Adenoid cystic carcinoma with dedifferentiation/expansion of the luminal cell component and preserved biphasic morphology - Early high-grade transformation.

Ann Diagn Pathol

Department of Pathology, National University Hospital, Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Main Building Level 3, S(119074). Electronic address:

Published: February 2021

We present two patients (29 and 67 years) with histomorphologic and immunohistochemical evidence of early high-grade transformation of adenoid cystic carcinoma in the nasal cavity and floor of mouth, respectively. The component of early high-grade transformation was characterized by 1) selective expansion of the luminal (CK7+, c-kit+, p63-) cell component with severe cytologic atypia and significantly increased Ki-67 proliferation index, and 2) retained albeit attenuated abluminal (CK7-, c-kit-, p63+) cells, surrounding nests of high-grade luminal cells.

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