Abstract:
:Metaplastic breast carcinoma refers to a heterogeneous group of neoplasms in which the typical glandular growth pattern of the tumor undergoes metaplasia, either epithelial or stromal. A 59-year-old woman presented with a breast mass that recurred in 1 year and showed invasion of the chest wall. Histological sections of both the tumor and the recurrence showed a tumor composed predominantly of stromal spindle cells with neoplastic epithelial ducts. Squamous metaplasia was seen in some ducts. Immunohistochemical staining showed positive cytokeratin and epithelial membrane antigen staining of the epithelial cells. Smooth muscle actin, S100, and vimentin were diffusely positive in the stromal cells. Electron microscopy of the original lesion showed cells with squamous epithelial and smooth muscle characteristics, and other cells that formed lumens into which microvilli projected. Electron microscopy of the recurrent lesion showed primarily spindle-shaped cells with abundant tonofilaments in the perinuclear cytoplasm, desmosomes with associated tonofilaments, filaments with focal densities, often aligned parallel with the cell membranes, surface attachment plaques, and fragments of basement membrane. Pinocytotic vesicles were rare. These metaplastic cells are derived from myoepithelial cells which are multipotential and able to differentiate into epithelial or stromal cells.
journal_name
Ultrastruct Patholjournal_title
Ultrastructural pathologyauthors
Harb JM,Komorowski RA,Vitali CMdoi
10.3109/01913129509021916subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-09-01 00:00:00pages
439-43issue
5eissn
0191-3123issn
1521-0758journal_volume
19pub_type
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