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Acinar / ductal adenocarcinomas

Acinar adenocarcinoma

Mucinous (colloid) pattern



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Komal Arora, M.D.
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Definition / general
Microscopic (histologic) description
  • Tumor cells float in pools of mucin
  • Resembles mucinous (colloid) carcinoma of breast
  • Has microglandular, cribriform, comedo, solid and hypernephroid patterns
  • Signet ring cells are rare
Positive stains
Differential diagnosis
  • Extension of large bowel carcinoma, Cowpers gland carcinoma
  • Mucinous adenocarcinoma of bladder (PSA-, PAP+)
  • Post-hormone treatment changes which leave behind acellular pools of mucin (Am J Surg Pathol 1998;22:347)
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