https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/14452
Tipo: | Artigo de Periódico |
Título: | Immunoprofile of Kuttner tumor (chronic sclerosing sialadenitis) |
Título(s) alternativo(s): | International Journal of Surgical Pathology |
Autor(es): | Sousa, Suzana Orsini Machado de Ferrazzo, Kivia Linhares Loyola, Adriano Mota Santos, Jean Nunes dos Araújo, Vera Cavalcanti de |
Autor(es): | Sousa, Suzana Orsini Machado de Ferrazzo, Kivia Linhares Loyola, Adriano Mota Santos, Jean Nunes dos Araújo, Vera Cavalcanti de |
Abstract: | In the present study, the immunoprofile of chronic sclerosing sialadenitis, also known as Kuttner tumor, was analyzed. Two cases that occurred in the submandibular gland of male patients were submitted to immunohistochemical reactions to different antibodies. Histological examinations showed a submandibular gland exhibiting various degrees of atrophy with destruction of acini, infiltration by inflammatory cells, and periductal fibrosis. Reactions to cytokeratins (CKs) showed acini and duct remnants positive to CKs 7, 8, 19, and 13. CK14 stained myoepithelial cells around preserved acini and intercalated duct, and also basal cell of excretory ducts, but was negative in proliferating and branching ducts. Smooth muscle actin (SMA) was expressed by myofibroblasts in periductal fibrosis, and an intense expression of extracellular components was also seen. Lymphocyte markers showed, besides mature follicles, a higher presence of CD45RO positive cells. Thus, the immunoprofile of Kuttner is much more in keeping with an inflammatory-induced degenerative disease than with a preneoplastic lesion. |
Palavras-chave: | Kuttner tumor Chronic sclerosing sialadenitis Submandibular gland Immunohistochemistry |
Tipo de Acesso: | Acesso Aberto |
URI: | http://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/14452 |
Data do documento: | 2008 |
Aparece nas coleções: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Biologia) |
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