Complex apocrine carcinoma with dominant myoepithelial proliferation in a dog

J Vet Med Sci. 2012 Jun;74(6):801-4. doi: 10.1292/jvms.11-0532. Epub 2012 Jan 12.

Abstract

A rare case of complex apocrine carcinoma displaying dominant myoepithelial proliferation developed in the right leg subcutis of a 10-year-old male dog. The major cell population consisted of diffusely proliferating p63-expressing neoplastic cells that were largely myoepithelial in origin co-expressing α-smooth muscle actin. A small portion of the cell population consisted of concomitant basal epithelial cells lacking α-smooth muscle actin expression. The minor population consisted of p63-negative apocrine gland cells that expressed cytokeratin 8. The myoepithelial cell population showed a rather stronger proliferation activity than did the apocrine epithelial population. Thus, this tumor might have been derived from basal epithelial cells characterized by more predominant myoepithelial differentiation than luminal apocrine epithelial differentiation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Actins / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Dog Diseases / pathology*
  • Dogs
  • Immunohistochemistry / veterinary
  • Keratin-8 / metabolism
  • Male
  • Myoepithelioma / pathology
  • Myoepithelioma / veterinary*
  • Sweat Gland Neoplasms / pathology
  • Sweat Gland Neoplasms / veterinary*

Substances

  • Actins
  • Keratin-8