Difference between revisions of "Lung metastasis"

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*CK20 +ve/-ve (+ve in colorectal carcinoma, -ve in lung primaries).
*CK20 +ve/-ve (+ve in colorectal carcinoma, -ve in lung primaries).
*GATA3 +ve/-ve (usu. +ve in [[urothelial carcinoma]], -ve in lung primaries<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chang | first1 = A. | last2 = Amin | first2 = A. | last3 = Gabrielson | first3 = E. | last4 = Illei | first4 = P. | last5 = Roden | first5 = RB. | last6 = Sharma | first6 = R. | last7 = Epstein | first7 = JI. | title = Utility of GATA3 immunohistochemistry in differentiating urothelial carcinoma from prostate adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinomas of the uterine cervix, anus, and lung. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 36 | issue = 10 | pages = 1472-6 | month = Oct | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318260cde7 | PMID = 22982890 }}</ref>).
*GATA3 +ve/-ve (usu. +ve in [[urothelial carcinoma]], -ve in lung primaries<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chang | first1 = A. | last2 = Amin | first2 = A. | last3 = Gabrielson | first3 = E. | last4 = Illei | first4 = P. | last5 = Roden | first5 = RB. | last6 = Sharma | first6 = R. | last7 = Epstein | first7 = JI. | title = Utility of GATA3 immunohistochemistry in differentiating urothelial carcinoma from prostate adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinomas of the uterine cervix, anus, and lung. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 36 | issue = 10 | pages = 1472-6 | month = Oct | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318260cde7 | PMID = 22982890 }}</ref>).
*CK7 -ve/+ve (typically positive in lung adenocarcinoma and small carcinoma of the lung; positive in a number of other tumours - breast, upper GI tract, thyroid, mesothelioma, [[salivary gland]]).


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 19:26, 29 September 2014

Lung metastasis, also pulmonary metastasis and metastatic lung disease, is relatively common and generally carries a poor prognosis.

General

  • Relatively common.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Variable - dependent on site of origin.

Colorectal adenocarcinoma - usually distinctive morphologically:

  • Typically gland forming.
    • Ellipsoid/elongated pseudostratified nuclei with moderate nuclear atypia.
    • +/-Dirty necrosis.

Others:

IHC

  • TTF-1 -ve (may be positive).
  • CK20 +ve/-ve (+ve in colorectal carcinoma, -ve in lung primaries).
  • GATA3 +ve/-ve (usu. +ve in urothelial carcinoma, -ve in lung primaries[1]).
  • CK7 -ve/+ve (typically positive in lung adenocarcinoma and small carcinoma of the lung; positive in a number of other tumours - breast, upper GI tract, thyroid, mesothelioma, salivary gland).

See also

References

  1. Chang, A.; Amin, A.; Gabrielson, E.; Illei, P.; Roden, RB.; Sharma, R.; Epstein, JI. (Oct 2012). "Utility of GATA3 immunohistochemistry in differentiating urothelial carcinoma from prostate adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinomas of the uterine cervix, anus, and lung.". Am J Surg Pathol 36 (10): 1472-6. doi:10.1097/PAS.0b013e318260cde7. PMID 22982890.