Oral acantholytic squamous cell carcinoma shares clinical and histological features with angiosarcoma

Oliver Driemel, Urs D.A. Müller-Richter, Samer G. Hakim, Richard Bauer, Alexander Berndt, Johannes Kleinheinz, Torsten E. Reichert, Hartwig Kosmehl

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Abstract

Background. acantholytic squamous cell carcinomas (ASCC) and intraoral angiosarcoma share similar histopathological features. Aim of this study was to find marker for a clear distinction. Methods. Four oral acantholytic squamous cell carcinomas and one intraoral angiosarcoma are used to compare the eruptive intraoral growth-pattern, age-peak, unfavourable prognosis and slit-like intratumorous spaces in common histological staining as identical clinical and histopathological features. Immunohistochemical staining for pancytokeratin, cytokeratin, collagen type IV, γ2-chain of laminin-5, endothelial differentiation marker CD31 and CD34, F VIII-associated antigen, Ki 67-antigen, β-catenin, E-cadherin, α-smooth-muscle-actin and Fli-1 were done. Results. Cytokeratin-immunoreactive cells can be identified in both lesions. The large vascularization of ASCC complicates the interpretation of vascular differential markers being characteristic for angiosarcoma. Loss of cell-cell-adhesion, monitored by loss of E-cadherin and β-catenin membrane-staining, are indetified as reasons for massive expression of invasion-factor ln-5 in ASCC and considered responsible for unfavourable prognosis of ASCC. Expression of Fli-1 in angiosarcoma and cellular immunoreaction for ln-5 in ASCC are worked out as distinguishing features of both entities. Conclusion. Fli-1 in angiosarcoma and ln-5 in ASCC are distinguishing features.

Original languageEnglish
Article number17
JournalHead and Face Medicine
Volume4
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22.08.2008

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