MUC4 is a valuable marker for distinguishing secretory carcinoma of the salivary glands from its mimics.

Abstract:

AIMS:Secretory carcinoma (SC) (synonym: mammary analogue secretory carcinoma) is a low-grade salivary gland tumour that occurs in both major and minor salivary glands. SC is known for its wide morphological, architectural and immunohistochemical spectrum, which overlaps with those of several salivary gland neoplasms, including acinic cell carcinoma (AciCC) and intercalated duct-type intraductal carcinoma (IDC) in major salivary glands, and polymorphous adenocarcinoma (PAC) in minor salivary glands. These tumours share with SC some morphological features and SOX10 immunoreactivity; also, with the exception of AciCC, they all coexpress S100 and mammaglobin. METHODS AND RESULTS:We compared MUC4 and mammaglobin expression in 125 salivary gland carcinomas (54 genetically confirmed SCs, 20 AciCCs, 21 PACs, and 30 IDCs) to evaluate the potential of these two markers to differentiate these entities. Moderate to strong diffuse MUC4 positivity was detected in 49 SCs (90.7%), as compared with none of the IDCs and PACs. In contrast, mammaglobin was frequently expressed in SCs (30 of 36 cases; 83.3%), IDCs (24/28; 85.7%), and PACs (7/19; 36.8%). Two of three high-grade SCs lost MUC4 expression in the high-grade tumour component. No significant correlation was found between MUC4 expression and the fusion variant in SC (ETV6-NTRK versus non-ETV6-NTRK). CONCLUSION:The results of our study identify MUC4 as a sensitive (90.7%) and specific (100%) marker for SC, with high positive (100%) and negative (93.4%) predictive values. Thus, MUC4 may be used as a surrogate for SC in limited biopsy material and in cases with equivocal morphology.

journal_name

Histopathology

journal_title

Histopathology

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Taverna C,Baněčková M,Lorenzon M,Palomba A,Franchi A,Skalova A,Agaimy A

doi

10.1111/his.14251

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-09-15 00:00:00

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0309-0167

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1365-2559

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