Elastosis in lung carcinoma: Immunohistochemical, ultrastructural and clinical studies.

Abstract:

:Elastosis is the pathological finding of focal deposits of elastic fibers in abnormal amounts within tissue. It is well described in the case of infiltrating carcinoma of the breast, but elastosis in lung carcinoma has not been previously documented in detail. We investigated the characteristics of elastosis in lung carcinoma with light and electron microscopies, and immunohistochemistry for alpha-1-antitrypsin. A total of 184 surgically resected primary lung carcinomas were studied. Elastosis was detected in adenocarcinomas (85/106), squamous cell carcinomas (11/60) and adenosquamous carcinomas (5/7), but not in small-cell carcinomas (n = 4) or large-cell carcinomas (n = 5). The degree of elastosis in each case was divided into one of five grades, graded as 3+ to 1-. The score of elastosis was significantly higher in adenocarcinoma than that in squamous-cell carcinoma (P < 0.01). In the cases of adenocarcinoma, the mean score of elastosis in the well-differentiated type (WD n = 43) was higher than that in the moderately differentiated (MD) (n = 39; P = 0.012) and poorly differentiated (PD) types (n = 24; P < 0.01). The mean score of elastosis in MD adenocarcinoma was also higher than that in the PD type (P < 0.01). Light- and electron-microscopic analyses revealed that these elastic fibers in elastosis were composed of aggregates of thick mature and fine immature elastic fibers, and were positive for alpha-1-antitrypsin. It is suggested that both degraded elastic fibers and newly synthesized fibers are contained in the elastosis of lung carcinoma. Although no significant evidence was detected to suggest any correlation between elastosis and the degree of tumor invasion, the survival curves of adenocarcinomas with elastosis showed a significantly improved prognosis than of those without elastosis in the cases of stages IA and IB (n = 52; P = 0.026).

journal_name

Pathol Int

journal_title

Pathology international

authors

Fukushima M,Fukuda Y,Kawamoto M,Yamanaka N

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-12-01 00:00:00

pages

1004-13

issue

12

eissn

1320-5463

issn

1440-1827

pii

pin1103

journal_volume

50

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