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==Primary Author(s)*==

==Primary Author(s)*==

H. Evin Gulbahce, MD, MSCI, University of Utah, UT

H. Evin Gulbahce, MD, MSCI, University of Utah, UT, and Katherine Geiersbach, MD, Mayo Clinic

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==Cancer Sub-Classification / Subtype==

==Cancer Sub-Classification / Subtype==

Tall cell carcinoma with reverse polarity  

Tall cell carcinoma with reversed polarity  

==Definition / Description of Disease==

==Definition / Description of Disease==

Tall cell carcinoma with reverse polarity is a rare variant of invasive breast carcinoma with unusual histopathologic features. In 2019, 5th edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of breast tumors, it is in the group of rare and salivary gland-type tumors and is associated with favorable prognosis.  

Tall cell carcinoma with reversed polarity is a rare variant of invasive breast carcinoma with unusual histopathologic features. In 2019, 5th edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of breast tumors, it is in the group of rare and salivary gland-type tumors and is associated with favorable prognosis.  

==Synonyms / Terminology==

==Synonyms / Terminology==

*Occasionally true papillae and cyst-like structures with colloid-like material are identified.

*Occasionally true papillae and cyst-like structures with colloid-like material are identified.

*Epithelial cells are tall, may have nuclear grooves and intranuclear cytoplasmic inclusions.  

*Epithelial cells are tall, may have nuclear grooves and intranuclear cytoplasmic inclusions.  

*The most characteristic feature is the presence of nuclei in the apical rather than basal pole of the cells hence the “reverse polarity”.

*The most characteristic feature is the presence of nuclei in the apical rather than basal pole of the cells hence the “reverse polarity.”

==Immunophenotype<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Alsadoun|first=Nadjla|last2=MacGrogan|first2=Gaëtan|last3=Truntzer|first3=Caroline|last4=Lacroix-Triki|first4=Magali|last5=Bedgedjian|first5=Isabelle|last6=Koeb|first6=Marie-Hélène|last7=El Alam|first7=Elsy|last8=Medioni|first8=Dan|last9=Parent|first9=Michel|date=2018-09|title=Solid papillary carcinoma with reverse polarity of the breast harbors specific morphologic, immunohistochemical and molecular profile in comparison with other benign or malignant papillary lesions of the breast: a comparative study of 9 additional cases|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29785016|journal=Modern Pathology: An Official Journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc|volume=31|issue=9|pages=1367–1380|doi=10.1038/s41379-018-0047-1|issn=1530-0285|pmid=29785016}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Chiang|first=Sarah|last2=Weigelt|first2=Britta|last3=Wen|first3=Huei-Chi|last4=Pareja|first4=Fresia|last5=Raghavendra|first5=Ashwini|last6=Martelotto|first6=Luciano G.|last7=Burke|first7=Kathleen A.|last8=Basili|first8=Thais|last9=Li|first9=Anqi|date=2016-12-15|title=IDH2 Mutations Define a Unique Subtype of Breast Cancer with Altered Nuclear Polarity|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27913435|journal=Cancer Research|volume=76|issue=24|pages=7118–7129|doi=10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-0298|issn=1538-7445|pmc=5502804|pmid=27913435}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Lozada|first=John R.|last2=Basili|first2=Thais|last3=Pareja|first3=Fresia|last4=Alemar|first4=Barbara|last5=Paula|first5=Arnaud Da Cruz|last6=Gularte-Merida|first6=Rodrigo|last7=Giri|first7=Dilip D.|last8=Querzoli|first8=Patricia|last9=Cserni|first9=Gabor|date=2018-08|title=Solid papillary breast carcinomas resembling the tall cell variant of papillary thyroid neoplasms (solid papillary carcinomas with reverse polarity) harbour recurrent mutations affecting IDH2 and PIK3CA: a validation cohort|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29603332|journal=Histopathology|volume=73|issue=2|pages=339–344|doi=10.1111/his.13522|issn=1365-2559|pmc=6783257|pmid=29603332}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Pareja|first=Fresia|last2=da Silva|first2=Edaise M.|last3=Frosina|first3=Denise|last4=Geyer|first4=Felipe C.|last5=Lozada|first5=John R.|last6=Basili|first6=Thais|last7=Da Cruz Paula|first7=Arnaud|last8=Zhong|first8=Elaine|last9=Derakhshan|first9=Fatemeh|date=2020-06|title=Immunohistochemical analysis of IDH2 R172 hotspot mutations in breast papillary neoplasms: applications in the diagnosis of tall cell carcinoma with reverse polarity|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31896809|journal=Modern Pathology: An Official Journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc|volume=33|issue=6|pages=1056–1064|doi=10.1038/s41379-019-0442-2|issn=1530-0285|pmc=7286791|pmid=31896809}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Zhong|first=Elaine|last2=Scognamiglio|first2=Theresa|last3=D'Alfonso|first3=Timothy|last4=Song|first4=Wei|last5=Tran|first5=Hung|last6=Baek|first6=Inji|last7=Hoda|first7=Syed A.|date=2019-04|title=Breast Tumor Resembling the Tall Cell Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Molecular Characterization by Next-Generation Sequencing and Histopathological Comparison With Tall Cell Papillary Carcinoma of Thyroid|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30227763|journal=International Journal of Surgical Pathology|volume=27|issue=2|pages=134–141|doi=10.1177/1066896918800779|issn=1940-2465|pmid=30227763}}</ref>==

