Estrogen receptor(ER) and progesterone receptor(PR) were studied immunohistochemically using specific antireceptor monoclonal antibodies in leiomyomas and myometrium from same patients from 38 women in various stages of the menstrual cycle, menopause and pregnancy. Two postpartum uteri are also included. Immunohistochemical localization was quantified as to intensity of staining and tissue distribution, and the results were compared with those of PCNA index. In all samples, ER and PR localized within the nuclei of target cells. The histochemical score of ER in leiomyoma was significantly greater than that found in myometrium. But ER in leiomyoma was expressed in cyclic fashion(r=0.45, P=0.006), like as in myometrium, throughout the menstrual cycle, paralleled by a concomitant, though delayed. In contrast, PR content constantly maintained in myometrium and leiomyoma throughout menstrual cycle, and there was no significant difference between them. However, leiomyoma and myometrium of pregnancy showed a significant reduction in the amount of ER and PR localized. PCNA index in leiomyoma(14.9+/-24.4) was also significantly higher than that found in myometrium(2.1+/-3.3). The index declined throughout the secretory phase. The leiomyoma had increased PCNA index during pregnancy, while the increasing rate in leiomyoma was lower than that of myometrium. The growth potential of leiomyomas is appearently higher than that of myometrium under the high progesterone level. The most of neoplasm with high PCNA index(10 above) contained absolute or relative abundant PR or ER content. Alteration of receptor content may be an important mechanism in steroid dependent growth of leiomyoma and may provide information useful in the clinical management of this neoplastic disorder.
Pregnancy ; Female ; Humans

To determine the prevalence of lymphoid follicles in Helicobacter pylori(H. pylori) positive and negative gastritis and its relationship to age, biopsy site, gastritis activity, degree of gastritis, number of H. pylori and gastritis score in H. pylori associated gastritis, we examined the gastric tissue of patients with 121 nonulcer dyspepsia and 99 peptic ulcers. The gastritis score was obtained by adding together the figures for gastritis degree, gastritis activity and number of H. pylori. H. pylori was detected in 75.2% of nonulcer dyspepsia, 84.5% of gastric ulcers and 90.3% of duodenal ulcers. Lymphoid follicles were found in 63.3% of H. pylori associated gastritis and 4.7% of H. pylori negative gastritis, and there was a strong relationship between the prevalence of lymphoid follicles and H. pylori infection(P<0.01). Lymphoid follicles were found in 100% of H. pylori associated gastritis, showing severe chronic inflammatory cell infiltration, and strong relationship between the prevalene of lymphoid follicles and the degree of gastritis (P<0.01). There was no significant difference among lymphoid follicles, age, biopsy site, clinical diagnosis, gastritis activity and number of H. pylori. Lymphoid follicles were found in 58.3% of gastritis score 4, 67.6% of gastritis score 7 and 100% of gastritis score 9, and there was significant correlation between the prevalence of lymphoid follicles and a gastritis score(P<0.01, R=0.85). In summary, gastric lymphoid follicle is significantly associated with H. pylori infection and its presence in H. pylori associated gastritis is related to chronic inflammatory cell infiltration.
Humans ; Biopsy

Many studies have shown that angiogenesis plays an important role in the growth, the progression, and the metastasis of a solid tumor. The vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) is thought to be a selective mitogen for endothelial cells. Twenty eight advanced gastric carcinomas and twenty early gastric carcinomas were investigated by staining with polyclonal antibody against the VEGF. Correlation between the expression of the VEGF and the clinicopathologic features of gastric carcinoma were studied. The VEGF was mainly localized to the cytoplasm of carcinoma cells. Normal gastric foveolar epithelium was not immunoreactive, but some endothelial cells were weakly immunoreactive with an anti-VEGF antibody. Expression of the VEGF was significantly higher in advanced gastric carcinoma than in early gastric carcinoma (p=0.003). Expression of the VEGF was correlated with the depth of tumor, the lymph node metastasis, and the stage (p<0.05). The VEGF positivity was significantly higher in moderately and poorly differentiated gastric carcinoma than in well differentiated gastric carcinoma. The VEGF scores of the metastatic foci in the lymph nodes were higher than that of the primary tumors, which were followed by deep and superficial portions of the primary tumors in a descending order (p<0.05). In summary, the expression of the VEGF may be associated with progression and metastasis of a gastric carcinoma and may also be a good prognostic factor in a gastric carcinoma.
Cytoplasm ; Endothelial Cells ; Epithelium ; Lymph Nodes ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Prognosis ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A*

The cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk) inhibitor p27Kip1 gene is a powerful molecular determinant of cell cycle progression. Loss of expression of p27Kip1 has recently been shown to be predictive of disease progression in several human malignancies. The prognostic value and expression of p27Kip1 have been incompletely studied in bladder cancer. In this study, we investigated the relationship between p27Kip1 protein expression and clinicopathologic parameters in 50 cases of carcinoma of the urinary bladder by conducting immunohistochemical analysis and DNA flow-cytometry. Malignant bladder tissue demonstrated a heterogeneous pattern of p27Kip1 immunoreactivity. In addition, there was progressive loss of expression with increasing tumor grade. The expression of p27Kip1 protein was unrelated to stage, DNA ploidy and S phase fraction (SPF). SPF was unrelated with tumor grade and DNA ploidy. The results indicate that p27Kip1 is frequently expressed in well differentiated transitional cell carcinomas of the urinary bladder but less often expressed in muscle-invasive transitional cell carcinomas. The expression of p27Kip1 and its prevalence in low-grade tumors may reflect growth regulatory influences and potential inhibiting action in tumor progression and novel predictive markers of the biological potential of bladder tumors.
Carcinoma, Transitional Cell ; Cell Cycle ; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27* ; Disease Progression ; DNA ; Humans ; Phosphotransferases ; Ploidies ; Prevalence ; S Phase ; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms ; Urinary Bladder*

We present a case of localized mucosal hyperplasia of the stomach. The resected stomach contained four large, short stalked polyps, three of which were located in the anterior wall of body and the other in the posterior wall. In addition, numerous small sessile polyps were also scattered in the anterior and posterior fundic walls. Microscopically, the abnormally thick mucosa, carrying with it the muscularis mucosae and a thin core of loose fibrous tissue comprised the polyps by intraluminal infolding of widening of mucosal area. Abundant vasculature of the rugal pattern was prominent in the submucosa. The above findings suggest that the histogenesis of the polyps is related to both hyperplastic thickening and widening of mucosal areas in rugal pattern in the background of inverted distribution pattern of intestinal metaplasia.

Angiogenesis is an early event in tumorigenesis and facilitates tumor progression and metastasis. This study was performed to evaluate the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), phospholipase C-gamma1 (PLC-gamma1) and Ki-67, and to assess the relationship between them in cervical squamous cell neoplasia. The materials were fifty cervical squamous cell lesions, consisted of thirty HSIL (6 moderate dysplasia, 11 severe dysplasia, 13 carcinoma in situ), and twenty invasive squamous cell carcinoma (ISCC) cases. Immunohistochemical stain for VEGF, PLC-gamma1 and Ki-67 were done. Expression rate of VEGF was significantly higher in ISCC than in HSIL (p=0.012). PLC-gamma1 expression was significantly higher in ISCC than in HSIL (p=0.004). Ki-67 labelling index was significantly higher in ISCC than in HSIL (p=0.001) and higher in VEGF-positive tumors than in VEGF-negative tumors (p=0.018), but there were no significant differences between PLC-gamma1 expression and Ki-67 labelling index (p>0.05), and between PLC-gamma1 and VEGF (p>0.05). This study suggests that PLC-gamma1 and VEGF may play an important role in tumor cell proliferation and invasion, and these may be a useful marker to predict the possibility of invasion in cervical cancer.
Carcinogenesis ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* ; Cell Proliferation ; Cervix Uteri* ; Female ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Phospholipases* ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A*

