Park Kay J, Bramlage Matthew P, Ellenson Lora H, Pirog Edyta C
Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2009 Jan;17(1):8-11. doi: 10.1097/PAI.0b013e318174f012.
Primary mucinous tumors of the female genital tract have morphologic features similar to primary gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas, and distinguishing these malignancies may be extremely difficult. The purpose of this study was to characterize the immunostaining patterns of tumors of the female genital tract that show mucinous differentiation using cytokeratin 7 (CK7), CK20, and CDX2 and to evaluate the usefulness of these markers in differentiating these tumors from gastrointestinal tract adenocarcinomas and also from each other. A total of 64 cases were collected, including adenocarcinomas of the ovary (n=13), endocervix (n=16), endometrium (n=34), and vagina (n=1), all of which showed predominant mucinous differentiation. Intestinal mucinous differentiation was present in 11 of the cases (6 endocervical, 4 ovarian, and 1 vaginal adenocarcinoma). All tumors were at least focally positive for CK7 with the exception of 3 cases. The majority of tumors were negative for CK20 and CDX2. However, 25% of endocervical, 24% of ovarian, and 3% of endometrial adenocarcinomas were positive for CDX2, CK20, or both. The positivity for CDX2 and CK20 correlated with intestinal differentiation: 73% of all intestinal mucinous adenocarcinomas and 4% of all Müllerian mucinous adenocarcinomas showed positivity for the hindgut markers. In 70% of the tumors positive for CK20/CDX2, the intensity of CK7 stain was stronger than the intensity of either CK20 or CDX2 stain. In conclusion, immunostaining for CK7/CK20/CDX2 is helpful in distinguishing Müllerian subtype of mucinous gynecologic tumors from lower gastrointestinal tract malignancies. In gynecologic mucinous tumors with intestinal differentiation, the overlap of staining positivity may be a limiting factor. However, a dominant CK7 staining pattern was observed.
女性生殖道原发性黏液性肿瘤具有与原发性胃肠道腺癌相似的形态学特征,鉴别这些恶性肿瘤可能极其困难。本研究的目的是利用细胞角蛋白7(CK7)、CK20和CDX2来描述表现出黏液分化的女性生殖道肿瘤的免疫染色模式,并评估这些标志物在将这些肿瘤与胃肠道腺癌以及彼此之间进行鉴别诊断中的实用性。共收集了64例病例,包括卵巢腺癌(n = 13)、宫颈腺癌(n = 16)、子宫内膜腺癌(n = 34)和阴道腺癌(n = 1),所有病例均表现为主要的黏液分化。11例病例(6例宫颈腺癌、4例卵巢腺癌和1例阴道腺癌)存在肠型黏液分化。除3例病例外,所有肿瘤至少局灶性CK7阳性。大多数肿瘤CK20和CDX2阴性。然而,25%的宫颈腺癌、24%的卵巢腺癌和3%的子宫内膜腺癌CDX2、CK20或两者均阳性。CDX2和CK20阳性与肠型分化相关:所有肠型黏液腺癌中有73%、所有苗勒管黏液腺癌中有4%后肠标志物呈阳性。在CK20/CDX2阳性的肿瘤中,70%的病例CK7染色强度强于CK20或CDX2染色强度。总之,CK7/CK20/CDX2免疫染色有助于鉴别黏液性妇科肿瘤的苗勒管亚型与下消化道恶性肿瘤。在具有肠型分化的妇科黏液性肿瘤中,染色阳性的重叠可能是一个限制因素。然而,观察到了以CK7为主的染色模式。