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- Title
A case of neurofibrosarcoma associated with neurofibromatosis-ganglioside analysis.
- Authors
Morioka, N.; Tsuchida, T.; Ishibashi, Y.; Otsuka, F.
- Abstract
A patient with neurofibromatosis developed neurofibrosarcoma (NFS). The tumour was composed of spindle-shaped cells with atypical nuclei arranged in a fascicular or sheet-Like fashion. The tumour cells had discontinous basement membrane-like structures and were positively stained with the monoclonal antibody against S100 protein α chain. Both the primary tumour and its cultured cells contained GM3 and GD3 as major gangliosides. The ganglioside pattern of the primary tumour corresponds to that of NFS in our previous study. In the cultured NFS cells, the relative amount ratio of GM3 to GD3 is almost reversed compared to that of the primary tumour. This reversion may reflect some environmental influence on the ganglioside metabolism of NFS.
- Subjects
NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PHAKOMATOSES; NEUROFIBROMA; GENETIC disorders; MULTIPLE tumors; PERIPHERAL nerve tumors
- Publication
Clinical & Experimental Dermatology, 1991, Vol 16, Issue 6, p467
- ISSN
0307-6938
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2230.1991.tb01239.x