CDX2 Expression in Yolk Sac Component of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors

International Journal of Surgical Pathology - Tập 17 Số 5 - Trang 373-377 - 2009
Zhanyong Bing1, Theresa L. Pasha1, John E. Tomaszewski1, Paul Zhang1
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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CDX2 has been detected in the majority of colorectal adenocarcinoma cases and may be useful in determining the sites of origin of tumors. In this study, the authors evaluated CDX2 expression in germ cell tumors (GCTs) by immunohistochemistry. Forty cases of testicular GCTs and 8 cases of metastatic GCTs were retrieved for study. In the 40 cases of testicular GCTs, 13 were pure seminomas and 27 mixed GCTs. Yolk sac tumor (YST) was identified by morphology and glypican 3 staining in 20 testicular mixed GCTs. Of these 20 cases, 8 cases showed 1+ positivity for CDX2. Other primitive components of GCTs were negative. For the 6 cases of metastatic mixed GCT with YST, 4 cases were positive, 2+ in 2 cases and 1+ in 2 cases. The positivity of CDX2 in GCTs warrants including YST in the differential diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of unknown origin.

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International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Tập 17 Số 5

373-377

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