metricas
covid
Buscar en
Revista Española de Patología
Toda la web
Inicio Revista Española de Patología Misleading images of ductal carcinoma in situ: 4 lymph nodes with metastasis
Journal Information
Vol. 56. Issue 4.
Pages 252-260 (October - December 2023)
Share
Share
Download PDF
More article options
Visits
62
Vol. 56. Issue 4.
Pages 252-260 (October - December 2023)
Original
Misleading images of ductal carcinoma in situ: 4 lymph nodes with metastasis
Imágenes equívocas de carcinoma ductal in situ: 4 ganglios linfáticos con metástasis
Visits
62
Emilio I. Abecia Martíneza,
Corresponding author
emilioabecia@gmail.com

Corresponding author.
, Andrea Carilla Sanromána, Liliana Leona, Lucas Sanz Mongeb, Beatriz Eizaguirre Zarzaa
a Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet (Pathology), Zaragoza, Spain
b Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Spain
This item has received
Article information
Abstract
Full Text
Bibliography
Download PDF
Statistics
Figures (4)
Show moreShow less
Tables (1)
Table 1. Case reports in the literature with DCIS inside lymph nodes.
Abstract

Since sentinel lymph node examination became routine, findings of benign ectopic breast tissue in lymph nodes have increased. We report images of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in four lymph nodes in a 76-year-old woman with bilateral breast carcinoma. The right lumpectomy showed intermixed invasive lobular and ductal carcinoma, plus DCIS. 19 nodes were isolated in the axillary lymphadenectomy, 4 of which displayed solid and cribriform DCIS. Myosin and p63 immunohistochemical techniques were positive, suggesting an erroneous diagnosis of “metastatic DCIS”. A further three cases of DCIS in lymph nodes have been previously reported, all with a distinct layer of myoepithelial cells with actin, myosin or p63. Biologically, these images of DCIS in lymph nodes are not credible and three major hypotheses have been proposed to explain these findings: Iatrogenic Mechanical Transport, Revertant DCIS, and primary DCIS of lymph nodes. We consider the first one the most plausible explanation. Our case is unique as several, rare findings are simultaneously observed. More new cases, together with additional immunohistochemical techniques and molecular testing on previous cases, are needed to find a definitive explanation of this histologic finding.

Keywords:
Ductal carcinoma in situ
Sentinel lymph node
Mechanical transport
Ectopic breast tissue
Revertant carcinoma
Abbreviations:
SLN
DCIS
CNB
ILC
IHC
IDC
Resumen

A partir del uso rutinario del examen del ganglio centinela, los hallazgos de tejido mamario ectópico son frecuentes. Presentamos los hallazgos de carcinoma ductal in situ (CDIS) en 4 ganglios linfáticos en una mujer de 76 años con carcinoma de mama bilateral. La lumpectomía derecha mostró una mezcla de patrones de carcinomas ductal y lobular infiltrante, además de CDIS. De los 19 ganglios aislados, 4 mostraron patrones cribiformes y sólidos de CDIS. La miosina y la p63 fueron positivas, sugiriendo un diagnóstico erróneo de «CDIS metastático». En la literatura se han comunicado 3 casos adicionales de patrones de CDIS en ganglios linfáticos, mostrando capa periférica de células mioepiteliales positivas para actina, miosina o p63. Desde un punto de vista biológico, estos hallazgos de CDIS en ganglios linfáticos son discutibles, proponiéndose 3 hipótesis para explicarlo: transporte mecánico yatrogénico, CDIS revertido y CDIS primario de ganglio linfático. Creemos que la primera alternativa es la más plausible. Nuestro caso es único al mostrar, de modo conjunto, diversos hallazgos infrecuentes. El estudio de nuevos casos, así como la aplicación de técnicas inmunohistoquímicas y moleculares a casos de archivo, arrojarían datos que permitirían llegar a una explicación definitiva de este hallazgo histológico.

Palabras clave:
Carcinoma ductal in situ
Ganglio centinela
Transporte mecánico
Tejido mamario ectópico
Carcinoma revertida

Article

These are the options to access the full texts of the publication Revista Española de Patología
Subscriber
Subscriber

If you already have your login data, please click here .

If you have forgotten your password you can you can recover it by clicking here and selecting the option “I have forgotten my password”
Subscribe
Subscribe to

Revista Española de Patología

Purchase
Purchase article

Purchasing article the PDF version will be downloaded

Price 19.34 €

Purchase now
Contact
Phone for subscriptions and reporting of errors
From Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (GMT + 1) except for the months of July and August which will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Calls from Spain
932 415 960
Calls from outside Spain
+34 932 415 960
E-mail
Article options
es en pt

¿Es usted profesional sanitario apto para prescribir o dispensar medicamentos?

Are you a health professional able to prescribe or dispense drugs?

Você é um profissional de saúde habilitado a prescrever ou dispensar medicamentos