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M Tötsch

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PubMed1992

Immunohistochemical demonstration of chromogranins A and B in neuroendocrine tumors of the lung.

Fifty neuroendocrine tumors of the lung (16 carcinoids, two atypical carcinoids/well-differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas [WDNCs], 13 neuroendocrine carcinomas of intermediate cell type [SCNCs], and 19 neuroendocrine carcinomas of small cell type [SCNs]) were immunohistochemically investigated with antibodies against chromogranins A and B. All carcinoids and WDNCs were positive for both chromogranins A and B, whereas in cases of ICNC and SCNC both markers were only expressed in six and five cases, respectively. One ICNC was only positive for chromogranin A. In cases of SCNC five tumors were exclusively positive for chromogranin A and six were positive only for chromogranin B. Chromogranins are therefore excellent markers for the immunohistochemical demonstration of carcinoids and WDNCs. It may be speculated that expression of chromogranins in cases of ICNC and SCNC represents a higher degree of differentiation in these tumors.

Carcinoid Tumor↗
PubMed1992

Relationship between quantity of silver stained nucleolar organizer regions associated proteins (Ag-NORs) and population doubling time in ten breast cancer cell lines.

Using a one-step silver staining technique ten human breast cancer cell lines were investigated, determining by means of automated image analysis the mean area of Ag-NORs per nucleus, the total number of Ag-NORs, and the so-called "scattered" and "clustered" Ag-NORs. These parameters were statistically correlated with the population doubling time (PDT) of the various carcinoma cell lines of this series. Our results show that the mean area of Ag-NORs per nucleus (p less than 0.001) is highly significantly correlated to the PDT, whereas all other parameters were less or not significant. It is concluded that the assessment of the area of Ag-NORs by automated image analysis is a simple and reliable method for the determination of cell duplication rates.

Breast Neoplasms↗
PubMed1992

Complete clarification of a case of farmer's lung.

The diagnostic curriculum to clarify a case of farmer's lung in a fibrotic stage is presented, including clinical functional tests, X-ray, analysis of cellular elements recovered from bronchioalveolar lavage, determination of precipitating antibodies in the circulation, histological and immunohistological studies of transbronchial lung biopsies. The patient had precipitating antibodies against several species of hay molds, especially Micropolyspora faeni, and immune complex deposition in the lung. Elution experiments on frozen sections of the lung biopsies and subsequent administration of patient's serum- or mold antigen-specific antibodies combined with appropriate serum absorption experiments allowed the identification of the relevant antigen, i.e. M. faeni, in the deposited immune complexes. The immunohistological analysis of extracellular matrix components revealed an interstitial increase in procollagen and collagen type I and an even more pronounced augmentation of procollagen type III and fibronectin, i.e. a constellation characteristic for a chronic, active lung fibrosis that developed on the basis of an immune complex disease.

Adult↗
PubMed1992

[Snuff aspiration as a cause of recurrent pulmonary infiltrations in a 60-year-old patient with chronic renal failure].

Pulmonary infiltrations associated with renal failure demand several diagnostic procedures to exclude autoimmune disorders affecting both organ systems or to find an infectious cause of the disease. We report the case of a 60 year-old man with chronic renal failure and recurring pulmonary infiltrations. On admission to hospital all diagnostic parameters for systemic vasculitis, infectious or neoplastic disease were negative, including the histological report on transbronchial biopsies. Eventually, follow-up biopsies taken 3 months later showed vegetable fibres and necrosis due to intensive snuff abuse during the previous months. After the patient stopped taking snuff the pulmonary infiltrations improved quickly. Uraemic neuropathy, which may have facilitated aspiration, as well as the reduced pulmonary and systemic defence mechanisms due to chronic renal failure probably contributed to a considerable degree to the development of pulmonary infiltration.

Biopsy↗
PubMed1992

CA 19-9 expression in subacute (de Quervain's) thyroiditis: an immunohistochemical study.

