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Carcinoma, a fibrolamellar variant--immunohistochemical analysis of 4 cases
Barbara Górnicka1, Bogna Ziarkiewicz-Wróblewska, Tadeusz Wróblewski
1Department of Pathology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
Background/Aims:
To analyze, by means of immunocytochemistry, the cases of fibrolamellar variant of hepatocellular carcinoma (FLC), diagnosed in our Department.
Methodology:
The material comprised 4 FLC cases of tumors resected surgically. Besides the routine morphological assessment, we used a panel of immunohistochemical stainings including: hepatocellular cytokeratin, CK7, CK19, Ki67, PCNA, chromogranin A, synaptophysin, NSE, insulin, calcitonin, parathormon, CD34, EBV (LMP), Bcl2, cyclin D1.
Results:
In 3 out of 4 cases, we observed co-expression of CK7 with hepatocellular CK. In addition, there was positive staining with some endocrine markers in the majority of patients. In one case, we found strong cyclin D1 immunoreactivity which correlated with EBV (LMP) immunoreactivity, in the same patient. The score of PCNA positivity varied between 15 and 90%. In all cases Ki67 was negative.
Conclusions:
The incidence of FLC, among all hepatocellular carcinomas diagnosed in our Department was 5.1%. In accordance with other reports, all our FLC cases were young patients without underlying liver disease. We were unable to find a correlation between FLC cellular immunophenotype, and histological and clinical markers of malignancy. In addition, it appears that PCNA is a better marker of cell-proliferation in FLC than Ki67. The significance of EBV infection in FLC requires further study.
