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Case Report: A Case of Gallbladder Carcinosarcoma With Osteoclast-like Multinucleated Giant Cells that Was Associated With RANK-RANKL Signaling

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PATHOLOGY & ONCOLOGY RESEARCH
Volume 28, Issue -, Pages -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/pore.2022.1610134

Keywords

case report; gallbladder; carcinosarcoma; osteoclast-like multinucleated giant cell; RANK-RANKL signaling

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Gallbladder carcinosarcoma with osteoclast-like multinucleated giant cells is a rare form of gallbladder cancer, and its pathogenesis is largely unknown. This article presents a case of gallbladder carcinosarcoma with osteoclast-like multinucleated giant cells, in which the interaction of RANK-RANKL signaling was observed.
Introduction: Gallbladder carcinosarcoma with osteoclast-like multinucleated giant cells is known to be most uncommon form of gallbladder cancer. Owing to its rarity, the pathogenesis of gallbladder carcinosarcoma with osteoclast-like multinucleated giant cells is largely unknown.Case Presentation: We present a case of carcinosarcoma with osteoclast-like multinucleated giant cells in the gallbladder. A 57-year-old woman visited our hospital due to jaundice. An examination revealed calculous cholecystitis and gallbladder carcinoma. After cholecystectomy, macroscopic examination disclosed one whitish mass and another distinct brown and pendulous mass in the body of the gallbladder. A pathological examination revealed that each mass had a different histological type: adenosquamous carcinoma and carcinosarcoma with osteoclast-like multinucleated giant cells. Immunohistochemistry revealed that these osteoclast-like multinucleated giant cells are CD68(+), CD163(-), and MIB-1(-). In addition, the osteoclast-like multinucleated giant cells showed the strong expression of RANK and sarcoma cells around the osteoclast-like multinucleated giant cells, were positive for RANKL. Furthermore, RUNX2 was positive for some sarcoma cells. The result indicated that osteoclastic and osteoblast-like differentiation occurred in our case.Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first case to show the interaction of RANK-RANKL signaling in gallbladder carcinosarcoma with osteoclast-like multinucleated giant cells.

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