A case of isolated langerhans cell histiocytosis of the hypothalamus with remission and regrowth after surgery.

abstract：:We observed the histopathological and physiological characteristics of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting adenoma cells derived from a rapidly growing pituitary adenoma, which have firm cell attachment and well-preserved hormonal function in a relatively longterm culture. Corticotrophs, obtained from a 43-ye...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Abe T,Tachikawa T,Sasaki A,Taniyama M,Okamura Y,Izumiyama H,Matsumoto K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations on the NAB2-STAT6 fusion gene in solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) and hemangiopericytomas (HPCs) have increased since its discovery in 2013. Although several SFTs reported without NAB2-STAT6 fusion gene analysis, we reviewed 546 SFTs/HPCs with NAB2-STAT6 fusion gene analysis in this study and investigated...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Nakada S,Minato H,Nojima T

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein/alpha 2-macroglobulin receptor (LRP) has been proposed to mediate the cellular uptake and clearance of inactivated protease-inhibitor complexes in regulating proteinase activity at the cell surface, which is necessary for cellular migration and invasive processes. In th...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Yamamoto M,Ikeda K,Ohshima K,Tsugu H,Kimura H,Tomonaga M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies on gliomas have shown frequent alterations in the alpha-thalassemia/mental retardation syndrome X-linked gene (ATRX). This study was designed to determine whether ATRX status correlates with uptake of 11C-methionine in WHO grades II and III gliomas. Sixty-two patients underwent 11C-methionine positron e...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Ogishima T,Tamura K,Kobayashi D,Inaji M,Hayashi S,Tamura R,Nariai T,Ishii K,Maehara T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of glioblastomas, patient outcomes for these highly malignant tumors remain poor. Research into the molecular pathology of glioblastoma has uncovered various genetic changes that contribute to malignancy. Some of the identified molecular markers--such as loss of h...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Mizoguchi M,Kuga D,Guan Y,Hata N,Nakamizo A,Yoshimoto K,Sasaki T

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although antiangiogenic treatment for malignant glioma using bevacizumab in combination with irinotecan chemotherapy has a promising effect on survival, the high incidence of increasing infiltrative tumors can be a problem in resistance to antiangiogenic therapy. In this study, we detected failure of bevacizumab treat...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Takano S,Mashiko R,Osuka S,Ishikawa E,Ohneda O,Matsumura A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify differentially expressed genes involved in rat C6 glioma cell differentiation induced by cyclic AMP, we adopted mRNA fingerprinting using arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (RAP). Four complementary DNA (cDNA) fragments differentially expressed during differentiation were isolated, and they...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Sakai H,Nakashima S,Nakatani K,Yoshimura S,Nishimura Y,Sakai N,Nozawa Y

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present retrospective data analysis was performed to determine whether intraoperative pathological diagnosis (IOD) using frozen section (FS) could clearly distinguish high-grade glioma from WHO grade II gliomas. IOD was retrospectively compared to the pathological diagnosis using permanent paraffin sections (PS) o...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Ishikawa E,Yamamoto T,Satomi K,Matsuda M,Akutsu H,Shibuya M,Nakai K,Sakamoto N,Takano S,Matsumura A

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma with a primitive neuronal component (GBM-PN) was renamed from glioblastoma with primitive neuroectodermal tumor-like component (GBM-PNET) in the new WHO classification of tumors of the central nervous system in 2016. GBM-PN is a rare variant of glioblastoma. There were not so many publications on the inve...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Xu G,Zheng H,Li JY

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to clarify the expression and gene copy number levels of protein phosphatase 1D magnesium-dependent, delta isoform (PPM1D), which is thought to be a regulator of the p53 protein in meningiomas of all three different WHO grades. Genomic DNA and mRNA were extracted from frozen tissues of meningi...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Fukami S,Riemenschneider MJ,Kohno M,Steiger HJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports have suggested an important clinical role for hypermethylation of the O(6)-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter in patients with glioblastomas. Whether MGMT protein expression is correlated with promoter hypermethylation and patient outcomes, however, has not been elucidated. Here we desc...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Araki Y,Mizoguchi M,Yoshimoto K,Shono T,Amano T,Nakamizo A,Suzuki SO,Iwaki T,Sasaki T

