Myoepithelial carcinoma of the lung

Masuya, Daiki; Haba, Reiji; Huang, Cheng-long; Yokomise, Hiroyasu

doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.08.003

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“…We were only able to find seven cases described in the English literature (Table 1) [2][3][4][5][6]. The benign counterpart of this tumor was documented in 1987 by Strickler et al [7].…”

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Primary pulmonary myoepithelial carcinoma

Hysi

Wattez

Benhamed

et al. 2011

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery

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Primary salivary gland-type tumors of the lung are rare neoplasms. The pulmonary myoepithelial carcinoma belongs to this group. Since it was first described in 1998, we have identified only seven actual cases reported in the literature so far. We describe the case of a non-smoker 60-year-old Caucasian female, who was referred to our institution for the treatment of three peripheral nodules. Her medical history revealed that a wedge resection, for pulmonary myoepithelial carcinoma, was performed in another center 15 months previously. After resection of the current nodules, the histological findings showed three myoepithelial carcinomas of the lung. There was no vascular or lymphatic invasion. The hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes were negatives. The patient is doing well without any sign of recurrence. Herein we shall discuss the case of a primary pulmonary myoepithelial carcinoma in a female and propose a brief review of the literature.

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“…We were only able to find seven cases described in the English literature (Table 1) [2][3][4][5][6]. The benign counterpart of this tumor was documented in 1987 by Strickler et al [7].…”

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confidence: 98%

Primary pulmonary myoepithelial carcinoma

Hysi

Wattez

Benhamed

et al. 2011

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery

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“…Although it should be noted that two patients with low-grade tumors developed metastasis, of which one patient succumbed to the disease. MECA have, besides the mammary gland, also been described in the nasopharynx [4,5], lung [6], larynx [7,8], the infratemporal fossa [9], orbit [10] and skin [11][12][13].…”

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Anaplastic Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Sinonasal Tract: an Underrecognized Salivary-Type Tumor Among the Sinonasal Small Round Blue Cell Malignancies? Report of One Case and a Review of the Literature

Petersson

Chao

2010

Head and Neck Pathol

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We present a 45 year old female patient with a nasal carcinoma showing high-grade/anaplastic histomorphological features and with a distinct myoepithelial immunohistochemical phenotype including positivity for smooth muscle actin, p63, S100 protein with no sustentacular pattern, calponin, cytokeratin 14, vimentin and cytokeratins (AE1-3 and CK5/6). A minority (\5%) of the cells showed focal and variable immunoreactivity for EMA with no cuticular/canalicular pattern. Bcl-2, CD99, CD117 and CD56 were variously positive, but chromogranin and synaptophysin were negative. Weak to moderate nuclear p53 immunoreactivity was seen in 50% of tumor cells. Mib-1/Ki-67 showed an average proliferation of 60-70%. Fluorescent in situ hybridization revealed no EWS-gene translocation. In situ hybridization for EBER was negative.

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“…Myoepithelial tumours arising in minor salivary glands outside the oral cavity is an exceedingly rare event, but MC has been reported in the larynx [ 20 , 28 ], nasopharynx [ 41 , 64 ], lungs [ 35 ] and even a rare case in the infratemporal fossa [ 21 ]. Myoepithelial carcinoma may also arise in the skin and soft tissue [ 3 , 25 , 36 , 59 ].…”

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