[Comparative study of histopathological patterns of primary tumour and pulmonary metastases of malignant tumours in children and adolescents after complex therapy].
The histopathological features of the primary site and 102 pulmonal metastases were compared in the material from 40 malignancies in children and adolescents. All patients were treated by chemotherapy. Among the malignancies 30 were osteogenic sarcomas. A great histological variability in the multiple metastases removed at one surgical procedure and also in the metastases removed in the subsequent surgeries, were found. Summing up, the whole investigation; in 61.8% of metastatic focusses no difference was found in the histopathological patterns seen at the primary site and pulmonary metastases, in 17.6% total regression was observed, in 13.8% dedifferentiation and in 6.8% maturation of the tumours tissue were observed.
Liebhart
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Zaklad Patomorfologii, Instytut Matki i Dziecka w Warszawie, ul. Kasprzaka 17a, 01-211 Warszawa, Polska. imid@imid.med.pl
Klepacka
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Michalak
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Wozniak
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W
Szafranski
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A
D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002804:Chondroblastoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary