BACKGROUND Pancreatic cystic lesions(PCLs) are common in clinical practice. The accurate classification and diagnosis of these lesions are crucial to avoid unnecessary treatment of benign lesions and missed opportunit...
详细信息
BACKGROUND Pancreatic cystic lesions(PCLs) are common in clinical practice. The accurate classification and diagnosis of these lesions are crucial to avoid unnecessary treatment of benign lesions and missed opportunities for early treatment of potentially malignant *** To evaluate the role of cyst fluid analysis of different tumor markers such as cancer antigens [e.g., cancer antigen(CA)19-9, CA72-4], carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA), serine protease inhibitor Kazal-type 1(SPINK1), interleukin 1 beta(IL1-β), vascular endothelial growth factor A(VEGF-A), and prostaglandin E2(PGE2)], amylase, and mucin stain in diagnosing pancreatic cysts and differentiating malignant from benign *** This study included 76 patients diagnosed with PCLs using different imaging modalities. All patients underwent endoscopic ultrasound(EUS) and EUS-fine needle aspiration(EUS-FNA) for characterization and sampling of different *** The mean age of studied patients was 47.4 ± 11.4 years, with a slight female predominance(59.2%). Mucin stain showed high statistical significance in predicting malignancy with a sensitivity of 87.1% and specificity of 95.56%. It also showed a positive predictive value and negative predictive value of 93.1% and 91.49%, respectively(P < 0.001). We found that positive mucin stain, cyst fluid glucose, SPINK1, amylase, and CEA levels had high statistical significance(P < 0.0001). In contrast, IL-1β, CA 72-4, VEGF-A, VEGFR2, and PGE2 did not show any statistical significance. Univariate regression analysis for prediction of malignancy in PCLs showed a statistically significant positive correlation with mural nodules, lymph nodes, cyst diameter, mucin stain, and cyst fluid CEA. Meanwhile, logistic multivariable regression analysis proved that mural nodules, mucin stain, and SPINK1 were independent predictors of malignancy in cystic pancreatic *** EUS examination of cyst morphology with cytopathological analysis and cyst fluid ana
Background: The hyperproliferative keratinocytic lesions encompass a wide ran ge of non-tumorigenic, pretumorigenic, and tumorigenic conditions. The aim of this work was to examine the expression patterns of apoptosis...
详细信息
Background: The hyperproliferative keratinocytic lesions encompass a wide ran ge of non-tumorigenic, pretumorigenic, and tumorigenic conditions. The aim of this work was to examine the expression patterns of apoptosis-linked molecules (bcl-2 and p53) in these lesions. Methods: Immunoperoxidase staining methods were applied to analyze p53 and bcl- 2 protein expression in a total of 66 case s, including 12 squamous cell carcinomas (both in situ and invasive SCC), 11 act inic keratoses(AK), 13 psoriasis vulgaris(PV), eight verruca vulgaris(VV), six c hronic dermatitis(CD), five seborrheic keratosis(SK), four lichen planus(LP),thr ee epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EDV), two condyloma acuminata(CA),two lichen simplex chronicus (LSC), and 10 specimens from normal skin. Results: As compare d to normal skin (0.70 ± 0.26), the bcl- 2 average weighted scores in the non -tumorigenic (0.76 ± 0.16), pretumorigenic (1.45 ± 0.28), and tumorigenic lesions (2.83 ± 0.50 and 2.92 ± 0.50 for in situ and invasive SCC, respectiv ely) showed significant up-regulation (P = 0.001). In the non-tumorigenic lesions, the bcl- 2 expression values decreased in the following order: SK > EDV > CD > LP > CA > PV > VV (1.40 ± 0. 24 > 1.33 ± 0.67 > 0.83 ± 0.40 > 0.67 ± 0.21 > 0.50 ± 0.20 > 0.46 ± 0. 22 > 0.13 ± 0.01, respectively). As compared to normal skin (1.10 ± 0.23), t he p53 average weighted scores in the non-tumorigenic (1.86 ± 0.18), pretumo rigenic (3.64 ± 0.53), and tumorigenic lesions (5.00 ± 1.00 and 5.08 ± 0.8 6 for in situ and invasive SCC, respectively) showed significant up-regulation (P = 0.021). In the non-tumorigenic lesions, p53 average weighted scores decr eased in the following order: SK > PV > CA > LP > CD > VV > EDV (3.20 ± 0.49 > 2.38 ± 0.27 > 2.0 ± 0.0 > 1.83 ± 0.48 > 1.0 ± 0.37 > 1.0 ± 0.33 > 1.0 ± 0.0, respectively). There was a positive correlation between bcl- 2 and p5 3 protein expression in normal skin (r=0.966, P=0.0001), non-tumorigenic (r=0. 775, P= 0.0001), pretu
暂无评论