Feline pyloric and duodenal adenoma: A histological and immunohistochemical study

Abstract

Although pyloric and duodenal adenomas occasionally occur in cats, limited information is currently available on their phenotypes and molecular features. The present study investigated the pathological features of these tumors and the mechanisms underlying their tumorigenesis. Biopsy samples from 8 cats diagnosed with pyloric or duodenal adenomas were examined by histopathology and immunohistochemistry. Normal pyloric and duodenal tissues of cats were assessed for comparison. All cases showed a papillary growth of cuboidal to columnar cells with eosinophilic, ground-glass cytoplasm. Mucin in tumor cells was positive for periodic acid–Schiff and paradoxical concanavalin-A staining, but was negative for Alcian blue. Immunohistochemically, tumor cells were positive for cytokeratin (CK) 19 in 8/8 cases and for CK20 in 5/8 cases, and weakly positive for CD10 in 4/8 cases, CK7 in 3/8 cases, and β-catenin in 2/8 cases. Nuclear accumulation of p53 was not detected in any case. DNA sequencing analysis identified no KRAS or GNAS mutations in the 4/8 cases and 5/8 cases for which the KRAS and GNAS genes could be amplified. The histological and immunohistochemical features of tumor cells were similar to those of mucous neck cells and the pyloric gland of normal feline tissue. The morphology of feline pyloric and duodenal adenomas was consistent with that of pyloric gland adenoma in humans; however, its molecular pathogenesis may differ given the lack of KRAS and GNAS mutations in the feline tumors.

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