Uterine Tumor Resembling Ovarian Sex Cord
Tumor (UTROSCT). Report of Case Suggesting
Neoplastic Origin of Intratumoral Myoid Cells
Zámečník M.1, Staník M.2
1 Šikl’s Department of Pathology, Faculty Hospital, Charles University, Pilsen, Czech Republic 2 Department of Pathology, General Hospital, Trenčín, Slovak Republic |
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Summary:
We report a case of double uterine tumor resembling ovarian sex cord tumor (UTROSCT). The
tumor was composed of sex cord-like cords, nests and tubules, and bundles of myoid cells. The
lesion was interesting especially in regard to histogenesis of intratumoral myoid cells. It is not
known whether these cells are neoplastic or whether they represent preexisting myometrial
smooth muscle cells entrapped into the tumor. In the present case, the sex cord-like epithelioid
cells showed immunohistochemically myoid features in addition to features of epithelial, sex cord
and endometrial stromal differentiation. The spindle cells expressed myoid, epithelial and
endometrial stromal markers, but some of them were positive for sex cord marker calretinin. This
immunophenotypic overlap between sex cord-like and myoid spindle elements indicates that the
spindle cells of UTROSCT represent divergent line of differentiation of neoplastic cell rather than
entrapped myometrial cells. It further expands the spectrum of possible differentiations in this
polyphenotypic neoplasm.
Key words:
uterine tumor resembling ovarian sex cord tumor – UTROSCT - immunohistochemical
examination – smooth muscle differentiation - CD10
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