Objective: To investigate the clinicopathological features, diagnosis and differential diagnosis of ectopic meningothelial hamartoma (EMH). Methods: Three cases of EMH diagnosed in the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from January 2014 to December 2020 were enrolled. All cases were evaluated by clinical and imaging features, HE and immunohistochemical staining, and the relevant literature was reviewed. Results: There were one male and two female patients, aged 2, 67 and 19 years, respectively. Clinically, they presented as skin masses in the head and face region (two cases) and sacro-coccygeal region (one case). Grossly, the lesions ranged in size from 1.6 cm to 8.9 cm. Microscopically, the lesions were ill-defined, and located in the dermis and subcutis, and showed pseudovascular channels lined by monolayer of cuboidal to flattened epithelium with mild atypia, with variable cystic cavity formation. There was prominent interstitial fibrosis. Concentric, lamellated, onion skin-like arrangement with short spindle or ovoid cells and psammoma bodies were noted. Immunohistochemically, these cells were strongly positive for SSTR2, EMA, vimentin and progesterone receptor. Ki-67 positive index was low, approximately 1%. Conclusions: EMH is uncommon. Definitive diagnosis relies on histopathologic examination. The importance in recognizing the lesions is to differentiate from other more aggressive tumors.
Choristoma/pathology* ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Hamartoma/pathology* ; Humans ; Male ; Meninges ; Skin Diseases/pathology*

Child ; Choristoma ; pathology ; surgery ; Ear, Middle ; pathology ; surgery ; Female ; Hamartoma ; pathology ; surgery ; Humans ; Pharyngeal Neoplasms ; pathology ; surgery ; Salivary Glands ; pathology ; surgery

Choristoma ; pathology ; surgery ; Dermoid Cyst ; diagnosis ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Dissection ; methods ; Eyelids ; pathology ; Hemangioma ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Neuroglia ; pathology ; Orbit ; diagnostic imaging ; Orbital Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; Treatment Outcome ; Ultrasonography ; methods

The development of ectopic breast tissue is attributable to the failure of primitive mammary tissue to regress after the development of the mammary ridge, except at pectoral breast sites, and is most often evident in the axillae. Several benign and malignant breast diseases have been reported in ectopic axillary breast tissues. The most common cancerous pathology of ectopic breast tissue is invasive ductal carcinoma. Ectopic breast cancer presenting with simultaneous primary cancer of the pectoral breast is extremely rare. Herein, we report an invasive micropapillary carcinoma of an axillary ectopic breast, combined with a synchronous ductal carcinoma in situ in the contralateral pectoral breast of a 61-year-old woman.
Axilla ; Breast Diseases ; Breast Neoplasms ; Breast* ; Carcinoma, Ductal* ; Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating* ; Choristoma ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Pathology

Cell Differentiation ; Choristoma ; pathology ; Humans ; Soft Tissue Neoplasms ; pathology ; Thymoma ; pathology ; Thymus Neoplasms ; pathology

Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a cost-effective technique for producing transgenic pigs. However, abnormalities in the cloned pigs might prevent use these animals for clinical applications or disease modeling. In the present study, we generated several cloned pigs. One of the pigs was found to have intrapancreatic ectopic splenic tissue during histopathology analysis although this animal was grossly normal and genetically identical to the other cloned pigs. Ectopic splenic tissue in the pancreas is very rare, especially in animals. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such report for cloned pigs.
Animals ; Animals, Genetically Modified ; Choristoma/pathology/*veterinary ; Cloning, Organism ; Nuclear Transfer Techniques/*veterinary ; *Pancreas ; Splenic Diseases/pathology/*veterinary ; Swine ; Swine Diseases/*pathology ; Swine, Miniature

Cheek ; pathology ; Choristoma ; Humans ; Salivary Ducts

Choristoma ; pathology ; Fallopian Tube Diseases ; pathology ; Fallopian Tubes ; pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Uterus

An oral foregut cyst is a rare congenital choristoma lined by the respiratory and/or gastrointestinal epithelium. The exact etiology has not been fully identified, but it is thought to arise from misplaced primitive foregut. This lesion develops asymptomatically but sometimes causes difficulty in swallowing and pronunciation depending on its size. Thus, the first choice of treatment is surgical excision. Surgeons associated with head and neck pathology should include the oral foregut cyst in the differential diagnosis for ranula, dermoid cyst, thyroglossal duct cyst and lymphangioma in cases of pediatric head and neck lesions.
Choristoma ; Deglutition ; Dermoid Cyst ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Epithelium ; Head ; Lymphangioma ; Neck ; Pathology ; Ranula ; Thyroglossal Cyst ; Tongue*

The patient complained of recurrent sore throat for 2 years, who was diagnosed parapharyngeal abscess or tonsillitis for four times during June 16, 2012 to April 16, 2013. Special physical examination: left or right lateral pharyngeal wall is slightly elevated. Routine blood test showed increasing white blood cells and neutrophils. Oropharyngeal CT showed right lateral pharyngeal wall swelling and abscess formation? Repeated puncture showed no obvious purulent secretions. Symptoms were improved after anti-inflammatory treatment, but it recurrently happened later. Bilateral tonsillectomy was performed under general anesthesia on April 29, 2013. Pathological report (May 6, 2013) showed: (left) chronic tonsillitis with lymphoid hyperplasia; chronic inflammation in (right) tonsil tissue, and salivary gland tissue is also observed, considering as the hyperplasia of ectopic salivary gland tissue and interstitial lymphocytic oinfiltration.
Anesthesia, General ; Choristoma ; pathology ; Chronic Disease ; Humans ; Hyperplasia ; pathology ; Pharyngeal Diseases ; pathology ; Pharyngitis ; etiology ; Recurrence ; Salivary Glands ; Tonsillectomy ; Tonsillitis ; pathology