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#redirect [[Anus#Anal squamous cell carcinoma]]
'''Anal squamous cell carcinoma''' is a type of [[anal cancer]].


It is also known as '''anal squamous carcinoma''' and '''squamous cell carcinoma of the anus'''.
==General==
*Most common form of anal cancer.
Risk factors:<ref name=pmid23806153>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kutlubay | first1 = Z. | last2 = Engin | first2 = B. | last3 = Zara | first3 = T. | last4 = Tüzün | first4 = Y. | title = Anogenital malignancies and premalignancies: Facts and controversies. | journal = Clin Dermatol | volume = 31 | issue = 4 | pages = 362-73 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2013.01.003 | PMID = 23806153 }}</ref>
*Men who have sex with men.
*Immunosuppressed.
*[[HIV]] infection.
==Microscopic==
Features:
*See ''[[squamous cell carcinoma]]''.
<gallery>
Image:Anus SquamousCellCarcinoma SCC NonKeratinizing AIA SCCIS CTR.jpg|Anus Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Non Keratinizing) - (SKB)
Image:Anus SquamousCellCarcinoma SCC NonKeratinizing MP CTR.jpg|Anus Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Non Keratinizing) - (SKB)
Image:Anus SquamousCellCarcinoma SCC NonKeratinizing MP4 CTR.jpg|Anus Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Non Keratinizing or shall we say poorly keratinizing as there are squamatized nests focally at high power) - (SKB)
</gallery>
DDx:
*[[Anal gland adenocarcinoma]].
*Poorly differentiated [[rectal adenocarcinoma]].
==IHC==
*p16 +ve.<ref name=pmid23105122/>
*CDX2 -ve/+ve.
**May be useful to differentiate from [[vulva]] and [[penis]].<ref name=pmid23105122>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gunia | first1 = S. | last2 = Koch | first2 = S. | last3 = May | first3 = M. | title = Is CDX2 immunostaining useful for delineating anorectal from penile/vulvar squamous cancer in the setting of squamous cell carcinoma with clinically unknown primary site presenting with histologically confirmed inguinal lymph node metastasis? | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 66 | issue = 2 | pages = 109-12 | month = Feb | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1136/jclinpath-2012-201138 | PMID = 23105122 }}</ref>
==Sign out==
<pre>
RECTUM, DISTAL, BIOPSY:
- INVASIVE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA.
</pre>
==See also==
*[[Anus]].
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Anus]]

Revision as of 17:56, 19 March 2015

Anal squamous cell carcinoma is a type of anal cancer.

It is also known as anal squamous carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the anus.

General

  • Most common form of anal cancer.

Risk factors:[1]

  • Men who have sex with men.
  • Immunosuppressed.
  • HIV infection.

Microscopic

Features:

DDx:

IHC

  • p16 +ve.[2]
  • CDX2 -ve/+ve.

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RECTUM, DISTAL, BIOPSY:
- INVASIVE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA.

See also

References

  1. Kutlubay, Z.; Engin, B.; Zara, T.; Tüzün, Y.. "Anogenital malignancies and premalignancies: Facts and controversies.". Clin Dermatol 31 (4): 362-73. doi:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2013.01.003. PMID 23806153.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gunia, S.; Koch, S.; May, M. (Feb 2013). "Is CDX2 immunostaining useful for delineating anorectal from penile/vulvar squamous cancer in the setting of squamous cell carcinoma with clinically unknown primary site presenting with histologically confirmed inguinal lymph node metastasis?". J Clin Pathol 66 (2): 109-12. doi:10.1136/jclinpath-2012-201138. PMID 23105122.