Multiple familial gastrointestinal autonomic nerve tumors and small intestinal neuronal dysplasia.
Am J Surg Pathol
; 23(2): 198-204, 1999 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-9989847
ABSTRACT
Multiple small intestinal stromal tumors were removed from mother and natural daughter within 15 months of each other. Both had long histories of recurrent iron deficiency anemia and upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Light microscopy revealed that the tumors had arisen in conjunction with diffuse hyperplasia/ dysplasia of Auerbach's myenteric plexus. Immunohistochemistry generally did not show myogenic or paraganglionic phenotypes; CD34 was positive in most tumors. Electron microscopy confirmed the association with the abnormal Auerbach's plexus and showed the structure of gastrointestinal autonomic nerve tumors (GANTs). These findings provide information as to the origin and evolution of GANTs, and also have implications for the clinical management of these tumors which appear to occur more frequently than previously thought.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias do Sistema Nervoso Periférico
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Sarcoma
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Neoplasias Gastrointestinais
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Intestino Delgado
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Surg Pathol
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá