Objectives: Carcinoma with basaloid features, known as basaloid carcinoma of prostate, is an extremely rare tumor. We report the clinical, histological and immunohistochemical findings in a case of prostatic basaloid carcinoma.
Methods/results: A 68-year old man consulted with a two-year history of increasing urinary outflow obstruction that developed into acute urinary retention. A routine suprapubic prostatectomy was carried out, following which normal voiding was achieved. Microscopically, the neoplasm showed different histological aspects; some areas were typical of basal cell hyperplasia, intermixed with other in which there was evidence of basaloid carcinoma. Immunohistochemical staining of the basaloid carcinoma revealed cytokeratin 34betaE12 immunoreactivity without expression of prostatic specific antigen and prostatic acid phosphatase.
Conclusion: This case is a very unusual basaloid carcinoma and may indicate that there is a spectrum in prostate basal cell proliferation.
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January 2025
Department of Oral Pathology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai.
Although sialoblastoma (SBL) is defined as a low-grade malignant salivary gland anlage neoplasm in the 2022 World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Head and Neck Tumors, its histology, genetics, and behavior remain controversial due to the rarity of the tumor. Here, we performed the first comprehensive clinical, histologic, and molecular analyses of 8 SBLs to better understand their pathogenesis and prognosis. This cohort consisted of 5 boys and 3 girls, with ages ranging from birth to 9 years at diagnosis.
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Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3508 GA, The Netherlands.
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Takayuki Suyama, MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center, 2-1-50 Minami-koshigaya, Koshigaya, Saitama, 343-8555, Japan; ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6986-411X.
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January 2025
Department of Pathology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P. R. China; Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P. R. China. Electronic address:
Objectives: Esophageal basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (basaloid ESCC) is an uncommon variant of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). We characterized the tumor immune microenvironment features of basaloid ESCC, and compared them with conventional ESCC.
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