title: Spontaneous basaloid adenomas of the mammary gland in four dogs: clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical features.
abstract: Spontaneous basaloid adenomas occurred in four out of 354 dogs with mammary tumors. Affected dogs were pure-bred, intact females between 6 and 8 years of age. Three dogs were nuliparous, two had pseudopregnancies, and none had received contraceptive steroids. The tumors were multiple (three cases) or unique, less than 1 cm in diameter, well delineated, and composed of uniform cords and clusters of monomorphic epithelial cells with focal signs of squamous or glandular differentiation. A basal cell immunophenotype (cytokeratins 5 and 14 positive) without either glandular epithelial (cytokeratins 8, 18, and 19 negative) or myoepithelial (calponin negative) differentiation was observed in the majority of tumor cells. No recurrence or metastasis was recorded after follow-up periods between 3 and 24 months. In spite of the hormone-dependent nature of this tumor in female Beagles given experimental contraceptive steroids, spontaneous basaloid adenomas lacked estrogen receptor alpha and progesterone receptors.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de A y Anatomía Patológica Comparadas, Universidad de Córdoba, Edificio de Sanidad Animal, Spain. an1magoj@uco.es
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martín de las Mulas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ordás
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Millán
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Espinosa de los Monteros
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reymundo
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D007633:Keratins / Q000378:metabolism; D015674:Mammary Neoplasms, Animal / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D000096985:Calponins
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D007633:Keratins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D000096985:Calponins