Mesonephric adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix with a prominent spindle cell component.

Oncol Lett

Department of Pathology, West China Second Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610011, P.R. China.

Published: November 2024

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  • Mesonephric adenocarcinomas (MAs) with spindle cell components are rare and aggressive tumors found in the cervix, and the study analyzed these through retrospective data from surgical pathology records.
  • The research involved three postmenopausal women aged 51-60 who were treated with surgery, showing no recurrences or deaths post-operation.
  • Genetic analysis found mutations in some cases, indicating the importance of understanding spindle cell components for diagnosis, suggesting they may signal an advanced stage of disease and highlighting the need for careful evaluation with immunohistochemistry and molecular techniques.

Article Abstract

Mesonephric adenocarcinomas (MAs) with spindle cell components are rare malignant cervical tumours. In the present study, a retrospective analysis of these tumours was performed. Clinicopathological data were gathered from electronic surgical pathology records, and both immunohistochemistry and targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) were performed. The present study included three postmenopausal female patients diagnosed with primary uterine cervical MA with prominent spindle cell components, aged 51-60 years. All patients underwent hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection. There were no recurrences or deaths after surgery. NGS analysis identified mutations in 2 cases and a PIK3-catalytic subunit α () mutation in another. Spindle cell components may indicate MAs at an advanced stage. Spindle cell components in MAs are diagnostic pitfalls, and the use of immunohistochemical panels and molecular detection cases with overlapping morphological features is recommended. While mutations are the most common types of mutations in MAs with spindle cell components, the present study demonstrates that mutations can also occur independently in cases without mutations.

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