title: p53 Mutation in adenocarcinoma arising in retrorectal cyst hamartoma (tailgut cyst): report of 2 cases--an immunohistochemistry/immunoperoxidase study.
abstract: Retrorectal cyst hamartoma (RCH) is a rare benign cystic lesion located in the retrorectal space. Malignancy arising in such lesions is very uncommon. In this study, 2 cases of mucinous adenocarcinoma arising in RCH are presented. In one case, dysplastic epithelium lined the cyst wall, surrounding the area of carcinoma and suggesting a dysplasia-carcinoma progression in RCH. Adenocarcinoma and the dysplastic epithelium were strongly positive for p53 and Ki-67 and showed negative staining for p21 by immunohistochemistry. These findings are suggestive of a mutation in the p53 gene in the adenocarcinoma and in dysplastic epithelium lining the cysts, similar to the dysplasia-carcinoma sequence described for the development of colonic adenocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Scholes
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boppana
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Melamed
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D016158:Genes, p53 / Q000235:genetics*; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery