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Very interesting,so informative
Are the answers for question 8 and 9 correct. . ?
Yes answers are correct,
Question 8: is to differentiate granulosa cell tumor and fibroma. Pericellular reticulin is characteristic of fibroma but not present in granulosa cell tumor.
Question 9: The patient has an endometrial adenocarcinoma presently and a past history of ovarian tumor. Question is which ovarian tumor can causeendometrial carcinoma. Tumors characterized by hyperesteogenism like granulosa cell tumor, fibromas and thecomas can cause endometrial adenocarcinoma. In this question answer is granulosa cell tumor.
Good reasonable explanations of all answers.
Thank you. Glad you liked it! 🙂
FOXL2 mutation is seen in granulosa and not fibroma.
FOXL2 mutation are a part of pathogenesis in sex-cord stromal tumors especially adult granulosa cell tumors and sertoli-leydig cell tumor. It is important to note that fibromas show positivity for FOX L2 immunostain even-though FOXL2 mutation is not observed. FOX L2 and inhibin are positive in fibromas by immunohistochemistry (as in granulosa cell tumor), hence cannot be used as a differentiating factor. Reticulin stain on the other hand shows peri-cellular staining in fibromas (shown in the question image), whereas granulosa cell tumors do not show pericellular pattern with reticulin. This can be useful in differentiating diffuse adult granulosa cell tumors from fibromas.
Thanks. When are you coming up with your course for FRCPath?
The course will start on 10th of January. Thanks for your interest. You may register for course updates https://mailchi.mp/7b509ac5ac9e/frcpath-histopathology-course-and-mock-test-registration.
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