Carcinoma ex-pleomorphic adenoma of the breast. Report of three cases suggesting a relationship to metaplastic carcinoma of matrix-producing type

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 446, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 142-149

  Hayes, Malcolm M ^a   Lesack, David ^b   Girardet, Christophe ^c   Del Vecchio, Marina ^d   Eusebi, Vincenzo ^d  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b KELOWNA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Histo et Cyto pathologie Clinique   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Metaplastic carcinoma; Pleomorphic adenoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; METAPLASIA; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA, PLEOMORPHIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AXILLA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 15244344673     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-004-1137-7     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Agnantis NJ, Maounis N, Priovolou-Papaevangelou M, Baltatzis I (1992) Pleomorphic adenoma of the human female breast. Pathol Res Pract 188:235-241
2. Alvarez-Canas C, Rodilla IG (1996) True malignant mixed tumor (carcinosarcoma) of the parotid gland. Report of a case with immunohistochemical study. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 81:454-458
3. Ballance WA, Ro JY, el-Naggar AK, Grignon DJ, Ayala AG, Romsdahl MG (1990) Pleomorphic adenoma (benign mixed tumor) of the breast. An immunohistochemical, flow cytometric, and ultrastructural study and review of the literature. Am J Clin Pathol 93:795-801
4. Betta PG, Spinoglio G (1992) Benign mixed salivary-type tumour of the breast. Eur J Surg Oncol 18:304-306
5. Bisceglia M, Nirchio V, Carosi I, Cappucci U, Decata A, Paragone T et al (1995) [Tumor and tumor-like benign mesenchymal lesions of the breast]. Pathologica 87:20-41
6. Chang LC, Lee N, Lee CT, Huang JS (1998) High-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the breast: case report. Chang Keng I Hsueh Tsa Chih 21:352-357
7. Chen KT (1990) Pleomorphic adenoma of the breast. Am J Clin Pathol 93:792-794
8. Damiani S, Eusebi V, Losi L, D'Adda T, Rosai J (1998) Oncocytic carcinoma (malignant oncocytoma) of the breast. Am J Surg Pathol 22:221-230
9. Damiani S, Pasquinelli G, Lamovec J, Peterse JL, Eusebi V (2000) Acinic cell carcinoma of the breast: an immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study. Virchows Arch 437:74-81
10. Davison J, Morgan T, Hsi B, Xiao S, Fletcher J (1998) Subtracted, unique-sequence, in situ hybridization: experimental and diagnostic applications. Am J Pathol 153:1401-1409
11. Demirag F, Topcu S, Kurul C, Memis L, Altinok T (2003) Malignant pleomorphic adenoma (malignant mixed tumor) of the trachea: a case report and review of the literature. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 260:96-99
12. Diaz NM, McDivitt RW, Wick MR (1991) Pleomorphic adenoma of the breast: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 10 cases. Hum Pathol 22:1206-1214
13. Di Tommaso L, Foschini MP, Ragazzini T, Magrini E, Fornelli A, Ellis IO et al (2004) Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the breast. Virchows Arch 444:13-19
14. Foschini MP, Dina RE, Eusebi V (1993) Sarcomatoid neoplasms of the breast: proposed definitions for biphasic and monophasic sarcomatoid mammary carcinomas. Semin Diagn Pathol 10:128-136
15. Foschini MP, Reis-Filho JS, Eusebi V, Lakhani SR (2003) Salivary gland-like tumours of the breast: surgical and molecular pathology. J Clin Pathol 56:497-506
16. Garner SL, Robinson RA, Maves MD, Barnes CH (1989) Salivary gland carcinosarcoma: true malignant mixed tumor. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 98:611-614
17. Hellquist H, Michaels L (1986) Malignant mixed tumour. A salivary gland tumour showing both carcinomatous and sarcomatous features. Virchows Arch 409:93-103
18. Hemmi A, Hiraoka H, Mori Y, Wataya T, Sato H, Jinnai M et al (1988) Malignant pleomorphic adenoma (malignant mixed tumor) of the trachea. Report of a case. Acta Pathol Jpn 38:1215-1226
19. Kanter MH, Sedeghi M (1993) Pleomorphic adenoma of the breast: cytology of fine-needle aspiration and its differential diagnosis. Diagn Cytopathol 9:555-558
20. Kwon MY, Gu M (2001) True malignant mixed tumor (carcinosarcoma) of parotid gland with unusual mesenchymal component: a case report and review of the literature. Arch Pathol Lab Med 125:812-815
