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In young patients, 81%, 38%, 87%, 7%, 40%, and 67% of
tumors were positive for CK7, CK20, CK19, NCAM,
N-Cadherin, S100P, compared to 95%, 32%, 95%, 0%,
52%, and 38% in the control group, respectively. Diffuse
strong expression of p53 was observed in 33% of tumors
of the young (vs 52% in control group). All tumors had
intact expression of mismatch repair proteins. Mean fol-
low-up time was 2.8 years (range 0.25–11 years). Fourteen
(70%) patients died of disease, and the fve-year survival
rate was 25%.
Conclusion: Cholangiocarcinoma of the young is highly
aggressive, most commonly presenting at advanced stage
and with high histologic grade, and is hence associated
with poor survival. It is more commonly intrahepatic
than cholangiocarcinoma in older adults, but is morpho-
logically and immunohistochemically similar to it, except
for increased expression of S100P and decreased expres-
sion of p53.
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Giant Cell Tumors of Bone With Pulmonary Metastasis
Shenon Sethi, Vijaya Reddy, MD, Pincas Bitterman, MD,
Paolo Gattuso, MD; Rush University Medical Center,
Chicago, IL
Introduction: Giant cell tumor of bone (GCTB) is a rel-
atively rare, benign, but locally aggressive primary intra-
medullary tumor. Pulmonary metastasis is seen in 2%-3%.
This is a retrospective review of the clinical presentation,
long-term outcomes, and treatment of GCTB with pul-
monary metastasis.
Methods and Materials: Institutional surgical pathol-
ogy records from 1993 to 2015 were searched for
primary GCTB.
Results: A total of 98 patients with GCTB were identifed
with a mean age of 38 years and male to female ratio of
1.6:1. Of these, 30 developed local recurrence, and four
(two men, two women, mean age 35 years) developed lung
metastasis. The tumor locations included a case each of
femur, tibia, T12 vertebra, and ischium. All four patients
underwent intralesional curettage/subtotal resection.
Lung metastases were detected at a mean of 79 months
after the treatment of bone lesions. Two patients had local
recurrences prior to and one had recurrence following
pulmonary metastasis. The pulmonary metastases were
managed by wedge resections in all cases. The recurrences
were treated by surgery (1/3), surgery with methotrexate
(1/3), and radiation and denosumab (1/3). All patients
with metastatic disease were alive and healthy at a mean
follow-up of seven years.
Conclusion: Incidence of pulmonary metastasis in GCTB
is 4% and of local recurrence is 31%. Intralesional curet-
tage/subtotal resection has similar risk of local recurrence
(30%) as wide resection (29%) but may increase the risk
of pulmonary metastasis. There is no association between
metastasis and site of the primary bone lesion. Patients
with pulmonary metastasis of GCTB seem to have good
prognosis.
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Blastomycosis in Immunocompromised Patients:
A Clinicopathologic Review
Christine Rupcich, MD, Vijaya Reddy, MD,
Paolo Gattuso, MD; Rush University Medical Center,
Chicago, IL
Introduction: The majority of invasive fungal infections
in immunocompromised patients are due to Aspergillus,
Candida, and zygomycetes. However, literature regarding
blastomycosis infection in immunocompromised patients
is sparse and is mainly limited to single case reports. We
conducted a retrospective review of blastomycosis infec-
tion encountered in cytologic and surgical specimens,
with emphasis on the relationship with immunocompro-
mised patients.
Methods: Our pathology fles from 1994 to January 2017
were searched for blastomycosis infection. The clinical
and pathologic data were reviewed in detail. All cases were
diagnosed based on morphologic characteristics and sup-
ported by ancillary studies, such as PAS and GMS stains.
Microbiology cultures, when available, were recorded.
The patients’ medical histories were reviewed to deter-
mine immune status. Patients considered immunocom-
promised had one or more of the following conditions:
renal transplant, myelodysplastic syndrome/lymphoma/
leukemia, other malignancy, diabetes mellitus, viral hep-
atitis, human immunodefciency virus, sarcoidosis, end
stage renal disease, or rheumatoid arthritis.
Results: A total of 39 cases from 38 patients with availa-
ble clinical history were recorded. There were 25 male and
13 female patients. The mean age was 51.2 years (range
13–76). Six cases were cytologic material: fve bronchial
lavages and one brushing. Thirty-two cases were surgical
pathology cases: 11 lung, eight soft tissue, fve bone, four
skin, two lymph node, one brain, and one thoracic mass.
Of 38 patients, 28 (74%) were immunocompromised.
Seven patients had disseminated infections. Thirty-four
cases had at least one concurrent culture, nine of which
were negative.
Conclusion: Almost two-thirds of patients with blasto-
mycosis were immunocompromised (28/38, 74%), includ-
ing six of seven with disseminated infections. The most
common location for blastomycosis infection was lung,
followed by soft tissue and bone. Cultures were positive
in 74% of patients with a pathology diagnosis consistent
with blastomycosis. These results confrm that immuno-
compromised patients are at a relatively higher risk for
blastomycosis infection.
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