WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION CLASSIFICATION OF TUMOURS
World Health Organization Classification of Tumours
Pathology and Genetics of Head and Neck Tumours is the latest volume in the new WHO series on histological and genetic typing of human tumours. This authoritative, concise reference book provides an international standard for pathologists and oncologists and will serve as an indispensable guide for use in the design of studies monitoring response to therapy and clinical outcome.
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WHO Classification Head and Neck Tumours
Diagnostic criteria, pathological features, and associated genetic alterations are described in a strictly disease-oriented manner. Sections on all WHO-recognized neoplasms and their variants include new ICD-O codes, incidence, age and sex distribution, location, clinical signs and symptoms, pathology, genetics, and predictive factors.
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Contents 1 Nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses WHO and TNM classification Introduction Malignant epithelial tumours Squamous cell carcinoma Lymphoepithelial carcinoma Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma Adenocarcinoma Salivary gland-type carcinomas Neuroendocrine tumours Benign epithelial tumours Schneiderian papillomas Respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartoma Salivary gland-type adenomas Soft tissue tumours Malignant soft tissue tumours Borderline and LMP tumours Benign soft tissue tumours Tumours of bone and cartilage Malignant tumours Benign tumours Haematolymphoid tumours Neuroectodermal tumours Germ cell tumours Secondary tumours
2 Nasopharynx WHO and TNM classification Introduction Malignant epithelial tumours Nasopharyngeal carcinoma Papillary adenocarcinoma Salivary gland-type carcinomas Benign epithelial tumours Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma Haematolymphoid tumours Tumours of bone and cartilage Secondary tumours
3 Hypopharynx, larynx and trachea WHO and TNM classification Introduction Malignant epithelial tumours Squamous cell carcinoma Verrucous carcinoma Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma Papillary squamous cell carcinoma Spindle cell carcinoma Acantholytic squamous cell carcinoma Adenosquamous carcinoma Lymphoepithelial carcinoma Giant cell carcinoma Malignant salivary gland-type tumours Neuroendocrine tumours
9 10 12 15 18 19 20 24 26 28 33 34 35 43 46 51 53 58 65 76 80
81 82 83 85 98 98 99 102 104 106 106
107 108 111 118 122 124 126 127 129 130 132 133 134 135
Epithelial precursor lesions Benign epithelial tumours Papilloma / papillomatosis Benign salivary gland-type tumours Malignant soft tissue tumours Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour Benign soft tissue tumours Haematolymphoid tumours Tumours of bone and cartilage Mucosal malignant melanoma Secondary tumours
4 Oral cavity and oropharynx WHO and TNM classification Introduction Malignant epithelial tumours Squamous cell carcinoma Lymphoepithelial carcinoma Epithelial precursor lesions Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia Precancerous conditions Benign epithelial tumours Papillomas Granular cell tumour Keratoacanthoma Papillary hyperplasia Median rhomboid glossitis Salivary gland tumours Kaposi sarcoma Lymphangioma Ectomesenchymal chondromyxoid tumour Focal oral mucinosis Congenital granular cell epulis Haematolymphoid tumours Malignant melanoma Secondary tumours
5 Salivary glands WHO and TNM classification Introduction Malignant epithelial tumours Acinic cell carcinoma Mucoepidermoid carcinoma Adenoid cyctic carcinoma Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma Clear cell carcinoma, N.O.S. Basal cell adenocarcinoma Malignant sebaceous tumours Cystadenocarcinoma Low-grade cribriform cystadenocarcinoma Mucinous adenocarcinoma Oncocytic carcinoma Salivary duct carcinoma
140 144 146 147 150 152 155 156 160 162
163 164 166 168 176 177 180 180 182 185 187 189 189 190 193 195 196 197 198 199 206 208
209 210 212 216 219 221 223 225 227 229 231 232 233 234 235 236
Adenocarcinoma, N.O.S. Myoepithelial carcinoma Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma Carcinosarcoma Metastasizing pleomorphic adenoma Squamous cell carcinoma Small cell carcinoma Large cell carcinoma Lymphoepithelial carcinoma Sialoblastoma Benign epithelial tumours Pleomorphic adenoma Myoepithelioma Basal cell adenoma Warthin tumour Oncocytoma Canalicular adenoma Sebaceous adenoma Lymphadenomas Ductal papillomas Cystadenoma Soft tissue tumours Haemangioma Haematolymphoid tumours Secondary tumours
6 Odontogenic tumours
238 240 242 244 245 245 247 249 251 253 254 259 261 263 266 267 268 269 270 273 275 276 277 281
