Relevance of Endoglin (CD105) VEGF and p53 with invasion metastasis and prognosis of laryngeal carcinoma / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To evaluate the clinical significance of microvessel density (MVD) and investigate the relationship of Endoglin (CD105), VEGF and p53 protein and their significance of clinical pathology.@*METHOD@#Pathologic paraffin-embedded tissues and clinic data of 40 patients with primary squamous cell carcinoma of larynx were studied. Serial sections were respectively stained with Endoglin (CD105), VEGF and p53 by immunohistochemistry and its expressions were investigated. Microvessel density (MVD) highlighted by Endoglin (CD105) were counted according to a standard protocol.@*RESULT@#Endoglin (CD105) expression in tumour tissue was significantly higher than in normal mucosa (P < 0.05). The mean MVD value for Endoglin (CD105) was 14. 90 +/- 7.40. The mean CD105-MVD value of T3 and T4 tumours showed a significantly higher staining than that of T1 and T2 tumours; The mean CD105-MVD value of tumours with metastasis was also higher than that of tumours with no metastasis (P < 0.05); The expression of VEGF was observed in cytoplasm of tumour cell and its positive rate was 77.5% in laryngeal carcinoma, which was significantly correlated with TNM stage and pathological differentiation of laryngeal carcinoma (P < 0.05). The expression of p53 protein was mainly observed in nucleolus of tumour cell and its positive rate was 67.5%, which was significantly correlated with metastasis of lymph node. Positive relevance was found between CD105-MVD and VEGF (r = 0.641, P < 0.01); Positive relevance was also found between CD105-MVD and p53 (r = 0.534, P < 0.01).@*CONCLUSION@#Endoglin (CD105) is a marker of tumour angiogenesis for its significant associated with active angiogenesis in laryngeal carcinoma. The study shows that CD105-MVD in laryngeal carcinoma is an independent indicator of predicting invasion, metastasis and recurrence, and evaluating prognosis of malignant tumours. CD105-MVD, VEGF and p53 could be important indicators to evaluate invasion, metastasis and recurrence of laryngeal carcinoma.

Significance of CD105 expression in laryngeal carcinoma / 基础医学与临床

Objective To study the expression of CD105 in laryngeal carcinoma and to evaluate the clinical significance of microvessel density(MVD).Methods Pathologic paraffin-embedded sections and clinical data from 40 patients with primary squmamous cell carcinoma of larynx were studied through immunohistochemistry.Microvessel density(MVD) highlighted by CD105 and CD34 were counted.Results CD105 expression in tumour tissue was significantly higher than normal health mucosa.The mean CD105-MVD value of T3 and T4 tumours showed a significantly deeper staining than T1 and T2;The mean CD105-MVD value of tumours with metastasis was also markedly higher than tumours with no metastasis;The diffenerce of mean CD105-MVD value between in 16 patients with recurred laryngeal carcinoma and in 20 patients with unrecurred laryngeal carcinoma for two years of follow-up was markedly significant(P

Surgical management of cervical anastomotic stricture of the esophagus / 中国耳鼻咽喉头颈外科

OBJECTIVE To study and evaluate the surgical management of cervical anastomotic stricture of the esophagus and its efficiency. METHODS Cervical anastomotic stricture resulted from colon by-pass for patients with esophagus stricture due to corosive in 5 cases,and gastric pull-up in 3 with esophagus carcinoma,one patient suffered serious esophagus stricture at its upper end because of previous radiation,and failed to the anastomoticplasty RESULTS All of them failed to respond to prior dilation. Anastomoticplasty was used in 6 of them,local flap,colon by-pass and jejunal free flap interposition was chosen based on the patient's situation. The operation got succeeded at its first time in seven patients,and at its second time in two cases. Normal oral feeding was restored in seven of them,and semiliguid feeding in the other two. CONCLUSION Surgical treatment is reliable in dealing with patients with problem of anastomotic stricture of the cervical esophagus.

Diagnosis and surgical management of tumors primarily in the pterygopalatine fossa / 中国耳鼻咽喉头颈外科

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical features of tumors primarily in the pterygopalatine fossa, and the efficiency of surgical management for these lesions. METHODS The clinical data of 7 cases with tumors primarily in the pterygopalatine fossa were retrospectively studied. Three of them were primary diseases, i.e. fibrous histiocytoma, neurofibroma and cholesteatoma. The other 4 cases were secondary tumors mainly located in pterygopalatine fossa. There were 1 case with epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma, 1 case with adenoid cystic carcinoma , 1 case with recurrent inverted nasal papilloma, 1 case with recurrent malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Approaches to tumors in pterygopalatine fossa lesions included lateral rhinotomy, and transnasal or transantrum approaches under the nasal endoscope. RESULTS The patient suffered from adenoid cystic carcinoma developed local recurrence 4 months after operation, and extended resection of the recurrent tumor with laser was performed again. No further recurrence was found after following-up for 3 years. Neither local recurrence nor regional metastasis was found in the remaining 6 cases with a follow-up period of 2 to 4 years. The main complication was oronasal fistula. CONCLUSION CT scan or MRI is the main method to the early diagnosis of pterygopalatine fossa tumors. Lateral rhinotomy, endoscopic trasnnasal or transantrum approaches are feasible procedures to resect the tumors.