Clinical and pathological aspects of bovine lymphoma affecting the spinal cord / Aspectos clínicos e patológicos de linfoma bovino afetando a medula espinhal

Clinical and pathological features of bovine lymphoma involving the spinal cord were evaluated through a retrospective study of the necropsy database from 2005 to 2017. Thirty-four cases of bovine lymphoma were found, 24 of which had central nervous system involvement restricted to the spinal cord. All cattle were Holstein cows 2.5-12 years-old (median age, six years-old). The clinical course was 7-21 days, and the main neurological sign was pelvic limb paresis (81.8%). The lymphoma often affected the spinal cord in a multifocal manner. Lumbar segments were the mostly affected sites (23/24), followed by the sacral segments and cauda equina (20/24), cervical (5/24) and thoracic (5/24) segments. Tumors were in the epidural space, peripheral to the pachymeninges (extradural) and between layers of adipose tissue. In addition, two cases had progressive hemorrhagic myelomalacia. Further organs affected included the lymph nodes (100%), abomasum (79.2%), heart (75%) and kidneys (45.8%). Microscopically, all lymphomas had a diffuse pattern, with no meningeal or medullar infiltration. According to the REAL/WHO classification, all these neoplasms were mature B-cell lymphomas. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) was observed in 95.8% (23/24) of the cases. The following subtypes were observed in the DLBCL group in descending order: immunoblastic (60.9%, 14/23), centroblastic (26.1%, 6/23), anaplastic (8.7%, 2/23) and T-cell rich (4.3%, 1/23).(AU)

Os aspectos clínicos e patológicos do linfoma bovino afetando a medula espinhal foram avaliados através de um estudo retrospectivo dos protocolos de necropsia durante o período de 2005-2017. De um total de 34 bovinos com linfoma, 24 apresentaram afecção do sistema nervoso central (SNC) restrito a medula espinhal. Todos os bovinos afetados eram fêmeas, da raça Holandesa, com 2,5 a 12 anos de idade (idade mediana de seis anos). Clinicamente, os casos tiveram uma evolução de sete a 21 dias, com a principal alteração neurológica caracterizada por paresia de membros pélvicos, a qual foi observada em 81,8% dos casos. O linfoma afetou frequentemente a medula espinhal de maneira multifocal. Os segmentos lombares foram os mais envolvidos (23/24), seguidos pelos sacrais e cauda equina (20/24), cervicais (5/24) e torácicos (5/24). Os tumores estavam localizados no espaço epidural, periférica à paquimeninge (extradural) e associada ao tecido adiposo. Em dois casos foi também observada mielomalacia hemorrágica progressiva. Os órgãos acometidos com maior frequência, concomitantemente ao espaço epidural, foram os linfonodos (100%), abomaso (79,2%), coração (75%) e rins (45,8%). Microscopicamente, todos os linfomas exibiam um padrão difuso, sem infiltração em meninges e medula espinhal (extradural). De acordo com a classificação da REAL/WHO, todos esses neoplasmas foram incluídos como linfomas de células B maduras. O linfoma difuso de grandes células B (LDGCB) foi observado em 95,8% (23/24) dos casos. Os subtipos classificados dentro do grupo dos LDGCB's foram em ordem decrescente: imunoblástico (60,9%; 14/23), centroblástico (26,1%; 6/23), anaplásico (8,7%; 2/23), e rico em células T (4,3%; 1/23).(AU)

Classificação de 86 casos de linfoma em bovinos de acordo com a Working Formulation (WF) of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas for Clinical Usage e a Revised European-American Classification of Lymphoid Neoplasms (REAL) / Classification of 86 bovine lymphomas cases according to the Working Formulation (WF) of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas for Clinical Usage and The Revised European-American Classification of Lymphoid Neoplasms (REAL)

Por meio de um estudo retrospectivo, realizou-se avaliação fenotípica (histologia) e imunofenotípica (imuno-histoquímica [IHQ]) de 86 casos de linfoma bovino. Quanto ao padrão de distribuição, todos os linfomas foram incluídos como difusos. Em relação à dimensão dos linfócitos neoplásicos, 83,8% dos linfomas foram considerados como de grandes células e 11,6% como de pequenas células. Linfomas mistos, ou seja, constituídos por grandes e pequenas células, representaram apenas 4,6% dos casos. Quanto ao número de mitoses, 84,9% dos linfomas foram incluídos como de grau intermediário, 10,5% como de baixo grau e 4,6% como de alto grau. No que se refere à morfologia do núcleo, linfomas em que predominavam linfócitos não clivados (58,2%) ou linfócitos clivados (37,2%) foram mais frequentes do que aqueles em que havia uma mistura igualmente proporcional de linfócitos clivados e não clivados (4,6%). Com base nestes resultados, os 86 linfomas foram assim distribuídos utilizando-se a classificação proposta pela Working Formulation (WF) of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas for Clinical Usage: difuso de grandes células não clivadas (46,5%), difuso de grandes células clivadas (33,7%), difuso de pequenas e grandes células (4,6%), difuso de pequenas células - tipo plasmocitoide (7%), imunoblástico (3,5%), difuso de pequenas células - tipo intermediário (2,3%), difuso de pequenas células não clivadas (1,2%) e difuso de pequenas células não clivadas - tipo Burkitt (1,2%). Na imuno-histoquímica, 27 dos 86 (31,4%) linfomas foram positivos para o anticorpo monoclonal CD79αcy, utilizado para detecção de linfócitos B, e nenhum caso foi positivo para o anticorpo policlonal CD3, utilizado para detecção de linfócitos T. Com base nestes resultados, os 27 linfomas B foram assim distribuídos utilizando-se a Revised European-American Classification of Lymphoid Neoplasms (REAL): linfoma difuso de grandes células B (81,5%), linfomas imunoblásticos de grandes células (11,1%) e linfomas...

A retrospective study of 86 cases of bovine lymphoma classified as with diffuse pattern of distribution and verified by phenotypic (histology) and immunophenotypic (immunohistochemistry [IHC]) is presented. Regarding the size of the neoplastic lymphocytes, 83.8% was classified as large cells lymphoma and 11.6% as small cells lymphoma. Mixed lymphomas, i.e., formed by large and small cells simultaneously represented only 4.6% of all cases. Regarding their mitotic index, 84.9% of lymphomas was included in the intermediate-grade, 10.5% as low-grade and 4.6% as high-grade. Regarding the nucleus morphology, lymphomas with mostly non-cleaved cells (58.2%) or cleaved cells (37.2%) were the more frequent than those with a balanced mixed proportion of cleaved and non-cleaved cells (4.6%). Based on these results, the 86 lymphoma cases were classified by the Working Formulation (WF) of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas for Clinical Usage as: diffuse large non-cleaved cell (46.5%), diffuse large cleaved cell (33.7%), diffuse mixed small and large cell (4.6%), diffuse small cell - plasmacytoid (7%), immunoblastic (3.5%), diffuse small cell - intermediate (2.3%), diffuse small non-cleaved cell (1.2%), and diffuse small non-cleaved cell Burkitt's (1.2%). According to the IHC, 27 out of 86 (31.4%) lymphomas were positive to monoclonal antibody CD79αcy, used to detect B cells, and none were positive for polyclonal antibody CD3, used to detect T cells. Based on this, the 27 B-cell type lymphomas were distributed as follows: diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (81.5%), large cell immunoblastic lymphoma (11.1%), and lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma...

