Stromal cells of hemangioblastomas exhibit mesenchymal stem cell-derived vascular progenitor cell properties.

abstract：:Intraoperative rapid diagnosis has been a useful neurosurgery tool for maximal resection and minimal morbidity. However, only a few studies have been conducted regarding diagnostic accuracy and associated problems. The present study reviews our experience in treating patients and investigates the accuracy and problems...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Uematsu Y,Owai Y,Okita R,Tanaka Y,Itakura T

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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 43-year-old woman who had undergone breast cancer surgery 1 year previously complained of headache and nausea. Her brain computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a well-circumscribed, heterogeneously enhanced tumor in the right thalamus. She underwent gross total resection of the tum...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Akimoto J,Namatame H,Haraoka J,Kudo M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence suggests that tissue hypoxia and apoptosis play important roles in the malignant progression of brain tumors. We investigated the relationship of 14-3-3zeta (an apoptosis-related protein), HIF-1α, and VEGF immunohistochemistry, and evaluated the prognostic value of their expression in human brain...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Cao WD,Kawai N,Miyake K,Zhang X,Fei Z,Tamiya T

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:We report an unusual case of extraventricular (cerebral) neurocytoma with a long, 25-year history, and which appeared to transform to neuroblastoma. In 1978, an 18-year-old woman was treated for right frontal oligodendroglioma. Eighteen years later (in 1996), recurrence of tumor in the fourth ventricle was noted and w...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Sakurada K,Akasaka M,Kuchiki H,Saino M,Mori W,Sato S,Nakazato Y,Kayama T

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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：:Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNT) is a relatively new nosologic entity. First described in 1988, it is now included in the "neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial tumours" category in the revised 2000 World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Tumours of the Nervous System. The collective experience of mo...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Kurtkaya-Yapicier O,Elmaci I,Boran B,Kiliç T,Sav A,Pamir MN

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:Wilms' tumour-1 (WT-1) protein m-RNA was recently demonstrated in meningiomas, suggesting the potential application of WT-1 immunotherapy in these tumours. The aim of the present study was to analyze the immunohistochemical expression of WT-1 protein, its correlation with the clinico-pathological variables and associa...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Barresi V,Caffo M,Branca G,Vitarelli E,Tuccari G

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medulloblastomas with myogenic differentiation, previously termed medullomyoblastomas, form rare variants of medulloblastomas. Occasional tumors showing combined myogenic differentiation and melanotic tubular structures have also been described. On studying the records of a tertiary-care super specialty hospital, of 8...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Majumdar K,Tyagi I,Saran RK,Sakhuja P,Sharma A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a new case of isolated Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) of the hypothalamus. A 53-year-old female patient presented with polydipsia, headache, anorexia, and fatigue. Neurological imaging revealed a mass projecting from the hypothalamus into the third ventricle. Gross total removal of the tumor was perfo...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Horiguchi K,Fujii T,Nakazato Y

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of dural angioleiomyoma (ALM) of the middle cranial fossa. A 62-year-old man was referred to our center for fracture of the left clavicle because of a fall, and he had a sudden seizure during admission. The mass was completely resected. The tumor base was located at the bottom of the temporal lobe i...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Zhou Z,Yu M,Yang S,Zhou J,Sun R,Yang G

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningioma is the most common intracranial tumor, arising from arachnoid cells of the meninges. Monosomy 22 and inactivating mutations of NF2 are well-known genetic alterations of meningiomas. More recently, mutations in TRAF7, AKT1, KLF4, SMO, and PIK3CA were identified by next-generation sequencing. We here reviewed...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Yuzawa S,Nishihara H,Tanaka S

更新日期：2016-10-01 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 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：: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：:Detection of mutations in the isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) gene is useful for accurate diagnosis of lower grade gliomas, as described in the 2016 World Health Organization classification of tumors of the central nervous system. Conventional analysis tools, including Sanger DNA sequencing and immunohistochemistry,...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Hirano M,Ohka F,Maeda S,Chalise L,Yamamichi A,Aoki K,Kato A,Tanahashi K,Motomura K,Nishimura Y,Hara M,Shinjo K,Kondo Y,Wakabayashi T,Natsume A

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：: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：: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：:We investigated stereotactic intratumoral microinfusion of nimustine (ACNU) in recurrent brain tumors. Eligibility required histologic confirmation of glioma recurrence despite standard radiotherapy and chemotherapy as well as enhancement of the recurrence with gadolinium on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A total i...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Wakabayashi T,Yoshida J,Mizuno M,Kajita Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Congenital malignant gliomas are rare brain tumors about which few reports have been published. We present the clinical course and genetic alterations in an infant with a congenital malignant glioma detected incidentally by ultrasonography at 36 weeks. The tumor occupied the right temporoparietal region, extended to t...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Yamashita S,Ryu S,Miyata S,Uchinokura S,Yokogami K,Uehara H,Moriguchi S,Iwakiri T,Marutsuka K,Ikenoue M,Sawa D,Yamada N,Kodama Y,Takeshima H

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family members catalyze extracellular proteolysis. Recent reports have suggested that expression of MMP-2 and -9 might play a critical role in neoplastic tissue invasion or metastasis. In this study, the relationship between the expression of MMP-2 and -9 and the histological feature...

journal_title：Brain tumor pathology

authors： Komatsu K,Nakanishi Y,Nemoto N,Hori T,Sawada T,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00