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report four cases of high-grade astrocytoma with a BRAF V600E mutation, ATRX inactivation, and CDKN2A/B homozygous deletion. Children to young adults aged 3-46 presented with a well demarcated contrast-enhancing mass in the supratentorial area. Pathological examination revealed packed growth of short spindle to rou...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Murakami C,Yoshida Y,Yamazaki T,Yamazaki A,Nakata S,Hokama Y,Ishiuchi S,Akimoto J,Shishido-Hara Y,Yoshimoto Y,Matsumura N,Nobusawa S,Ikota H,Yokoo H

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic mutations in NRAS, PTEN and AKT1 genes are rarely (~1%) reported in primary NSCLC, but their role in carcinogenesis have been proven. Therefore, we assessed the frequency of them in 145 FFPE tissue samples from CNS metastases of NSCLC using the real-time PCR technique. We identified four (two NRAS and single A...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Nicoś M,Krawczyk P,Jarosz B,Sawicki M,Trojanowski T,Milanowski J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ollier disease (OD) and Maffucci syndrome are rare conditions due to a post-zygotic somatic mutation that results in mosaicism. In addition to enchondromas and hemangiomas, some of these patients also develop other unrelated tumors, such as gliomas, that harbor IDH mutations, suggesting that an IDH mutation is a commo...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Tan CL,Vellayappan B,Wu B,Yeo TT,McLendon RE

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse gliomas are highly infiltrative intracranial tumors, but there are few useful markers for detecting infiltrating glioma cells in the surrounding brain tissue. Doublecortin (DCX) is a microtubule-associated protein (MAP) that plays a crucial role in neuroblast migration. It was recently demonstrated that DCX is...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Masui K,Mawatari SY,Suzuki SO,Iwaki T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old woman was found to have a tumor in the pineal region. Histologically, Homer-Wright rosettes were sporadically distributed in a diffuse proliferation of round tumor cells that were immunoreactive for synaptophysin and chromogranin. A few perivascular pseudorosettes were also present, and the perivascular ...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Utsuki S,Kawano N,Oka H,Fukushima Y,Kondo K,Tanizaki Y,Yashui Y,Fujii K,Yagishita S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary tumor of the pineal region (PTPR) is a recently described neoplasm. Several studies have been published on this tumor, but its pathological features and the appropriate treatment remain unclear. PTPR is reported to originate from ependymal cells in the subcommissural organ. Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 and 2 (...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Ishida A,Shibuya M,Komori T,Nobusawa S,Niimura K,Matsuo S,Hori T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candidate genes involved in metastasis to the brain require investigation. In the present study, the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene was analyzed in a set of human brain metastases. Gross deletions of the APC gene were tested by polymerase chain reaction/loss of heterozygosity (LOH) using the restriction fragmen...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Pećina-Šlaus N,Nikuševa Martić T,Zeljko M,Bulat S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The IDH-mutant and 1p/19q co-deletion (1p19q codel) provides significant diagnostic and prognostic value in lower-grade gliomas. As ATRX mutation and 1p19q codel are mutually exclusive, ATRX immunohistochemistry (IHC) may substitute for 1p19q codel, but this has not been comprehensively examined. In the current study,...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Yamamichi A,Ohka F,Aoki K,Suzuki H,Kato A,Hirano M,Motomura K,Tanahashi K,Chalise L,Maeda S,Wakabayashi T,Kato Y,Natsume A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although tissue confirmation is essential for a diagnosis of primary central nervous system large B-cell lymphoma (PCNSBL), accurate assessment may still be difficult, even when tissue is obtained. We report a 59-year-old man, first diagnosed as multiple sclerosis by open biopsy at another institution, who was then co...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Utsuki S,Oka H,Miyazaki T,Yamazaki T,Yasui Y,Fujii K,Kawano N,Tokuyama W,Iwabuchi K,Okayasu I,Yagishita S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of intraoperative pathological diagnosis for central nervous system (CNS) tumors is crucial for neurosurgery when determining the surgical procedure. Especially, treatment of carmustine (BCNU) wafers requires a conclusive diagnosis of high-grade glioma proven by intraoperative diagnosis. Recently, we demonstr...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Moriya J,Tanino MA,Takenami T,Endoh T,Urushido M,Kato Y,Wang L,Kimura T,Tsuda M,Nishihara H,Tanaka S,R-IHC Study Group.

