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Title: | HPV-independent Precursors Mimicking High-grade Squamous intraepithelial Lesions (HSIL) of the Vulva |
Author: | Rakislova, Natalia Alemany i Vilches, Laia Clavero, Omar Pino, Marta del Saco, Adela Marimon, Lorena Quirós, Beatriz Lloveras Rubio, Betlem Ribera Cortada, Inmaculada Alejo, Maria Pawlita, Michael Quint, Wim Sanjosé Llongueras, Silvia de Ordi i Majà, Jaume VVAP Study Group |
Keywords: | Papil·lomavirus Diagnòstic Papillomaviruses Diagnosis |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
Publisher: | Wolters Kluwer Health |
Abstract: | Two etiopathogenic types of vulvar squamous cell carcinoma (VSCC) have been described: human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated and HPV-independent. Precursor lesions, frequently identified in the adjacent skin, are also distinct in the 2 types of VSCC: high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs) in HPV-associated VSCC and differentiated vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (dVIN) or vulvar acanthosis with altered differentiation in HPV-independent VSCC. Although HPV-independent precursors mimicking HSIL have been described in the vulva, their frequency and morphologic spectrum have not been completely characterized. We explored, in a large series of HPV-independent VSSC, the frequency and the histologic features of precursors mimicking HSIL. We included 779 DNA HPV-negative/p16-negative VSCC with at least 1\xE2\x80\x89cm of adjacent skin. We evaluated the histologic and immunohistochemical (p16 and p53) characteristics of the intraepithelial lesions, focusing on precursors mimicking HPV-associated vulvar HSIL. A total of 254 tumors (33%) had adjacent premalignant lesions. Of them, 186 (73%) had dVIN, 22 (9%) had vulvar acanthosis with altered differentiation, and 46 (18%) had lesions that mimicked HSIL. The mean age of the patients with these HSIL-like lesions was 72\xC2\xB115 years. Twenty-six of these HSIL-like lesions had basaloid morphology, 13 warty, and 7 mixed basaloid/warty features. All the HSIL-like precursors were DNA HPV-negative/p16-negative; 74% of them showed p53 abnormal staining and 35% of them had areas of conventional dVIN. In conclusion, about one fifth of the HPV-independent precursors mimic HSIL, showing either basaloid or warty features. Older age and the presence of areas of typical HPV-independent intraepithelial lesions, together with p16 negativity, should raise suspicion of an HPV-independent etiology. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001540 |
It is part of: | American Journal of Surgical Pathology, 2020, vol 44, num 11, p. 1506-1514 |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/183066 |
Related resource: | http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001540 |
ISSN: | 0147-5185 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal) |
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