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Hepatoid carcinoma of the skin: spontaneous rat skin hepatoid carcinoma with eosinophilic globules and crystals immunoreactive to α-1-antitrypsin

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We present a case of hepatoid carcinoma of the abdominal skin in a male Wistar rat. Histopathologically, this carcinoma resembled human hepatocellular carcinoma with respect to trabecular-sinusoidal structures. Carcinoma tissues contain numerous eosinophilic globules and crystals, and in this case, we found the characteristic eosinophilic globules in the hepatoid carcinoma cells and the crystals in the extracellular portions. Vivid carcinoma cells full of eosinophilic globules were present near the necrotic areas in tumor tissue, wherein quadrate crystals unstained with eosin were observed. PAS staining after diastase digestion revealed that the globules were PAS positive and diastase resistant. In addition, we found that the hepatoid carcinoma cells were immunoreactive for α-1-antitrypsin (anti-A1AT) antibody with the globules and crystals staining peripherally, and a central unstained region. Ultrastructural study of intracytoplasmic globules and extracellular crystals revealed that the fringe of each globule and crystal had no limiting membrane and showed the same level of electron density. These findings suggest that the characteristic crystals in this tumor may have originated from the globules that were emitted from the carcinoma cells after their death as a result of saturation with intracytoplasmic globules.

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  1. Oyokyo Kidney Research Institute, 90 Yamazaki Kozawa, Hirosaki, 036-8243, Japan

    Mihoko Sutoh, Naoto Oyama, Chikako Tsutaya, Megumi Tsushima, Yuriko Terayama & Tomihisa Funyu

  2. Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Mitsuru Chiba

  3. Department of Medical Technology, Hirosaki University School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki, Japan

    Mihoko Sutoh, Kosuke Kasai, Tomisato Miura, Hiroyuki Nozaka & Tatsusuke Sato

  4. Hospital Pathology Center, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

    Kiyotada Washiya

  5. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hachinohe City Hospital, Hachinohe, Japan

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Sutoh, M., Chiba, M., Kasai, K. et al. Hepatoid carcinoma of the skin: spontaneous rat skin hepatoid carcinoma with eosinophilic globules and crystals immunoreactive to α-1-antitrypsin. Med Mol Morphol 42, 118–122 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00795-009-0440-4

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