Intercorrência entre leucose enzoótica e tuberculose em bovinos abatidos em frigorífico / Intercurrence between enzootic leukosis and tuberculosis in slaughtered bovine in slaughterhouses

Leucose e tuberculose são doenças que acometem o rebanho bovino e acarretam consideráveis prejuízos econômicos, em virtude do impacto na produtividade, porém há poucos relatos de que elas ocorram concomitantemente. Diante disso, objetivou-se avaliar a intercorrência entre essas doenças em bovinos abatidos no município de São Gotardo, MG, sendo que esses animais foram reagentes à tuberculinização e apresentaram lesões características da doença durante o abate sanitário. Cento e trinta e três amostras de soro sanguíneo, todas oriundas de bovinos positivos para tuberculose, foram analisadas pela técnica de imunodifusão em gel de ágar (IDGA), e a prevalência de bovinos que apresentaram positividade ao teste de IDGA foi de 55,64% (74/133). Os resultados obtidos nesta pesquisa permitiram concluir que a tuberculose e a leucose são doenças presentes nas regiões estudadas e encontram-se disseminadas na população avaliada, com níveis significativos, causando risco à saúde dos animais e das pessoas, dado o caráter zoonótico da tuberculose bovina.(AU)

Leukosis and tuberculosis are diseases that affect cattle and entail considerable economic losses, due to theim pact on productivity, but there are few reports that they occur simultaneously. Therefore, aimed to evaluate the complications of these diseases in cattles laughtered in São Gotardo, MG, these animals were positive to the tuberculin and showed lesions characteristic of the disease during the stamping. One hundred and thirty three samples of blood serum, all from positive to bovine tuberculosis, were analyzed by immuno diffusion technique in agar gel (AGID), and the prevalence of cattle that were positive by AGID test was 55.64% (74/133). The results of this research showed that tuberculos is and leukosis are diseases present in the studied regions and are disseminated in this population, with significant levels, causing risk to the health of animals and people, as the zoonotic bovine tuberculosis.(AU)

Aspectos epidemiológicos, clínicos e anatomopatológicos do linfoma em bovinos: 128 casos (1965-2013) / Epidemiological, clinical and pathological aspects of lymphoma in cattle: 128 cases (1965-2013)

Por meio de um estudo retrospectivo, os aspectos epidemiológicos, clínicos e anatomopatológicos de 128 casos de linfoma bovino são descritos. Dos protocolos que informavam o sexo (n=111), 84,7% correspondiam a fêmeas e 15,3% a machos. Dos protocolos em que constava a raça (n=108), a mais prevalente foi a holandesa (63%). Em relação à idade (n=107), houve uma variação entre um e 14 anos. A maioria dos bovinos era adulta (89,7%) e a maior concentração dos casos ocorreu ao redor de 5-8 anos (57,9%). Em relação aos sinais clínicos (n=89), linfadenomegalia foi o achado mais frequentemente observado (74,1%). Outros sinais clínicos, principalmente aqueles relacionados com os sistemas respiratório (dispneia, estertoração pulmonar e taquipneia), cardiovascular (taquicardia, edema subcutâneo e pulso venoso positivo), digestório (atonia ruminal, timpanismo e diarreia) e nervoso (paresia dos membros pélvicos e andar cambaleante), foram pouco prevalentes. Na necropsia (n=125), 71,2% dos bovinos apresentavam aumento de volume dos linfonodos; essa linfadenomegalia foi classificada como localizada em 89,6% dos casos e generalizada em 10,3% dos casos. Dos protocolos que informavam os linfonodos acometidos (n=58), a distribuição foi a seguinte: mesentéricos (51,7%), mediastínicos (37,9%), pré-escapulares (29,3%), ilíacos internos (27,6%), inguinais superficiais (25,8%) e traqueobrônquicos (18,9%). Além dos linfonodos, outros órgãos comumente afetados pelo linfoma neste estudo incluíram: coração (40%), fígado (15,2%), rim (14,4%), abomaso (12,8%), útero (11,2%), intestino (10,4%) e pulmão (7,2%)...

