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G Bertoli

Publications and source records attributed to G Bertoli.

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[Light-chain deposition disease. Presentation of a case].

A case of 66-years-old woman with mild renal failure due to deposition of K light chains on glomerular nodules, is reported. Monoclonal K light chains were found by immunofixation in serum and concentrated urine. Bone marrow examination showed a moderate increase of plasma cells, all stained for K light chains. Amyloid was not identified. No chemotherapy was started. Despite this, in the 15-months follow-up, renal function was preserved; no signs of myeloma, nor of extrarenal involvement were found. Careful follow-up is emphasized. The reason why light chains form amyloidoses or nodular deposits, like diabetic glomerulosclerosis of Kimmelstiel-Wilson, is briefly discussed, together with the differential diagnosis from other nephropathies.

Aged↗

[Mixed ovarian germinal neoplasia: adult embryonal carcinoma and dysgerminoma with trophoblasts].

Malignant mixed germ cell tumor of the ovary: embryonal carcinoma and dysgerminoma with trophoblastic cells. A case of ovarian neoplasia in a 19-years-old woman is described showing mixed germ cell tumor patterns. The main component is a solid embryonal carcinoma with mainly syncytial-like, highly anaplastic cells, displaying diffuse CK-immunoreactivities and scattered PLAP-positive cells. Many CK- and beta-HCG-positive syncytiotrophoblastic and intermediate trophoblastic cells are present. A second component is a dysgerminoma with lymphoid stroma and diffuse PLAP-cytomembrane immunoreactivities: rare cells, to be identified as intermediate trophoblast cells, are CK- and strongly beta-HCG-positive. Many syncytiotrophoblastic cells with a brisk CK- and beta-HCG-positivities are also noted. The embryonal carcinoma component is metastasized to the controlateral ovary, uterus and omentum. A complete immunohistochemical analysis is recommended to properly diagnose germ cell neoplasias of the ovary both for descriptive and prognostic-therapeutic purposes. The very rare presence in the same ovarian tumor of mixed patterns as adult embryonal carcinoma and dysgerminoma with trophoblastic cells, is stressed.

Adult↗

[An unusual case of hematuria].

The author describes a unusual case of haematuria from Schistosoma Haematobium and dispute the modalities of diagnosis and therapy.

Child↗