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ArticleSAGE open medical case reports2021

A unique case of splenic tumor exhibiting a serous carcinoma phenotype.

Keisuke Kawashima, Yusuke Kito, Koya Tochii, Masaki Kimura, Taro Takeda, Takafumi Sekino, Tsuneko Ikeda, Tamotsu Takeuchi

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Article in SAGE open medical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Keisuke KawashimaDepartment of Pathology, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2507-7066
Yusuke KitoDepartment of Pathology, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu, Japan.
Koya TochiiDepartment of Surgery, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu, Japan.
Masaki KimuraDepartment of Surgery, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu, Japan.
Taro TakedaDepartment of Radiology, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu, Japan.
Takafumi SekinoDepartment of Surgery, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu, Japan.
Tsuneko IkedaDepartment of Pathology, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu, Japan.
Tamotsu TakeuchiDepartments of Pathology and Translational Research, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan.
Matsunami General Hospital · JPGifu University · JP

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Abstract

The spleen has no epithelial element; thus, primary carcinoma of the spleen is quite rare. We present the case of a patient with serous carcinoma of the spleen. A 76-year-old woman with no significant medical history presented with a huge lesion in the spleen. Except this lesion, clinical examination, including imaging examination, revealed no remarkable findings. She underwent excision of the spleen for treatment and diagnosis. Postoperative pathological examination revealed neoplastic cells with pleomorphic and hyperchromatic nuclei, prominent nucleoli, and frequent mitotic activity. The neoplastic cells exhibited a papillary pattern with psammoma bodies. Immunohistochemistry showed positivity for cytokeratin 7, PAX-8, WT-1, p16, p53, and Ber-EP4 and negativity for cytokeratin 20, thyroid transcription factor-1, carcinoembryonic antigen, CD10, estrogen receptor, calretinin, D2-40, intelectin-1, and sialylated HEG1. We inferred that this tumor was a primary splenic serous carcinoma. Serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma is the plausible origin of most pelvic serous carcinomas. However, the origin of serous carcinoma of the spleen remains unknown. We speculated that endosalpingiosis might be the origin of the tumor.

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immunohistochemistryserous carcinomaSpleensplenectomysplenic adenocarcinoma

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