Salaria and Montgomery. Int J Pathol Clin Res 2015, 1:1 ISSN: 2469-5807 International Journal of Pathology and Clinical Research Review Article: Open Access Squamous Morules (Microcarcinoids) in Gastroesophageal Polyps; a Mimicker of Invasive Carcinoma Safia N Salaria1* and Elizabeth Montgomery2 1Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA 2Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA *Corresponding author: Safia N Salaria, MD, 1161 21st Avenue South, Medical Center North-C2104A, Nashville, TN 37232-2561, USA, Tel: 615-343-1949, Fax 615-936-7040, E-mail:
[email protected] Abstract Introduction Colorectal lesions termed squamous morules or microcarcinoids Squamous morules and microcarcinoids (MC) are two among display predominantly squamous and variable endocrine numerous terms used to characterize lesions with varying amounts differentiation and are often found in colorectal adenomas with of squamous and neuroendocrine features. The literature describes high grade dysplasia thus mimicking invasion. Herein, we describe numerous associations of these lesions with dysplastic and invasive histopathologic, immunohistochemical classification and clinical processes distributed throughout various organs [1]. correlation of analogous lesions in the esophagus and stomach. We identified five cases (3 men, 2 women) from November More recently squamous morules have been described in 2004-March 2013 of gastric and gastroesophageal polyps with association with large colorectal polyps [2]. In the colon these lesions squamous morules. Four of the patients were white. The median have a predilection for high-risk adenomas, villous morphology age was 70 years (range 59-85 years). Two patients presented with and those with high grade dysplasia [2].