A Case of Uterine Tumor Resembling Ovarian Sex Cord Tumor With Prominent Myxoid Features.

Uterine tumor resembling ovarian sex cord tumor (UTROSCT) is a rare tumor with low malignant potential that commonly occurs in middle age. Although more than 100 cases have been reported to date, myxoid morphology is not well documented. Here, we present a 75-yr-old woman with abnormal vaginal bleeding, with an 8-cm mass in the uterine corpus detected by irregular, high-intensity signaling on T2-weighted imaging. The uterine mass had a glistening mucinous appearance on gross examination. Microscopically, most of the tumor cells were floating in the myxoid stroma. The tumor cells formed clusters or nests with abundant cytoplasm, while some exhibited trabecular or rhabdoid appearances. Immunohistochemically, tumor cells were positive for pancytokeratin (AE1/AE3), α-smooth muscle actin, CD10, progesterone receptor, and some sex cord markers such as calretinin, inhibin, CD56, steroidogenic factor-1. Electron microscopy demonstrated epithelial and sex cord differentiation. This tumor was negative for JAZF1-JJAZ1 fusion gene that is frequently found in low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma. Fusion genes related to UTROSCT, including NCOA2/3 , were not detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. The present case suggests that UTROSCT should be included in the differential diagnosis of myxoid uterine tumors. Copyright © 2023 by the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists.

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Koki Ise, Zen-Ichi Tanei, Yoshitaka Oda, Satoshi Tanikawa, Hirokazu Sugino, Yusuke Ishida, Masumi Tsuda, Yuko Gotoda, Kunihiko Nishiwaki, Hiroyuki Yanai, Tadashi Hasegawa, Kazuo Nagashima, Shinya Tanaka. A Case of Uterine Tumor Resembling Ovarian Sex Cord Tumor With Prominent Myxoid Features. International journal of gynecological pathology : official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists. 2024 Jan 01;43(1):41-46

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