY DESIGN: Of 135 consecutive malignant breast cytologic specimens, 12 cases were selected for their scattered single cell pattern on aspiration cytology. Immunohistochemical staining for neuroendocrine markers and prognostic parameters was performed on paraffin sections of corresponding primary breast carcinomas. RESULTS: In the smears of the 12 cases, highly cellular neoplastic cells with a single cell pattern were observed predominantly. The tumor cells had relatively wide, granular cytoplasm and a low to moderate nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio. Histologically, they were arranged mainly in relatively large, solid nests and occasionally contained a tubular pattern with small amounts of stromal tissue. Five of the 12 cases demonstrated neuroendocrine differentiation with a positive immunoreaction for chromogranin A and synaptophysin. Except for the small mean size of the tumors (P < .01), no significant differences were identified among the prognostic parameters, including a nodal status, estrogen receptor status, growth fraction by Ki-67 or immunoreactivity for c-erbB-2, as compared with the other 123 cases. CONCLUSION: Loss of cell cohesion in breast cytology is a good morphologic marker for identifying neuroendocrine breast carcinoma.     

Fine needle aspiration of breast carcinoma: a preliminary cytoprognostic study

A cytologic grading method for fine needle aspiration smears was applied to 178 histologically confirmed breast carcinomas. Grade I defined a well-differentiated carcinoma, grade II a carcinoma with pleomorphic tumor cells and grade II an anaplastic carcinoma. The cell-to-cell relationship (topography) and the cytologic criteria contributed to the grading. Special attention was paid to grade III tumors, which have an unfavorable prognosis. The correlation of grading with the clinical course of the disease was evaluated after a 12-month followup. In 4% of the patients classified as having grade I disease, 8.9% as having grade II and 66% as having grade III, local recurrence of disease, metastasis or death was observed within one year. The contribution of cytologic grading to the prognosis of breast cancers is discussed.     

Karyometry of infiltrating breast lesions

OBJECTIVE: To characterize nuclei from well-differentiated, moderately differentiated and poorly differentiated lesions of invasive breast cancer by karyometry and to test the hypothesis that these diagnostic categories form homogeneous sets. STUDY DESIGN: Histopathologic sections from 6 cases of well-differentiated, 11 cases of moderately differentiated and 17 cases of poorly differentiated ductal carcinomas were digitally recorded. From each case 100 nuclei were segmented and analyzed by karyometry. A discriminant analysis was performed, and nuclear and lesion signatures were computed. The nonsupervised learning algorithm P-index was applied. A progression curve per diagnostic category based on mean nuclear abnormality and a discriminant function score was derived. RESULTS: The well-differentiated lesions formed a homogeneous set, but both the moderately and poorly differentiated lesions showed 2 significantly different subpopulations with nuclei of substantially different nuclear abnormality and progression. CONCLUSION: The visual histopathologic diagnostic assessment of these lesions was based on an evaluation of both tissue architectural criteria and nuclear criteria. Here, only the pattern of nuclear chromatin was evaluated. Cases belonging to the same diagnostic category as assessed by their differentiation may be further characterized by the extent to which the nuclei deviate from normal. There was substantial case-to-case heterogeneity in these invasive lesions.     

A comparative morphometric and cytophotometric study of intraductal hyperplasia and intraductal carcinoma of the breast

The Feulgen DNA content and the nuclear measurements of four groups of intraductal proliferations of the breast (hyperplasia, atypical hyperplasia, well-differentiated carcinoma without cytologic atypia and intraductal carcinoma with cytologic atypia) were compared. Intraductal carcinoma with atypia was the only group distinct from the others on the basis of DNA content, nuclear area and perimeter. Although the other groups were separable from intraductal carcinoma with atypia, they could not be reliably distinguished from each other by any combination of measurements. At best, 69% of well-differentiated intraductal carcinomas could be distinguished from atypical hyperplasias using a combination of DNA content and nuclear perimeter measurements. Thus, the difficult distinction of atypical hyperplasia from well-differentiated intraductal carcinoma by light microscopy was not aided by DNA analysis or by nuclear measurements.     

Fine needle aspiration cytology in the work-up of mammographic and ultrasonographic findings in breast cancer screening: an attempt at differentiating in situ and invasive carcinoma.

This study evaluated the results of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) from the first four years of organized mammography screening for breast cancer in Oslo, particularly our policy in differentiating in situ and invasive carcinoma. Lesions were aspirated directly, ultrasound guided, by stereotaxic device or biopsy localization plate. All lesions were aspirated by cytopathologists working with the radiologists at the breast diagnostic centre. Smears were evaluated immediately for assessment of adequacy and a preliminary diagnosis was given to the surgeon. When FNAC revealed malignancy, diagnostic terms were as follows: (1) invasive carcinoma; (2) ductal carcinoma in situ of comedo type (high nuclear grade), cannot evaluate infiltration; (3) ductal carcinoma in situ of low nuclear grade and (4) papillary tumour, cannot evaluate infiltration. There were 953 cases, 70% of which were nonpalpable. Insufficient material was obtained in 5.8%. Absolute and complete sensitivity were 81% and 91%, respectively. Specificity was 85%. There were 448 histologically proven carcinomas. 383 of these were invasive. 362 carcinomas (in situ and invasive) (80.8%) were diagnosed directly on FNAC. Distinction between invasive and in situ carcinoma was possible in 294 of 320 directly diagnosed invasive carcinomas (91.8%). PPV of a diagnosis of invasive carcinoma was 97%. Our data showed that definitive cytological diagnosis of invasive carcinoma was possible in more than 90% of fully diagnostic smears and allowed definitive primary surgery in these women.