[Pathological complete response of a metastatic MisMatch Repair deficient/MicroSatellite Instable colon cancer after immunotherapy: A case report].

Ann Pathol

Service d'anatomie et cytologie pathologiques, hôpital Saint-Antoine, Sorbonne université, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 184, rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris, France. Electronic address:

Published: March 2022

Immunotherapies are part of the therapeutic strategy in many cancers and are indicated for metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma with loss of expression of MisMatch Repair system proteins or with microsatelite instability (dMMR/MSI) in the United States. The rate of pathological response to immunotherapy remains poorly documented, but several cases of complete or major pathological response have recently been described. We decided to report the case of a complete pathological response to immunotherapy of a dMMR/MSI colorectal adenocarcinoma in a 74-year-old patient, initially inoperable due to duodenal invasion. Three months after the introduction of immunotherapy, the patient developed drug-induced colitis that contraindicated further treatment. Histological examination of the subtotal colectomy specimen revealed no residual tumour cells. The patterns of tumour regression were mainly represented by colloid regression, infarctoid-type necrosis and a resorptive inflammatory reaction. Although the operative indications for patients with metastatic dMMR/MSI colorectal cancer treated by immunotherapy are still very limited, the number of such specimens is expected to increase rapidly. The management of these specimens, as well as the possibility of a complete histological response, must be known by pathologists who play a key role in the pathophysiological knowledge of these lesions.

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