ABSTRACT
We presented a case of 80-year-old male with long term stomachache, marasmus and anaemia. Endoscopic evaluation suggested the malignant ulcerative tumor on the Gastric antrum, and biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of gastric adenocarcinoma. Surprisingly, in resected specimen the pathologist found a nodule just below the ulcer with clear boundary and gray-yellow section. Histologically, the whole lesion was composed with adenocarcinoma area and spindle tumor cells area. In the spindle tumor cells area, the cells with round or oval nuclei, eosinophilic cytoplasm, and these cells showed bundle or fence-like arrangement. Immunohistochemistry study presented positive expression of vimentin, S-100 and GFAP, negative expression of SMA, desmin, CD34, CD117 and Dog-1, which suggested the diagnosis of co-occurrence of gastric adenocarcinoma and schwannoma. To our knowledge, it is an extremely rare case that only two cases have been reported.
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Adenocarcinoma/pathology , Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/pathology , Neurilemmoma/pathology , Stomach Neoplasms/pathology , Aged, 80 and over , Biomarkers, Tumor , Humans , Immunohistochemistry , MaleABSTRACT
Malignant mesotheliomas of the testis arise from the tunica vaginalis, formed from the evagination of the abdominal peritoneum into the scrotum. It is an extremely rare tumor representing 0.3% to 5% of all malignant mesotheliomas. We presented an interesting case of 68-year-old male with swelling and slightly painful in the right scrotum. Histologically, the lesion were composed of small tubular, microcystic, gland lined by flattened epithelioid cells and vague signet ring cells set in a myxofibrous stroma, which is resemblance to adenomatoid tumor. But the tumor cells showed significant atypical cytologic morphology and invaded into spermatic cord tissue, which indicated the diagnosis of malignant tumor. Immunohistochemistry study showed positive expression of CK, CK5/6, CK7, Calretinin, D2-40 and Vimentin which indicated the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma. This case of mesothelioma should be classified as epithelial in type. To our knowledge, the mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis testis with adenomatoid tumor-like microscopic features is very rare.