A case of synchronous mucinous metaplasia and neoplasia of the female genital tract without an STK11 or KRAS mutation

Kiyotaka Nagahama; Shoji Yamanaka; Takashi Nakayama; Aya Tokinaga; Mikiko Asai-Sato; Etsuko Miyagi; Reiko Tanaka; Mitsuko Furuya

doi:10.1016/j.gynor.2013.02.005

A case of synchronous mucinous metaplasia and neoplasia of the female genital tract without an STK11 or KRAS mutation

Gynecol Oncol Case Rep. 2013 Feb 18:5:4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.gynor.2013.02.005. eCollection 2013.

Authors

Kiyotaka Nagahama¹, Shoji Yamanaka¹, Takashi Nakayama¹, Aya Tokinaga², Mikiko Asai-Sato², Etsuko Miyagi², Reiko Tanaka³, Mitsuko Furuya¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan.
³ Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.

Abstract

► Synchronous mucinous metaplasia and neoplasia of the female genital tract (SMMN-FGT) is a rare mucinous lesion. ► This is the first case of SMMN-FGT with DNA sequencing of STK11 and KRAS, but no mutation was identified.

Keywords: KRAS; Mucinous metaplasia; Mucinous tumor; SMMN-FGT; STK11.