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RATIONALE Intraneural perineurioma is an extremely rare form of peripheral nerve sheath tumor; and the anesthetic management of a parturient with intraneural perineurioma, especially affecting spinal roots and nerves of extremities, is very rare. PATIENT CONCERNS A 28-year-old woman was referred to the hospital at 37+5 weeks' gestation, presenting with a 10-year history of paroxysmal acroanesthesia and aching with distal limbs. DIAGNOSES Based on the biopsy results, including immunohistochemical and electron microscopic findings, and molecular studies, her condition was diagnosed as intraneural perineurioma. INTERVENTIONS The size of pelvic nervous masses gradually increased with pregnancy. A scheduled elective cesarean section under general anesthesia was concluded for the patient under preoperative multidisciplinary consultation with anesthesiologist, neonatologist, and neurologist. OUTCOMES The patient and the neonate were discharged smoothly on the fourth postoperative day. During a 6-month follow-up period, no new neurologic complication was observed. LESSONS To our knowledge, this is the first case report that documented the anesthetic management for a parturient with intraneural perineuroma. Careful preconception care and multidisciplinary assessment are essential to achieve optimal reproductive outcomes.
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Celis-Aguilar E, Lassaletta L, Torres-Martín M, Rodrigues FY, Nistal M, Castresana JS, Gavilan J, Rey JA. The molecular biology of vestibular schwannomas and its association with hearing loss: a review. GENETICS RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2012; 2012:856157. [PMID: 22567403 PMCID: PMC3335540 DOI: 10.1155/2012/856157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2011] [Revised: 10/08/2011] [Accepted: 11/03/2011] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Hearing loss is the most common symptom in patients with vestibular schwannoma (VS). In the past, compressive mechanisms caused by the tumoral mass and its growth have been regarded as the most likely causes of the hearing loss associated with VS. Interestingly, new evidence proposes molecular mechanisms as an explanation for such hearing loss. Among the molecular mechanisms proposed are methylation of TP73, negative expression of cyclin D1, expression of B7-H1, increased expression of the platelet-derived growth factor A, underexpression of PEX5L, RAD54B, and PSMAL, and overexpression of CEA. Many molecular mechanisms are involved in vestibular schwannoma development; we review some of these mechanisms with special emphasis on hearing loss associated with vestibular schwannoma.
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- Erika Celis-Aguilar
- Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía Manuel Velasco Suarez, 14269 Ciudad de México, DF, Mexico
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- Department of Otolaryngology, “La Paz” University Hospital, 28046 Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación, Laboratorio Oncogenetica Molecular, “La Paz” University Hospital, 28046 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, “La Paz” University Hospital, 28046 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, “La Paz” University Hospital, 28046 Madrid, Spain
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- Brain Tumor Biology Unit, CIFA, University of Navarra School of Sciences, 31009 Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Otolaryngology, “La Paz” University Hospital, 28046 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, “La Paz” University Hospital, 28046 Madrid, Spain
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Bayani J, Pandita A, Squire JA. Molecular cytogenetic analysis in the study of brain tumors: findings and applications. Neurosurg Focus 2005; 19:E1. [PMID: 16398459 DOI: 10.3171/foc.2005.19.5.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Classic cytogenetics has evolved from black and white to technicolor images of chromosomes as a result of advances in fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) techniques, and is now called molecular cytogenetics. Improvements in the quality and diversity of probes suitable for FISH, coupled with advances in computerized image analysis, now permit the genome or tissue of interest to be analyzed in detail on a glass slide. It is evident that the growing list of options for cytogenetic analysis has improved the understanding of chromosomal changes in disease initiation, progression, and response to treatment. The contributions of classic and molecular cytogenetics to the study of brain tumors have provided scientists and clinicians alike with new avenues for investigation. In this review the authors summarize the contributions of molecular cytogenetics to the study of brain tumors, encompassing the findings of classic cytogenetics, interphase- and metaphase-based FISH studies, spectral karyotyping, and metaphase- and array-based comparative genomic hybridization. In addition, this review also details the role of molecular cytogenetic techniques in other aspects of understanding the pathogenesis of brain tumors, including xenograft, cancer stem cell, and telomere length studies.
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- Jane Bayani
- Department of Applied Molecular Oncology, Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada.
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Joste NE, Racz MI, Montgomery KD, Haines S, Pitcher JD. Clonal chromosome abnormalities in a plexiform cellular schwannoma. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 150:73-7. [PMID: 15041228 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2003.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2003] [Revised: 08/11/2003] [Accepted: 08/12/2003] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cellular schwannomas are uncommon tumors of Schwann cells that can rarely have a plexiform architecture. Cellular schwannomas can be confused with low-grade malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) but have been noted to have a benign clinical course. There are few published cytogenetic analyses of cellular schwannomas and, to our knowledge, there are no reports of the plexiform variant of cellular schwannoma to date. Cellular schwannomas are reported to have cytogenetic changes similar to those seen in benign schwannomas with near-diploid karyotypes having simple numerical changes often involving chromosomes 22, 7, and the sex chromosomes. MPNST are markedly different, with extensive genetic heterogeneity and complex karyotypes. We report clonal numerical changes in a cellular schwannoma with plexiform architecture: 47,XY,+17 and 48,XY,+17,+18. These findings add to the karyotypic spectrum of peripheral nerve sheath tumors.
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- Nancy E Joste
- Department of Pathology and Cytogenetics Laboratory, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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A case of cellular schwannoma of the oral mucosa in a 34-year-old Japanese man is described. Cellular schwannoma commonly affects soft tissues such as the retroperitoneum and posterior mediastinum, and also bone, but is extremely rare in the oral region. To our knowledge, this is only the second report of oral cellular schwannoma. Histologically, the tumor parenchyma consisted of hypercellular spindle cells with nuclear and cytoplasmic pleomorphism and nuclear palisading resembling Antoni A-type conventional schwannoma, without evidence of Verocay bodies. These features were indicative of cellular schwannoma. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells were positive for S-100, S-100alpha, S-100beta and vimentin, suggesting that they were of peripheral nervous origin. Furthermore, it is speculated that the tumor was intermediate between a benign and a malignant state, based on the histological features and positivity for S-100alpha.
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- Yasuyuki Koizumi
- Department of Pathology, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Chiba, Japan.
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Gorunova L, Dawiskiba S, Andrén-Sandberg A, Höglund M, Johansson B. Extensive cytogenetic heterogeneity in a benign retroperitoneal schwannoma. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2001; 127:148-54. [PMID: 11425455 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(00)00440-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A benign retroperitoneal schwannoma from a patient without prior exposure to radiotherapy or chemotherapy was analyzed by chromosome banding after short-term culture. An extensive intratumor heterogeneity in the form of 29 karyotypically related as well as unrelated clones was found. The aberrant clones were diploid or near-diploid and displayed both numerical and structural changes. All chromosomes, except 11, 16, and 20, were affected. Numerical changes included trisomies X, 7, 9, 17, and 18, and monosomies 13 and 18. No clonal loss of chromosome 22, the most characteristic abnormality in schwannomas of other locations, was, however, detected. The structural aberrations resulted in a total of 58 chromosomal breakpoints, with chromosomes 18, 1, and 15 participating in rearrangements most frequently, followed by chromosomes 14, 2, and 22. A striking finding was the clonal involvement of 18p11 in eight rearrangements affecting different chromosomes, suggesting alteration of telomeric function. The molecular mechanisms underlying the observed massive polyclonality in the schwannoma, particularly the presence of cytogenetically unrelated clones, are unknown and probably heterogeneous.
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- L Gorunova
- Department of Clinical Genetics, University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden.
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Schmidt H, Taubert H, Meye A, Würl P, Bache M, Bartel F, Holzhausen HJ, Hinze R. Gains in chromosomes 7, 8q, 15q and 17q are characteristic changes in malignant but not in benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors from patients with Recklinghausen's disease. Cancer Lett 2000; 155:181-90. [PMID: 10822134 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(00)00426-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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In order to investigate typical genomic alterations in patients with Recklinghausen's disease (NF1) we studied one from each of the six patients with NF1 several benign and/or malignant tumors. By means of comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) gained results from six benign neurofibromas and 14 malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) were compared with four benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors (BPNSTs) from patients without NF1. In all 14 MPNSTs DNA sequence copy number changes were detected with a mean value of 13.5 imbalances per sample. The most frequent gains were in 8q, 17q (12 tumors each), 7p, 15q (ten tumors each), and 7q (nine tumors). We found ten high-level amplifications in nine of the 14 samples. In two cases, the high-level amplification involved 7p14-pter and 17q24-qter as well. The most frequent loss was in 17p (seven tumors). The benign neurofibromas from NF1-patients and the sporadic BPNSTs revealed only partially DNA sequence copy number changes without any distinct pattern. The gains of #7, 8q, 15q, and 17q were found exclusively in MPNSTs but not in neurofibromas and are supposed to be associated with malignant tumor progression. In comparison of the results of the 14 MPNSTs from NF1-patients with the results of previously published 20 sporadic MPNSTs, we found that the gain of 8q occurs most frequently in both tumor groups. Of course additionally in the sporadic MPNSTs there were more frequent gains of 5p, #6, and statistically significant gains of 20q. On the other hand in the MPNSTs from NF1-patients the most frequent gains were found in #7, and statistically significant in 15q, and 17q.
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- H Schmidt
- Institute of Pathology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Strasse 14, D-06097, Halle, Germany.
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Mechtersheimer G, Ota�o-Joos M, Ohl S, Benner A, Lehnert T, Willeke F, M�ller P, Otto HF, Lichter P, Joos S. Analysis of chromosomal imbalances in sporadic and NF1-associated peripheral nerve sheath tumors by comparative genomic hybridization. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2264(199908)25:4<362::aid-gcc8>3.0.co;2-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- R M Irving
- Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, UK
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Benign schwannoma (neurilemoma) has various morphologic patterns that may cause problems in differential diagnosis. Although an epithelioid variant of malignant schwannoma simulating carcinoma and melanoma is well recognized, a benign counterpart has not yet been defined. In the current study, we describe five cases of benign epithelioid schwannoma that were in the subcutis (four cases) and the neck of the urinary bladder (one case). The tumors occurred in adults 28-73 years of age, were 1-4.5 cm in diameter, were well circumscribed and cellular, and were composed of epithelioid cells arranged in cords and nests. The benign nature of the lesions was evident by a constellation of features, including small size, sharp circumscription, bland morphology, low proliferative activity (four of five had < or =1% Ki67 immunostaining), and a benign clinical course after either marginal or intralesional excision. All cases had some features of classic schwannoma light microscopically and a high degree of Schwann cell differentiation both ultrastructurally and immunohistochemically. The recognition of benign epithelioid schwannoma is important because it may be misinterpreted as a malignant neuroectodermal, mesenchymal, epithelioid, or melanocytic tumor.
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- L G Kindblom
- Department of Pathology, Gothenburg Musculoskeletal Tumor Center, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Rao UN, Surti U, Hoffner L, Yaw K. Cytogenetic and histologic correlation of peripheral nerve sheath tumors of soft tissue. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 1996; 88:17-25. [PMID: 8630973 DOI: 10.1016/0165-4608(95)00281-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Cytogenetic analysis was performed on 11 peripheral nerve sheath tumors of soft tissue from 10 patients. They include 6 benign and 5 malignant schwannomas. Five cases which include two benign, one cellular and two malignant schwannomas had a known association with a nerve, but only one patient with malignant schwannoma has clinically documented neurofibromatosis type I. All the patients had a normal diploid constitutional karyotype. Two cases of cellular schwannoma were analyzed by routine cytogenetic analysis and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). One tumor was karyotyped as 45, XX,-13,-22 +mar; and the other case had a 45,X,-Y,t(1;17) (p12;q11.2) karyotype. In the latter, the breakpoint in 17q occurred below the centromere and is at or in the region of the Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) gene. Four benign tumors had a normal diploid karyotype. One hypodiploid malignant schwannoma with myxoid features demonstrated monosomy of chromosomes 17 and 22 by FISH analysis. The rest of the malignant schwannomas showed a wide range of numerical and structural aberrations, with frequent loss of 22q and gains of chromosomes 2 and 7. Loss of a sex chromosome was observed in cellular as well as malignant schwannomas. Regional karyotypic evolution was noted in one malignant schwannoma. Cytogenetic analysis may prove to be useful in identifying tumors, such as cellular schwannomas, which, because of their histologic features may be inadvertently categorized as malignant. Simultaneous involvement of NF1 and NF2 genes, which are located on chromosomes 17q and 22q, respectively, should be investigated at a molecular level in both benign and malignant tumors of peripheral nerves.
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- U N Rao
- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania, 15213-2582, USA
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Kiroğlu MM, Zorludemir S, Süleymanova D. Bilateral acoustic neurofibromatosis with bilateral multicentric facial schwannomas. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 1996; 253:305-8. [PMID: 8737791 DOI: 10.1007/bf00171149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A case report of a 20-year-old female with bilateral acoustic neurofibromatosis (NF-2) and bilateral facial schwannomas is presented. Multiple segmental schwannomas were found with clinically intact tissue between each tumoral enlargement in the right parotid region. Translocation (2;8) (p2.4:q2.1) was detected in this patient, and has not been reported in a schwannoma until now. The patient's family would not allow any major surgery to be performed.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Biopsy
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
- Cranial Nerve Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Cranial Nerve Neoplasms/genetics
- Cranial Nerve Neoplasms/pathology
- Cranial Nerve Neoplasms/surgery
- Facial Nerve/pathology
- Facial Nerve Diseases/diagnosis
- Facial Nerve Diseases/genetics
- Facial Nerve Diseases/pathology
- Facial Nerve Diseases/surgery
- Female
- Humans
- Karyotyping
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/diagnosis
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/genetics
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/pathology
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/surgery
- Neurofibromatosis 2/diagnosis
- Neurofibromatosis 2/genetics
- Neurofibromatosis 2/pathology
- Neurofibromatosis 2/surgery
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Translocation, Genetic/genetics
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- M M Kiroğlu
- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cukurova, Balcali/Adana, Turkey
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- N Mandahl
- Department of Clinical Genetics, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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Stenman G, Andersson H, Mandahl N, Meis-Kindblom JM, Kindblom LG. Translocation t(9;22)(q22;q12) is a primary cytogenetic abnormality in extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. Int J Cancer 1995; 62:398-402. [PMID: 7635565 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910620407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The cytogenetic and in vitro growth characteristics of 3 cases of extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma (EMC) are described. In cell culture, the tumor cells retained the immunocytochemical and ultrastructural characteristics of EMC. Cytogenetically, 2 of the cases showed an apparently identical t(9;22)(q22;q12). In one case, the t(9;22) was found together with a dup(I)(q12q44), and in the other case it was found together with several other aberrations. The third case had an inv(10)(p11.2q22) as the sole karyotypic abnormality. Of 4 cases of EMC previously analyzed, 2 showed a t(9;22)(q22;q11-12) and one case of a t(9;22;15)(q31;q12.2;q25). Thus, 5 out of 7 cases of EMC showed recombination between 9q22-31 and 22q11-12, indicating that this represents a tumor specific abnormality. The breakpoints on 22q were in all 5 cases cytogenetically indistinguishable from those seen in Ewing's sarcoma with t(11;22), clear-cell sarcoma with t(12;22), and desmoplastic small round cell tumors with t(11;22). Molecular cloning of these translocation breakpoints revealed involvement of the EWS gene (located at 22q12) in all 3 tumor types. These observations raise the intriguing question of whether the EWS gene might also be involved in the t(9;22) in EMC.
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- G Stenman
- Department of Pathology, Göteborg University, Sahlgrenska Hospital, Sweden
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Orndal C, Rydholm A, Willén H, Mitelman F, Mandahl N. Cytogenetic intratumor heterogeneity in soft tissue tumors. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 1994; 78:127-37. [PMID: 7828143 DOI: 10.1016/0165-4608(94)90080-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Multiple (two to seven) samples, obtained from the same surgical specimen or at different occasions, were analyzed in 54 benign and malignant soft tissue tumors, to investigate cytogenetic clonal evolution. In 28 tumors only normal karyotypes were found. Ten tumors had abnormal karyotypes, but were noninformative, most often due to a high level of karyotypic complexity or great cell-to-cell variation. Sixteen tumors were informative: four (leiomyosarcoma, liposarcoma, malignant Schwannoma, and a benign mesenchymal tumor, probably leiomyoma) had identical karyotypes in different samples, whereas the remaining 12 tumors (seven malignant fibrous histiocytomas [MFH], two leiomyosarcomas, two liposarcomas, and one synovial sarcoma) displayed intersample heterogeneity. Also, intrasample heterogeneity was detected; more than one clone was found in 21 of 73 samples with aberrations from 26 tumors. The different clones were related in all cases except two. In seven cases, samples from different occasions were studied, and clonal evolution could be evidenced in five of them, whereas in two cases the karyotypes remained unchanged. The results indicate that the acquisition of ring chromosomes is an early event in the development of MFH and possibly also pleomorphic liposarcoma. The findings, together with previous data, also indicate that rearrangements of 19p13 are late events in the progression of pleomorphic sarcomas. The overall conclusion from this study is that cytogenetic heterogeneity is common in soft tissue tumors, and that this might influence the evaluation of cytogenetic and molecular genetic findings.
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- C Orndal
- Department of Clinical Genetics, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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Donner LR. Cytogenetics of tumors of soft tissue and bone. Implication for pathology. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 1994; 78:115-26. [PMID: 7828142 DOI: 10.1016/0165-4608(94)90079-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Pathologists should be aware of the existence of diagnostically useful chromosomal rearrangements in several soft tissue and bone tumors. They include rearrangement of 8q12 in lipoblastomas, ring chromosomes in atypical lipomas, ring and giant marker chromosomes in well differentiated liposarcomas, t(12;16)(q13;p11) in myxoid liposarcomas, rearrangement of 7p21-22 in low-grade endometrial stromal sarcomas, t(2;13)(q37;q14) in alveolar rhabdomyosarcomas, t(X;18)(p11.2;q11.2) in synovial sarcomas, t(12;22) (q13;q13) in clear cell sarcomas, t(11;22)(q24;q12) in Ewing's sarcomas and peripheral neuroepitheliomas, and t(9;22)(q21-31;q11-12) in extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcomas.
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- L R Donner
- Department of Pathology, Scott & White Clinic and Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX 76508
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Bello M, Rey J, de Campos J, Kusak M, Vaquero J. Citogenética y genética molecular de tumores del sistema nervioso. Neurocirugia (Astur) 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s1130-1473(94)71103-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Travis JA, Sandberg AA, Neff JR, Bridge JA. Cytogenetic findings in malignant triton tumor. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 1994; 9:1-7. [PMID: 7507694 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.2870090102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Malignant triton tumor is a rare histologic variant of malignant schwannoma that shows both neural and skeletal muscle differentiation. In this study, cytogenetic analysis of a recurrent malignant triton tumor of the forearm from a 26-year-old female and a primary paraspinal malignant triton tumor from a 27-year-old female revealed complex karyotypes displaying multiple numerical and structural abnormalities. Abnormalities shared by both tumors included three copies of chromosome 22 and structural rearrangements of chromosomes 2, 7, and 21 at identical or closely located breakpoints.
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- J A Travis
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198-5440
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Lundgren L, Angervall L, Stenman G, Kindblom LG. Infantile rhabdomyofibrosarcoma: a high-grade sarcoma distinguishable from infantile fibrosarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma. Hum Pathol 1993; 24:785-95. [PMID: 8319957 DOI: 10.1016/0046-8177(93)90017-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Three patients with a predominantly fibrosarcomatous, desmoplastic, and fascicular spindle-cell sarcoma, resembling that of infantile fibrosarcoma but with ultrastructural and immunocytochemical evidence of rhabdomyoblastic differentiation, are described. The tumors were compared light and electron microscopically and immunocytochemically with six classical cases of infantile fibrosarcoma of the desmoplastic type. The three tumors occurred in two girls and one boy who were between 1 and 3 years of age. Ultrastructurally, the tumor cells primarily demonstrated fibroblastic and myofibroblastic features, but there were also tumor cells with sarcomere-like structures. The spindle-shaped, fibroblast-like tumor cells expressed vimentin, desmin, and smooth muscle-specific and sarcomere-specific actins. In one tumor peculiar intracytoplasmic inclusions were observed by light and electron microscopy. The immunocytochemical analysis indicated that these bodies contained all types of thin and intermediate filaments. In short-term cell cultures the tumor cells of two examined tumors revealed immunoreactivity for vimentin, smooth muscle-specific actin, and desmin. Cytogenetically, both tumors displayed a similar chromosomal pattern. One tumor contained two abnormal clones with monosomy 19 and monosomy 22, respectively, and the other tumor revealed a single clone with monosomy 19. In addition, both tumors contained clones with a normal karyotype. Two of the patients with metastatic spread died within 2 years of the primary operation. The third patient is alive with a local recurrence. The three tumors described here deviate from infantile fibrosarcoma in terms of their clinical, ultrastructural, immunocytochemical, and cytogenetic characteristics. The descriptive term "infantile rhabdomyofibrosarcoma" is suggested. The present investigation calls for detailed studies of tumors diagnosed as infantile fibrosarcomas that have metastasized and followed a fatal course.
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- L Lundgren
- Department of Pathology, Sahlgren Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Bello MJ, de Campos JM, Kusak ME, Vaquero J, Sarasa JL, Pestaña A, Rey JA. Clonal chromosome aberrations in neurinomas. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 1993; 6:206-11. [PMID: 7685622 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.2870060403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Chromosome studies were performed after short-term in vitro culture of 39 samples from neurinomas and two samples from malignant schwannomas. Clonal abnormalities involving chromosome 22 were observed in 23 cases, as the sole chromosomal deviation in 12 of them. In 11 samples, other clonal numerical and/or structural aberrations were detected in addition to loss of chromosome 22, either in the same cells or in cells other than those having monosomy 22. Within the group of neurinomas with no involvement of chromosome 22, there were again two cytogenetically distinctive subgroups: one with an abnormal karyotype, and the second with a normal chromosome complement. Our findings confirm that monosomy 22 is a characteristic feature of this type of neoplasm, but also suggest the existence of different cytogenetic subgroups of neurinomas.
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- M J Bello
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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Rey JA, Bello MJ, de Campos JM, Vaquero J, Kusak ME, Sarasa JL, Pestaña A. Abnormalities of chromosome 22 in human brain tumors determined by combined cytogenetic and molecular genetic approaches. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 1993; 66:1-10. [PMID: 8467468 DOI: 10.1016/0165-4608(93)90140-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Abstract
Southern blot hybridization studies were performed on a panel of 130 blood/tumor samples from brain neoplasms including all major histologic subtypes: 50 meningiomas, 18 neurinomas, 56 gliomas, and six others. To detect abnormalities involving chromosome 22, polymorphic probes were used to analyze eight loci located in this chromosome: D22S9, IGLV, D22S20, D22S32, MB, PDGF-B, D22S80, and D22S171. Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) was observed in 40 cases including monosomy, terminal, and interstitial deletions, which suggest the location of recessive tumor genes in certain chromosome 22 subregions (22q11.3-q12 in neurinomas and meningiomas, and 22q13 in malignant gliomas). Cytogenetic studies were performed in parallel on the same tumors, in most instances corroborating the presence of abnormalities for chromosome 22. Nevertheless, discrepancies between the cytogenetic and molecular findings were observed in several cases, suggesting that the use of both methodologies in combination might provide key information on the incidence and extent of the abnormalities involving chromosome 22 in human brain tumors.
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- J A Rey
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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