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Childs Nerv Syst ; 25(11): 1485-90, 2009 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19387654

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to report the chromosomal abnormalities findings in rare pediatric mixed glioneuronal tumor (GNT), which could not be classified according to the WHO classification. METHODS: Cytogenetic studies were performed using G-banding and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) techniques. RESULTS: Cytogenetic analyses showed a deletion of 1p as primary genetic event and gain of chromosome 7 as secondary change. Furthermore, we present a review of available cytogenetic data of 72 pediatric patients with GNT. Taken into account these data and the present case, we found that the most frequent chromosomal anomalies involved gains of chromosomes 7 (15.1%), 5 (8.2%), 1q32-qter (6.8%), 8p21-qter (6.8%), 12 (5.5%), 18 (5.5%), 20q11-qter (5.5%), and X (5.5%). Frequent losses were detected on chromosome regions 1p (8.2%) and 22q (5.5%). CONCLUSION: The findings of our case combined with those of previous reports suggest that chromosomes 1 and 7 may contain candidate genes involved in the tumorigenesis of GNT.


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Brain Neoplasms/genetics , Chromosome Aberrations , Glioma/genetics , Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue/genetics , Adolescent , Brain Neoplasms/pathology , Brain Neoplasms/surgery , Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1 , Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7 , Cytogenetic Analysis , Female , Glioma/pathology , Glioma/surgery , Humans , Immunohistochemistry , In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue/pathology , Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue/surgery , Sequence Deletion , Treatment Outcome
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Histopathology ; 22(1): 31-4, 1993 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8382183

ABSTRACT

In order to verify whether quantitative morphological indices of neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung may help to predict survival, 47 biopsies (from 37 males and 10 females; 16-82 years of age) were studied by light microscopy. Areal fractions of nuclei, cytoplasm, stroma, and blood vessels were determined using a standard point counting method. The counts were made in six non-coincident microscopic fields in each case, and the areal fractions of nuclei, of the entire tumour cell, stroma, blood vessels and the nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio were computed. In a multivariate linear regression analysis, survival in months after biopsy was considered the dependent variable of age and of all morphometric parameters listed above. The significance level was set at 5%. For all patients (disregarding staging) survival was negatively correlated (P < 0.001, multiple r = 0.5435) with age and nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio. When only patients with disease confined to the thorax (stages I, II and III) were taken into account, the accuracy of the function predicting survival increased considerably (P = 0.004, multiple r = 0.7957). The use of simple stereological methods, therefore, proved to be of value in predicting survival in patients with neuroendocrine carcinomas of the lung.


Subject(s)
Carcinoma/mortality , Carcinoma/pathology , Lung Neoplasms/mortality , Lung Neoplasms/pathology , Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue/mortality , Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue/pathology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Carcinoma/ultrastructure , Cell Nucleus/pathology , Cytoplasm/pathology , Female , Humans , Lung Neoplasms/ultrastructure , Male , Middle Aged , Multivariate Analysis , Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue/ultrastructure , Neurosecretory Systems/pathology , Survival Analysis
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Arq. neuropsiquiatr ; Arq. neuropsiquiatr;50(2): 173-9, jun. 1992. ilus, tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-120727

ABSTRACT

Estudamos grupo de 198 casos de tumores neuroepiteliais com diagnóstico per-operatório feito pela análise citológica de esfregaços, comparando seus índices de acuidade com o diagnóstico final em cortes de parafina. Em 90,6% dos casos, o diagnóstico final obtido na parafina foi similar ao feito em esfregaços. No grupo de casos em que o diagnóstico citológico näo foi confirmado pelos cortes em parafina, na maioria dos casos näo foi afetada a conduta neurocirúrgica imediata, representando diferenças em graduaçäo de astrocitomas e gliomas mistos. Os critérios citológicos nos principais grupos de tumores säo apresentados, junto com as dificuldades para a interpretaçäo deste método valioso para diagnóstico per-operatório


Subject(s)
Humans , Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue/pathology , Nervous System Neoplasms/pathology , Culture Techniques , Cytodiagnosis , Glioma/pathology , Nervous System Neoplasms/classification
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HFA publ. téc. cient ; 5(1/2): 31-50, jan.-jun. 1990. tab, ilus
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-113903

ABSTRACT

Os tumores do mediatino em crianças apresentam algumas peculiaridades qye divergem dos adultos. O mediatino pode ser dividido em três compartimentos, o anterior, o médio e o posterior onde as lesöes se agrupam de modo preferencial. Os sintomas apresentados pelas crianças abaixo de dois anos de idade säo muito mais graves do que acima desta idade, salientado-se a compressäo traqueal em 78% dos casos. A incidência dos tumores mediatinais corresponde a 0.02% de todas as admissöes nos hospitais terciários. Quase 70% de todos os tumores nas crianças estäo representados por tumores do tipo neurogênico (35%), linfoma (20% e cisto enterógeno (13%). Um novo tipo de tumor (Askin) foi descrito recentemente e localizado no mediatino posterior. Foram descritos os estadiamentos da doença de Hodgkin e näo Hodgkin, bem como as formas de tratamento pela quimioterapia e radioterapia. Foi dada ênfase especial aos tumores do mediastino posterior, especialmente o neuroblastoma, cuja incidência no mediastino é de 20%, enquanto 70%, localiza-se no retroperítônio e 5% na pelvis. A classificaçäo mais adotada deste tipo de tumor é a de Evans. O prognóstico desta patologia no estágio I é excelente (100%), no estágio II (82%), estágio III (27,5%), estágio IV (15%) e estágio IVs, (80%)


Subject(s)
Humans , Infant, Newborn , Infant , Child, Preschool , Child , Adolescent , Adult , Lymphoma/diagnosis , Mediastinal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue/diagnosis , Lymphoma/epidemiology , Lymphoma/pathology , Mediastinal Neoplasms/epidemiology , Mediastinal Neoplasms/pathology , Neoplasm Staging , Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue/epidemiology , Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue/pathology , Prognosis , Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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