==Immunophenotype==

*Most carcinomas do not express estrogen or progesterone receptors (ER, PR). Those that tend to show staining of only a small fraction of the cells.  

*Most carcinomas do not express estrogen or progesterone receptors (ER, PR). Those that tend to show staining of only a small fraction of the cells.  

|Positive (universal)||Cytokeratin 7, cytokeratin 5/6

|Positive (universal)||Cytokeratin 7, cytokeratin 5/6

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|Positive (subset)||GCDFP-15, GATA3, IDH1/2 mutant, calretinin

|Positive (subset)||GCDFP-15, GATA3, IDH1/2 mutant<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Pareja|first=Fresia|last2=da Silva|first2=Edaise M.|last3=Frosina|first3=Denise|last4=Geyer|first4=Felipe C.|last5=Lozada|first5=John R.|last6=Basili|first6=Thais|last7=Da Cruz Paula|first7=Arnaud|last8=Zhong|first8=Elaine|last9=Derakhshan|first9=Fatemeh|date=2020-06|title=Immunohistochemical analysis of IDH2 R172 hotspot mutations in breast papillary neoplasms: applications in the diagnosis of tall cell carcinoma with reverse polarity|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31896809|journal=Modern Pathology: An Official Journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc|volume=33|issue=6|pages=1056–1064|doi=10.1038/s41379-019-0442-2|issn=1530-0285|pmc=7286791|pmid=31896809}}</ref>, calretinin

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|Negative (universal)||HER2 (ERBB2) expression or amplification; TTF-1, thyroglobulin, myoepithelial markers (p63, myosin)

|Negative (universal)||HER2 (ERBB2) expression or amplification; TTF-1, thyroglobulin, myoepithelial markers (p63, myosin)

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==Characteristic Chromosomal Patterns==

==Characteristic Chromosomal Patterns==

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==Gene Mutations (SNV/INDEL)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" />==

==Gene Mutations (SNV/INDEL)==

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|''IDH2'' codon 172 mutations

|''IDH2'' codon 172 mutations<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Chiang|first=Sarah|last2=Weigelt|first2=Britta|last3=Wen|first3=Huei-Chi|last4=Pareja|first4=Fresia|last5=Raghavendra|first5=Ashwini|last6=Martelotto|first6=Luciano G.|last7=Burke|first7=Kathleen A.|last8=Basili|first8=Thais|last9=Li|first9=Anqi|date=2016-12-15|title=IDH2 Mutations Define a Unique Subtype of Breast Cancer with Altered Nuclear Polarity|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27913435|journal=Cancer Research|volume=76|issue=24|pages=7118–7129|doi=10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-0298|issn=1538-7445|pmc=5502804|pmid=27913435}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Lozada|first=John R.|last2=Basili|first2=Thais|last3=Pareja|first3=Fresia|last4=Alemar|first4=Barbara|last5=Paula|first5=Arnaud Da Cruz|last6=Gularte-Merida|first6=Rodrigo|last7=Giri|first7=Dilip D.|last8=Querzoli|first8=Patricia|last9=Cserni|first9=Gabor|date=2018-08|title=Solid papillary breast carcinomas resembling the tall cell variant of papillary thyroid neoplasms (solid papillary carcinomas with reverse polarity) harbour recurrent mutations affecting IDH2 and PIK3CA: a validation cohort|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29603332|journal=Histopathology|volume=73|issue=2|pages=339–344|doi=10.1111/his.13522|issn=1365-2559|pmc=6783257|pmid=29603332}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Alsadoun|first=Nadjla|last2=MacGrogan|first2=Gaëtan|last3=Truntzer|first3=Caroline|last4=Lacroix-Triki|first4=Magali|last5=Bedgedjian|first5=Isabelle|last6=Koeb|first6=Marie-Hélène|last7=El Alam|first7=Elsy|last8=Medioni|first8=Dan|last9=Parent|first9=Michel|date=2018-09|title=Solid papillary carcinoma with reverse polarity of the breast harbors specific morphologic, immunohistochemical and molecular profile in comparison with other benign or malignant papillary lesions of the breast: a comparative study of 9 additional cases|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29785016|journal=Modern Pathology: An Official Journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc|volume=31|issue=9|pages=1367–1380|doi=10.1038/s41379-018-0047-1|issn=1530-0285|pmid=29785016}}</ref>

|Gain of function (Oncogene)

|Gain of function (Oncogene)

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!Gene; Genetic Alteration!!Pathway!!Pathophysiologic Outcome

!Gene; Genetic Alteration!!Pathway!!Pathophysiologic Outcome

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|''IDH2'' codon 172 mutations (majority are R172S, R172T; other mutations include R172G, R172W, R172I)

|''IDH2'' codon 172 mutations (majority are R172S, R172T; other mutations include R172G, R172W, R172I)<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Zhong|first=Elaine|last2=Scognamiglio|first2=Theresa|last3=D'Alfonso|first3=Timothy|last4=Song|first4=Wei|last5=Tran|first5=Hung|last6=Baek|first6=Inji|last7=Hoda|first7=Syed A.|date=2019-04|title=Breast Tumor Resembling the Tall Cell Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Molecular Characterization by Next-Generation Sequencing and Histopathological Comparison With Tall Cell Papillary Carcinoma of Thyroid|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30227763|journal=International Journal of Surgical Pathology|volume=27|issue=2|pages=134–141|doi=10.1177/1066896918800779|issn=1940-2465|pmid=30227763}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

|Carbon metabolism: citrate cycle

|Carbon metabolism: citrate cycle

|Increased conversion of α-ketoglutarate (α-KG) to the oncometabolite R-2-hydroxylglutarate (R-2-HG). Increased levels of 2-HG result in hypermethylation of epigenetic targets and a subsequent block in cellular differentiation. Due to widespread hypermethylation, there is increased H3K27me3 nuclear immunoreactivity in tumors harboring ''IDH2'' R172 mutations.

|Increased conversion of α-ketoglutarate (α-KG) to the oncometabolite R-2-hydroxylglutarate (R-2-HG). Increased levels of 2-HG result in hypermethylation of epigenetic targets and a subsequent block in cellular differentiation. Due to widespread hypermethylation, there is increased H3K27me3 nuclear immunoreactivity in tumors harboring ''IDH2'' R172 mutations.

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|''PIK3CA'' mutations: H1047R most common

|''PIK3CA'' mutations: H1047R most common<ref name=":2" />

|PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway

|PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway

|Three most common ''PIK3CA'' mutations are H1047R, E542K, and E545K; ''PIK3CA'' mutations induce hyperactivation of the alpha isoform of the catalytic subunit (p110α) of class IA PI3K kinase. Mutations are often co-occurring with other drivers in ER-positive breast cancers and are associated with endocrine resistance. ''PIK3CA'' mutations are targetable with the PI3K inhibitor alpelisib in ER positive breast cancers; however, tall cell carcinoma with reverse polarity is usually ER negative.

|Three most common ''PIK3CA'' mutations are H1047R, E542K, and E545K; ''PIK3CA'' mutations induce hyperactivation of the alpha isoform of the catalytic subunit (p110α) of class IA PI3K kinase. Mutations are often co-occurring with other drivers in ER-positive breast cancers and are associated with endocrine resistance. ''PIK3CA'' mutations are targetable with the PI3K inhibitor alpelisib in ER positive breast cancers; however, tall cell carcinoma with reverse polarity is usually ER negative.

==Additional Information==

==Additional Information==

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