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Cartilaginous Differentiation in Peritoneal Tissues: a Report of Two Cartilaginous Differentiation in Peritoneal Tissues: A Report of Two Cases and a Review of the Literature Oluwole Fadare, M.D., Carlo Bifulco, M.D., Darryl Carter, M.D., Vinita Parkash, M.D. Departments of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine (OF, DC, VP), New Haven, Connecticut and Istituto Nazionale Tumori (CB), Milano, Italy REPORT OF CASES Two cases of cartilaginous differentiation of the peritoneum not associated with an intraabdominal Case 1 malignancy are described. This is the first detailed Patient 1 was a 53-year old Caucasian female who report of cartilaginous metaplasia of the perito- presented with complaints of low back discomfort. neum. The patients were female, ages 53 (Patient 1) She gave a medical history of self-induced abortion and 77 years (Patient 2). Prior medical histories at 6 months’ gestation, complicated by pelvic in- were significant for a culdotomy (to drain pelvic flammatory disease and pelvic abscesses, approxi- abscesses associated with pelvic inflammatory dis- mately 30 years before presentation. Those ab- ease) in Patient 1 and for an open abdominal sur- scesses reportedly were drained through a gery in Patient 2. The peritoneal lesions were inci- culdotomy, although the specific details were un- dental findings in both cases. In Patient 1, surgery was performed for a septated ovarian cyst; the other available for review. An ultrasound at current pre- patient underwent surgery to relieve obstructive sentation revealed a septated right ovarian mass. At bowel symptoms. In Patient 1, multiple firm, white surgery, several firm, white nodules ranging from 2 lesions ranging from 2.0 to 7.0 mm were present on to 7 mm were noted throughout the peritoneal cav- the serosal surfaces and the mesenteries of the ity and were excised from several locations along small and large bowel. In Patient 2, a single firm, the serosal surfaces and mesenteries of the small white lesion measuring 2 cm in maximum dimen- and large bowel. The patient underwent a total sion was removed from the mesentery of the ileum. abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo- Microscopically, the lesions consisted of small nod- oophorectomy and has had no recurrence of pleu- ules of mature hyaline cartilage surrounded by non- ral, peritoneal, or gynecologic diseases after a descript fibrous tissue and covered by mesothelium. 9-year follow-up. There was no foreign body giant cell reaction, in- flammation, or other reactive changes in the sur- rounding adipose tissue. These may represent Case 2 metaplastic lesions of the secondary mullerian sys- tem, or a unique peritoneal response to previous Patient 2 was a 77-year-old Caucasian female surgical manipulation. Alternatively, these may rep- who presented with abdominal distention, diar- resent benign neoplastic lesions (chondroma) of the rhea, and abdominal pain. She gave a medical his- submesothelium. tory of a total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy approximately 28 years be- KEY WORDS: Cartilage, Cartilaginous metaplasia, fore presentation for pelvic pain caused by uterine Heterotopic cartilage, Peritoneum. leiomyomata. Radiographic studies revealed an ob- Mod Pathol 2002;15(7):777–780 struction in the small bowel. During an exploratory laparotomy, a single firm, white nodule measuring 2.0 cm in maximum dimension was identified and excised from the mesentery of the ileum, just lateral Copyright © 2002 by The United States and Canadian Academy of of midline. There were significant adhesions involv- Pathology, Inc. ing the small and large bowel that were lysed. The VOL. 15, NO. 7, P. 777, 2002 Printed in the U.S.A. Date of acceptance: March 20, 2002. last recorded follow-up was 1 year after presenta- Address reprint requests to: Vinita Parkash, M.D., Department of Pathol- ogy, Yale University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208070, New Haven, CT tion, at which time there had been no development 06520-8070; e-mail: [email protected]; fax: 203-737-2922. of any peritoneal or pleural diseases. DOI: 10.1097/01.MP.0000017565.19341.63 777 PATHOLOGIC FINDINGS Macroscopically, the peritoneal nodules from Case 1 consisted of several firm, glistening, white tissue fragments ranging from 2 to 7 mm. The left ovary measured 10.0 ϫ 8.5 ϫ 6.0 cm and was re- placed by a unilocular cyst filled with clear fluid. The internal lining was smooth and without papil- lae. No lesions were identified in the uterus, fallo- pian tubes, or right ovary. The specimen from Case 2 consisted of a single firm, glistening, white tissue fragment measuring 2.0 cm in maximum dimen- sion. The central portions were yellow and gritty. The specimens from both cases were processed FIGURE 2. Case 2 showing nodules of mature hyaline