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Primary endometrial large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with melanocytic differentiation
High-grade endometrial carcinomas are aggressive neoplasms of difficult histological classification. Neuroendocrine differentiation in endometrial carcinomas is rare. This is the report of an endometrial large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with foci of melanocytic differentiation in a 75-year-old wo...
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São Paulo, SP: Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital Universitário
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6360826/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30775319 http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2018.041 |
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author | Guimarães, Lucinda Calheiros Garcia, Priscila Leandro Castro, João Badaró Meneses, Antonio Carlos Oliveira |
author_facet | Guimarães, Lucinda Calheiros Garcia, Priscila Leandro Castro, João Badaró Meneses, Antonio Carlos Oliveira |
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description | High-grade endometrial carcinomas are aggressive neoplasms of difficult histological classification. Neuroendocrine differentiation in endometrial carcinomas is rare. This is the report of an endometrial large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with foci of melanocytic differentiation in a 75-year-old woman with abnormal post-menopausal uterine bleeding for 2 years. Two initial biopsies were inconclusive. Histopathological examination of the uterus revealed large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma associated with endometrioid carcinoma and foci of melanocytic differentiation, pT3a (FIGO IIIA). There were metastases in the rectum serosa and lungs. After 8 months of diagnosis and surgical treatment, the patient is on chemotherapy and radiotherapy. We highlight the morphological characteristics and criteria that allow the definitive anatomopathological diagnosis, including immunohistochemical markers used to identify the cell types present in this unprecedented association. |
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spelling | pubmed-63608262019-02-15 Primary endometrial large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with melanocytic differentiation Guimarães, Lucinda Calheiros Garcia, Priscila Leandro Castro, João Badaró Meneses, Antonio Carlos Oliveira Autops Case Rep Article / Clinical Case Report High-grade endometrial carcinomas are aggressive neoplasms of difficult histological classification. Neuroendocrine differentiation in endometrial carcinomas is rare. This is the report of an endometrial large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with foci of melanocytic differentiation in a 75-year-old woman with abnormal post-menopausal uterine bleeding for 2 years. Two initial biopsies were inconclusive. Histopathological examination of the uterus revealed large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma associated with endometrioid carcinoma and foci of melanocytic differentiation, pT3a (FIGO IIIA). There were metastases in the rectum serosa and lungs. After 8 months of diagnosis and surgical treatment, the patient is on chemotherapy and radiotherapy. We highlight the morphological characteristics and criteria that allow the definitive anatomopathological diagnosis, including immunohistochemical markers used to identify the cell types present in this unprecedented association. São Paulo, SP: Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital Universitário 2018-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6360826/ /pubmed/30775319 http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2018.041 Text en Autopsy and Case Reports. ISSN 2236-1960. Copyright © 2018. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the article is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Article / Clinical Case Report Guimarães, Lucinda Calheiros Garcia, Priscila Leandro Castro, João Badaró Meneses, Antonio Carlos Oliveira Primary endometrial large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with melanocytic differentiation |
title | Primary endometrial large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with melanocytic differentiation |
title_full | Primary endometrial large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with melanocytic differentiation |
title_fullStr | Primary endometrial large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with melanocytic differentiation |
title_full_unstemmed | Primary endometrial large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with melanocytic differentiation |
title_short | Primary endometrial large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with melanocytic differentiation |
title_sort | primary endometrial large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with melanocytic differentiation |
topic | Article / Clinical Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6360826/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30775319 http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2018.041 |
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