Bone Marrow Recurrence with Microscopic Pulmonary Tumor Embolism after Excision of Extramammary Paget s Disease in Scrotum Three Years Ago

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1 Soonchunhyang Medical Science 21(2): , December 2015 pissn: I eissn: CSE REPORT one Marrow Recurrence with Microscopic Pulmonary Tumor Embolism after Excision of Extramammary Paget s Disease in Scrotum Three Years go Seongcheol Cho¹, Jin Won Kim¹, Jeonghwan Youk¹, Sang Mee Hwang 2, Hyo Jin Park 3, Choon-Taek Lee¹ Departments of 1 Internal Medicine, 2 Laboratory Medicine, and 3 Pathology, Seoul National University undang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea Here we report a case of a 72-year-old male patient recurred in bone marrow alone with pulmonary tumor embolism after an excision of extramammary Paget s disease of scrotum 3 years ago. The patient received paclitaxel/carboplatin chemotherapy with respiratory support in intensive care unit. Four days after chemotherapy, the oxygen demand decreased and the patient was transferred to general ward. The platelet count recovered after 2 weeks. Finally, he died of hepatic failure from Paget s disease hepatic involvement confirmed by liver biopsy at 10 months after recurrence. This is a rare case of recurred extramammary Paget s disease in bone marrow alone with pulmonary tumor embolism, which was properly diagnosed with high suspicion and was successfully treated with immediate chemotherapy. Keywords: Extramammary Paget s disease; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary embolism; Neoplastic cells, circulating; Scrotum INTRODUCTION Extramammary Paget s disease (EMPD) is a rare cutaneous adenocarcinoma [1]. Most of patients with EMPD have a good prognosis, but invasive EMPD with regional metastasis has a poor prognosis [2]. few cases show aggressive manifestations of EMPD with systemic metastasis [2]. Pulmonary tumor embolism (PTE) is a rare complication of malignant disease and difficult to diagnose ante mortem. On the other hand, in solid tumor, bone marrow metastasis is also a rare presentation. We present a successfully diagnosed with high suspicion and treated case of recurred EMPD in bone marrow alone with PTE, which presented with progressive dyspnea. CSE REPORT 72-year-old male patient presented with anorexia, weight loss and progressive dyspnea of exertion over one month. Eight years earlier, he had been diagnosed of prostate cancer and he was treated with radical prostatectomy. Three years earlier, he was diagnosed for Paget s disease in scrotum and received two steps operation because residual tumor was detected in resection margin. He was finally treated with wide excision and local flap. He was without evidence of disease on routine surveillance exam. He had a 20 pack-year history of smoking but never had any breathing difficulty before. The physical examination including chest auscultation was unremarkable. He was afebrile with tachycardia of 108 beats/min, respiratory rate of 33/min, and blood pressure of 146/90 mm Hg. rterial blood gas analysis showed p ao 2 = 59.4 mm Hg and p aco 2 = 27.7 mm Hg while D-dimer levels were slightly elevated (5.87 µg/ml, reference range = less than 0.4 µg/ml). White blood cell, hemoglobin, and platelet count were 4,750/mm 3, 13.5 g/dl, and 97,000/mm 3, respectively. Prothrombin time was slightly prolonged to 15.4 seconds but partial thromboplastin time and fibrinogen were in normal range. Pulmonary function test showed normal ventilator pattern, but decreased diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO = 68%). Contrast enhancement computed tomography Correspondence to: Jin Won Kim Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University undang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 82 Gumi-ro 173beon-gil, undang-gu, Seongnam 13620, Korea Tel: , Fax: , jwkim@snubh.org Received: Oct. 6, 2015 / ccepted after revision: Oct. 19, Soonchunhyang Medical Research Institute This is an Open ccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons ttribution Non-Commercial License (

2 EMPD in one Marrow and Pulmonary Tumor Embolism Cho S, et al. Fig. 1. () bsence of filling defect on computed tomography pulmonary angiography. () No evidence of parenchymal disease on computed tomography scan, pulmonary window setting. NT NT Fig. 2. () Lung ventilation and () perfusion scan: multiple perfusion defects (arrows). NT, anterior images. (CT) scan did not show any intraluminal filling defects of pulmonary arteries and deep veins of low extremities (Fig. 1). Severe pulmonary hypertension with relatively preserved right ventricular function was documented with echocardiography; estimated pulmonary artery systolic pressure (epsp) was 80 mm Hg. Despite the negative CT scan result, pulmonary thromboembolism was suspected. Ventilation-perfusion lung scans demonstrated multiple perfusion defects with normal ventilation (Forte; DC-Philips, Holt, MO, US) (Fig. 2). These findings were consistent with microscopic pulmonary thromboembolism. nticoagulation therapy was suggested, but was postponed because progressive thrombocytopenia was detected. Multiple aggregations of large sized abnormal cells were observed in bone marrow specimen, suspecting malignancy. These tumor cells were same histology and immunohistochemical staining pattern (caudal-related homeobox 2 [CDX2, -], carcinoembryonic antigen [CE, +], cytokeratin [CK] 7 [+], CK19 [+], CK20 [-], epithelial membrane antigen [EM, +], prostate-specific antigen [PS, -], thyroid transcription factor-1 [TTF-1, -]) with previous EMPD of scrotum (Figs. 3, 4). There was no lesion that suggests distant me- Soonchunhyang Medical Science 21(2):

