Primary Endometrial High Grade Neuroendocrine Carcinoma: A Case Report with Cytological, Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Features
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Author(s)
Kazuhiro Kobayashi1, Masashi Matsuyama2, Fumimasa Etori2, Naomi Kawaguchi2, Kyoko Nambu2, Asuka Sekiya2, Yuka Hiraku3, Kazushige Yamamoto3, Naoki Watanabe2, Tetsuya Yamada4, Takuji Tanaka1,2*
Affiliation(s)
1Department of Tumor Pathology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu City, Japan.
2Department of Diagnostic Pathology (DDP) & Research Center of Diagnostic Pathology (RC-DiP), Gifu Municipal Hospial, Gifu City, Japan.
3Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gifu Municipal Hospial, Gifu City, Japan.
4Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kizawa Memory Hospital, Minokamo City, Japan.
2Department of Diagnostic Pathology (DDP) & Research Center of Diagnostic Pathology (RC-DiP), Gifu Municipal Hospial, Gifu City, Japan.
3Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gifu Municipal Hospial, Gifu City, Japan.
4Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kizawa Memory Hospital, Minokamo City, Japan.
ABSTRACT
An
84-year-old woman suffered from post-menopausal genital bleeding for 3
months. Based on the endometrial cytological findings (suggestive of
high grade neuroendocrine carcinoma) showing that there were
rosette-like and cord-like structures consisting of small rounded tumor
cells with oval nuclei and scanty cytoplasm, radical hysterectomy was
performed. Histopathological and immunohistochemical examinations on the
operated specimens revealed primary high grade neuroendocrine carcinoma
of the endometrium. Despite the extensive treatment against the
malignancy, the patient died due to widespread metastases after 5 months
after the surgery and autopsied.
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Features. Open Journal of Pathology, 5, 1-7. doi: 10.4236/ojpathology.2015.51001.
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