21. Lewis JE, Olsen KD, Sebo TJ (2001) Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma: pathologic analysis of 73 cases. Hum Pathol 32:596-604
22. Manrique JJ, Albores-Saavedra J, Orantes A, Brandt H (1978) Malignant mixed tumor of the salivary-gland type, primary in the prostate. Am J Clin Pathol 70:932-937
23. Moran CA, Suster S, Carter D (1990) Benign mixed tumors (pleomorphic adenomas) of the breast. Am J Surg Pathol 14:913-921
24. Muller S, Vigneswaran N, Gansler T, Gramlich T, DeRose PB, Cohen C (1994) c-erbB-2 oncoprotein expression and amplification in pleomorphic adenoma and carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma: relationship to prognosis. Mod Pathol 7:628-632
25. Muthuphei MN (2000) Re: pleomorphic adenoma of the human breast. East African Med J 77:513
26. Narita T, Matsuda K (1995) Pleomorphic adenoma of the breast: case report and review of the literature. Pathol Int 45:441-447
27. Nasser SM, Faquin WC, Dayal Y (2003) Expression of androgen, estrogen, and progesterone receptors in salivary gland tumors. Frequent expression of androgen receptor in a subset of malignant salivary gland tumors. Am J Clin Pathol 119:801-806
28. Olsen KD, Lewis JE (2001) Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma: a clinicopathologic review. Head Neck 23:705-712
29. Petrosyan K, Tamayo R, Joseph D (2002) Sensitivity of a novel Biotin-free detection reagent (Power Vision +). J Histotechnol 25:247-250
30. Reid-Nicholson M, Bleiweiss I, Pace B, Azueta V, Jaffer S (2003) Pleomorphic adenoma of the breast. A case report and distinction from mucinous carcinoma. Arch Pathol Lab Med 127:474-477
31. Schmitt FC, Ribeiro CA, Alvarenga S, Lopes JM (2000) Primary acinic cell-like carcinoma of the breast - a variant with good prognosis? (letter). Histopathology 36:286-289
32. Seifert G (1991) WHO International histological classification of tumours: histological typing of salivary gland tumours, 2nd edn. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York
33. Seifert G (1992) Histopathology of malignant salivary gland tumours. Eur J Cancer B Oral Oncol 28:49-56
34. Simpson RH, Cope N, Skalova A, Michal M (1998) Malignant adenomyoepithelioma of the breast with mixed osteogenic, spindle cell, and carcinomatous differentiation. Am J Surg Pathol 22:631-636
35. Skalova A, Starek I, Vanecek T, Kucerova V, Plank L, Szepe P et al (2003) Expression of HER-2/neu gene and protein in salivary duct carcinomas of parotid gland as revealed by fluorescence in-situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. Histopathology 42:348-356
36. Soreide JA, Anda O, Eriksen L, Holter J, Kjellevold KH (1988) Pleomorphic adenoma of the human breast with local recurrence. Cancer 61:997-1001
37. Spiro RH, Huvos AG, Strong EW (1977) Malignant mixed tumor of salivary origin: a clinicopathologic study of 146 cases. Cancer 39:388-396
38. Stephen J, Batsakis JG, Luna MA, von der Heyden U, Byers RM (1986) True malignant mixed tumors (carcinosarcoma) of salivary glands. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 61:597-602
39. Sugano I, Nagao T, Tajima Y, Ishida Y, Nagao K, Ooeda Y et al (2001) Malignant adenomyoepithelioma of the breast: a nontubular and matrix-producing variant. Pathology International 51:193-199
40. Talmi YP, Halpren M, Finkelstein Y, Gal R, Zohar Y (1990) True malignant mixed tumour of the parotid gland. J Laryngol Otol 104:360-361
41. Tanner M (2000) Chromogenic in situ hybridization a practical alternative for fluorescence in situ hybridization to detect Her2/neu oncogene amplification in archival breast cancer samples. Am J Pathol 157:1467-1472
42. Tjalma WA, Verslegers IO, De Loecker PA, Van Marck EA (2002) Low and high grade mucoepidermoid carcinomas of the breast. Eur J Gynaecol Oncol 23:423-425
43. Tortoledo ME, Luna MA, Batsakis JG (1984) Carcinomas ex pleomorphic adenoma and malignant mixed tumors. Histomorphologic indexes. Arch Otolaryngol 110:172-176
44. Vyberg M, Nielsen S (1998) Dextran polymer conjugate two-step visualization system for immunohistochemistry: a comparison of EnVision+ with two three-step avidin-biotin techniques. Appl Immunohistochem 6:3-10
45. Wahlberg P, Anderson H, Biorklund A, Moller T, Perfekt R (2002) Carcinoma of the parotid and submandibular glands - a study of survival in 2465 patients. Oral Oncol 38:706-713
46. Zafrani B, Bourquelot R, Chleq C, Mazabraud A (1985) [Mixed tumor of the breast (pleomorphic adenoma)]. Ann Pathol 5:213-215