The epidemiological, clinical and pathological aspects of 128 cases of bovine lymphoma are described in this study. Out of the cases were the gender was informed (n=111), 84.7% of affected animals were females and 15.3% were males. Out of the cases were breed was informed (n=108), 63% of affected animals were Holstein cows. The age of affected cows (n=107) varied from 1 to 14 years (57.9%), with most animals being adults (89.7%) with 5 to 8 years of age (57.9%). The most common clinical sign (n=89) was lymphadenomegaly (74.1%). Other clinical signs associated with the respiratory system (dyspnea, pulmonary stridor, and tachypnea), cardiovascular system (tachycardia, subcutaneous edema, and positive venous pulse), digestive system (ruminal atony, bloat, and diarrhea), and nervous system (pelvic limb paresis and staggering pace) were less prevalent. Gross findings (n=125) included enlargement of lymph nodes in 71.2% of the cases; this finding was classified as localized in 89.6% of the cases and generalized in 10.3% of the cases. Out of the cases where the affected lymph nodes were identified (n=58) the distribution of the lymphadenomegaly was the following: mesenteric (51.7%), mediastinal (37.9%), prescapular (29.3%), internal iliac (27.6%), superficial inguinal (25.8%), and tracheobronchial (18.9%). Other commonly affected organs included heart (40%), liver (15.2%), kidney (14.4%), abomasum (12.8%), uterus (11.2%), intestine (10.4%), and lung (7.2%)...

Estudo retrospectivo das neoplasias em ruminantes e equídeos no semiárido do Nordeste Brasileiro / Retrospective study of tumors in ruminants and horses in semiarid Northeast of Brazil

In Brazil, data related to occurrence of tumors in livestock are scarce. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of tumors diagnosed in equidae, cattle, sheep and goats in the Pathology Laboratory of the Federal University of Campina Grande, Patos, state of Paraíba, from 1983 to 2010, and to analyze the risk factors by the chi square test, considering variables such as species, breed, age and sex. During the period, 177 (5.6%) out of 3153 specimens from biopsies or necropsies were diagnosed as tumors. There were significant differences (p<0.001) in the frequency of tumors among different species; horses (10.6%) were more affected than cattle (6.8%), and cattle were more affected than goats (3.3%) and sheep (2.1%). Squamous cell carcinoma was most frequent tumor in cattle (58.3% of the tumors), sheep (80%) and goats (46.1%), and sarcoid (45.3%) was the most frequent in horses. Regarding the location, neoplasms were more common in the skin of horses (62.5%) and sheep (60%), in the eyes and periocular skin in cattle (36.1%), and un the female reproductive system (perineal region and vulva) of goats (34.6%). Regarding the sex of the animals, only cattle had significant prevalence (p<0.001). Regarding age only goats showed significant prevalence (p=0.015). There was no significant prevalence in any animal species in relation to race. We concluded that squamous cell carcinomas in ruminants and equine sarcoid are the most common tumors in livestock in the semiarid Brazilian Northeast, and the equidae were the most affected among the species studied.

No Brasil, dados relacionados com a ocorrência de neoplasias em ruminantes e equinos são escassos. Objetivou-se com este trabalho determinar a frequência de neoplasias diagnosticadas em bovinos, caprinos, ovinos e equídeos no Laboratório de Patologia Animal da Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Patos, Paraíba, durante o período de 1983 a 2010 e analisar os fatores de risco, mediante o teste de qui-quadrado, considerando como variáveis, espécie, raça, sexo e idade. Durante o período foram registrados 177 (5,6%) tumores de um total de 3.153 diagnósticos provenientes de biópsias e necropsias. Houve diferenças significantes (p<0,001) na frequência de tumores entre as diferentes espécies sendo mais acometidos os equinos (10,6%), seguidos pelos bovinos (6,8%), caprinos (3,3%) e ovinos (2,1%). Os tumores mais frequentes foram o carcinoma células escamosas (CCE) nos bovinos (58,3%), ovinos (80%) e caprinos (46,1%) e o sarcoide em equinos (45,3%). Quanto à localização anatômica, as neoplasias foram mais frequentes na pele em equídeos (62,5%) e ovinos (60%), olho e tecido periocular em bovinos (36,1%) e sistema reprodutor feminino (períneo e vulva) em caprinos (34,6%). Em relação ao sexo dos animais, apenas os bovinos apresentaram prevalência significativa (p<0,001). Em relação à idade apenas os caprinos apresentaram prevalência significativa (p=0,015). Não houve prevalência significativa em nenhuma espécie em relação à raça. Conclui-se que os carcinomas de células escamosas em ruminantes e o sarcoide em equídeos são os tumores mais frequentes em animais de produção no semiárido do Nordeste Brasileiro e que a espécie equina foi a mais acometida dentre as espécies estudadas.

Case of Sporadic T-cell Lymphosarcoma in Cattle / 동물의과학연구지

We would like to report a case of bovine lymphosarcoma. Parous cattle from a livestock farmhouse were examined for mutinodular masses in the abdominal cavity after slaughter. For clinical signs, animals presented mild leukemic signs but did not have viral or bacterial infection. Grossly, whitish to yellowish smooth masses similar to fat tissue were covered with a thin membrane. A multilobulated mass formed around the arteri, and there was a large quantity of reddish fluid on the cut surface. Histopathologically, a monomorphic population of lymphocytes was observed along with small amounts of cytoplasm, round nuclei with coarsely granular chromatin, and numerous mitotic figures in the samples. In the tumor lesion, uniformly round cells had invaded with abundant neovascularization. Especially, the immunohistochemical phenotype of tumor cells was positive for anti-CD3 and negative for anti-CD8 and anti-CD20. Therefore, morphological analysis diagnosed the mass as a multinodular bovine lymphosarcoma of T-cell origin without any sign of infection by a viral agent.

Imunorreatividade da p53 associada à ausência de mutações no gene TP53 em linfomas caninos / Immunostaing of p53 associated with absence of mutations in TP53 gene in dogs with lymphoma

Sabendo-se da influência das mutações no gene TP53 no desenvolvimento das neoplasias e da discrepância entre os resultados obtidos pelas técnicas de sequenciamento e imunoistoquímica, esta pesquisa teve como objetivo relacionar a sequência do TP53 com a imunorreatividade da p53. Foram obtidas amostras de linfoma de 12 cães. O diagnóstico histopatológico foi determinado pela classificação de Kiel. O imunofenótipo e a imunomarcação da p53 foram determinados por imunoistoquímica. Para reação com a p53, utilizou-se anticorpo policlonal anti-p53 (CM1) na diluição de 1:500. A região do gene TP53 compreendida entre os exons quatro e nove foi amplificada por PCR e submetida ao sequenciamento. Apesar dos resultados obtidos pela imunoistoquímica, nenhuma mutação foi encontrada nas sequências analisadas. Conclui-se que a imunorreatividade da p53 pela imunoistoquímica não pode ser atribuída à presença de mutações no domínio central do gene TP53.

TP53 mutations are usually involved in cancer, but sequencing and immunohistochemistry results are often controversial. Thus, the aim of this study was to associate TP53 sequence with p53 immunostaining in dogs with lymphoma. Tumor samples were collected from 12 dogs with lymphoma and were included in this study. Histopathological diagnosis was performed according to Kiel classification. Immunohistochemistry was performed to identify immunophenotype as well as p53 expression. Polyclonal antibody anti-p53 (CM1) was used at a 1:500 dilution. The region that encompasses exons 4-9 was amplified by f PCR reactions and sequencing was then performed. Nevertheless, gene mutations were not observed in any sequence. In conclusion, immunoreactivity of p53 by means of immunohistochemistry should not be indicator of presence of mutations in the core domain of TP53 gene.

Linfoma multicéntrico o linfosarcoma multicéntrico en búfalo de agua (Bubalus buballs): estudio anatomopatológico: reporte de un caso / Multicentric lymphoma or multicentric lymphosarcoma in water buffaloe (Bubalus bubalIs): pathologic anatomy: report of one case

La leucosis enzoótica bovina (LEB), también conocida como leucosis viral bovina (LVB), es una enfermedad neoplásica de origen viral, producida por un oncornavirus tipo C (retroviridae) que ocurre con o sin formación de nódulos neoplásicos. La leucosis bovina (LB) en Venezuela ha sido diagnosticada clínicamente en base a las manifestaciones y evidencias clínico patológicas, así como sobre los cambios anatomopatológicos que han sido descritos en algunos casos, pero ninguno publicado. Se han hecho reportes de esta enfermedad en bovinos de leche, evidenciando la presencia de casos sin formación de nódulos neoplásicos, los cuales han sido considerados sospechosos, en razón de no haber realizado pruebas serológicas en el laboratorio. De igual forma, se han descrito casos de leucosis con formación de nódulos neoplásicos en diferentes órganos y han sido reportados como casos sospechosos de LB. La literatura refiere la existencia de cuatro (4) formas de leucosis: multicéntrica adulta, juvenil poco común, tímica y cutánea. Esta clasificación, es referida a los casos con presencia de nódulos neoplásicos constituidos por tejido linfoide anaplástico, sobre el cual se fundamenta el diagnóstico anatomopatológico. En el presente trabajo se reporta un caso de linfoma o linfosarcoma multicéntrico que se describe como sospechoso de LB en una búfala de agua de 10 años de edad en el estado Mérida, Venezuela, fundamentado en el diagnóstico anatomopatológico, con descripción de los cambios macro y microscópicos observados. Adicionalmente se reporta una ocurrencia de 2 por ciento de positividad a LB mediante las técnicas ELISA y AGID en el rebaño (300 búfalos) de la misma procedencia del caso descrito.

Bovine Enzootic Leukosis (BEL), also known as Viral Bovine Leukosis (VBL), is a viral, oncornavirus type C (retroviridae), neoplasic disease which occurs with or without neoplasic nodules. The disease has been clinically and morphologically diagnosed as suspicious cases in Venezuela since lab serological tests were not performed. Macroscopic and microscopic changes have been described in a few cases with neoplastic nodules and referred as a Bovine leukosis (BL), but none has been published. Bovine leucosis has also been referred in milking cows with or without neoplasic nodules, most cases have not been diagnosed by blood serum analysis and considered to be only suspicious cases. There are four distinct forms of BL (adult mullticentric, juvenile uncommon, thymic and cutaneous) have been reported in the literature around the world, this classification is based upon the presence of neoplasic nodules composed of anaplastic lymphoid tissue. This work reports a case of multicentric form of bovine lymphoma which could be suspicious of BL, in a 10 years old female water buffaloe in Mérida State, Venezuela. This report of one case of lymphosarcoma is supported by macroscopic and microscopic changes described. Aditionally, a frequency of 2 percent of positive cases diagnosed by ELISA and AGID tests is reported in the herd (300 buffaloes) of similar procedence of the described case.

Lymphosarcoma in a brown bear (Ursus arctos)

An example of lymphoblastic lymphosarcoma was found in a 7-year-old male brown bear (Ursus arctos) that died after having a 7-month history of depression, anorexia and watery diarrhea. Grossly the mesenteric lymph nodes were enlarged to approximately 4 to 6 times their normal size and histologically diagnosed as lymphoblastic lymphosarcoma. The small intestinal mucosa was corrugated and had severe mural thickening due to infiltrated neoplastic cells. Hepatic metastasis was also noted. This is the first reported case of lymphosarcoma in Ursidae in Korea. As an incidental finding, endogenous lipid pneumonia was noted in the lung.

