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INTRODUCTION: Laryngeal papillomatosis (LP) is the most common benign neoplasm affecting the upper respiratory tract mucosa in children. The most common genotypes of HPV associated with LP are types 6 and 11. Methods: Among 187 patients identified in our institution with LP, four cases showed malignant transformation to invasive squamous carcinoma. Results: These patients had tumors with HPV viruses that showed high expression of oncogene E6 and E7 and low expression of E2. Conclusion: Malignant transformation of LP is associated with oncogenic expression of E6 and E7.
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Alphapapillomavirus , Proteínas Oncogênicas Virais , Infecções por Papillomavirus , Alphapapillomavirus/genética , Criança , Humanos , Neoplasias Laríngeas , Proteínas Oncogênicas Virais/genética , Oncogenes/genética , Papiloma , Papillomaviridae/genética , Proteínas E7 de Papillomavirus/genética , Infecções por Papillomavirus/complicações , Infecções por Papillomavirus/genéticaRESUMO
Cranial fasciitis is an uncommon benign fibroblastic tumor, generally histologically identical to nodular fasciitis. It develops almost exclusively in children. Cranial fasciitis manifests clinically as a painless rapidly growing solitary nodule in the head and neck area, frequently eroding the underlying bone. Thus, this entity is often confused with aggressive lesions such as sarcomas, both clinically and radiologically. Histopathologic examination is essential to differentiate between cranial fasciitis and fibrohistiocytic or even sarcomatous lesions observed in children. In this article, we present a case of cranial fasciitis with intracranial extension in a 2-year-old boy. Although USP6 rearrangement has recently been recognized as a recurring alteration in nodular fasciitis, we present a novel COL1A1-CAMTA1 fusion in this lesion.
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Proteínas de Ligação ao Cálcio/genética , Colágeno Tipo I/genética , Miofibroma/genética , Fusão Oncogênica/genética , Neoplasias Cranianas/genética , Transativadores/genética , Pré-Escolar , Cadeia alfa 1 do Colágeno Tipo I , Fasciite , Humanos , Masculino , Miofibroma/patologia , Neoplasias Cranianas/patologiaRESUMO
It is unclear if lymph node sampling in Wilms tumour, though critical for staging purposes, affects survival outcomes. The value of lymph node sampling in patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is even more uncertain. We reviewed our institutional data to determine the impact of lymph node sampling on survival, as well as its role in the context of NAC. A total of 185 patients with Wilms tumour treated at our institution were included in this analysis. The number of nodes sampled (≤7, or >7), lymph node status (unknown, negative, or positive), pathological stage, and use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy were analysed for survival outcomes. Covariates were evaluated with chi-square test or Fisher's exact test where appropriate. All analyses were performed using SAS 9.3 and R package version 2.15.2 with a significant level of 0.05. Median follow-up for all patients was 7.1 years. The number of lymph nodes sampled was significantly related to lymph node status (p<0.001). Lymph node involvement portended worse overall survival after controlling for stage and histology. Patients treated with NAC had higher rates of 'unknown' lymph node status (p<0.001) and worse overall survival than their counterparts (p=0.002); within this group, patients with 'unknown' lymph node status had significantly worse survival than those with negative or positive lymph node. Our data support the available evidence that sampling of more than seven lymph nodes is necessary for adequate staging of Wilms tumour. This is especially critical in patients treated with NAC, who had worse overall survival, likely due to understaging and undertreatment. These findings should be confirmed prospectively to provide proper guidelines to physicians caring for patients with Wilms tumour.