Metastatic breast Cancer simulating well-differentiated neuroendocrine neoplasms of visceral organs

Human Pathology
Jeffrey CloutierPedram Argani

Abstract

A series of metastatic breast carcinoma (MBC) mimicking visceral well-differentiated neuroendocrine neoplasms has not previously been reported. We identified five consultation cases originally submitted as neuroendocrine neoplasms in females but which were found to be MBC on subsequent review. All 5 neoplasms demonstrated nested architecture and relatively uniform nuclei. Four patients had a known history of breast cancer (remote in 3 and concurrent in 1), but the metastases (3 liver, 1 lung) labeled for chromogranin and/or synaptophysin, prompting misdiagnosis as neuroendocrine neoplasm. In a fifth case, a liver metastasis in a patient with a known pancreatic endocrine neoplasm was originally thought to be of pancreatic origin; an occult concurrent primary breast cancer (PBC) was subsequently identified as the source. On further immunohistochemistry (IHC, all metastases evaluated were diffusely, strongly positive for estrogen receptor (ER) (5/5 cases) and GATA3 (4/4 cases). Three patients had previously received ineffective treatment for neuroendocrine carcinoma. Based upon the consultation diagnosis, all four patients with follow-up received hormone therapy, which was effective in three. In a separate tissue microarray (TMA) ...Continue Reading

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Feb 4, 2021·Modern Pathology : an Official Journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc·Julia Y Tsang, Gary M Tse
May 18, 2021·The American Journal of Surgical Pathology·Pedram ArganiCristina R Antonescu

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