期刊
PATHOLOGY & ONCOLOGY RESEARCH
卷 13, 期 4, 页码 269-275出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/BF02940304
关键词
LCN; LNN; neuroblastoma; nucleoli; INPC; MYCN; amplification; ganglion cell; maturation; Schwann cell
The presence of large cells having simultaneously increased cytoplasmic and nuclear volume accompanied by prominent nucleoli; i. e., differentiating neuroblasts and ganglion cells, is well documented in peripheral neuroblastic tumors (pNTs), and considered as one of the signs of tumor maturation and an indication of a better prognosis of the patients. On the other hand, in 2004 it was reported that large-cell neuroblastoma composed of neuroblastic cells with only nuclear enlargement without recognizable cytoplasmic maturation behaved poorly clinically. Here we are proposing a new pNT subtype in the neuroblastoma category, in addition to the undifferentiated, poorly differentiated and differentiating subtypes: that is large nucleolar neuroblastoma (LNN) characterized by large prominent nucleoli and no or very little amount of discernible cytoplasm. LNN, whose neuroblastic cells are often large in size due to nuclear enlargement, includes those tumors previously categorized into the large-cell neuroblastoma group. LNN tumors, regardless of the size of nuclei, seem to behave aggressively with a very poor prognosis of the patients. It is speculated that nucleolar enlargement without cytoplasmic maturation in LNN tumor cells can be a sign of MYCN amplification.
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