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PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 1, Pages 13-17Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.3109/08880018.2012.737094
Keywords
cerebrospinal fluid; diagnosis; flow cytometry; metastasis; retinoblastoma
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- Zhejiang Provincial Fund of Education Bureau [Y200908359]
- Fund of Zhejiang Province Innovation Team for early screening and intervention of birth defects [2010R50045]
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Triple-color flow cytometry with a panel of antibodies comprising GD2, CD56, and CD45 was performed to analyze cerebrospinal fluids (CSF) from a patient with retinoblastoma who was suspicious of meningeal metastasis based on clinical presentation. Our results showed that the cells in CSF demonstrated the immunophenotype positive for GD2 and CD56 but negative for CD45 antigen, which suggested the presence of CSF metastasis of retinoblastoma. At the end of eight cycles of intrathecal chemotherapy, CSF specimen was analyzed with Flow cytometry immunophenotyping (FCI) again and the result showed no detectable malignant cells with the same immunophenotype. Our conclusion is that FCI can be a quick and reliable method for the diagnosis of CSF metastasis of retinoblastoma and the immunophenotype (GD2+, CD56+, and CD45-) can be used to recognize residual retinoblastoma cells in CSF.
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