Clinicopathologic analysis of solid papillary carcinoma of breast / 临床与实验病理学杂志

ABSTRACT

Purpose To investigate the clinical pathological features, histologic features, and prognosis of solid papillary carcinoma ( SPC) of breast. Methods Nine cases of SPC of breast were analyzed by morphological observation, AB-PAS staining and immuno-histochemical MaxVision staining. The follow-up and analysis of the clinical datas of these nine cases were performed and relevant liter-atures were also reviewed. Results The age of 9 cases of SPC of breast ranged from 32 to 83 years old (mean age is 69. 2 years old). Three cases presented with nipple discharge. Nuclear levels of 9 cases were between low to mid-level. Seven cases were associated with intracellular and extracellular mucus secretion, two cases with calcification, and 3 cases with comedonecrosis. All of these nine cases were ER, PR positive and the positive rates were high ( >70%) , HER-2 was all negative. Syn expression in these nine cases were diffused positive except for one case showing focal positive, 4 with CgA diffused positive, 1 with partial positive and 4 were negative of CgA. Six patients had partial loss of the expression of myoepithelial markers, and 3 cases with complete myoepithelial expression. Ki-67 proliferation index was between 3% and 20%. Except for only one case with small area of invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) (2 mm in great diameter) , all other cases were not associated with other types of breast cancer, sentinel lymph nodes and/or axillary/supracla-vicular lymph nodes metastasis. 8 patients accepted breast-conserving surgey, one case did not undergo radical mastectomy for small le-sion. All of these cases were accepted further endocrine drugs treatment and only one case accepted chemical therapy simultaneously because of the accompanied IDC. None of them was found to relapse for 3 to 61 months (mean 19. 6 months) of follow-up. Conclusion Nine cases of SPC of breast showed some characteristics such as relatively low nuclear level, often accompanied by intracellular and extracellular mucus secretion, positive for neuroendocrine marker, low lymph node metastasis rate, and no recurrence, which suggest that SPC may have a better clinical prognosis.