- Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma with Exuberant Nodular Fasciitis-like Stroma: A Case Report.
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Kyung Hwa Lee, Jae Hun Chung, Jung Han Yoon, Kyung Whan Min, Chan Choi, Ji Shin Lee
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Korean J Pathol. 2006;40(1):76-79.
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- Thyroid papillary carcinoma (TPC) with exuberant nodular fasciitis-like stroma is one of the rare variants of TPC. To date, only 19 cases have been reported in the English medical literature. We report here on the the first Korean case of TPC that contained a prominent nodular fasciitis-like stroma. A 40-year-old female presented with a hard painless right neck mass that had been present for two months. Total thyroidectomy disclosed a solitary nodule in the mid portion of the right lobe that measured 25 x 20 mm.
The tumor was well delineated, but it was not encapsulated.
Microscopically, the tumor was a typical papillary carcinoma except that large areas of the tumor were occupied by a stroma composed of irregular fascicular spindle cells. The stromal component accounted for 60% of the tumor mass. The spindle cells exhibited neither atypism nor mitosis, and the tumor's extensive stromal cell proliferation resembled the appearance of nodular fasciitis of the soft tissues.
Immunohistochemically, the spindle cells were positive for vimentin and alpha-smooth muscle actin, but they were negative for thyroglobulin, thyroid transcription factor-1, S-100 protein, CD34 and desmin, and this represents myofibroblastic features.
- Mesoblastic Nephroma of Adulthood.
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Jae Woo Park, Jae Hun Chung, Jae Hyuk Lee, Jong Hee Nam, Chan Choi, Min Cheol Lee, Chang Soo Park, Sang Woo Juhng
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Korean J Pathol. 2001;35(6):551-554.
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- Mesoblastic nephroma is a benign neoplasm of the kidney, which is usually diagnosed during the first six months of life. Incidence in adults is exceedingly rare. We report herein a case of mesoblastic nephroma that occurred in the upper pole of the right kidney of a 39-year-old woman. It was a round mass measuring 3X3X2 cm in dimension.
Microscopically, it consisted of uniform spindle cells with foci of hyalinization and dystrophic calcification. Tubular structures were entrapped in the tumor. Upon immunohistochemical staining, the spindle cells were found to be positive for smooth muscle actin, desmin, and vimentin. The epithelial cells of the entrapped tubules were positive for cytokeratin. On electron microscopic examination, the spindle cells demonstrated smooth muscle differentiation identified by indented nuclei, microfilaments beneath the cell membrane, dense bodies, and basal lamina-like materials.
- Malignant Granular Cell Tumor of the Shoulder: A case report.
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Jae Hun Chung, Jae Hyuk Lee, Jong Hee Nam, Chan Choi, Min Cheol Lee
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Korean J Pathol. 2000;34(6):475-479.
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- A malignant granular cell tumor (MGCT) occurred in the left shoulder of a 62-year-old man. The patient underwent wide marginal excision followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. A metastatic tumor was identified in the axillary lymph node 22 months after the excision of the shoulder mass. The primary tumor was a poorly circumscribed mass measuring 5 5 4 cm. On cut section, it was a solid mass with yellowish tan color. Histologically, both primary and metastatic tumor consisted of polygonal cells with abundant granular cytoplasm and a vesicular nucleus with a prominent nucleolus. Two to three mitotic figures per ten high power fields at 200 were counted. Tumor cells were weakly stained with periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) preparation both before and after diastase digestion, and were positive for S-100 protein, neuron-specific enolase (NSE), and vimentin. By electron microscopy, the cytoplasm was filled with numerous autophagolysosomes containing myelin figures, mitochondria, and fragmented rough endoplasmic reticula. Basal laminae and angulated bodies were also noted. These findings suggest schwannian differentiation of this tumor.
- Cytoskeletal Changes in Cortical Dysplasia.
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Min Young Lee, Jae Hun Chung, Young Jong Woo, Hyoung Ihl Kim, Min Cheol Lee
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Korean J Pathol. 2000;34(4):300-309.
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- Cortical dysplasia is a cause of intractable epilepsy and a candidate for surgical resection to control epileptic attacks. The neuronal cytomegaly and balloon cell change are the diagnostic hallmarks of cortical dysplasia. Little research has been performed about the normal-sized dysplastic neuron which has complex arborizing dendrites and lacks in its polarity. The aim of this study was to define the histopathologic characteristics of the neurons in cortical dysplasia.
Twelve cases of cortical dysplasia who underwent partial lobectomy for intractable seizures were selected and immunohistochemical staining for NF-M/H, MAP2, tau, and ubiquitin was performed.
The perikarya and dendrite of dysplastic neurons were more intensely labeled with antibodies for the high and medium molecular weight neurofilament proteins (NF-M/H) than normal neurons.
Immunoreactivity with the MAP2 antibody expressed mainly within the somatodendritic regions was present in the dysplastic or normal neurons without any significant difference in intensity.
The complex arborizing dendrites of dysplastic neurons were easily identified due to pronounced immunoreactivity within the somatodendritic regions.
Immunoreactivity with the primary antibody against tau and ubiquitin was present in the normal-looking neurons as well as the dysplastic neurons. This study suggests that the dysplastic neurons in cortical dysplasia are accompanied by changes of cytoskeletal neurofilaments, and the immunohistochemical stains for NF-M/H, MAP2, tau, and ubiquigin are useful to detect them.
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