Summary
Background
In extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD), Paget cells are sometimes detected outside the clinical border (subclinical extension). The spreading pattern of Paget cells in subclinical extension, however, remains unclear. In addition, the macroscopic appearances of lesions accompanied by subclinical extension are totally unknown.
Objectives
To characterize the spreading pattern of Paget cells as well as the macroscopic appearance of lesions of EMPD with subclinical extension.
Methods
Nineteen patients with primary anogenital EMPD underwent mapping biopsies and excisional surgeries, then biopsy samples were taken at the periphery of well-demarcated lesions. Samples were transparentized and subjected to whole-mount immunostaining with anti-cytokeratin 7 antibody to label Paget cells. The histological border was evaluated in three dimensions by two-photon microscopy. The shape and location of the histological border were compared with those of the clinical border.
Results
In 21 samples taken at the lesion where subclinical extension was not shown by mapping biopsy, the shape and location of the histological border were almost identical to those of the clinical border. Two samples, however, exhibited small foci of Paget cells outside the clinical border, showing subclinically extended satellite lesions. In the two samples taken at the lesions where subclinical extension was shown by mapping biopsy, a continuous arrangement of Paget cells extending beyond the clinical border was identified. Subclinically extended Paget cells were detected solely outside hypopigmented patches with erythema.
Conclusions
In EMPD, at least two patterns of subclinical extension exist: continuous and satellite lesions. Subclinical extension might exist preferentially outside hypopigmented patches with erythema.
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