Carcinoma antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) expression was immunohistochemically investigated in 48 cases of subacute granulomatous (de Quervain's) thyroiditis, two of focal lymphocytic thyroiditis, three of Hashimoto's thyroiditis, two of Graves' disease, and seven follicular adenomas, 27 follicular carcinomas, and eight papillary carcinomas of the thyroid. CA 19-9 expression was found in all cases of subacute thyroiditis, lymphocytic thyroiditis, and papillary carcinomas examined and in approximately 50% of follicular adenomas and carcinomas. The strongest CA 19-9 staining was demonstrated in late stage subacute thyroiditis and in papillary carcinomas with marked sclerosis. Occasionally CA 19-9 expression was present in seemingly normal thyroid parenchyma adjacent to the thyroid lesions investigated. CEA was found in the center of the granulomatous lesions in acute stage subacute thyroiditis. All neoplasms were CEA negative. CA 19-9 and CEA could be demonstrated occasionally in multinucleated giant cells of subacute thyroiditis, which may suggest that these giant cells are of either histiocytic or follicular cell origin. Immunohistochemical investigation with antibodies against CA 19-9 and CEA may help to histomorphologically define subacute granulomatous thyroiditis.

Adenoma↗
PubMed1991

[Tumor recurrence at the neck in papillary thyroid gland cancer. A statistical analysis of the recurrence probability after radical surgery].

308 cases of papillary thyroid carcinoma (82.6% of our patients operated on between 1952 and 1987) who had undergone potentially curative surgery were analysed postoperatively. The follow-up ranges from 1 month to 29.4 years (median 4.58 years). In 32 cases (10.4%) a cervical tumour recurrence (local recurrence and/or cervical lymph nodes) was found. 8 of these are not free of tumour at the end of the follow-up, 6 had died of thyroid carcinoma (case fatality rate 18.8%, mortality rate 66.7%, in the entire material 2.9% and 29.0% respectively). The cumulative recurrence rate is 9.98% after 5 years and 16.98% after 10 years. A statistical analysis of the probability of recurrence was carried out only for patients who could be followed at least 5 years or those who died within 5 years. Age, sex, stage of tumour and histological criteria were taken into account as statistical variables. The state of cervical lymph nodes, the differentiation of the tumour and the patients' sex turned out to be determining factors for tumour recurrence after 5 years. In order to improve the recurrence rate a differentiated surgical radicality, depending on the above mentioned variables, is recommended.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1991

Chromogranin A and B in parathyroid tissue of cases of primary hyperparathyroidism: an immunohistochemical study.

Routinely processed parathyroid tissues from 26 cases with primary hyperparathyroidism (19 adenomas, 7 multiglandular hyperplasia) and 8 normal human parathyroid glands were investigated with antibodies against chromogranin A and B and parathyroid hormone (PTH). Normal parathyroids were immunohistochemically positive for PTH and chromogranin A but negative for chromogranin B. Hyperplastic glands showed a focal staining for PTH and chromogranin A without correlation of the staining pattern on serial sections. Adenomas were either uniformly positive for both PTH and chromogranin A or showed a staining pattern similar to that seen in hyperplastic glands. Focal chromogranin B positivity (less than 10% of cells) was found in 3 cases (1 hyperplastic gland and 2 cases of parathyroid adenoma with an immunohistochemical staining pattern similar to hyperplastic glands). Our immunohistochemical results may support previously published findings that most parathyroid adenomas are monoclonal neoplasms whereas hyperplastic glands are of polyclonal origin.

Adenoma↗
PubMed1991

[The radiological diagnosis of the male breast. Mammography, sonography and pathohistological correlation].

61 men with breast enlargement underwent mammography; complementary sonography was performed in 34 cases. Diagnoses included gynaecomastia in 53 cases, pseudo-gynaecomastia in 9 cases, 3 carcinomas, 2 inflammatory lesions and 1 lipoma. Gynaecomastias of up to four month's duration are histologically of the florid type and show a nodular or nodular-dendritic mammographic pattern; sonography usually demonstrates a focal hypo-echogenic area. Gynaecomastias of longer duration representing the fibrous type show mammographically a dendritic or diffuse pattern and sonographically a hyper-reflexive breast parenchyma. Mammography and sonography can differentiate reliably true gynaecomastia from pseudo-gynaecomastia. Gynaecomastia and especially inflammatory lesions may not always be readily differentiated from carcinoma. Sonography can be helpful by demonstrating hyper-reflexive glandular tissue, whereas carcinomas are usually hypoechoic.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1991

Chromogranin A and B in adenomas of the pituitary. An immunohistochemical study of 42 cases.

