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Sinonasal adenoid cystic carcinomas accompanied by seromucinous hamartoma and/or atypical sinonasal glands arising from seromucinous hamartoma: insight into their histogenesis




AuthorsBradova, Martina; Agaimy, Abbas; Laco, Jan; Martinek, Petr; Ing, Stanislav Kormunda; Badoual, Cecile; Damjanov, Ivan; Leivo, Ilmo; Bacchi, Carlos E.; Comperat, Eva; Ihrler, Stephan; Rupp, Niels J.; Sima, Radek; Steiner, Petr; Vanecek, Tomas; Mueller, Sarina; Ventelä, Sami; Skalova, Alena; Michal, Michal

PublisherSpringer Nature

Publishing placeNEW YORK

Publication year2025

JournalVirchows Archiv

Journal name in sourceVirchows Archiv

Journal acronymVIRCHOWS ARCH

Number of pages19

ISSN0945-6317

eISSN1432-2307

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-025-04053-1

Web address https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-025-04053-1

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/485187319


Abstract

The pathology of reactive, dysplastic, and neoplastic sinonasal seromucinous glands is complex, and their contribution to tumorigenesis of sinonasal carcinomas remains controversial. In our practice, we have observed the presence of respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartomas (REAH) and seromucinous hamartomas (SH) associated with adenoid cystic carcinomas (AdCC) in a subset of cases. In many of these cases, genuine atypical features and dysplastic characteristics of the glands were noted at the interface of SH and AdCC. To investigate this phenomenon further, 88 sinonasal AdCC cases were selected from the authors' files and analyzed histologically, immunohistochemically, and genetically searching for MYB/MYBL1 and NFIB gene fusions. HPV testing was also performed. Univariate statistical analysis was conducted on our cohort. Thirty-one cases (35%) showed features of atypical sinonasal glands arising in SH (ASGSH) at the SH-AdCC interface, characterized by bilayered epithelium, architectural disarray, mild nuclear polymorphism, and atypia, sometimes with colloid-like material in the lumen. The MYB immunomarker was negative in 14 ASGSHs (with a positive internal control in AdCC cells), while only two cases showed faint and moderate to weak expression of the antibody in ASGSH glands. In 12 cases, the immunostaining of ASGSH could not be properly assessed, while AdCC cells were negative. The immunostaining was not performed in five cases. Our findings suggest that a subset of sinonasal AdCC may originate in a multistep dysplastic process within SH, consistent with an SH-ASGSH-AdCC progression sequence.


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Open access publishing supported by the institutions participating in the CzechELib Transformative Agreement. This study was in part supported by study grant SVV 260652 from the Ministry of Education, Czech Republic, the Cooperation Program, research area SURG, and the project National Institute for Cancer Research – NICR (Programme EXCELES, ID Project No. LX22NPO5102), funded by the European Union—Next Generation EU.


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