Lymphosarcoma cell leukemia (Leukosarcoma sternberg)

A case of lymphosarcoma cell leukemia in a 52-year-old male is presented. The diagnosis was established by the presence of lymphosarcoma cells in the peripheral blood and in the bone marrow intra vitam. Anatomic and histologic findings, microphotograms of different organ sections and of the blood and bone marrow are presented. (Summary and Conclusion)

Plasminogen activator: Isolation and purification from lymphosarcoma of ascites bearing mice.

Plasminogen activator secreted by lymphosarcoma (ascites) of mice was purified up to 163-fold by ammonium sulphate fractionation at 35% saturation and chromatography on p-aminobenzamidine-Sepharose 4B. The purified activator contained specific activity of 9980 IU/mg. The plasminogen activator displayed homogeneity by polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis and high performance liquid chromatography. The activator consisted of a single polypeptide chain with an apparent molecular weight of 66,000 daltons as determined by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under reducing conditions as well as gel filtration on Sephadex G-100. Distinct differences between this activator and urokinase were discernible in respect of specific activities, fibrin affinity and immunochemical properties. The lymphosarcoma activator appears to be of tissue-type origin since it showed gross similarity to standard tissue plasminogen activator in terms of modes of binding to fibrin and immunological attributes.

Immunoreactive angiotensin II (irAII) translated by lymphocyte mRNA from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and T lymphosarcoma cells in vitro / 中国免疫学杂志

irAII was translated by SHR and WKA rat spleen lymphocyte and thymocyte RNA in wheat germ free synthesizing system. The translation efficency of irAII at the most proper concentration of SHR immune cell RNA is higher than that of WKA rat immune cell RNA. the result also showed that irAII translation was increased in the rat spleen lymphocytes stimulated by concanavalin A (ConA). Furthermore, irAII, irAI and renin-like were translated by MLA-144 cell (T lymphosarcoma cell) poly (A) RNA in cell free translation system from wheat germ. The results proved that the immune cells of rats produce irAII in a constitutive or inducible fashion for the first time.

A Case of Primary Lumbar Epidural Lymphosarcoma: Case Report

Round cell sarcomas involving spinal epidural space such as Hodgkin's disease, plasma cali sarcoma reticulum cell sarcoma and lymphosarcoma are well known diseases. Of those, primary lymphosarcoma arising at spinal epidural space has been reported as the very rare disease by Bucy and other authors. The clinical pictures of the disease were presented by the compression of the spinal cord or cauda equina. If the condition treated promptly and properly with surgery and radiation therapy, the outlook would be good both for recovery and life in most instances. We have experienced a case of primary lymphosarcoma involving lumbar spinal epidural space in a 13 year-old male and obtained a good result after surgery and radiation therapy.

ONE CASE REPORT OF PRIMARY ORAL SOFT TISSUE LYMPHOSARCOMA / 西安交通大学学报(医学版)

One male patient is reported. This patient was admitted to our hospital tecause of chilling, fever, swelling of gingiva, ulcer formation, pain, swelling of lymphnodes in the whole baby for 45 days, and inefficacious prednisone. Reactive proliferation was detected with inguinal lymphonodi biopsy, resulting in the misdiagnosis of gingivostomatitis and septicemia. The patient died of intracranial hemorrhage 14 days after admittion. The multiple manifestations of oral soft tissue lymphosarcoma and misdiagnosis are discussed.

Primary Lymphosarcoma of the Prostate Gland / 대한비뇨기과학회지

A case of primary lymphosarcoma of the prostate gland proved by Silvermann needle biopsy was presented. Lymphosarcoma of the prostate is a rare condition, and only 23 cases have been reported in medical literature. In Culver's series, 74 per cent were sarcoma of fibrous origin (round cell, spindle cell sarcoma, myxosarcoma), 5 per cent rhabdomyosarcoma, 6 per cent lymphosarcoma, and 10 percent pleuriplastic or un-or de-differentiated sarcoma. A large tumor of the prostate, which is not hard and nodule occurs in a middle aged patient, should be considered of lymphosarcoma of the prostate. A case of lymphosarcoma of the prostate is added to the literature.