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WHO classification 284 Introduction 285 Odontogenic carcinomas 287 Ameloblastic carcinomas 287 Primary intraosseous squamous cell carcinomas 290 Clear cell odontogenic carcinoma 292 Ghost cell odontogenic carcinoma 293 Odontogenic sarcomas 294 Benign tumours Odontogenic epithelium with mature fibrous stroma, without odontogenic ectomesenchyme Ameloblastomas 296 Squamous odontogenic tumour 301 Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumour 302 Adenomatoid odontogenic tumour 304 Keratocystic odontogenic tumour 306 Odontogenic epithelium with odontogenic ectomesenchyme, with or without tissue formation Ameloblastic fibroma / fibrodentinoma 308 Ameloblastic fibro-odontoma 309 Odontoma, complex type 310 Odontoma, compound type 311 Odontoameloblastoma 312 Calcifying cystic odontogenic tumour 313 Dentinogenic ghost cell tumour 314 Mesenchyme and/or odontogenic ectomesenchyme, with or without odontogenic epithelium Odontogenic fibroma 315 Odontogenic myxoma / myxofibroma 316 Cementoblastoma 318
Bone related lesions Ossifying fibroma Fibrous dysplasia Osseous dysplasias Central giant cell lesion Cherubism Aneurysmal bone cyst Simple bone cyst
7 Ear WHO classification External ear Tumours of ceruminous glands Cylindroma Squamous cell carcinoma Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma Fibrous dysplasia Osteoma and exostosis Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia Kimura disease Idiopathic pseudocystic chondromalacia Chondrodermatits nodularis chronica helicis Middle ear Cholesterol granuloma and cholesteatoma Adenoma Papillary tumours Choristoma Squamous cell carcinoma Meningioma Inner ear Vesticular schwannoma Neurofibromatosis type 2 Lipoma of the internal auditory canal Haemangioma Endolymphatic sac tumour Haematolymphoid tumours Langerhans cell histiocytosis Secondary tumours
8 Paraganglionic system Introduction Carotid body paraganglioma Jugulotympanic paraganglioma Vagal paraganglioma Laryngeal paraganglioma
319 321 323 324 325 326 327
329 330 331 332 334 335 336 337 338 340 341 341 342 345 346 348 349 350 351 353 354 354 355 357 358 360
361 362 364 366 368 370
Contributors
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Source of charts and photographs
376
References
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Subject index
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CHAPTER 1 Tumours of the Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses
Although the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses occupy a relatively small anatomical space, they are the site of origin of some of the more complex, histologically diverse group of tumours in the entire human body. These include neoplasms derived from mucosal epithelium, seromucinous glands, soft tissues, bone, cartilage, neural/neuroectodermal tissue, haematolymphoid cells and the odontogenic apparatus. Many of the tumours are similar to those found elsewhere in the body but a few, such as the olfactory neuroblastoma, are unique to this site.
WHO histological classification of tumours of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses Malignant epithelial tumours Squamous cell carcinoma Verrucous carcinoma Papillary squamous cell carcinoma Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma Spindle cell carcinoma Adenosquamous carcinoma Acantholytic squamous cell carcinoma Lymphoepithelial carcinoma Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma Adenocarcinoma Intestinal-type adenocarcinoma Non-intestinal-type adenocarcinoma Salivary gland-type carcinomas Adenoid cystic carcinoma Acinic cell carcinoma Mucoepidermoid carcinoma Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma Clear cell carcinoma N.O.S. Myoepithelial carcinoma Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma Neuroendocrine tumours Typical carcinoid Atypical carcinoid Small cell carcinoma, neuroendocrine type Benign epithelial tumours Sinonasal papillomas lnverted papilloma (Schneiderian papilloma, inverted type) Oncocytic papilloma (Schneiderian papilloma, oncocytic type) Exophytic papilloma (Schneiderian papilloma, exophytic type) Salivary gland-type adenomas Pleomorphic adenoma Myoepithelioma Oncocytoma Soft tissue tumours Malignant tumours Fibrosarcoma Malignant fibrous histiocytoma Leiomyosarcoma Rhabdomyosarcoma Angiosarcoma Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour Borderline and low malignant potential tumours Desmoid-type fibromatosis Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour Glomangiopericytoma (Sinonasal-type haemangiopericytoma) Extrapleural solitary fibrous tumour
8070/3 8051/3 8052/3 8083/3 8074/3 8560/3 8075/3 8082/3 8020/3 8144/3 8140/3 8200/3 8550/3 8430/3 8562/3 8310/3 8982/3 8941/3 8525/3 8240/3 8249/3 8041/3
8121/1 8121/1
Benign tumours Myxoma Leiomyoma Haemangioma Schwannoma Neurofibroma Meningioma Tumours of bone and cartilage Malignant tumours Chondrosarcoma Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma Osteosarcoma Chordoma Benign tumours Giant cell lesion Giant cell tumour Chondroma Osteoma Chondroblastoma Chondromyxoid fibroma Osteochondroma (exostosis) Osteoid osteoma Osteoblastoma Ameloblastoma Nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma
8840/0 8890/0 9120/0 9560/0 9540/0 9530/0
9220/3 9240/3 9180/3 9370/3
9250/1 9220/0 9180/0 9230/0 9241/0 9210/0 9191/0 9200/0 9310/0
Haematolymphoid tumours Extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma Extramedullary plasmacytoma Extramedullary myeloid sarcoma Histiocytic sarcoma Langerhans cell histiocytosis
9719/3 9680/3 9734/3 9930/3 9755/3 9751/1
Neuroectodermal Ewing sarcoma Primitive neuroectodermal tumour Olfactory neuroblastoma Melanotic neuroectodermal tumour of infancy Mucosal malignant melanoma
9260/3 9364/3 9522/3 9363/0 8720/3
8121/0 8940/0 8982/0 8290/0
8810/3 8830/3 8890/3 8900/3 9120/3 9540/3 8821/1 8825/1
Germ cell tumours Immature teratoma Teratoma with malignant transformation Sinonasal yolk sac tumour (endodermal sinus tumour) Sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma Mature teratoma Dermoid cyst
9080/3 9084/3 9071/3 9080/0 9084/0
Secondary tumours
9150/1 8815/1
__________ 1 Morphology code of the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O) {821} and the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (http://snomed.org). Behaviour is coded /0 for benign tumours, /3 for malignant tumours, and /1 for borderline or uncertain behaviour.
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Tumours of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses
TNM classification of carcinomas of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses TNM classification 1,2 TNM classification of carcinomas of the nasal cavity and sinuses # T – Primary tumour TX Primary tumour cannot be assessed T0 No evidence of primary tumour Tis Carcinoma in situ Maxillary sinus T1 Tumour limited to the antral mucosa with no erosion or destruction of bone T2 Tumour causing bone erosion or destruction, including extension into hard palate and/or middle nasal meatus, except extension to posterior antral wall of maxillary sinus and pterygoid plates T3 Tumour invades any of the following: bone of posterior wall of maxillary sinus, subcutaneous tissues, floor or medial wall of orbit, pterygoid fossa, ethmoid sinuses T4a Tumour invades any of the following: anterior orbital contents, skin of cheek, pterygoid plates, infratemporal fossa, cribriform plate, sphenoid or frontal sinuses T4b Tumour invades any of the following: orbital apex, dura, brain, middle cranial fossa, cranial nerves other than maxillary division of trigeminal nerve V2, nasopharynx, clivus Nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus T1 Tumour restricted to one subsite of nasal cavity or ethmoid sinus, with or without bony invasion T2 Tumour involves two subsites in a single site or extends to involve an adjacent site within the nasoethmoidal complex, with or without bony invasion T3 Tumour extends to invade the medial wall or floor of the orbit, maxillary sinus, palate, or cribriform plate T4a Tumour invades any of the following: anterior orbital contents, skin of nose or cheek, minimal extension to anterior cranial fossa, pterygoid plates, sphenoid or frontal sinuses T4b Tumour invades any of the following: orbital apex, dura, brain, middle cranial fossa, cranial nerves other than V2, nasopharynx, clivus
N1
Metastasis in a single ipsilateral lymph node, 3 cm or less in greatest dimension N2 Metastasis as specified in N2a, 2b, 2c below N2a Metastasis in a single ipsilateral lymph node, more than 3 cm but not more than 6 cm in greatest dimension N2b Metastasis in multiple ipsilateral lymph nodes, none more than 6 cm in greatest dimension N2c Metastasis in bilateral or contralateral lymph nodes, none more than 6 cm in greatest dimension N3 Metastasis in a lymph node more than 6 cm in greatest dimension Note: Midline nodes are considered ipsilateral nodes. M – Distant metastasis MX Distant metastasis cannot be assessed M0 No distant metastasis M1 Distant metastasis Stage grouping Stage 0 Tis Stage I T1 Stage II T2 Stage III T1, T2 T3 Stage IVA T1, T2, T3 T4a Stage IVB T4b Any T Stage IVC Any T
N0 N0 N0 N1 N0, N1 N2 N0, N1, N2 Any N N3 Any N
M0 M0 M0 M0 M0 M0 M0 M0 M0 M1
N – Regional lymph nodes 3 NX Regional lymph nodes cannot be assessed N0 No regional lymph node metastasis
__________ 1 {947,2418}. 2 A help desk for specific questions about the TNM classification is available at www.uicc.org/index.php?id=508 . 3 The regional lymph nodes are the cervical nodes
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Tumours of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses: Introduction