3 Cho S, et al. EMPD in one Marrow and Pulmonary Tumor Embolism C D E F G H Fig. 3. Initial pathologic finding of scrotum. Immunohistochemical staining of surgical specimen (reduced from 200) with () caudal-related homeobox 2 (CDX2, -), () carcinoembryonic antigen (CE, +), (C) cytokeratin (CK) 7 (+), (D) CK19 (+), (E) CK20 (-), (F) epithelial membrane antigen (EM, +), (G) prostate-specific antigen (PS, -), and (H) thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1, -). C D E F G H I Fig. 4. Pathologic finding of bone marrow involvement. Immunohistochemical staining with () caudal-related homeobox 2 (CDX2, -), () carcinoembryonic antigen (CE, +), (C) cytokeratin (CK) 7 (+), (D) CK19 (+), (E) CK20 (-), (F) epithelial membrane antigen (EM, +), (G) prostate-specific antigen (PS, -), and (H) thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1, -). (I) Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stained image of bone marrow biopsy specimen (reduced from 200). tastasis in additional whole body positron emission tomography- therapy, the oxygen demand decreased and the patient was trans- computed tomography-ct scan. Serum CE was elevated to 243 ferred to general ward. The platelet count recovered after 2 weeks ng/ml (reference range, 0 to 5 ng/ml) and serum prostate-specific (Fig. 5). fter 6 cycles of chemotherapy, epsp decreased to 34 mm antigen level was normal. Therefore, a diagnosis of recurred Hg and sequential bone marrow biopsy showed decreased tumor EMPD in bone marrow alone with microscopic PTE was made. cell infiltration. Unfortunately, the patient refused more paclitaxel/ The patient received paclitaxel/carboplatin chemotherapy with carboplatin chemotherapy cycle due to financial difficulties. One respiratory support in intensive care unit. Four days after chemo- month after he decided to receive alternative 5-fluorouracil/cisplat Soonchunhyang Medical Science 21(2):

4 EMPD in one Marrow and Pulmonary Tumor Embolism Cho S, et al Initial visit 64 dmission Platelet (1,000 cells/mm 3 ) in chemotherapy. fter 3 cycles of 5-fluorouracil/cisplatin chemotherapy, new hepatic metastasis was detected and confirmed by liver biopsy. We tried docetaxel chemotherapy to treat his progressive disease but it did not respond. Finally, he died of hepatic failure from Paget s disease hepatic involvement 10 months after recurrence. 61 Fig. 5. Platelet count (green) and CE level (blue) change after chemotherapy. CE, carcinoembryonic antigen. DISCUSSION EMPD is a rare cutaneous malignancy from intraepidermal region around apocrine gland. Distal metastasis beyond regional lymph nodes is rare and only few cases were reported [2,3]. EMPD within the epidermis may progress to dermally invasive adenocarcinoma. Then this might metastasize to locoregional lymph nodes and distant sites [4]. The depth of invasion was most significant prognostic factor [2]. Few cases were reported as bone marrow involvements. Most of them presented with locoregional lymph node involvement. One case of minimally invasive Paget s disease of the vulva, which presented by local recurrences and bone marrow metastases 6 years after excision, was reported [5]. Recurrence of EMPD of scrotum in liver and bone marrow 3 years after initial treatment was reported [6]. In our patient s case, minimal dermal invasion was detected but lymph node dissection was not done. t the time of recurrence, no evidence of local or nodal recurrence was detected. It is possible that some tumor cells could be introduced into lymphatics during surgery and some of them were able to survive in the vascular system [5]. fter long incubation period, sequential hematogenous spread of tumor cells from bone marrow one marrow Taxol/carbo C1D1 Taxol/carbo C1D12 Taxol/carbo C Taxol/carbo C3 Taxol/carbo C4 CE (ng/ml) Taxol/carbo C5 212 Taxol/carbo C6 to pulmonary vasculatures might have caused respiratory distress. Kane et al. [7] described four types of tumor involvement of the pulmonary vessels: (1) tumor emboli of the large pulmonary arteries and branches, (2) lymphatic dissemination, (3) microscopic tumor emboli in the small arteries or arterioles (microscopic PTE), and (4) combinations of above. Diagnosis of PTE requires a high index of suspicion. Rapid deterioration of patient makes confirmative diagnosis difficult. There are few cases reports in the literature where the diagnosis of PTE was made ante mortem [8]. If clinical diagnosis of microscopic PTE is made and severity of respiratory distress is rapidly progressing, immediate treatment is more important than confirmative diagnosis. In our case, suspicious PTE was diagnosed using all available image modalities including echocardiography, chest CT scan, and ventilation-perfusion lung scans, although there was not biopsy-confirmed. Improving dyspnea and O 2 demand after appropriate chemotherapy could confirm the proper diagnosis of PTE. Standard chemotherapy regimens for locally advanced or metastatic EMPD have not been established [6]. There is no clinical trial for the efficacy of chemotherapy in locally advanced or metastatic EMPD due to scarce incidence. Only case reports with several agents were reported including 5-fluorouracil, platinum-base agents, mitomycin-c, docetaxel, and vincristine [6,9-12]. Clinical responses from these case reports were various. In our case, paclitaxel and carboplatin was applied in first line chemotherapy. Response to the chemotherapy was very dramatic. fter progression on first-line chemotherapy, 5-fluorouracil/cisplatin and docetaxel was applied. Finally, he died of progressive liver involvement of disease in 10 months after recurrence, which is a little long survival period. This case is a rare presentation of bone marrow metastasis with PTE secondary to EMPD of scrotum, which was properly diagnosed with high suspicion and was successfully treated with immediate chemotherapy. CKNOWLEDGMENTS This case was present in 41th annual meeting of Korean Cancer ssociation in REFERNCES 1. Chanda JJ. Extramammary Paget s disease: prognosis and relationship to Soonchunhyang Medical Science 21(2):

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