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  • Title: Cystosarcoma phylloides of the breast and its mimics. An immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study.
    Author: Auger M, Hanna W, Kahn HJ.
    Journal: Arch Pathol Lab Med; 1989 Nov; 113(11):1231-5. PubMed ID: 2554842.
    Abstract:
    Cystosarcoma phylloides of the breast is a tumor composed of breast ducts and a cellular stromal component that can be benign or malignant. The origin of the stromal cells is controversial. We undertook an immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study of 11 cases of cystosarcoma phylloides to assess the histogenesis of the stromal component. By light microscopy, 4 were diagnosed as benign, and 7 were diagnosed as malignant. Antibodies to vimentin, desmin, actin, high- and low-molecular-weight keratins, and S100 protein were used for immunohistochemical staining. In the 4 benign cases of cystosarcoma phylloides, the stromal cells stained positively only for vimentin. In the malignant tumors, the spindle cell component stained for vimentin in all the cases. In addition, the malignant stromal cells coexpressed desmin in two cases and keratin and S 100 protein in another case. By electron microscopy the stromal component in the benign case and in two of five malignant cases was composed of a mixture of fibroblasts and myofibroblasts. The entire neoplastic stroma in two other malignant cases showed features of smooth-muscle differentiation, whereas in another case all the stromal cells showed myoepithelial differentiation. Thus, in benign and malignant cystosarcoma phylloides, the stromal component consists of a mixture of fibroblasts and myofibroblasts. Leiomyosarcomas and myoepitheliomas can mimic malignant cystosarcoma phylloides, but immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy can differentiate these entities. This is important since their biologic behavior is different.
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