The computed tomographic (CT) scans of 30 patients with solitary bronchioloalveolar carcinoma were reviewed. Common features at CT included the peripheral or subpleural location of a pulmonary mass (25 cases), pseudocavitation (18 cases), heterogeneous attenuation (17 cases), irregular margins forming a star pattern (22 cases), and pleural tags (21 cases). Using these CT criteria, four independent observers attempted to identify cases of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma from a larger sample of lung cancers and benign lesions by categorizing a series of test cases into four probability categories. Although the bronchioloalveolar carcinomas were correctly ranked in the two highest probability categories 75% of the time (in 45 of 60 cases), there was considerable overlap with other lung lesions, particularly with adenocarcinoma and large cell undifferentiated carcinoma. However, even though the typical features of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma are not invariable or highly specific, they are characteristic enough to suggest the diagnosis. 相似文献
Forty-three solitary hyperplastic polyps removed from the colon or the rectum (HPC) were examined under light microscopy. A histochemical and immunohistochemical study was undertaken in order to evaluate semiquantitatively the nature and the distribution of epithelial mucins and the secretion of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). Ten HPC had a peculiar morphologic pattern (four with regenerative dysplasia and six with adenomatous foci). CEA secretion was always increased (37 per cent of cases) or highly increased (63 per cent of cases) with respect to the normal colonic mucosa. The nature and distribution of the secreted acid mucins were modified: sulfomucin was equal (25 per cent of cases) or higher (75 per cent of cases) than that in normal rectal or sigmoid colonic mucosae; sialomucin was strongly decreased in 91 per cent of cases. Some of these functional changes (CEA) are also observed in neoplastic lesions. These findings are not in accord with the hypothesis that hyperplastic polyp is a simple hyperplasia of the mucosal epithelium and suggest a disorder in cellular differentiation, particularly for the larger polyps. 相似文献
The gene for the most frequent from of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa
(XLRP), RP3, has been assigned by genetic and physical mapping to a segment
of less than 1000 kbp, which is flanked by the marker DXS1110 and the
ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) gene. In search of microdeletions, we have
screened the DNA of 30 unrelated patients with XLRP by employing a
representative set of YAC-derived DNA fragments that were generated by
restriction enzyme digestion and PCR amplification. In one of these
patients, a 6.4 kbp microdeletion was detected which was not present in the
DNA of 444 male controls. A cosmid contig spanning the deletion was
constructed and used to isolate cDNAs from retina-specific libraries. Exons
corresponding to these expressed sequences as well as other putative exons
were identified by sequencing more than 30 kbp of the critical region. So
far, no point mutations in these putative exon sequences have been
identified.
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The gene for retinitis pigmentosa 3 (RP3), the most frequent form of X-
linked RP (XLRP), has been mapped previously to a chromosome interval of
less than 1000 kbp between the DXS1110 marker and the OTC locus at
Xp21.1-p11.4. Employing a novel technique, YAC Representation Hybridization
(YRH)', we have recently identified a small XLRP associated microdeletion
in this interval, as well as several putative exons including the 3' end of
a gene that was truncated by the deletion. cDNA library screening and
sequencing of a cosmid centromeric to the deletion has now enabled us to
identify numerous additional exons and to detect several point mutations in
patients with XLRP. The predicted gene product shows homology to RCC1, the
guanine-nucleotide- exchange factor (GEF) of the Ras-like GTPase Ran. Our
findings suggest that we have cloned the long-sought RP3 gene, and that it
may encode the GEF of a retina-specific GTP-binding protein.
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A comprehensive mutational scanning test for the p53 coding region based on
multiplex PCR and two-dimensional DNA electrophoresis was designed and
evaluated. In a 2-step multiplex PCR, the p53 coding region (exons 2-11)
was amplified as a single 8646-bp fragment by long- distance PCR in step
one. This fragment served as a template for the subsequent co-amplification
of the individual exons in two multiplex groups in step two. The multiplex
products were then separated, first on the basis of size in non-denaturant
polyacrylamide gels and then on the basis of sequence by denaturing
gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Primers for optimal PCR, melting
behavior and 2-D gel distribution were designed using a recently developed
computer program. The resulting two-dimensional gene scanning (TDGS) test
was evaluated by screening, in a blinded fashion, 29 coded DNA samples from
Li- Fraumeni syndrome patients with previously identified germline
mutations. All mutations were correctly detected. This assay provides an
accurate, cost-effective and non-radioactive method for simultaneous
mutational scanning of all p53 coding exons.
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This molecular epidemiologic case-control study of lung cancer incorporated
three complementary biomarkers: the glutathione S- transferase M1 (GSTM1)
null genotype, a potential marker of susceptibility, and polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA adducts (PAH- DNA) and sister chromatid exchanges
(SCE), both indicators of environmentally induced genetic damage.
Associations between biomarkers and lung cancer were investigated, as were
possible gene-environment interactions between the GSTM1 null genotype and
tobacco smoke exposure. Subjects included 136 primary non-small cell lung
cancer surgical patients and 115 controls at the Columbia Presbyterian
Medical Center. Questionnaire and Tumor Registry data, pre-treatment blood
samples and biomarker measurements on blood were obtained. Overall, GSTM1
null genotype was significantly associated with lung cancer [odds ratio
(OR) = 2.04, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.13-3.68]. ORs for GSTM1 and
lung cancer were significant in females (2.50, 1.09-5.72) and smokers
(2.25, 1.11-4.54) and not significant in males (1.4, 0.58-3.38) and
non-smokers (0.88, 0.18-4.33). However, ORs for males versus females and
smokers versus non-smokers did not differ significantly. The OR for GSTM1
and lung cancer in female smokers was 3.03 (1.09- 8.40), compared with 1.42
(0.53-4.06) in male smokers. In contrast to PAH-DNA adducts in leukocytes,
SCE did not differ between cases and controls. Neither biomarker differed
significantly between the two GSTM1 genotypes. The combined effect of
elevated PAH-DNA adducts and GSTM1 genotype on case-control status (16.19,
1.2-115) appeared multiplicative. Results suggest that the effect of the
GSTM1 null genotype is greatest in female smokers, which is consistent with
other evidence that indicates that women are at higher risk of lung cancer
than males, given equal smoking. Persons with both the GSTM1 deletion and
elevated PAH-DNA adducts may represent a sensitive subpopulation with
respect to carcinogens in tobacco smoke and other environmental media.
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Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is an inherited immunodeficiency due to defective leukocyte NADPH responsible for recurrent infections and aberrant inflammation. Mutations in the CYBB gene are responsible for the X-linked CGD and account for approximately 70% of the cases. CGD is diagnosed during childhood in males. Female carriers may have biased X-inactivation and may present with clinical manifestations depending on the level of residual NADPH oxidase activity. We report the case of a previously asymptomatic female carrier who was diagnosed at age 67 with a skin infection with the rare fungus Paecilomyces lilacinus as the first manifestation of CGD. Dihydrorhodamine 123 (DHR) activity was below 10%. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) revealed mutations in DNMT3A, ASXL1, and STAG2 suggesting that clonal hematopoiesis could be responsible for a progressive loss of NADPH oxidase activity and the late onset of X-linked CGD in this patient. Long-term follow-up of asymptomatic carrier women seems to be essential after 50 years old.