title: [DNA cytofluorometry of soft tissue tumors].
abstract: We carried out DNA cytofluorometry with propidium iodide stain on the 17 cases of soft tissue tumors including giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath, pigmented villonodular synovitis, 2 hemangiomas, 3 lipomas, 5 schwannomas, 3 neurofibromas, liposarcoma and synovial sarcoma. The benign tumors were characterized by regular polyploidization with very few S-phase cells, indicating slow tumor growth. Most of the malignant soft tissue tumors were associated with remarkable polyploidization with an increase in S-phase cells. However, some malignant tumors did not show polyploidization. We concluded, therefore, that an increase in S-phase cells is an important, cytofluorometric criterion for malignancy of soft tissue tumors.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000032:analysis; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000032:analysis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000032:analysis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000032:analysis / Q000473:pathology; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000032:analysis / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm