Large-cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Endometrium in Myomatous Uterus

Folia Med (Plovdiv). 2020 Jun 30;62(2):412-417. doi: 10.3897/folmed.62.e49815.

Abstract

Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the endometrium is an insufficiently researched aggressive tumor with a short survival regard-less of the treatment type.We present here the 38th consecutive case of literature reported cases of large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the endometrium (posi-tive for synaptophysin, CD56, chromogranin A, p53, and Vimentin) found in the myomatous uterus of a 76-year-old woman.We also describe in the study the morphological algorithm for differentiation of malignant blastomas with small (under 10 %) neuro-endocrinal component.Accumulated clinical and morphological evidence raises the question whether the large-cell and the small-cell neuroendocrine carcino-mas are just different variations according to their histology and topical occurrence (uterine body/cervix) or they are just independent forms with their respective clinical signs, morphology, treatment, and prognosis.

Keywords: immunohistochemistry; large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the endometrium; myomatous uterus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • CD56 Antigen / metabolism
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / metabolism
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / surgery
  • Chromogranin A / metabolism
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Leiomyoma / pathology*
  • Leiomyoma / surgery
  • Lymph Node Excision
  • Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Salpingo-oophorectomy
  • Synaptophysin / metabolism
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / metabolism
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / surgery
  • Vimentin / metabolism

Substances

  • CD56 Antigen
  • Chromogranin A
  • Synaptophysin
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
  • Vimentin