Abstract | UNLABELLED: Kawasaki T, Nakamura S, Sakamoto G, Murata S, Tsunoda-shimizu H, Suzuki K, Takahashi O, Nakazawa T, Kondo T & Katoh R (2008) Histopathology53, 288-298Neuroendocrine ductal carcinoma in situ (NE- DCIS) of the breast - comparative clinicopathological study of 20 NE- DCIS cases and 274 non-NE- DCIS cases Aims: To clarify the clinicopathological significance of breast neuroendocrine ductal carcinoma in situ (NE- DCIS), i.e. DCIS in which >50% of cells immunohistochemically express NE markers ( chromogranin A and/or synaptophysin), 20 NE- DCIS were studied and the findings compared with those of 274 non-NE- DCIS. METHODS AND RESULTS: NE- DCIS accounted for 6.8% of all DCIS. Mean patient age was 50.4 years for NE- DCIS and 49.6 years for non-NE- DCIS (P = 0.66). The main clinical presentation of NE- DCIS was a bloody nipple discharge, seen in 72%, significantly different from the 5% in non-NE- DCIS cases (P < 0.01). Carcinoma was preoperatively diagnosed in 67% of NE- DCIS and 95% of non-NE- DCIS cases (P < 0.01). NE- DCIS was histologically characterized by a predominantly solid growth of cancer cells with fine-granular cytoplasm and ovoid, or occasionally spindle-shaped nuclei. A well-developed vascular network was also common. Nuclear grades and Van Nuys classification were significantly lower for NE- DCIS than for non-NE- DCIS (P < 0.01). The mean MIB-1 labelling index was 4.3% in NE- DCIS and 8.1% in non-NE- DCIS (P < 0.01). Furthermore, NE- DCIS cases had significantly higher oestrogen and progesterone receptor and lower HER2 scores than non-NE- DCIS cases (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: NE- DCIS has characteristic clinicopathological features and can, therefore, be regarded as a distinct variant of DCIS.
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Authors | T Kawasaki, S Nakamura, G Sakamoto, S Murata, H Tsunoda-Shimizu, K Suzuki, O Takahashi, T Nakazawa, T Kondo, R Katoh |
Journal | Histopathology
(Histopathology)
Vol. 53
Issue 3
Pg. 288-98
(Sep 2008)
ISSN: 1365-2559 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 18657193
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Breast Neoplasms
(pathology)
- Carcinoma in Situ
(pathology)
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
(pathology)
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating
(pathology)
- Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine
(pathology)
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Middle Aged
- Retrospective Studies
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