cartilage routinely for microscopic examination. Microscop- similar to Case 1, with calcific rimming of some chondrocytes. ically, Case 1 consisted of lobulated nodules of perichondrium-lined mature hyaline cartilage that were surrounded by adipose tissue and overlined and/or cartilaginous differentiation in pleural ma- by benign mesothelium (Fig. 1). The left ovary was lignant mesotheliomas have been described in sev- replaced by a serous cystadenoma. Sections ob- eral reports (2–8), Kiyozuka et al. (9) reported the tained from the uterus showed weakly proliferative only case of a peritoneal malignant mesothelioma endometrium and adenomyosis. A focus of endo- with osseous and cartilaginous differentiation. In metriosis was identified in the left fallopian tube; animal models (rats), however, Rittinghausen and the cervix and the right adnexa showed no patho- colleagues (10) were able to induce peritoneal ma- logic changes. The nodule from Case 2 had a mi- lignant mesotheliomas with cartilaginous and osse- croscopic appearance similar to Case 1, but in ad- ous differentiation after intraperitoneal injections dition displayed calcific rimming of some of asbestos fibers. individual chondrocytes in the central portions The histogenetic explanation for cartilaginous (Fig. 2). Neither case had any associated inflamma- differentiation in peritoneal tissues has been the tion, fat necrosis, or foreign-body giant cell reaction source of some controversy. This differentiation has in the surrounding fibrous and adipose tissue. customarily been explained by the theory that there exists a population of submesothelial multipotent DISCUSSION cells with ability to differentiate along mesenchy- mal and mesothelial lines, a concept originally sug- Non-mesothelioma–associated cartilaginous dif- gested by Klemperer and Rabin in 1932 (11). This ferentiation of the human peritoneal tissues has was supported by the electron microscopic studies never been fully described in the literature to the of Raftery (12), who observed the ultrastructure of best of the authors’ knowledge, although a single rat peritoneum after mechanical injury and de- case is cited in a surgical pathology text (1). That scribed a mesenchymal cell that “appeared inter- case was interpreted as a probable metaplastic le- mediate in form between primitive mesenchymal sion of the submesothelium. Although osseous cells on one hand and proliferating fibroblasts or mesothelial cells on the other.” The cells eventually differentiated into mesothelium, which covered up the defect. Perhaps the best support for the multi- potent cell theory came from the studies of Bolen et al. (13). Using light microscopic, ultrastructural, and immunohistochemical studies, those investiga- tors demonstrated that normal surface mesothe- lium expressed both low molecular weight cytoker- atins (LMWK) and high molecular weight cytokeratins (HMWK), whereas submesothelial cells expressed vimentin only while at rest. How- ever, when reactive, these submesothelial cells dis- played a loss of vimentin immunoreactivity and progressively acquired LMWK and HMWK immu- noreactivity as the cell differentiated towards the FIGURE 1. Case 1 showing nodules of mature hyaline cartilage mesothelial surface. Other investigators believe that surrounded by perichondrium and adipose tissue. desquamated mesothelial cells in the peritoneum 778 Modern Pathology are the primary source of mesothelial regeneration 30 y before presentation), these lesions may also (14). Donna and Betta (5) thought that the me- represent organized products of conception show- sothelial cell was not only totipotent but repre- ing cartilaginous differentiation. However, the pres- sented real mesoderm that retained the potential to ence of the nodules in the entire peritoneal cavity differentiate along embryonic developmental lines, and the lack of involvement of the pelvic perito- including toward cartilage and bone. Hence, they neum or gynecologic organs argues against that suggested the term mesodermoma, instead of me- possibility. sothelioma, to emphasize the mesodermal origin of We share these cases for the benefit of surgeons associated tumors (5). who might encounter these lesions and for pathol- In the human peritoneum, at least seven well- ogists who would be making their intraoperative documented cases of mesenteric heterotopic ossi- evaluation. fication (or osseous metaplasia) have been reported (15–17). The fact that 6 of those 7 cases were asso- ciated with a history of abdominal surgery under- scores the ability of the peritoneal tissues to differ- REFERENCES entiate into heterologous tissues in response to 1. Rosai J. Peritoneum, retroperitoneum, and related struc- injury. tures. In: Rosai J, editor. Ackerman’s surgical pathology. 8th Cartilaginous heterotopia has been reported
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