Article
Human Papilloma Virus 18-Positive Submucosal Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Vagina: An Immunohistochemical and Genomic Study.
International journal of surgical pathology - 1 Dec 2021
Kitazono Ikumi, Akahane Toshiaki, Sakihama Mika, Yanazume Shintaro, Matsushita Michiko, Tabata Kazuhiro, Kobayashi Yusuke, Kobayashi Hiroaki, Umekita Yoshihisa, Tanimoto Akihide
Abstract excerpt
Primary vaginal neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) is extremely rare among female genital tract tumors. Here, we report 2 cases of vaginal small cell NEC (SCNEC) using immunohistochemistry and next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis. The 2 patients were in their mid-to-late 70s, presented with abnormal vaginal bleeding and had a vaginal submucosal mass. The biopsied or resected tumors showed a typical...
Topics
- Aged
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine
- Carcinoma, Small Cell
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Female
- Genomics
- High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
- Human papillomavirus 18
