Uterine tumors with neuroectodermal differentiation. A report of 4 cases
Language English Country Switzerland Media print-electronic
Document type Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- MeSH
- Cell Differentiation physiology MeSH
- Gene Rearrangement MeSH
- Immunohistochemistry MeSH
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Uterine Neoplasms genetics pathology MeSH
- Neuroectodermal Tumors genetics pathology MeSH
- RNA-Binding Protein EWS MeSH
- Calmodulin-Binding Proteins genetics MeSH
- RNA-Binding Proteins genetics MeSH
- Aged, 80 and over MeSH
- Aged MeSH
- Check Tag
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Aged, 80 and over MeSH
- Aged MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Case Reports MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Names of Substances
- EWSR1 protein, human MeSH Browser
- RNA-Binding Protein EWS MeSH
- Calmodulin-Binding Proteins MeSH
- RNA-Binding Proteins MeSH
We report four cases of uterine tumors with neuroectodermal differentiation. One tumor had neuroectodermal component only; in the three other tumors, the neuroectodermal component was admixed with another component, namely rhabdomyosarcoma (1 case), and endometrioid adenocarcinoma (2 cases). Histologically, the neuroectodermal component consisted of small to medium sized cells arranged in diffuse sheets. The tumor cells had round nuclei with stippled to coarsely granular chromatin, mostly with non-prominent nucleoli, and scant eosinophilic or amphophilic cytoplasm. Immunohistochemically, 4/4 tumors showed expression of vimentin, synaptophysin and CD56; 3/4 tumors were CD99 and NSE positive; 2/4 tumors showed focal expression of S-100 protein; and 1/4 tumors had focal dot-like cytoplasmic positivity for cytokeratin AE1/AE3. FLI-1 was negative in all cases. FISH examination was performed and none of the tumors showed rearrangement of EWSR1 gene. Uterine tumors with neuroectodermal differentiation are rare; to the best of our knowledge only 44 cases have been reported in the literature to date, referred to as Ewing sarcoma, peripheral PNET (pPNET), PNET (not otherwise specified) and uterine tumors with neuroendocrine differentiation.
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