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1), a neutral amino acid transport agent, is essential for the transport of large neutral amino acids. LAT1 also corresponds to tumor-associated gene-1 (TA1), an oncofetal antigen that is expressed primarily in fetal tissues and cancer cells such as glioma cells. We have investigate...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Nawashiro H,Otani N,Uozumi Y,Ooigawa H,Toyooka T,Suzuki T,Katoh H,Tsuzuki N,Ohnuki A,Shima K,Shinomiya N,Matsuo H,Kanai Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old girl presented with a history of visual disturbance without headache, nausea, or vomiting in May 2010. In July 2010, the patient visited our hospital because of visual disturbance. Head magnetic resonance images revealed hydrocephalus caused by a ring-enhancing mass lesion located in the vermis. Total ...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Utsuki S,Oka H,Kijima C,Yasui Y,Fujii K,Kawano N

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of hemorrhagic onset in pilocytic astrocytoma and pilomyxoid astrocytoma, and the clinical and histological characteristics, were compared to other types of neuroepithelial tumors or nonhemorrhagic pilocytic astrocytoma by retrospective review of 445 consecutive neuroepithelial tumors treated at our inst...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Shibahara I,Kanamori M,Kumabe T,Endo H,Sonoda Y,Ogawa Y,Watanabe M,Tominaga T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to clarify clinical significance of the H3F3A K27M mutation (H3K27M) and analyze the correlation between H3K27M, H3K27me3 status, and EZH2 expression and prognosis in spinal cord gliomas. Patients with spinal cord diffuse glioma regardless of World Health Organization (WHO) grade underwe...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Ishi Y,Takamiya S,Seki T,Yamazaki K,Hida K,Hatanaka KC,Ishida Y,Oda Y,Tanaka S,Yamaguchi S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytic infundibulo-neurohypophysitis (LINH) was first reported by Saito et al. and Imura et al. as a cause of idiopathic central diabetes insipidus. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with a contrast medium demonstrates thickening of the pituitary stalk, enlargement of the neurohypophysis, or both with homogeneous e...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Abe T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year old female was referred to the Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato Hospital, because of a hearing impairment. Neuroimaging revealed a typical meningioma attached to the falx in the right frontal region. During surgery, an encapsulated, circumscribed, reddish-gray, slightly hard tumor attached to the falx wa...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Miyajima Y,Oka H,Utsuki S,Hagiwara H,Inukai M,Kijima C,Hara A,Yasui Y,Kawano N,Fujii K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and histological characteristics of oligodendroglioma and oligoastrocytoma were investigated in patients, mainly adults with supratentorial tumors, who were treated with surgery and radiotherapy, and with chemotherapy for recurrent, anaplastic tumors, or both. The median survival time was 13.2 years for o...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Tamura M,Zama A,Kurihara H,Kano T,Imai H,Ishiuchi S,Iwai T,Naito I

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary tumor of the pineal region (PTPR) was recently added to the 2007 WHO classification of tumors of the central nervous system as a rare pineal tumor. We present a case of a 17-year-old man who developed a 3-cm pineal tumor that was incompletely excised following two operations. The pathological findings presen...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Yano H,Ohe N,Nakayama N,Shinoda J,Iwama T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT), a recently established central nervous system tumor entity, occurs in children and is more malignant than medulloblastoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET). We report here a case of AT/RT in a male infant who was 9 months old at the time of diagnosis. Magnetic resonance ...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Inenaga C,Toyoshima Y,Mori H,Nishiyama K,Tanaka R,Takahashi H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00