UNLABELLED: The assessment of stromal invasion in aerodigestive neoplastic squamous proliferation often poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Eosinophilic infiltration is thought to be an adjunctive histologic criterion in determining tumor aggressiveness and invasion. We investigated whether an eosinophilic infiltration in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma measured in biopsies would aid in predicting tumor invasion, response to treatment, locoregional recurrence, and survival. METHODS: Eighty-seven patients with in situ and invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region were evaluated and treated according to their staging. The number of eosinophils per high-power field (eosinophil/HPF), and per 10 high-power fields (eosinophil/10 HPF) at the tumor interface and in tumor tissue, was counted and classified as focally or diffusely present. Each sample was assigned an eosinophilic index of 1-4 based on the number of eosinophils/HPF or 10 HPF. Of 87 patients, 20 patients were followed up after appropriate treatment for locoregional recurrence, distant metastasis, and disease-free survival. RESULTS: Eosinophilic counts were elevated focally and/or diffusely more frequently in invasive squamous cell carcinoma than in noninvasive tumors. The increased eosinophilic counts, specifically > 10/HPF and > 20/10 HPF, were both significantly associated with stromal invasion. Greater than 10 eosinophils/HPF and/or > 20 eosinophils/10 HPF had the highest predictive power for invasion, with sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive values of 66%, 94%, 96% and 61%, 100%, and 100%, respectively. Eosinophilic counts greater than 20 eosinophils/10 HPF and eosinophilic indices > 2 were virtually diagnostic for tumor invasion. Patients' biopsies with eosinophilic indices < 2 had a better survival (P = 0.0156). Using Cox regression analysis, we found that most patients' biopsies that had eosinophilic indices > 2 recurred locally or regionally. CONCLUSIONS: The elevated eosinophilic counts in biopsies and eosinophilic indices in specimens of squamous cell carcinoma of the aerodigestive tract are a histopathologic marker associated with tumor invasion and a clinical predictor for aggressive tumor biology. Similarly, the presence of eosinophils meeting these thresholds in an excisional specimen should indicate the need for additional therapeutic measures and close surveillance to detect earlier locoregional recurrence and possible distant metastasis.
UNLABELLED: The assessment of stromal invasion in aerodigestive neoplastic squamous proliferation often poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Eosinophilic infiltration is thought to be an adjunctive histologic criterion in determining tumor aggressiveness and invasion. We investigated whether an eosinophilic infiltration in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma measured in biopsies would aid in predicting tumor invasion, response to treatment, locoregional recurrence, and survival. METHODS: Eighty-seven patients with in situ and invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region were evaluated and treated according to their staging. The number of eosinophils per high-power field (eosinophil/HPF), and per 10 high-power fields (eosinophil/10 HPF) at the tumor interface and in tumor tissue, was counted and classified as focally or diffusely present. Each sample was assigned an eosinophilic index of 1-4 based on the number of eosinophils/HPF or 10 HPF. Of 87 patients, 20 patients were followed up after appropriate treatment for locoregional recurrence, distant metastasis, and disease-free survival. RESULTS: Eosinophilic counts were elevated focally and/or diffusely more frequently in invasive squamous cell carcinoma than in noninvasive tumors. The increased eosinophilic counts, specifically > 10/HPF and > 20/10 HPF, were both significantly associated with stromal invasion. Greater than 10 eosinophils/HPF and/or > 20 eosinophils/10 HPF had the highest predictive power for invasion, with sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive values of 66%, 94%, 96% and 61%, 100%, and 100%, respectively. Eosinophilic counts greater than 20 eosinophils/10 HPF and eosinophilic indices > 2 were virtually diagnostic for tumor invasion. Patients' biopsies with eosinophilic indices < 2 had a better survival (P = 0.0156). Using Cox regression analysis, we found that most patients' biopsies that had eosinophilic indices > 2 recurred locally or regionally. CONCLUSIONS: The elevated eosinophilic counts in biopsies and eosinophilic indices in specimens of squamous cell carcinoma of the aerodigestive tract are a histopathologic marker associated with tumor invasion and a clinical predictor for aggressive tumor biology. Similarly, the presence of eosinophils meeting these thresholds in an excisional specimen should indicate the need for additional therapeutic measures and close surveillance to detect earlier locoregional recurrence and possible distant metastasis.
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