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ArticleHead and neck pathology2017

Nonkeratinizing Squamous Cell Carcinoma In Situ of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract: An HPV-Related Entity.

Lingxin Zhang, James S Lewis, Samir K El-Mofty, Manoj Gandhi, Rebecca D Chernock

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Article in Head and neck pathology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lingxin ZhangDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave., Campus Box 8118, St. Louis, MO, USA.
James S LewisDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Samir K El-MoftyDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave., Campus Box 8118, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Manoj GandhiAffymetrix, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA.
Rebecca D ChernockDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave., Campus Box 8118, St. Louis, MO, USA. rchernock@path.wustl.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6253-0478
Washington University in St. Louis · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The clinical and pathologic characteristics of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related premalignant lesions in the upper aerodigestive tract have not been adequately studied. There are a few reports of oral cavity HPV-related severe dysplasia with unique morphology (prominent apoptosis/karyorrhexis imparting a 'bowenoid' appearance) and a single case report of HPV-related squamous cell carcinoma in situ with nonkeratinizing histology distinct from the 'bowenoid' pattern that extensively involved the upper aerodigestive tract. The aim of this study was to characterize the morphologic and clinical features of HPV-related severe dysplasia/carcinoma in situ. All cases of upper aerodigestive tract severe dysplasia/carcinoma in situ (111 cases from 98 patients) at Washington University from July 2012 to March 2015 were categorized into histologic types: keratinizing, nonkeratinizing, mixed or 'bowenoid'. There were 83 (85 %) patients with keratinizing, 3 (3 %) nonkeratinizing and 12 (12 %) mixed patterns. The previously reported 'bowenoid' morphology was not identified. All 3 (100 %) nonkeratinizing and 6 (50 %) mixed cases were p16 and HPV RNA in situ hybridization (RNA ISH) positive (100 % concordance between p16 and RNA ISH). Only 2 of 73 keratinizing cases were p16 positive, 1 of which was also HPV RNA ISH positive (1.4 % of keratinizing cases HPV-related). Thus, nonkeratinizing morphology was a strong predictor of transcriptionally-active HPV in severe dysplasia/carcinoma in situ. HPV-related cases most commonly occurred in the floor of mouth and were frequently extensive (≥4 cm) or unresectable.

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AgedCarcinoma in SituCarcinoma, Squamous CellFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansMaleMiddle AgedPapillomavirus InfectionsPrecancerous ConditionsSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckCarcinoma in situDysplasiaHuman papillomavirusNonkeratinizingp16 immunohistochemistryUpper aerodigestive tract

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PMID27492445
PMCPMC5429272
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