Renal intravascular lymphoma in a dog / Linfoma intravascular renal em um cão

A 10-year-old male large mixed breed dog was presented with skin ulcers and fracture on the right hind limb caused by vehicle collision. Given required limb amputation, and as being a shelter senior dog, euthanasia was requested by the owner and a complete post-mortem examination was conducted immediately after death. Gross changes were consistent with marked bilateral nephromegaly. Histopathological examination of the kidneys revealed round cells filling blood vessels. Immunohistochemically, the round cells were positive for CD3 antibody. Based on these findings, in absence of involvement of the bone marrow and peripheral blood, and inexistence of primary extravascular masses, the tumor was classified as T-cell intravascular lymphoma. To the authors knowledge, this is the first report describing intravascular lymphoma involving the kidneys alone in a dog.(AU)

Um canino, macho, de 10 anos, sem raça definida (SRD), e grande porte, chegou para atendimento apresentando fratura em membro pélvico direito devido a atropelamento por veículo automotivo. Adicionalmente, foram observadas úlceras cutâneas ao nível da fratura. Devido à necessidade de amputação do membro e, por ser um cão idoso, o proprietário optou pela eutanásia, realizando-se necropsia imediatamente após a morte do paciente. Os achados macroscópicos foram consistentes com acentuada nefromegalia bilateral. A avaliação histopatológica dos rins revelou células redondas neoplásicas obliterando vasos sanguíneos. Imunohistoquimicamente, essas células foram positivas para CD3. Baseando-se nos achados histopatológicos, na ausência de envolvimento da medula óssea e do sangue periférico e, na inexistência de massas primárias extravasculares, o tumor foi classificado como linfoma intravascular de células T. Possivelmente, este é o primeiro relato de linfoma intravascular envolvendo unicamente os rins de um cão.(AU)

Nuclear localization of the mitochondrial ncRNAs in normal and cancer cells.

BACKGROUND: We have previously shown a differential expression of a family of mitochondrial ncRNAs in normal and cancer cells. Normal proliferating cells and cancer cells express the sense mitochondrial ncRNA (SncmtRNA). In addition, while normal proliferating cells express two antisense mitochondrial ncRNAs (ASncmtRNAs-1 and -2), these transcripts seem to be universally down-regulated in cancer cells. In situ hybridization (ISH) of some normal and cancer tissues reveals nuclear localization of these transcripts suggesting that they are exported from mitochondria. METHODS: FISH and confocal microscopy, in situ digestion with RNase previous to ISH and electron microscopy ISH was employed to confirm the extra-mitochondrial localization of the SncmtRNA and the ASncmtRNAs in normal proliferating and cancer cells of human and mouse. RESULTS: In normal human kidney and mouse testis the SncmtRNA and the ASncmtRNAs were found outside the organelle and especially localized in the nucleus associated to heterochromatin. In cancer cells, only the SncmtRNA was expressed and was found associated to heterochromatin and nucleoli. CONCLUSION: The ubiquitous localization of these mitochondrial transcripts in the nucleus suggests that they are new players in the mitochondrial-nuclear communication pathway or retrograde signaling. Down regulation of the ASncmtRNAs seems to be an important step on neoplastic transformation and cancer progression.

Multicystic congenital mesoblastic nephroma.

This report describes an unusual example of congenital mesoblastic nephroma cellular variant that presented in a 1-week-old neonate as a multicystic tumor of the kidney. Extensive pseudocystic cavitation resulted from progressive accumulation of ground substance in a loosely myxoid tissue composed of stellate- and spindle-shaped cells that compressed and infiltrated renal tissue. The cells of the tumor were positive for vimentin and smooth muscle actin. The patient is alive and well 16 years after surgery. Differential diagnosis from segmental cystic dysplasia, cystic intralobar nephrogenic rest, cystic nephroma, cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma, cystic nephroblastoma, and cystic clear cell sarcoma of the kidney, all of which may present at this age, is discussed.

Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma: clinicopathological study of 7 cases.

Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (CRCC) may be grossly and microscopically confused with oncocytoma. It is now believed that many, if not all, of the so-called malignant oncocytomas or oncocytomas with metastases reported in the literature were indeed chromophobe renal cell carcinomas. CRCC is characteristically positive for colloidal iron and shows cytoplasmic microvesicles in electron microscopy. This study of CRCC is thought to be the first one done in Latin America. Of a total of 106 renal epithelial neoplasms, 7 (6.6%) fulfilled the criteria for chromophobe renal cell carcinoma. This frequency in Brazil is similar to that in other parts of the world. There was no difference in age, sex, and race distribution of CRCC compared to usual renal epithelial tumors. Grossly, the CRCC ranged in size from 3.5 to 20 cm (average: 10.2 cm) in greatest dimension. Most frequently, the tumor was brown on the cut surface. The growth pattern showed compact areas in all tumors and, in most of the cases, both clear and eosinophilic cellular subtypes were seen. The electron microscopic findings favor an origin of the microvesicles from outpouchings of the outer membrane of mitochondria. The strong positivity for colloidal iron in spite of the destruction of the cytoplasmic vesicles in paraffin-embedded specimens seems to indicate that the acid mucopolysaccharides are not located inside the microvesicles. By the time of diagnosis, only one case had regional lymph node metastases and this particular case was the only one mixed (associated with the usual renal cell carcinoma). The follow-up examination after nephrectomy showed that prognosis seems to be favorable in CRCC, except when the tumor coexists with the usual renal cell carcinoma.

