Endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia (EIN)

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Overview

Endometrial Intraepithelial Neoplasia, (EIN) is a premalignant lesion of the uterine lining that predisposes to endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinoma. It is composed of a collection of abnormal endometrial cells, arising from the glands that line the uterus, which have a tendency, over time to progress to the most common form of uterine cancer - endometrial adenocarcinoma, endometrioid type.

History

EIN lesions have been discovered by a combination of molecular, histologic, and clinical outcome studies beginning in the 1990s which provide a multifaceted characterization of this disease. They are a subset of a larger mixed group of lesions previously called "endometrial hyperplasia[1][2]" The EIN diagnostic schema is intended to replace the previous "endometrial hyperplasia" classification as defined by the World Health Organization in 1994, which have been separated into benign (benign endometrial hyperplasia) and premalignant (EIN) classes in accordance with their behavior and clinical management.
EIN should not be confused with an unrelated entity, serous intraepithelial carcinoma ("serous EIC"), which is an early stage of a different tumor type known as papillary serous adenocarcinoma that also occurs in the same location within the uterus.

Clinical Aspects

The average age at time of EIN diagnosis is approximately 52 years, compared to approximately 61 years for carcinoma. The timeframe and likelihood of EIN progression to cancer, however, is not constant amongst all women. Some cases of EIN are first detected as residual premalignant disease in women who already have carcinoma, whereas other EIN lesions disappear entirely and never lead to cancer. For this reason, treatment benefits and risks must be individualized for each patient under the guidance of an experienced physician.
Risk factors for development of EIN and the endometrioid type of endometrial carcinoma include exposure to estrogens without opposing progestins, obesity, diabetes, and rare hereditary conditions such as hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. Protective factors include use of combined oral contraceptive pills (low dose estrogen and progestin), and prior use of a contraceptive intrauterine device.

Biology

EIN lesions demonstrate all of the behaviors and characteristics of a premalignant, or precancerous, lesion.

Precancer Features of EIN (Table I). The cells of an EIN lesion are genetically different than normal and malignant tissues, and have a distinctive appearance under the light microscope. EIN cells are already neoplastic, demonstrating a monoclonal growth pattern and clonally distributed mutations. Progression of EIN to carcinoma, effectively a conversion from a benign neoplasm to a malignant neoplasm, is accomplished through acquisition of additional mutations and accompanied by a change in behavior characterized by the ability to invade local tissues and metastasize to regional and distant sites.

Table I: Precancer Characteristics of EIN

Precancer Characteristics EIN Evidence
Precancers differ from normal tissue
  • Monoclonal EIN[3][4][5][6] arise from polyclonal normal field.[7]
  • Mutations are acquired in EIN.[6][8][9][10][11][12][13]
  • Precancers share some, but not all, features of cancer
  • EIN-cancer lineage hierarchy[14]
  • EIN may share PTEN,[11][13][15] K-ras,[9][10][12][16] MLH1[8][17] changes with cancer.
  • Both EIN and cancer are monoclonal.[3][5][6][18][19]
  • Precancers increase risk for carcinoma
  • Elevated concurrent cancer rate (39% in first year after EIN diagnosis)[20]
  • EIN elevates future cancer risk 45-fold.[20]
  • Precancers can be diagnosed
  • Morphometric reference standard (D-Score) for EIN diagnosis.[3][21][22][23]
  • Subjective EIN diagnosis using criteria (Table 2).[24]
  • Cancer must arise from cells within the precancer
  • EIN-cancer lineage hierarchy.[14]
  • EIN may share PTEN,[11][13][15] K-ras,[9][10][12][16] MLH1[8][17] changes with resultant cancer.

  • EIN Biomarkers. (Figure 1). There are no single biomarkers which are completely informative in recognition of EIN. The tumour suppressor gene PTEN is frequently inactivated in EIN, being abnormally turned off in approximately 2/3 of all EIN lesions. This can be seen with special tissue stains applied to histological sections known as PTEN immunohistochemistry, in which the brown PTEN protein is seen to be absent in the crowded tubular glands that make up an EIN lesion.

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    Figure I. Tissue stain (immunohistochemistry) for the PTEN tumor suppressor gene showing loss of the PTEN protein in the round and tubular glands which are clustered tightly within an EIN lesion. Brown color indicates the PTEN protein is present.


