Study of D2-40 immunoexpression of the spindle cell areas of a metaplastic basal cell carcinoma (sarcomatoid basal cell carcinoma)

Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2012 Oct;20(5):518-22. doi: 10.1097/PAI.0b013e31821acdf5.

Abstract

Sarcomatoid basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is rare. In the literature, data on the prognosis of such a variant is somewhat contradictory. D2-40 immunoexpression has been shown to have prognostic connotations in carcinomas of organs other than the skin. However, although D2-40 immunoexpression has been investigated in "common" (nonsarcomatoid) BCC, it has not yet been studied in the spindle cell component of a sarcomatoid BCC. We present a sarcomatoid BCC on the neck of an 87-year-old man that has grown rapidly over the last few months. The sarcomatoid component of the tumor expressed several types of cytokeratins, such as AE1/AE3, CK 5/6, 34betaE12, and CAM 5.2. It was also positive for p63 and for D2-40 in a diffuse pattern.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived*
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / genetics
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / metabolism*
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / genetics
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism*
  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / metabolism
  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / pathology*
  • Gene Expression
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Keratins / genetics
  • Keratins / metabolism
  • Male
  • Metaplasia

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • monoclonal antibody D2-40
  • Keratins