Submucosal micropapillary adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon: A distinct and aggressive subtype of adenocarcinoma

Faten Limaiem; Zied Hadrich; Sahir Omrani; Leila Ben Farhat; Mohamed Hajri

doi:10.1002/ccr3.7141

Submucosal micropapillary adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon: A distinct and aggressive subtype of adenocarcinoma

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Mar 24;11(3):e7141. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7141. eCollection 2023 Mar.

Authors

Faten Limaiem^{1

2}, Zied Hadrich^{1

3}, Sahir Omrani^{1

3}, Leila Ben Farhat^{1

4}, Mohamed Hajri^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Tunis Faculty of Medicine University of Tunis El Manar Tunis 1007 Tunisia.
² Pathology Department University Hospital Mongi Slim La Marsa La Marsa Tunisia.
³ General Surgery Department University Hospital Mongi Slim La Marsa La Marsa Tunisia.
⁴ Radiology Department University Hospital Mongi Slim La Marsa La Marsa Tunisia.

Abstract

Colorectal invasive micropapillary carcinoma (MPC) is a rare and distinct variant of adenocarcinoma with high incidence of lymph node metastasis. The differential diagnoses of MPC include extensive lymphovascular invasion, metastatic MPC, and retraction artifacts.

Keywords: colorectal cancer; immunohistochemistry; micropapillary carcinoma.

Publication types

Case Reports