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Biology*

Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix is a distinct subtype of cervical cancer that appears analogous to oat cell carcinoma and carcinoid tumors of the lung. It has been assumed to be derived from the neural crest via argyrophilic cells in the normal endocervix. We have recently encountered a case of small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix coexisting with adenocarcinoma which was argyrophil negative. A 66-year-old multiparous woman was admitted because of vaginal bleeding for 2 months. Cervicovaginal smear revealed several scattered clusters and sheets of monotonous small cells with some peripheral palisading in the background of hemorrhage and necrosis. Radical hysterectomy specimen revealed an ulcerofungating tumor on endocervical canal which was composed of two components. Major component of the tumor was made up of monomorphic population of small oval-shaped tumor cells arranged in sheets and partly in acinar structures or trabecular fashion. Other component was adenocarcinoma, endocervical well-differentiated type. Argyrophilia was present on the Grimelius stain and immunohistochemical studies revealed diffuse positivity to neuron-specific enolase and carcinoembryonic antigen. Electron microscopic examination showed clusters of small round to oval cells, which had a few well-formed desmosomes and several membrane-bound, dense-core neuro- sectetory granules.
Adenocarcinoma ; Aged ; Carcinoembryonic Antigen ; Carcinoid Tumor ; Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine ; Carcinoma, Small Cell ; Cervix Uteri ; Desmosomes ; Epididymitis* ; Female ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Hysterectomy ; Lung ; Male ; Necrosis ; Neural Crest ; Phosphopyruvate Hydratase ; Purpura, Schoenlein-Henoch* ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms ; Uterine Hemorrhage

237 patients with Legg-Calve-Perthes disease were treated during past 12 years. Among them, a comparative study was done for 87 patients who were followed up over 2 years. They were analyzed according to Catteralls classification and divided into a group of conservative treatment and of surgical treatment. 74 patients were boys and 13 patients were girls and the ratio of boys to girls was 5.7 to 1. The mean age was about 6.9-year-old. Bilateral involvement was observed in 6 patients. According to Catterall classification. 1(1.1%) was classified as group I, 27(29.0%) as group II, and 36(38.7%) as group III, and 29(31.2%) as group IV. According to assessment by Harrison et al., satisfactory result was achieved in 63.2% of cases of conservative treatment and 34.3% of cases of operative treatment. The measurement of epiphyseal quotient and femoral head sphericity(by Mose) were considered meaningful methods for assessing the result of the treatment. The most frequent one of “Head-at-Risk” factors was lateral subluxation of femoral head. The result of treatment was not always coincided with the classification by Catterall. In bilateral involvement, the first affected hip had better prognosis than contralateral one.
Classification ; Female ; Head ; Hip ; Humans ; Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease ; Prognosis

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Humans ; Mycoplasma pneumoniae* ; Mycoplasma* ; Pneumonia* ; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma*

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Myositis Ossificans* ; Myositis*

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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis* ; Tuberous Sclerosis*

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DiGeorge Syndrome*

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Coronary Aneurysm* ; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome*

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Anemia, Hemolytic* ; Cholelithiasis* ; Hepatolenticular Degeneration*