CD10 Immunohistochemical Expression in Apocrine Lesions of the Breast

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OBJECTIVE: In the breast, CD10 is expressed by myoepithelial cells (MECs), and apocrine metaplasia has also been mentioned as being positive with this marker. Apocrine lesions have been explored for the expression of CD10.

METHODS: The apocrine lesions studied included 11 cysts, 6 cases of apocrine adenosis, 2 of apocrine metaplasia or hyperplasia in papilloma, 13 ductal carcinomas in situ (DCIS) and invasive carcinomas (14 ductal and 4 lobular).

RESULTS: Benign apocrine lesions showed complete or partial luminal CD10 staining, although most cases included parts without staining, and 2 lesions were completely negative. The MECs were often but not always positive. Nine of the 13 cases of apocrine DCIS displayed no luminal staining, but 4 demonstrated very focal luminal positivity. The MECs around the DCIS showed a spectrum of staining from nil to strong and complete. Only 4 invasive carcinomas demonstrated luminal/membranous staining. Cytoplasmic CD10 positivity was seen focally in 4 invasive cancers and in 3 DCIS.

CONCLUSION: CD10 positivity is luminal/membranous in most benign apocrine lesions, the staining being nonuniversal and sometimes focal. Analogous staining in apocrine malignancies seems rarer in DCIS and even rarer in invasive apocrine carcinomas, but atypical cytoplasmic positivity may also occur. CD10 is not an ideal myoepithelial marker in apocrine lesions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:82

Enthalten in:

Pathobiology : journal of immunopathology, molecular and cellular biology - 82(2015), 6 vom: 14., Seite 259-63

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kővári, Bence [VerfasserIn]
Báthori, Ágnes [VerfasserIn]
Cserni, Gábor [VerfasserIn]

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Biomarkers, Tumor
EC 3.4.24.11
Journal Article
Neprilysin
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 29.08.2016

Date Revised 13.11.2015

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1159/000440664

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NLM254575242