A New Hitherto Unreported Histopathologic Manifestation of Mammary Analogue Secretory Carcinoma: "Masked MASC" Associated With Low-grade Mucinous Adenocarcinoma and Low-grade In Situ Carcinoma Components. Issue 9 (October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Petersson, Fredrik; Michal, Michael; Kazakov, Dmitry V.; Grossmann, Petr; Michal, Michal
• Is Part Of: Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology. Volume 24:Issue 9(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-10
• Subjects: mammary analogue secretory carcinoma -- adenocarcinoma -- ETV6 gene -- salivary gland; Diagnostic immunohistochemistry -- Periodicals; Immunohistochemistry -- Periodicals; Cells -- Morphology -- Periodicals; Molecular diagnosis -- Periodicals; 616.079
• DOI: 10.1097/PAI.0000000000000320
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1541-2016

Abstract

Abstract : We present a salivary gland tumor of the parotid gland in a 54-year-old woman, which contained a minor mammary analogue secretory carcinoma (MASC) component (20%) intermixed with a morphologically entirely different mucinous adenocarcinomatous component that comprised 80% of the tumor mass and a morphologically nondescript low-grade intraductal carcinoma (in situ) component. On fluorescence in situ hybridization, a break in the ETV6 gene was documented in the mucinous adenocarcinomatous, the conventional MASC, and the intraductal (in situ) components. RT-PCR failed to reveal an ETV6 - NTRK3 fusion. The entire conventional MASC and only rare mucinous adenocarcinoma tumor cells were mammaglobin positive, whereas the low-grade intraductal carcinoma (in-situ) component was negative. S-100 protein stained only the MASC component.