Tubular adenoma of the gallbladder with squamoid spindle cell metaplasia. Report of three cases with immunohistochemical study. |
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Authors: | K Nishihara K Yamaguchi H Hashimoto M Enjoji |
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Affiliation: | Second Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Three cases of tubular adenoma of the gallbladder with squamoid spindle cell metaplasia are reported. Two of the three patients, who were middle-aged Japanese, had a solitary polyp in the gallbladder, and the other had three polyps. All the lesions were detected incidentally by ultrasonography. The polyps were pedunculated with a fine or frail stalk, and ranged from 0.5 to 3.9 cm in diameter. Histologically, they were tubular adenomas accompanied by scattered foci composed of a compact collection of short-spindle or oval cells with mild atypia. These cells did not retain intercellular bridges, and lacked intracellular keratinization. Immunohistochemically, the spindle cells stained positively for high-molecular-weight cytokeratin (EAB 903, a marker of squamous cell differentiation), whereas adenoma cells lining the tubules were negative for this antigen. Therefore, the spindle cell component is considered to represent squamoid metaplasia of adenoma cells. |
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