Endometrioid endometrial carcinoma

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Endometrioid endometrial carcinoma is a type of endometrial carcinoma.

  • AKA endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinoma.

General

  • Good prognosis - usually.
  • Women in 40s & 50s.
  • Associated with estrogen excess.
    • Typical patient is obese.

Gross

  • Thickened endometrium.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Atypical (ovoid) glands with - one of the following four:[1][2][3]
    1. Desmoplastic stromal response.
    2. Confluent cribriform growth. †
    3. Extensive papillary growth. †
    4. Severe cytologic atypia. †
  • Squamous metaplasia - very common.
    • Look for squamous morules:
      • Ball of cells with an intensely eosinophilic cytoplasm - key feature.
      • Central nucleus.
      • Intercellular bridges - may be hard to find.
      • +/-Dyskeratotic cells.

Notes:

  • † There is a size cut-off for criteria 2, 3 and 4: > 2.1 mm.[2]
  • Dyskeratosis = abnormal keratinization;[4] classically have intensely eosinophilic cytoplasm +/- nuclear fragmentation (karyorrhexis) - see: several dyskeratotic cells.
  • Squamous metaplasia != neoplastic -- it may occur due to hormones.[5]
  • Squamous morules in endometrioid endometrial carcinoma - not associated with HPV infection.[6]

DDx:

Images

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IHC

  • Vimentin +ve.
  • ER +ve.
  • PR +ve.

Others:

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ENDOMETRIUM, BIOPSY: 
- ENDOMETRIOID ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA, FIGO GRADE I/III.

Micro

The sections show endometrium with complex, fused and cribriform glands with scant intervening stroma over a region measuring greater than 2.1 millimetres. Focally, a desmoplastic stroma is also identified. No nuclear atypia is appreciated.

Endocervical versus endometrial - biopsy

The foamy histiocytes in the stroma and lack of desmoplasia slightly favour an endometrial origin; however, the lesion would be best classified with an excisional specimen and in conjunction with the clinical impression.

See also

  • [[Endometrial carcinoma


References

  1. Nucci, Marisa R.; Oliva, Esther (2009). Gynecologic Pathology: A Volume in Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Churchill Livingstone. pp. 239. ISBN 978-0443069208.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kurman, RJ.; Norris, HJ. (Jun 1982). "Evaluation of criteria for distinguishing atypical endometrial hyperplasia from well-differentiated carcinoma.". Cancer 49 (12): 2547-59. PMID 7074572.
  3. URL: http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/Endometrium_11protocol.pdf. Accessed on: 12 January 2012.
  4. URL: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dyskeratosis. Accessed on: 5 September 2011.
  5. Miranda, MC.; Mazur, MT. (May 1995). "Endometrial squamous metaplasia. An unusual response to progestin therapy of hyperplasia.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 119 (5): 458-60. PMID 7748076.
  6. Chinen, K.; Kamiyama, K.; Kinjo, T.; Arasaki, A.; Ihama, Y.; Hamada, T.; Iwamasa, T. (Sep 2004). "Morules in endometrial carcinoma and benign endometrial lesions differ from squamous differentiation tissue and are not infected with human papillomavirus.". J Clin Pathol 57 (9): 918-26. doi:10.1136/jcp.2004.017996. PMID 15333650.
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