Nodular fasciitis is a rare and benign soft tissue tumor that can easily confused microscopically to spindle cell sarcoma. Therefore it is very important disease to the surgical pathologists. However, this lesion has been seldom reported or described in Korean literature. This paper deals with 13 Korean cases of nodular fasciitis diagnosed microscopically. It's pertinent clinicopathologic findings are described. The youngest patients among 13 cases was 18 years and the oldest was 63 years with the mean of 34 years. Nine were males and 4 were females. Pathologically, the size of the lesion at the time of diagnosis ranged from 0.7 cm to 4.0 cm in the maximum extent. Two were smaller than 1.0 cm and 8 cases were between 1.0~3.0 cm. The site distibution was; trunk(5) upper extremitiy (4), lower extremity (2) and head (2). All the lesions were located in the subcutaneous tissue. The history of recent rapid growth was noted in nearly half of the cases. Mass and tenderness were two common manifestations. In one case, multiple nodules were found in the right breast and in flank. All of the lesions except one were managed by local excision. In one case, a wide excision was done under the impression of malignant fibrous histiocytoma of frozen section. Follow up observation of all cases did not show any evidence of recurrence in all.
Female ; Male ; Humans

No abstract available.
Leukemia, Eosinophilic, Acute*

Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) is a chaperone that binds to mutant p53 and consequently can regulate its accumulation or localization. Its expression is upregulated in tumor cells. We studied 44 adenomas and 29 carcinomas of colorectum to evaluate the expression of HSP70, and to assess the correlation among p53 protein and other clinical prognostic parameters. HSP70 expression was scored according to staining intensity and extent. p53 protein expression was 45.5%(20/44) in adenomas and 79.3%(23/29) in carcinomas(P<0.01). p53 protein expression of carcinomas was 57.1%(4/7) in diploidy tumors, 100.0%(8/8) in aneuploidy tumors(P=0.07), 100.0%(8/8) in well-differentiated tumors, and 50.0%(2/4) in poorly differentiated tumors(P= 0.09). HSP70 expression mainly revealed a fine granular cytoplasmic staining pattern in tumor cells. HSP70 was focally detected in some lymphocyte, ganglion cell and normal mucosa. HSP70 expression was 46.3%(19/41) in adenomas and 93.1%(27/29) in carcinomas. HSP70 score was 0.9+/-1.3 in adenomas(n=41) and 5.5+/-3.5 in carcinomas(n=29)(P<0.0005). Its score was 1.7+/-1.6 in p53 positive adenomas and 0.3+/-0.6 in p53 negative adenomas(P<0.005), and its expression rate was higher in p53 positive carcinomas than p53 negative carcinomas (P>0.05). There was no significant correlation among HSP70, tumor size, Dukes'stage, nodal metastasis, depth of tumor invasion, DNA ploidy and tumor differentiation. In conclusion, HSP70 and p53 protein appear to be correlated to each other, and that HSP70 and p53 protein may play a certain role in the progression of colorectal tumor. Further studies are needed for determining their prognostic factors in colorectal carcinoma.
Adenoma* ; Aneuploidy ; Colorectal Neoplasms ; Cytoplasm ; Diploidy ; DNA ; Ganglion Cysts ; Heat-Shock Proteins* ; Hot Temperature* ; HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins* ; Lymphocytes ; Mucous Membrane ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Ploidies

The pancreas consists of two types of tissue arising from same primitive cells, but with entirely different functions. Although the adult human pancreas and fetal islet tissue have been the subject of numerous electron microscopic studies, little is known of the ultrastructure of the developing human exocrine pancreas. The purpose of the current study is to investigate development of endo and exocrine of pancreas, especially during the middle trimester of human fetal life, which is the period of acinar cell maturation. Fresh autopsy specimens of pancreas, taken from 15 human fetuses at the 12th (n=2), 13-16th (n=5), 17-20th (n=4), 21-24th (n=2) and 25-28th (n=2) weeks of gestation, were studied electron microscopically, and immunohistochemically. Antisera against insulin, somatostatin, glucagon, pancreatic polypeptide and gastrin, were used for immunohistochemistry. By the 12th week, primitive exocrine acini were identified and these were matured rapidly in the next 6 weeks. At the 17th week stage, ultrastructural examination revealed atypical zymogen granules in the acinar cells. These became progressively less numerous in the 21-28 week period when classical zymogen granules increased upto the level of adult stage. All the endocrine cells were found at the 12th week, forming primitive or mature islets. The relative ratio of endocrine cells at the 12th week was about 35.4%, 24.9%, 39.8%, 0.5% for A, B, D & PP cell, respectively. But at the 25th to 28th week of development, the relative numbers of A and D cells decreased somewhat, whereas those of the B cells increased. The PP cells were constant. The G cells were found at the 12th week of fetal period, which appeared through out the on period.
Adult ; Male ; Female ; Humans