title: Morphometrical investigation of medulloblastoma nuclei by S.A.M. (Shape Analytical Morphometry) software system.
abstract: In order to characterize medulloblastomas and to get over the difficulties sometimes encountered in differential diagnosis, a double morphometric procedure has been applied to its nuclei. The first consisted of size measurements (maximum diameter, area and perimeter), the latter is represented by S.A.M. (Shape Analytical Morphometry) software-system specifically implemented to describe shape of biological structure by analytical parameters. Analytical and dimensional parameters submitted to Hotelling's multivariate discriminant analysis gave the best results when used together in convenient discriminant subsets, thereby allowing a good distinction between medulloblastoma in comparison with neuroblastoma, Ewing's tumor, lymphoblastic and lymphocytic lymphoma. These results underline the usefulness of morphometric characterization also for practical diagnostic purposes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathological Anatomy, University of Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Benedictis
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ricco
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lettini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pennella
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Troia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Napoli
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pesce Delfino
mesh_terms: D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012512:Sarcoma, Ewing / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012984:Software