L. Barnes L.L.Y. Tse J.L. Hunt
Anatomy
sinonasal tumour stage - violation of the cribriform plate signifies direct extension of the tumour into the anterior cranial fossa. The crista galli is a distinctive pointed bony landmark that extends from the midline of the cribriform plate upward into the floor of the anterior cranial fossa. The perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone extends downward from the cribriform plate to contribute to the nasal septum. The medial wall of each ethmoid labyrinth is formed by a thin lamella of bone from which arise the middle, superior, and supreme turbinates. The lateral ethmoid wall is formed by the thin lamina papyracea, which separates the ethmoid cells from the orbit. This is yet another important landmark for tumour staging. Tumour violation of the lamina papyracea may necessitate including the orbit and globe with the surgical resection. This area should be sampled in a maxillectomy specimen a) if the globe has not been removed (as the lamina papyracea represents the lateral orbital margin), or b) if orbital exenteration has been performed. The roof of the ethmoid complex is formed by a medial extension of the orbital plate of the frontal bone, which projects to articulate with the cribriform plate. This is often referred to as the fovea ethmoidalis.
The nasal cavities are separated in the midline by the nasal septum. Each cavity is wide caudally, and narrow cranially. The roof of the nasal cavity is formed by the thin (0.5 mm) cribriform plate. The floor is the hard palate, formed by the palatine processes of the maxillae and the horizontal portions of the palatine bones. The lateral nasal wall contains the maxillary and ethmoid ostia, plus three or four turbinates. These turbinates are delicate scroll-like projections of bone and vascular soft tissue that become smaller as they ascend in the nasal cavity. They attach to the lateral nasal wall anteriorly, and have a free edge posteriorly. The turbinates are covered with a thick mucous membrane and contain a dense, thick-walled venous plexus. The upper margins of the nasal fossa are bound laterally by the superior nasal turbinate and adjacent lateral nasal wall, and medially by the nasal septum. This region is the olfactory recess and it has a yellowish epithelium, the olfactory mucosa (OM). This mucosa contains bipolar olfactory nerve fibers that cross through the cribriform plate. The terminal axons of the olfactory nerves extend to the free surface of the epithelium, where they expand into knob-like protrusions bearing cilia (olfactory cilia). Bowman’s glands, or olfactory glands, within the lamina propria appear similar to serous minor salivary glands. The nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses are lined by Schneiderian mucosa, consisting of pseudostratified columnar ciliated epithelium with interspersed goblet cells. The lamina propria within the paranasal sinuses, especially the maxillary antrum, is loose and well vascularized, with seromucinous glands, and can easily become polypoid as a result of edema. The goblet cell component of the mucosal surface and seromucinous glands is variable. In chronic sinusitis, goblet cell hyperplasia can result in a papillary mucosal lesion. The major portion of the nasal septum is
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formed by the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone posteriorly and the septal cartilage anteriorly. The vomer completes the posteroinferior portion of the septum. The septum is lined by relatively thin, ciliated respiratory mucosa, which may regularly undergo squamous metaplasia. The underlying thin lamina propria, although containing seromucinous glands, is tethered to the septal cartilage, restricting reactive polyp formation. The frontal sinus These paired sinuses reside between the internal and external cranial tables and drain either via a nasofrontal duct into the frontal recess or more directly into the anterior infundibulum, or less often, into the anterior ethmoid cells, which in turn will open into the infundibulum of the bulla ethmoidalis. Ethmoid complex This paired complex of sinuses contains 3-18 cells that are grouped as anterior, middle, or posterior, according to the location of their ostia. There is an inverse relationship between the number and size of the cells. Generally, the posterior cells are both larger and fewer than the anterior cells. Each ethmoid labyrinth lies between the orbit and the upper nasal fossa. The left and right groups of ethmoid cells are connected in the midline by the cribriform plate (nasal roof) of the ethmoid bone. The cribriform plate is an important landmark in evaluation of
Fig. 1.1 Normal coronal T1 WI shows foramen rotundum (white arrow) and entrance to the Vidian canal (black arrow).
