A Case of Gastric Neuroendocrine Neoplasm with Mixed Grade: a Distinct Type of "High"-grade Well-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Neoplasm. 2018

Elia Guadagno, and Gaetano Luglio, and Alessandro Iacobelli, and Giorgio Borrelli, and Antonio Castaldi, and Gaetano De Rosa, and Marialaura Del Basso De Caro
Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Pathology Section, University of Naples Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy. eliaguadagno84@gmail.com.

Grade 3 neuroendocrine tumor (NET G3) is a rare new entity that has recently been introduced in the classification of neuroendocrine neoplasms of the pancreas. It is a well-differentiated form, with a high proliferative activity (Ki67 > 20%), and it represents a category whose prognosis is intermediate between NET G2 and poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC G3). In sites other than the pancreas, this new category is by far less coded. Herein is reported a case of NET G3 of the stomach, the 13th described in literature. The patient was a 71-year-old man with a mass in the gastric fundus. Histological examination revealed a neuroendocrine tumor that was mostly composed by areas with conventional well-differentiated features and intermediate proliferative rate (< 20 mitoses/10 HPFs and 7% Ki67); part of the tumor was characterized by increased nuclear atypia, a confluent growth pattern, intermediate mitotic activity, and high Ki67 value (25%). The tumor was studied immunohistochemically and molecularly, and the only alteration that came out was MEN1 gene mutation (Lau584SerfsTer5) in both the high- and low-grade components. According to the actual classification of gastric neuroendocrine neoplasms, this case is labeled as NEC G3 but it should be named NET G3, with a much better prognosis than the former. Overall, both morphological pattern and the Ki67 value should be mentioned in the histological report in cases of high-grade neuroendocrine neoplasms because of its clinical significance in defining the prognosis and for new potential therapeutic approaches.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D013274 Stomach Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the STOMACH. Cancer of Stomach,Gastric Cancer,Gastric Neoplasms,Stomach Cancer,Cancer of the Stomach,Gastric Cancer, Familial Diffuse,Neoplasms, Gastric,Neoplasms, Stomach,Cancer, Gastric,Cancer, Stomach,Cancers, Gastric,Cancers, Stomach,Gastric Cancers,Gastric Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Gastric,Neoplasm, Stomach,Stomach Cancers,Stomach Neoplasm
D060787 Neoplasm Grading Methods which attempt to express in replicable terms the level of CELL DIFFERENTIATION in neoplasms as increasing ANAPLASIA correlates with the aggressiveness of the neoplasm. Gleason Grading,Gleason Score,Tumor Grading,Grading, Gleason,Grading, Neoplasm,Grading, Tumor,Score, Gleason
D018358 Neuroendocrine Tumors Tumors whose cells possess secretory granules and originate from the neuroectoderm, i.e., the cells of the ectoblast or epiblast that program the neuroendocrine system. Common properties across most neuroendocrine tumors include ectopic hormone production (often via APUD CELLS), the presence of tumor-associated antigens, and isozyme composition. Neuroendocrine Tumor,Tumor, Neuroendocrine,Tumors, Neuroendocrine

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