[Hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma in children. Immunohistochemical, ultrastructural and flow cytometric case study].
Mesenchymal hamartoma is a rare liver lesion. This lesion was found in a 7-month-old girl with high serum alphafaetoprotein serum levels and was composed of loose connective tissue containing a certain number of epithelial cells of biliary or hepatic origin. Immunohistochemical studies showed that cytokeratins 7 and 19 were localized in bile duct epithelium. The ultrastructural study showed that the hamartoma was composed of well differentiated ductal structures surrounded by a myxoid mesenchyma with cysts formed either from degenerative mesenchymal areas or from dilated ducts. Flow cytometric analysis of nuclei from frozen tissue revealed that the lesion was DNA aneuploid, with a DNA index of 1.28.
Justrabo
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Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique, Faculté de Médecine, Dijon.
Martin
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Yaziji
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Couillault
J P
JP
Gounot
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Olsson
N O
NO
Piard
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F
D000782:Aneuploidy; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007223:Infant; D053552:Keratin-7; D007633:Keratins / Q000032:analysis; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008940:Mitotic Index; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000378:metabolism
C507497:KRT7 protein, human; D053552:Keratin-7; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins; D007633:Keratins; D004247:DNA