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Resumen Introducción: el tumor sólido pseudopapilar corresponde al 1 %-2 % de todos los tumores sólidos del páncreas, con un curso poco agresivo. Serie de casos: en el departamento de patología de la Universidad de Antioquia se diagnosticaron 16 casos entre enero de 2004 y julio de 2019. Dos de los casos correspondían a pacientes pediátricos, uno de ellos de sexo masculino con posterior metástasis hepática, dos a mujeres mayores de 40 años y el resto a mujeres entre 17 y 26 años. Un caso presenta células de aspecto sarcomatoide, otros dos presentaron células gigantes multinucleadas y hubo un caso con pleomorfismo grave y presencia de mitosis atípicas. Se observó invasión de la cápsula en 6 de los casos, uno de ellos con invasión linfovascular y 3 casos con invasión perineural. Todos los casos mostraron hemorragia o necrosis, y presentaron en el perfil de inmunohistoquímica positividad para β-catenina, CD10, receptores de progesterona y CD56. La sinaptofisina fue positiva focalmente.
Abstract Introduction: Solid-pseudopapillary tumors represent 1 %-2 % of all the pancreatic solid tumors, with low malignant potential. Series of cases: In the department of pathology at the Universidad de Antioquia were diagnosed sixteen cases between January 2004 and July 2019. Two of those cases were pediatric patients, one male with subsequent hepatic metastasis. Two additional cases were represented by two females older than 40 years old and the rest of the cases were females between 17 and 26 years old. One of the cases had sarcomatoid aspect cells, two others revealed multinucleate giant cells, and one last case of severe pleomorphism and presence of atypical mitoses. Capsule invasion was observed in 6 cases: one of the cases with lymphovascular invasion and the other 3 cases with perineural invasion. All cases showed hemorrhage or necrosis, and the immunohistochemical profile was positive for β-catenin, CD10, progesterone receptors, and CD56. Synaptophysin was focally positive.
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Adult , Middle Aged , Immunohistochemistry , Giant Cells , Neoplasm Metastasis , Patients , Women , Capsules , Hemorrhage , NecrosisABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: Electron microscopy (EM) has been used in the study of renal biopsies for more than 5 decades; however, it is expensive and the possibility of restricting it to selected cases has been considered. This study aims to reevaluate the necessity for EM in the diagnosis of renal biopsies today. MATERIAL AND METHODS: All renal biopsies taken between 2016 and 2019 with adequate light microscopy (LM), immunofluorescence (IF) and EM studies were included. The initial diagnosis (without EM) and the final diagnosis (with EM) was recorded. EM was considered necessary in cases in which the initial and final diagnoses did not concur, when diagnosis could not be made with LM and IF only or if the EM study revealed further clinically relevant findings. RESULTS: A total of 621 biopsies were included, 498 (80.2%) of native kidneys and 123 (19.8%) of transplanted kidneys. In 115 cases (18.5%) EM had been deemed necessary for diagnosis; it was required more frequently in hereditary diseases (96.8%) and isolated hematuria (88.9%) but less often in nephrotic syndrome (6.7%) and renal transplant biopsy (5.7%) (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: EM was required in less than a fifth of renal biopsies, being more necessary in isolated hematuria and hereditary diseases and less so in nephrotic syndrome and in renal graft biopsies. These findings may prove useful as a guide to case selection protocols in which EM could be considered as a non-mandatory technique.
