Primary nasopharyngeal mucoepidermoid carcinoma in Japanese patients: two case reports with histochemical and immunohistochemical analysis and a review of the literature
Primary nasopharyngeal mucoepidermoid carcinoma in Japanese patients: two case reports with histochemical and immunohistochemical analysis and a review of the literature
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日本原发性鼻咽粘液表皮样癌:两例组织化学和免疫组织化学分析及文献综述
作者:
K. Kusafuka;Y. Takizawa;Y. Iida;M. Ebihara;T. Onitsuka;T. Kameya
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a common neoplasm of the salivary glands. Salivary gland-type neoplasms are very rare in the nasopharynx, and there are only few reports on mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the nasopharynx. Two additional cases of mucoepidermoid carcinoma arising from the nasopharynx are reported here. Case 1: the patient was a 57-year-old Japanese woman who had bloody sputum. Case 2: the patient was a 51-year-old Japanese woman who underwent resection of a nasopharyngeal tumor. Histologically, both tumors were also low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinomas with clear cells. Histochemically, the gland-like nests and mucous cells were positive for mucin staining. Immunohistochemically, the lesions were positive for cytokeratins (CKs), p63, and MUC1, but negative for alpha-smooth muscle actin and EBER mRNA. The Ki-67 labeling indices of the two tumors were 10.4% and 4.3%, respectively. The two present cases and a review of the English literature indicate that salivary gland-type neoplasms arising from the nasopahrynx are extremely rare. The prognosis of salivary gland-type carcinomas of the nasopharynx is still unknown.
影响因子:
3.8
作者:
HU, LF;ZABAROVSKY, ER;WINBERG, G
通讯作者:
WINBERG, G