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S Nishio

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Cells constituting cerebellar hemangioblastomas. Ultrastructural study.

Five capillary hemangioblastomas exhibiting a range of histologic variations common to this tumor were studied using electron microscopy. The capillary hemangioblastoma were composed commonly of three cell lines -- stromal cells, endothelial cells and pericytes. In addition, extramedullary hematopoietic foci were seen in the tissue of one case. We regarded all these cellular elements as neoplastic components. The interconvertibility among them was not confirmed. The capillary hemangioblastomas were highly organized by those multiple cell lines. The histologic pattern of growth was arbitrarily subgrouped into stromal cell prominent type and capillary prominent type. Intermediate features between the two types were observed. These different types would depend on relative proportions and the degree of maturity of the constituting cell elements. From the histogenetic point of view, we considered capillary hemangioblastomas as being a hamartomatous tumor.

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Ventricular and subarachnoid seeding of intracranial tumors of neuroectodermal origin--a study of 26 consecutive autopsy cases with reference to focal ependymal defect.

In a series of 26 consecutive autopsy cases of intracranial tumors of neuroectodermal origin, tumor seeding on the ventricular surface and in the subarachnoid space was studied. Five cases of glioblastoma multiforme, six of malignant astrocytoma, six of medulloblastoma, one mixed glioblastoma-fibrosarcoma, one unclassified glioma, and one ependymoma showed ventricular and/or subarachnoid seeding of tumor. The incidence of tumor seeding in our series (76.9%) is much higher than in other series. This discrepancy is probably due to the inclusion of a large number of very small tumor metastases that may have been overlooked in other series. In all cases where metastases were observed the primary tumor extended into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Tumor seeding via the cerebrospinal pathway was more frequently associated with malignant tumors. The distribution of tumor metastases correlated with CSF flow and with the site of focal ependymal defects, which were present in normal brains but occurred more frequently and widely in hydrocephalus.

Adolescent↗

Type 1 glycogenosis with contracted kidneys and liver cell adenoma.

A 22-year-old man with type 1 glycogenosis died of renal and respiratory failure. Postmortem examination revealed deposition of glycogen in liver cells, a liver cell adenoma, bilateral contracted kidneys with scent glycogen deposition, and pulmonary edema. The development of liver cell adenoma was thought to be related to underlying metabolic disorder and contracted kidneys were considered to be the sequel of massive glycogen deposition in the renal tubular epithelium.

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[The ultrastructure of a gangliocytoma (author's transl)].

The tumor tissue removed surgically from the left parietal subcortical area of a 16-year-old boy was studied by light and electron microscopy. Our results were identical to cases reported previously. By light microscopy, the neoplasm was composed mostly of mature and immature ganglion cells and glial cells. Ganglion cells with large nuclei and prominent nucleoli had characteristic Nissl substance in various amounts and they were encompassed in a network of fibrous connective tissue. Glial cells were mainly oligodendrocytic. Astrocytes were small in number and did not show neoplastic growth. By electron microscopy, mature ganglion cells contained dense core vesicles in their cytoplasm and processes. The size of the vesicles ranged from 100 to 200 nm. Furthermore ganglion cells were surrounded by their own processes and also processes of glial cells. Ganglion cells were rarely found in synaptic contact with adjacent processes. Instead, oligodendrocytes were sometimes situated adjacent to these ganglion cells. These findings suggest that the tumor under study may be of hamartomatous origin. Aside from mature ganglion cells and glial cells, immature cells were present. From viewing the architecture of these immature cells, we concluded that they were also ganglion cells.

Adolescent↗

Spinal cord injury as a complication of an acupuncture.

Recently, acupuncture has been widely performed for the treatment of many different diseases. We studied a patient with migraine who had been treated by "okibari," an acupunctural procedure. About 20 needles were inserted permanently in the subcutaneous tissues of his neck and occipital scalp. About 6 months later he hit the back of his neck, and soon after this accident cervical myelopathy occurred. There have been no similar reports.

Acupuncture Therapy↗