Tumours of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses
M. Brandwein-Gensler H.D. Curtin P. Boffetta
Sphenoid sinus The average adult sphenoid sinus measures 20 mm high, 23 mm long, and 17 mm wide. The relationship of the posterior extension of the sphenoid in relation to the sella turcica is variable. The sphenoid sinus septum is usually in the midline, and anteriorly aligned with the nasal septum. However, it can also deviate far to one side creating two unequal sinus cavities. With the exception of the sinus roof, the other sinus walls are of variable thickness depending on the degree of pneumatization. The sphenoid roof is thin, often measuring only 1 mm. (planum sphenoidale), and is vulnerable to perforation during surgery. The sinus roof relates to the floor of the anterior cranial fossa, anteriorly; the optic chiasm and
the sella turcica, posteriorly. The lateral sphenoid wall is related to the orbital apex, the optic canal, the optic nerve, and the cavernous sinus, containing the internal carotid artery. The sinus floor is the roof of the nasopharynx, and the anterior sinus wall is the back of the nasal fossa. Maxillary sinus The maxillary sinus lies within the body of the maxillary bone. Behind the orbital rims, each sinus roof/orbital floor slants obliquely upward so that the highest point of the sinus is in the posteromedial portion, lying directly beneath the orbital apex. The medial antral wall is the inferior lateral wall of the nasal cavity (“party wall”). The curved posterolateral wall separates the sinus from the infratemporal fossa. The anterior sinus wall is the facial surface of the maxilla that is perforated by the infraorbital foramen below the orbital rim. The floor of the sinus is lowest near the second premolar and first molar teeth and usually lies 3-5 mm below the nasal floor. The lower expansion of the antrum is intimately related to dentition. The location of the maxillary sinus ostia, is high on the medial wall. They drain through the ethmoidal infundibulum and then the nasal fossa. This pattern of drainage in the erect position is accomplished by intact ciliary action. The maxillary hiatus is a bony window leading to the interior of the maxillary sinus. The hiatus is normally partially covered by portions of four bones: the perpendicular plate of the palatine bone, posteriorly; the lacrimal bone, anterosuperiorly; the inferior turbinate, inferiorly, and above the turbinate attachment, the uncinate process of the ethmoid bone.
Epidemiology Carcinomas of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses account for 0.2-0.8% of all malignant neoplasms and 3% of those occurring in the head and neck {169,2378}. Sixty percent of sinonasal tumours originate in the maxillary sinus, 20-30% in the nasal cavity, 10-15% in the ethmoid sinus, and 1% in the sphenoid and frontal sinuses {1493,2186}. When considering the paranasal sinuses alone, 77% of malignant tumours arise in the maxillary sinus, 22% in the ethmoid sinus and 1% in the sphenoid and frontal
Fig. 1.2 Malignancy of ethmoid and nasal cavity. Coronal CT with contrast. The tumour erodes the cribriform plate and fovea ethmoidalis (white arrowhead). The lamina papyracea is eroded (black arrowhead) but the fat (white arrow) medial to the medial rectus (MR) is normal. The orbital fat is not invaded. The margin (black arrow) of the tumour in the maxillary sinus is separable from the obstructed secretions because of different densities.
Fig. 1.3 Malignancy of upper nasal cavity invading orbital fat and extending intracranially. The tumour (white arrow) extends through the roof of the ethmoid and along the roof of the orbit (white arrowhead). The tumour bulges (black arrow) the periorbita near the medial rectus but breaks through into the orbital fat more superiorly (black arrowhead). Note that the tumour enhances intermediately and less intensely than the mucosa.
sinuses {2378}. Malignant neoplasms of this region may lead to significant morbidity and disfigurement. The incidence of cancer of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses (sinonasal cancer) is low in most populations (10% {216,343,1364, 2600}.
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B
Fig. 1.53 Solitary fibrous tumour of nasal cavity. A Circumscribed tumour beneath epithelium. B Bland-looking spindly cells are tightly intertwined with collagen fibers.
Extrapleural solitary fibrous tumour ICD-O code 8815/1 Solitary fibrous tumours are tumours of CD34-positive fibroblasts which often show a prominent haemangiopericytomalike vascular pattern. They are exceedingly uncommon in the upper respiratory tract, where they comprise
