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primary lingual colonic-type adenocarcinoma
Thursday 30 June 2016
primary colonic-type adenocarcinoma of the tongue
Primary colonic-type adenocarcinoma involving the tongue (CTAT) is exquisitely rare.
The mass consists of invasive adenocarcinoma associated with “dirty necrosis”, akin to the phenotype seen in colorectal adenocarcinoma.
By immunohistochemistry, the tumor cells are positive for AE1/3+ , CDX2+ , CK20+ , SATB2+ and beta-catenin+ (CTNB1+ ).
A metastatic disease muste be excluded before rendering a diagnosis of CTAT.
Open references
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Primary colonic-type adenocarcinoma of the base of the tongue: a previously unreported phenotype. Bell D, Kupferman ME, Williams MD, Rashid A, El-Naggar AK. Hum Pathol. 2009 Dec;40(12):1798-802. doi : 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.01.028 PMID: 19695679 (Free)