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| Caption    = Esophageal adenocarcinoma. [[H&E stain]].
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Features:
Features:
*Adenocarcinoma:
*Adenocarcinoma:
**Cell clusters that form glands.
**"Invading" cell clusters or glands.
***Cribriforming (more than rare) or desmoplasia or "deep" invasion (into submucosa).
**Nuclear atypia of malignancy:
**Nuclear atypia of malignancy:
***Size variation.
***Size variation.
***Shape variation.
***Shape variation.
***Staining variation.
***Staining variation.
**Mitoses common.
**+/-Mitoses (common).


DDx:
DDx:
*[[Columnar dysplasia of the esophagus|High-grade columnar dysplasia of the esophagus]].
*[[Columnar dysplasia of the esophagus|High-grade columnar dysplasia of the esophagus]] - see table in ''[[esophagus]]'' article
*[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus]].
*[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus]].
*[[Gastric adenocarcinoma]].
*[[Gastric adenocarcinoma]].
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Image:Esophageal_adenocarcinoma_-_low_mag.jpg |Esophageal adenocarcinoma - low mag. (WC)
Image:Esophageal_adenocarcinoma_-_low_mag.jpg |Esophageal adenocarcinoma - low mag. (WC)
Image:Esophageal_adenocarcinoma_-_intermed_mag.jpg |Esophageal adenocarcinoma - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image:Esophageal_adenocarcinoma_-_intermed_mag.jpg |Esophageal adenocarcinoma - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image:Esophageal_adenocarcinoma_-_high_mag.jpg |Esophageal adenocarcinoma - high mag. (WC)
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Esophagus]].
*[[Esophagus]].
*[[Adenocarcinoma]].


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 01:39, 18 June 2014

Esophageal adenocarcinoma
Diagnosis in short

Esophageal adenocarcinoma. H&E stain.
LM DDx high-grade columnar dysplasia of the esophagus, squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus,gastric adenocarcinoma
Stains CK7 +ve, CK20 +ve, p63 -ve

Esophageal adenocarcinoma, also adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, is a common malignant epithelial-derived tumour of the distal esophagus, that classically arises in the context of Barrett's esophagus.

General

  • Often a prognosis poor - as diagnosed in a late stage.
  • May be difficult to distinguish from adenocarcinoma of the stomach.
    • By convention (in the CAP checklist) gastroesophageal junction carcinomas are staged as esophageal carcinomas.[1]

Treatment

  • Adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) - may be treated with endoscopic mucosal resection & follow-up.[2]
  • Surgery - esophagectomy.

Esophagus versus stomach

The convention is it's esophageal if both of the following are true:[3]

  1. Epicenter of tumour is in the esophagus.
  2. Barrett's mucosa is present.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Adenocarcinoma:
    • "Invading" cell clusters or glands.
      • Cribriforming (more than rare) or desmoplasia or "deep" invasion (into submucosa).
    • Nuclear atypia of malignancy:
      • Size variation.
      • Shape variation.
      • Staining variation.
    • +/-Mitoses (common).

DDx:

Images

Grading

Graded like other adenocarcinoma:[3]

  • >95 % of tumour in glandular arrangement = well-differentiated.
  • 95-50% of tumour in glandular arrangement= moderately-differentiated.
  • <50% of tumour in glandular arrangment = poorly-differentiated.

Staging

Early esophageal adenocarcinoma has its own staging system:[4][5]

  • M1 = lamina propria.
  • M2 = superficial muscularis mucosae.
  • M3 = submucosa.
  • M4 = muscularis propria.

IHC

  • CK7 +ve.
  • CK20 +ve.

To rule-out SCC:

  • p63 -ve.
  • HWMK -ve.

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GASTROESOPHAGEAL JUNCTION, RESECTION:
- INTRAMUCOSAL ADENOCARCINOMA, pT1a, pNx, SEE TUMOUR SUMMARY.
-- MUCOSAL MARGIN HAS CAUTERIZED DYSPLASTIC EPITHELIUM, SEE COMMENT.
-- DEEP MARGIN NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.

COMMENT:
The cauterized dysplastic epithelium cannot be further interpreted. 
Malignant-appearing glands are within 1 mm of the cauterized epithelium. 
Close follow-up and re-biopsy (or endoscopic re-resection if clinically 
indicated) is recommended.

This case was partially reviewed internally. There is agreement on the presence of
intramucosal adenocarcinoma and dysplastic epithelium at the mucosal margin.

See also

References

  1. URL: http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/Esophagus_11protocol.pdf. Accessed on: 6 April 2012.
  2. Sampliner, RE. (Jul 2009). "Endoscopic therapy for Barrett's esophagus.". Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 7 (7): 716-20. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2009.03.011. PMID 19306943.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 168. ISBN 978-0781765275.
  4. Pech, O.; May, A.; Rabenstein, T.; Ell, C. (Nov 2007). "Endoscopic resection of early oesophageal cancer.". Gut 56 (11): 1625-34. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.112110. PMC 2095648. PMID 17938435. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2095648/.
  5. Thosani, N.; Singh, H.; Kapadia, A.; Ochi, N.; Lee, JH.; Ajani, J.; Swisher, SG.; Hofstetter, WL. et al. (Nov 2011). "Diagnostic accuracy of EUS in differentiating mucosal versus submucosal invasion of superficial esophageal cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.". Gastrointest Endosc. doi:10.1016/j.gie.2011.09.016. PMID 22115605.