    Diagnosis

    Diagnosis of EIN lesions is of clinical importance because of the increased risk of coexisting (39% of women with EIN will be diagnosed with carcinoma within one year) or future (the long term endometrial cancer risk is 45 times greater for a woman with EIN compared to one with only a benign endometrial histology) endometrial cancer. Diagnostic terminology is that used by pathologists, physicians who diagnose human disease by examination of histologic preparations of excised tissues. Critical distinctions in EIN diagnosis are separation from benign conditions such as benign endometrial hyperplasia (a field effect in endometrial tissue caused by excessive stimulation by the hormone estrogen), and cancer.
    The spectrum of disease which must be distinguished from EIN (Table II) includes benign endometrial hyperplasia and carcinoma:[2]

    Table II: Disease classes that need to be distinguished from EIN.

    Disease
    Class
    Endometrial
    Topography
    Functional
    Category
    Treatment
    Benign
    endometrial
    hyperplasia
    Diffuse Hormone
    (estrogen)
    Effect
    Hormonal therapy
    EIN,
    Endometrial
    Intraepithelial
    Neoplasia
    Focal
    progressing to
    diffuse
    (clonal)
    Precancer Hormonal or
    surgical
    Endometrial
    Adenocarcinoma
    Focal
    progressing to
    diffuse
    (clonal)
    Cancer Surgical
    stage-based


    EIN may be diagnosed by a trained pathologist by examination of tissue sections of the endometrium. All of the following diagnostic criteria must be met in a single area of one tissue fragment to make the diagnosis (Table III).

    Table III: EIN diagnosis.

    EIN Criterion Comments
    1 Architecture Gland area exceeds that of stroma, usually in a localized region.
    2 Cytological
    Alterations
    Cytology differs between architecturally crowded focus and background.
    3 Size greater than 1mm Maximum linear dimension should exceed 1mm. Smaller lesions have unknown natural history.
    4 Exclude mimics Basalis, normal secretory, polyps, repair, lower uterine segment, cystic atrophy, tangential sections, menstrual collapse, disruption artifact, etc.
    5 Exclude Cancer Carcinoma should be diagnosed if: glands are mazelike and rambling, there are solid areas of epithelial growth, or there are significant bridges or cribriform areas.

    References

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    2. 2.0 2.1 Silverberg SG, Mutter GL, Kurman RJ, Kubik-Huch RA, Nogales F, Tavassoli FA. Tumors of the uterine corpus: epithelial tumors and related lesions. In: Tavassoli FA, Stratton MR, editors. WHO Classification of Tumors: Pathology and Genetics of Tumors of the Breast and Female Genital Organs. Lyon, France: IARC Press, 2003: 221-232.
    3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mutter GL, Baak JPA, Crum CP, Richart RM, Ferenczy A, Faquin WC. Endometrial precancer diagnosis by histopathology, clonal analysis, and computerized morphometry. J Pathol 2000; 190:462-469.
    4. Jovanovic AS, Boynton KA, Mutter GL. Uteri of women with endometrial carcinoma contain a histopathologic spectrum of monoclonal putative precancers, some with microsatellite instability. Cancer Res 1996; 56:1917-1921.
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    7. Mutter GL, Boynton KA. X chromosome inactivation in the normal female genital tract: Implications for identification of neoplasia. Cancer Res 1995; 55:5080-5084.
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    14. 14.0 14.1 Mutter GL, Boynton KA, Faquin WC, Ruiz RE, Jovanovic AS. Allelotype mapping of unstable microsatellites establishes direct lineage continuity between endometrial precancers and cancer. Cancer Res 1996; 56:4483-4486.
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    18. Doherty T, Connell J, Stoerker J, Markham N, Shroyer AL, Shroyer KR. Analysis of clonality by polymerase chain reaction for phosphoglycerate kinase-1. Heteroduplex generator. Diagn Mol Pathol 1995; 4(3):182-190
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    21. Mutter GL. Endometrial Precancer Type Collection [On Line]. http://www.endometrium.org 2000.
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    Resources

      Patient Resources
  • American Cancer Society
  • Women's Cancer Network an educational and research organization
  • Gynecologic Oncology Group an NIH-Funded research group that runs clinical trials
  • OncoLink an excellent educational site from the U. of Pennsylvania
  • Find a board certified specialist at the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists

    Pathology
  • US and Canadian Academy of Pathology
  • www.endometrium.org a pathology site focusing on endometrial disease

    PTEN Gene
  • Cancer Genetics Web PTEN entry
  • PTEN and the Endometrium at PubMed
  • Entrez Gene PTEN entry

    Other
  • CancerNet an NIH database with clinical and scientific information
  • PubMed a search engine and database for Medical Literature

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