Associação à positividade da Lawsonia intracellularis com a expressão clínico-patológica da infecção em suínos da região metropolitana de Bucaramanga (Santander, Colômbia) / Association to positivity of Lawsonia intracellularis with the clinical and pathologic expression of infection in swine from the metropolitan area of Bucaramanga (Santander, Colombia)

Porções de íleo terminal foram coletados de 100 suínos com sinais de doença gastrointestinal na área metropolitana de Bucaramanga, a fim de se estudar a eficiência do diagnóstico de enteropatia proliferativa suína (PPE) pela técnica de PCR aninha (PCRa) empregando sequências específicas (primers) para L. intracellularis: 16S ARN região (270pb) e sua correlação com achados clínicos e patológicos. Todas as amostras foram processadas para se determinar a associação entre positividade por PCR, os sinais clínicos, os achados de necropsia e as lesões histológicas. Cinquenta e seis por cento das amostras foram positivas para L. intracellularis pela PCRa. Só 2% exibiram resultados positivos pela técnica Warthin-Starry. Trinta e um de 100 animais com sinais de anorexia resultaram positivos para PCRa (P>0,05). Não houve associação (P<0,05) entre diarreia e queda no crescimento, bem como associação (P<0,05) entre achados anatomopatológicos e histológicos com PCRa positivas.(AU)

Fragments of terminal ileum were collected from 100 pigs at slaughter from Bucaramanga Metropolitan Area (Santander, Colombia), to study the efficacy of the diagnosis of porcine proliferative enterophaty (PPE) through the technique of nested polymerase chain reaction (PCRa), employing specific sequences (primers) for L. intracellularis: 16S ARN region (270pb) and his correlation with clinic and pathological findings. All samples were processed by standard histological methods and stained with a Warthin-Starry technique. All samples were processed to determinate the association between positive PCRa results, clinical signs and necropsy findings. 56% of the 100 samples were positive for L. intracellularis through PCRa technic. Only 2% exhibited positive results through Warthin-Starry technique. A total of 31 (100) animals with anorexic symptoms were associated with positive results from PCRa (P>,05). No associations (P<0.05) were observed between diarrhea and delayed growth. No associations (P<0.05) were observed between anatomopathological and histological findings with positive PCRa.(AU)

Pedunculated polypoid melanoma. A case report of a rare spindle-cell variant of melanoma.

We report an 89-year-old man who presented with a slowly growing pigmented pedunculated tumor. The nodule was diagnosed as a spindle cell pedunculated malignant melanoma (PMM), a rare variant of spindle-cell malignant melanoma. The clinical presentation of this tumor and its histological and immunohistological features are discussed.

Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the skin: report of a case.

We report the histological, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural findings of an exophytic cutaneous tumor composed of a mixture of typical basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Nine previously reported carcinosarcomas of the skin are reviewed. We prefer the term "sarcomatoid carcinoma" for this rare neoplasm. Only the BCC showed a positive immunoreaction to cytokeratin; the sarcomatous component was negative, but it did express vimentin, and, focally, smooth-muscle-specific actin and KP1 (CD68). Both components showed p53 immunostaining.

Mandibular lymphomas with sclerosis.

Two cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that show a sarcomatoid pattern within the jaw are described. Their primary origin in bone was demonstrated by radiologic studies. In one case, diagnosis was delayed because the clinical picture suggested inflammatory periodontal disease. In both cases, the histologic picture was similar to that of a sarcomatoid neoplasm with intense stromal sclerosis; hemimandibulectomy was performed in one case. The tumor contained cells with large, irregular, sometimes lobulated nuclei and high mitotic activity, and perforated mandibular bone with infiltration into adjacent soft tissues. The lymphoid nature of these neoplasms was demonstrated by immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study.