Forty-two pituitary adenomas (10 prolactinomas; three ACTH-, nine GH-, two FSH- and two TSH-secreting adenomas; and 16 clinically nonfunctioning null cell adenomas) were investigated immunohistochemically with antibodies against chromogranin A and B as well as ACTH, GH, prolactin (PRL), FSH, LH, TSH, and alpha-HCG antibodies. For the demonstration of chromogranin B, two different antibodies were used--e.g., a polyclonal antihuman antibody and an antiserum against a synthetic peptide (DK-21, chromogranin B 306-326) present in the chromogranin B amino acid sequence. All tumors were positive for both chromogranin B antibodies. Chromogranin A was found in FSH- (two of two) and TSH- (two of two) secreting adenomas; it was also found in a focal distribution in ACTH- (one of three) and GH- (four of nine) secreting adenomas. Thirteen of 16 null cell adenomas contained chromogranin A, whereas no chromogranin A was found in prolactinomas. We conclude that null cell adenomas may arise either from FSH/LH or TSH cells (null cell adenomas with both chromogranin A and B positivity) or from ACTH, GH, or PRL cells (the respective tumors are only positive for chromogranin B). Chromogranin B may be used as a universal marker for pituitary adenomas.

Adenoma↗
PubMed1990

[Malignant hemangioendothelioma of the thyroid gland. Pathology, clinical aspects and prognosis].

Malignant hemangioendothelioma (MHE) of the thyroid still constitutes a relatively important part of our surgical material, with 23 MHE (2.0%) among 1153 primary thyroid tumors diagnosed between 1952 and 1987 (biopsy material of the Innsbruck Pathology Institute). 18 of these cases were investigated immunohistochemically; in 14 cases the data on clinical findings and follow-up were complete. Immunohistochemical results confirm the endothelial origin of this tumor and allow MHE to be definitively distinguished from anaplastic carcinomas. Follow-up and prognosis are determined by the aggressive nature of local tumor spread. 13 patients died after a median survival period of 2.4 months (R: 1.2-9.4). Only one patient has remained alive since over 4 1/2 years now. An improvement of the hitherto dismal prognosis is thought to depend on early tumor diagnosis and an ameliorated combined modality treatment.

Adult↗
PubMed1990

[Intestinal angiodysplasia as a cause of severe intestinal hemorrhage--report of 4 cases].

Angiodysplasia of the small intestine alone cannot be differentiated histologically from hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Morbus Rendu-Osler-Weber). Isolated localisation in the small intestine is rare and requires surgery in the event of massive bleeding. Four cases of bleeding from angiodysplasias of the small intestine in patients having undergone surgery at our institution over a ten-year period are presented. In three patients the particular intestine was resected. Two of these patients had an uneventful follow-up of even and ten years, one patient relapsed and was rehospitalized for surgical treatment. The fourth patient, who showed angiodysplasias scattered over the entire small intestine, had no further bleeding over a three-year period after transmural ligations of the lesions found by intraoperative endoscopical diaphany.

Adult↗
PubMed1990

Silver stained nucleolar organizer region proteins (Ag-NORs) as a predictor of prognosis in colonic cancer.

Using a one-step silver nitrate staining technique, routinely processed tumour tissues of 49 carcinomas of the colon were investigated to demonstrate silver-stained nucleoli (Ag-nus) and argyrophilic proteins associated with the so-called nucleolar organizer regions (Ag-NORs). Patients with attempted curative resections and tumour stages Dukes' A, B, C1 and C2, with an uneventful follow-up period of at least 48 months (N = 17), showed a statistically significant (P = 0.0001) lower mean number of scattered Ag-NORs (3.04; SD: 1.08) compared to patients who developed metastases during their follow-up period (N = 15; 5.40; SD: 1.28), as well as to patients who underwent palliative surgical treatment (N = 17; 4.48; SD: 1.67). Mean numbers of scattered Ag-NORs per nucleus and staging of the tumour were strongly related (P = 0.0001) to cancer-specific survival. The results indicate that the evaluation of silver-stained particles according to their different distribution patterns is of great value with regard to the clinical outcome of colonic carcinoma and may even allow a more accurate prognostic assessment of these patients than the WHO grading system, UICC staging system, the so-called Jass-scoring system, and Dukes' classification.

Adult↗