Tumores provocados por metilcolantreno y lapachol. Seguimiento del desarrollo mediante citología / Tumors caused by methylcholanthrene and lapachol. Follow-up of desenvolviment by cytology

El presente trabajo fue realizado con el objetivo de estudiar el efecto por el lapachol (LAP) al ser administrado a rats en forma simultánea con un carcinógeno químico, el 20-merilcolantreno (MCA). Los animales fueron divididos en 4 lotes: A-Lote tratado con 80 mg de MCA (n=11 animales), B-Lote tratado con 80 mg de MCA+LAP 100 mg/Kg peso/día (n=15 animales), C-Lote tratado con LAP 100 mg/Kg peso día (n=12 animales), D-Lote control sin tratamiento (n=13 anisales). Los estudios citológicos así como la aplicación de técnicas citoquímicas permitieron conocer el diagnóstico de benegnidad o malignidad apenas producida la aparición del tumor. Estudios histopatológicos posteriores confiraaron la aparición el el 53 por ciento de los animales del lote B de tumores compatibles con adenocarcinomas pobremente diferenciados de glándula salival y en el 18.2 por ciento (2/11) de los animales del lote A de fibroadenomas de la glándula mamaria. Asimismo fue observada la presencia de uno o varios nódulos suprahepáticos en vencidad al ligamento suspensorio e histológicamente definidos como de hiperplasia nodular en el 33 por ciento (4/12) de los animales del lote C y en 13.3 por ciento (2/15) del B no produciéndose desarrollo de dichos nódulos en los lotes A y D. En el riñón fue observada dilatación quística de los túbulos en el 60 por ciento (9/15) y 83.3 por ciento (10/12) de los animales del lote B y C respectivamente. A partir del tumor primitivo de glándula salival fue desarrollada uma linea de tumores transplantables cuyo seguimiento fue realizado citológicamente. Se reafirma la importancia del diagnostico citológico e histopatológico para el estudio del efecto farmacológico de drogas que como el Lapachol son empleadas como antitumorales sin conocerse sus efectos nocivos.

Tumores provocados por metilcolantreno y lapachol. Seguimiento del desarrollo mediante citología / Tumors caused by methylcholanthrene and lapachol. Follow-up of desenvolviment by cytology

El presente trabajo fue realizado con el objetivo de estudiar el efecto por el lapachol (LAP) al ser administrado a rats en forma simultánea con un carcinógeno químico, el 20-merilcolantreno (MCA). Los animales fueron divididos en 4 lotes: A-Lote tratado con 80 mg de MCA (n=11 animales), B-Lote tratado con 80 mg de MCA+LAP 100 mg/Kg peso/día (n=15 animales), C-Lote tratado con LAP 100 mg/Kg peso día (n=12 animales), D-Lote control sin tratamiento (n=13 anisales). Los estudios citológicos así como la aplicación de técnicas citoquímicas permitieron conocer el diagnóstico de benegnidad o malignidad apenas producida la aparición del tumor. Estudios histopatológicos posteriores confiraaron la aparición el el 53 por ciento de los animales del lote B de tumores compatibles con adenocarcinomas pobremente diferenciados de glándula salival y en el 18.2 por ciento (2/11) de los animales del lote A de fibroadenomas de la glándula mamaria. Asimismo fue observada la presencia de uno o varios nódulos suprahepáticos en vencidad al ligamento suspensorio e histológicamente definidos como de hiperplasia nodular en el 33 por ciento (4/12) de los animales del lote C y en 13.3 por ciento (2/15) del B no produciéndose desarrollo de dichos nódulos en los lotes A y D. En el riñón fue observada dilatación quística de los túbulos en el 60 por ciento (9/15) y 83.3 por ciento (10/12) de los animales del lote B y C respectivamente. A partir del tumor primitivo de glándula salival fue desarrollada uma linea de tumores transplantables cuyo seguimiento fue realizado citológicamente. Se reafirma la importancia del diagnostico citológico e histopatológico para el estudio del efecto farmacológico de drogas que como el Lapachol son empleadas como antitumorales sin conocerse sus efectos nocivos. (AU)

Cytologic characteristics of congenital mesoblastic nephroma in fine-needle aspiration cytology: a case report.

The cytologic features of congenital mesoblastic nephroma (CMN) as recognized in smears of fine-needle aspirated cytology (FNAC) are reported. These included spindle- and tadpole-shaped cells with round to oval nuclei having small nucleoli and a smooth contour. The cytoplasm of these cells was dense and homogeneously stained. The background was composed of mucoid fibrillar material. The findings appear to be different from other types of renal tumors in infancy and specific enough for this tumor to allow diagnosis by FNAC.