4例着色于皮病伴发鳞状细胞癌临床病理分析

目的：探讨着色干皮病（xeroderma pigmentosum，XP）伴发鳞状细胞癌（squamous cell careinoma，SCC）的临床病理特点。方法：采用组织病理学方法对1993年～2004年间收集的XP伴发SCC患者进行分析。结果：4例中，男性1例，女性3例。发病年龄最小1岁，最大4岁，平均2．5岁。并发肿瘤年龄，最小7岁，最大18岁，平均12．8岁。其中有明确近亲婚配者2例（50％）。4例患者临床症状及病理结果均典型。结论：XP为常染色体隐性遗传性皮肤病，是一种癌前病变，以早年并发恶性肿瘤为其特征，其中以鳞状细胞癌和基底细胞癌最为常见。与皮肤损害和紫外线损伤程度密切相关。     

伴淋巴结鳞状细胞癌转移的梭形细胞肌上皮癌临床病理分析

目的 探讨伴淋巴结鳞状细胞癌转移的梭形细胞肌上皮癌病理特征、诊断和鉴别诊断,提高对该肿瘤的诊断水平.方法 对1例颌下腺梭形细胞肌上皮癌及颈清扫淋巴结进行组织形态学和免疫组化观察,并结合文献复习.结果 肿瘤主要由梭形细胞构成,细胞排列紧密,异型性明显,分裂相易见伴大片坏死及玻璃样变.经广泛取材,见到少许小管样结构及小灶状鳞状细胞癌成分.颈清扫淋巴结可见鳞状细胞癌转移.免疫组化显示,梭形肿瘤细胞:SMA、Desmin灶状阳性,p53强阳性,CK(AE1/AE3)、S-100、CD34、GFAP、CD10、HMB45均为阴性;淋巴结转移癌成分CK(AE1/AE3)阳性、SMA阴性.结论 肌上皮癌属于罕见的恶性肿瘤,梭形细胞为主的肌上皮癌,其淋巴结转移癌的形态可以与肿瘤主体细胞的形态截然不同.根据组织学特点,结合免疫组化及电镜观察,可以作出明确诊断及鉴别诊断.     

Analysis of T Cell Receptor Variability in Fresh Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocytes from Human Head and Neck Cancer

In this study, we analyzed T cell receptor (TCR) gene rearrangements in tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) freshly obtained from 15 patients with head and neck cancer using the reversely transcribed polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method. These TILs showed preferential expression of Vα10, Vα8 and Vα1, detected in 13 (87%), 11 (73%), and 9 cases (60%), respectively. The TCRVβ gene revealed diversity without preferential usage. The head and neck region is exposed to bacteria and viruses, so it is possible that the tumor site can become infected and accumulate T cells involved in infection and inflammation. Therefore, we also investigated TCR gene usage in T cells infiltrating in chronic sinusitis mucosa to address the question of whether the Vα1, Vα8, and Vα10 subfamilies are characteristic in TIL from squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck. TCR Vα10 gene usage was also the most common in Vα segment in T cells infiltrating the sinus mucosa, but Vα and Vα8 were not detected in the T cells in sinusitis. These results indicate that the Vα10 subfamily, the preferred T cell population in both TIL and T cells in inflammatory disease, might he involved mainly in inflammation or infection. On the other hand, Vα1 and Vα8 appear to be relatively specific populations for antitumor immunity in head and neck cancer.     

胆囊鳞癌6例报告

目的：探讨胆囊鳞癌的发病情况、特点、诊断、治疗、预后及预防。方法：结合有关文献复习分析6例胆囊鳞癌的病例。结果：5例行手术治疗，术后两月内死亡3例，另两例至今存活，分别为术后8个月，3个月。1例行B超引导穿刺活检，入院后两周死亡。结论：胆囊鳞癌早期无特异症状，诊断时多已属晚期，手术效果较差。早期诊断、根治性手术有助于胆囊鳞癌的预后。     

Case report: Osseous metaplasia of the endometrium: a rare cause of infertility and its hysteroscopic management

This case report presents a very rare and long-standing causeof infertility, osseous metaplasia of the endometrium, and describesits successful management by hysteroscopy. A woman with a historyof induced abortion 12 years ago, failed to conceive from thattime on. The infertility work-up was unrevealing except forthe presence of intracavitary calcification on ultrasonography.After diagnostic hysteroscopy, solid bony spicules coveringthe posterior wall of the endometrial cavity were removed bywire loop resectoscope. Histology established the diagnosisof osseous metaplasia of the endometrium. The patient conceivedin her second spontaneous cycle and has an ongoing pregnancyat the time of writing. Hysteroscopy was an effective meansof extracting this heterotopic tissue, thereby re-establishingfertility even after a long period of infertility.     

Ultrastructure of primary squamous cell carcinoma of the submandibular gland

Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the submandibular gland is a rare tumor. In this report, the histological and ultrastructural features of a case of primary squamous cell carcinoma arising in the left submandibular gland is presented. Light microscopically, the tumor consisted of well differentiated keratinizing squamous cell nests. Ultrastructurally, the tumor cells were oval or spindle-shaped, and several tumor cells had intracytoplasmic desmosome-like structures, resembling intercellular desmosomes. The majority of the tumor cells contained a large number of intermediate filaments (tonofilaments). Intercellular desmosomes were well developed. No secretory granules were found. These ultrastructural features may enable us to distinguish primary squamous cell carcinoma from mucoepidermoid carcinoma which is often misdiagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma.     

Pulmonary fibrosis and lung carcinoma: a comparative study of metaplastic epithelia in honeycombed areas of usual interstitial pneumonia with or without lung carcinoma

Usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP), or idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, has been considered to be associated with a high risk for lung carcinoma. To investigate this well-known but still equivocal relationship, we reviewed the clinical features of UIP autopsy cases with or without lung carcinoma (n = 32 and 38, respectively), and compared the morphology and cell kinetics of metaplastic epithelia in the honeycombed areas (n = 11, each group). Thirty-two of 70 UIP autopsy cases showed lung carcinomas. Clinically, UIP with lung carcinoma showed a male predominance (P = 0.001), a higher rate of smoking history (P = 0.001) and a later onset of UIP (P = 0.02), compared with UIP without lung carcinoma. Most of the carcinomas were peripheral in origin (90%), and 65% were topographically associated with honeycombed areas or the border between honeycombing and non-fibrotic areas. Quantitative assessment of the metaplastic epithelia in the honeycombed areas revealed that squamous metaplasia, but not cuboidal cell metaplasia or bronchial cell metaplasia, occurred more frequently in UIP with lung carcinoma than in UIP without lung carcinoma (P = 0.02). There were no significant differences between the two groups with regard to the labeling indexes of Ki-67 and p53 in the metaplastic epithelia, including squamous metaplasia. The degree of atypical squamous metaplasia was not different between the two groups. The quantitative predominance of squamous metaplasia in the honeycombed areas may not be a precursor for lung carcinoma, but might reflect a constitutional susceptibility of UIP patients to develop a lung carcinoma.