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ABSTRACTIntroduction:Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, and its morphological characteristics, despite the current molecular classification, also provide important information about the pattern of this disease.Objective:To analyze the morphological characteristics of invasive ductal breast carcinoma among women older and younger than 50 years.Method:302 cases of invasive ductal carcinoma patients treated at the Division of Mastology of the Universidade Federal do Ceará, in the period 2005-2014, aged ≤ 50 years and older. The following morphological characteristics were analyzed: larger tumor diameter (TD), lymph node metastasis (MX), and histological grade (HG).Results:The mean age of patients was 55.6 years. The average tumor size was 3.4 cm, 40% of tumors have diameter ≤ 2 cm and 60% > 2 cm. As for the histological grade, 23.7% were grade 1, 32.1% grade 2, and 42% grade 3. Axillary metastasis were present in 66% of the cases and 34% did not. Women aged ≤ 50 years had fewer tumors grade 1 (p = 0.002), compared with grades 2 and 3. Women older than 50 years had more grade 3 tumors (p = 0.002), and more tumors larger than 2 cm diameter (p < 0.001). The presence of metastasis predominated in both age groups when analyzed separately (p < 0.001).Conclusion:Women older than 50 years had larger and more morphologically undifferentiated tumors. Women aged ≤ 50 years had less well-differentiated tumors. There were no differences in morphology between these two age groups when compared each other.
RESUMOIntrodução:O câncer de mama é o câncer que mais acomete mulheres no mundo, e suas características morfológicas, a despeito da atual classificação molecular, ainda fornecem informações importantes sobre o comportamento desta doença.Objetivo:Analisar as características morfológicas dos carcinomas ductais invasivos da mama em mulheres acima e abaixo de 50 anos de idade.Métodos:Trezentos e dois casos de carcinoma ductal de pacientes do serviço de Mastologia da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), no período de 2005 a 2014, com idade ≤ 50 anos e acima de 50 anos. Foram analisadas as seguintes características morfológicas: maior diâmetro do tumor (DT), presença de metástase axilar (MX) e grau histológico (GH).Resultados:A idade média das pacientes foi de 55,6 anos; o tamanho médio dos tumores, de 3,4 cm. Quarenta por cento dos tumores possuíam diâmetro ≤ 2 cm e 60%, > 2 cm. Quanto ao grau histológico, 23,7% eram grau 1, 32,1%, grau 2 e 42%, grau 3. Sessenta e seis por cento dos casos apresentaram metástase axilar e 34% não. Mulheres com idade ≤ 50 anos apresentaram menos tumores grau 1 (p = 0,002) em relação aos graus 2 e 3. Mulheres acima de 50 anos apresentaram mais tumores grau 3 (p = 0,002) e mais tumores com mais de 2 cm de diâmetro (p < 0,001). A presença de metástase predominou nas duas faixas etárias quando analisadas isoladamente (p < 0,001).Conclusão:Mulheres acima de 50 anos apresentaram tumores maiores e de morfologia mais indiferenciada; mulheres com idade ≤ 50 anos, menos tumores bem diferenciados. Não houve diferença da morfologia entre as faixas etárias quando comparadas entre si.
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OBJECTIVES: The objectives were to assess the prevalence of high-risk HPV in the male sexual partners of women with HPV-induced lesions, and correlate it with biopsies guided by peniscopy. STUDY DESIGN: Fifty-four asymptomatic male sexual partners of women with low-grade squamous intra-epithelial lesions (LSIL) associated with high-risk HPV were examined between April 2003 and June 2005. The DNA-HPV was tested using a second-generation hybrid capture technique in scraped penile samples. Peniscopy identified acetowhite lesions leading to biopsy. RESULTS: High-risk HPV was present in 25.9% (14 out of 54) of the cases. Peniscopy led to 13 biopsies (24.07%), which resulted in two cases of condyloma, two cases of intra-epithelial neoplasia (PIN) I, one case of PIN II, and eight cases of normal tissue. The high-risk HPV test demonstrated 80% sensitivity, 100% specificity, 100% positive predictive value, and 88.9% negative predictive value for the identification of penile lesions. There was a greater chance of finding HPV lesions in the biopsy in the positive cases of high-risk HPV with abnormal peniscopy (p=0.007); OR=51 (CI 1.7-1527.1). CONCLUSION: Among asymptomatic male sexual partners of women with low-grade intra-epithelial squamous lesions, those infected by high-risk HPV have a higher chance of having abnormal penile tissue compared with male partners without that infection.
