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Br J Cancer ; 110(10): 2544-50, 2014 May 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24722182

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Current histopathological staging procedures in colon carcinomas depend on midline division of the lymph nodes with one section of haematoxylin & eosin (H&E) staining only. By this method, tumour deposits outside this transection line may be missed and could lead to understaging of a high-risk group of stage UICC II cases, which recurs in ∼20% of cases. A new diagnostic semiautomated system, one-step nucleic acid amplification (OSNA), detects cytokeratin (CK) 19 mRNA in lymph node metastases and enables the investigation of the whole lymph node. The objective of this study was to assess whether histopathological pN0 patients can be upstaged to stage UICC III by OSNA. METHODS: Lymph nodes from patients who were classified as lymph node negative after standard histopathology (single (H&E) slice) were subjected to OSNA. A result revealing a CK19 mRNA copy number >250, which makes sure to detect mainly macrometastases and not isolated tumour cells (ITC) or micrometastases only, was regarded as positive for lymph node metastases based on previous threshold investigations. RESULTS: In total, 1594 pN0 lymph nodes from 103 colon carcinomas (median number of lymph nodes per patient: 14, range: 1-46) were analysed with OSNA. Out of 103 pN0 patients, 26 had OSNA-positive lymph nodes, resulting in an upstaging rate of 25.2%. Among these were 6/37 (16.2%) stage UICC I and 20/66 (30.3%) stage UICC II patients. Overall, 38 lymph nodes were OSNA positive: 19 patients had one, 3 had two, 3 had three, and 1 patient had four OSNA-positive lymph nodes. CONCLUSIONS: OSNA resulted in an upstaging of over 25% of initially histopathologically lymph node-negative patients. OSNA is a standardised, observer-independent technique, allowing the analysis of the whole lymph node. Therefore, sampling bias due to missing investigation of certain lymph node tissue can be avoided, which may lead to a more accurate staging.


Assuntos
Adenocarcinoma/secundário , Neoplasias do Colo/patologia , Metástase Linfática/genética , Estadiamento de Neoplasias/métodos , Técnicas de Amplificação de Ácido Nucleico , RNA Mensageiro/análise , RNA Neoplásico/análise , Adenocarcinoma/tratamento farmacológico , Adenocarcinoma/genética , Adenocarcinoma/cirurgia , Adulto , Idoso , Quimioterapia Adjuvante , Colectomia , Neoplasias do Colo/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias do Colo/genética , Neoplasias do Colo/cirurgia , Europa (Continente) , Reações Falso-Negativas , Feminino , Humanos , Linfonodos/química , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Seleção de Pacientes , Estudos Prospectivos , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA Neoplásico/genética , Coloração e Rotulagem , Adulto Jovem
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Clin Neurol Neurosurg ; 110(10): 1044-6, 2008 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18701208

RESUMO

Several antineuronal antibodies are associated with paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration. Anti-Ri is one of these antibodies in some cases but it is more commonly associated with paraneoplastic opsoclonus myoclonus in the context of gynecological neoplasia. Anti-Ri autoantibodies are thought to be directed against onconeural antigens, NOVA-1 and NOVA-2, that are expressed by the tumor as well as by neurons. The results of the treatment of both syndromes have been disappointing, although aggressive multimodality immunosuppressive treatments have been used. There are few cases of anti-Ri paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration and none has been pathologically studied. We report the pathological study of a patient who died from anti-Ri-positive paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration associated with breast cancer only confirmed at autopsy.


Assuntos
Autoanticorpos/análise , Neoplasias da Mama/imunologia , Degeneração Paraneoplásica Cerebelar/imunologia , Idoso , Antígenos de Neoplasias/imunologia , Autoanticorpos/sangue , Autoanticorpos/líquido cefalorraquidiano , Autopsia , Neoplasias da Mama/patologia , Evolução Fatal , Feminino , Humanos , Degeneração Neural/imunologia , Degeneração Neural/patologia , Neurônios/imunologia , Neurônios/patologia , Degeneração Paraneoplásica Cerebelar/patologia
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Diagn Cytopathol ; 19(2): 120-3, 1998 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9702490

RESUMO

The cytomorphologic findings in fine-needle aspirates from 7 cases of salivary duct carcinoma (SDC) are reviewed and correlated with the histologic features. Malignant cytologic characteristics are clear in this tumor, and no false-negative results were obtained. But the absence of cribriform or papillary groups suggests an inconclusive diagnosis and sometimes the need to establish a differential diagnosis with other salivary tumors, and in particular with adenocarcinoma not otherwise specified (ADC-NOS) and high-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma (h-g MEC). The pitfalls in the cytologic diagnosis of this tumor are discussed. In addition, the literature on the subject is reviewed.


Assuntos
Carcinoma/patologia , Ductos Salivares , Neoplasias das Glândulas Salivares/patologia , Adulto , Idoso , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade
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Acta Cytol ; 41(4 Suppl): 1273-8, 1997.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9990257

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Undifferentiated (embryonal) sarcoma of the liver (UESL) is a rare malignant mesenchymal hepatic tumor with an incidence among liver tumors of 27.7%. It occurs predominantly in children under the age of 15. CASE: The cytologic findings in a case of UESL in fine needle aspiration biopsy material in a 12-year-old girl are described. The patient presented clinically with upper abdominal pain and a palpable mass in the right hepatic lobe. Cytologic features included a combination of polygonal and spindle cells. The polygonal cells were large, with round or lobulated nuclei, and occasionally multinucleated, with one or several nucleoli and variable cytoplasm with poorly defined borders. A few intracytoplasmic and extracytoplasmic eosinophil globules were observed. Histologic and immunohistochemical studies were performed, and staining for vimentin and alpha-1 antichemotrypsin was positive. CONCLUSION: It is important to recognize the cytologic features of this type of liver tumor since rapid diagnosis and initiation of early treatment may improve the poor prognosis of these neoplasms.


Assuntos
Carcinoma Hepatocelular/patologia , Neoplasias Hepáticas/patologia , Neoplasias Embrionárias de Células Germinativas/patologia , Biópsia por Agulha , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/diagnóstico , Núcleo Celular/patologia , Criança , Citoplasma/patologia , Feminino , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Neoplasias Hepáticas/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Embrionárias de Células Germinativas/diagnóstico , Prognóstico
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