Head and Neck Pathology
Vahid Zand; Fariba Binesh; Mojtaba Meybodian; Farzan Safi Dahaj; Arezoo Alamdar yazdi
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Background & Objective: Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is considered to be one of the most common cancers of the head and neck, accounting for roughly 90% of all malignant tumors of the larynx. To have a timely diagnosis for a better and practical therapy, molecular markers have to be investigated. ...
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Background & Objective: Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is considered to be one of the most common cancers of the head and neck, accounting for roughly 90% of all malignant tumors of the larynx. To have a timely diagnosis for a better and practical therapy, molecular markers have to be investigated. The aim of this study was to determine the expression of Cyclin D1 (CD1) in patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods: In this study the demographic data of 82 patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma, including age, gender and geographical region history of smoking and drug abuse, paraclinical findings, surgical description, and pathologic reports were extracted from their medical records. The stage and grade of the disease and tumor location were determined using their medical records. An appropriate tissue sample was selected. Then, the selected cancerous tissue samples stored as formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue then were (Immunohistochemistry) IHC stained and analyzed in terms of the expression of CD1. Result & Conclusion : According to the results, 75 out of 82 (91.5%) investigated samples were positive for CD1 expression. There was a significant relationship between stage of the disease (P=0.041) and CD1 expression in patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. There was no significant relationship between gender (P=0.055), age (P=0.256), history of smoking and drug abuse (P=0.192), location of the tumor (P=0.90), grade of the disease (P=0.515) and geographical region (P=0.466) and CD1 expression in patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. The results of the present study showed that CD1 expression was higher (91.5%) in patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma in comparison to the other studies. According to the results we can conclude that stage of the disease can significantly affect CD1 expression in patients with squamous cell carcinoma.
Fariba Binesh; Kazem Aghili; Marjan Hakiminia; Mohammad Reza Vahidfar; Roghayeh Masumi
Volume 11, Issue 5 , October 2016, , Pages 443-447
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Disseminated angiomatosis, also referred to as cystic angiomatosis, is a generalized disease that involves bones and soft tissue. It is characterized by multifocal hemangiomatous lesions of the bones with possible visceral organ involvement. The clinical manifestations differ according to the site and ...
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Disseminated angiomatosis, also referred to as cystic angiomatosis, is a generalized disease that involves bones and soft tissue. It is characterized by multifocal hemangiomatous lesions of the bones with possible visceral organ involvement. The clinical manifestations differ according to the site and the extension of disorder. Here we describe a case of generalized angiomatosis occurring in a 35-yr-old Iranian woman, initially misdiagnosed as osseous metastasis, who presented at Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Yazd, Iran in February 2014. Although the clinical, radiological and pathological features are diagnostic, the process is often mistaken with other lytic lesions of the bones, especially malignant tumors. The case is being reported owing to its scarcity as per the literature published globally.
Oral Pathology
Fariba Binesh; Mohammad Hossein Dadgarnia; Yasaman Khaksar; Abbas Mirvakili
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Paragangliomas are neoplasms of neural crest origin. In the head and neck, they uncommonly involve the larynx. The distinction between paragangliomas and other neuroendocrine tumors can be difficult. Precise diagnosis is important in order to optimize patient treatment. Diagnosis relies mostly on histopathologic ...
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Paragangliomas are neoplasms of neural crest origin. In the head and neck, they uncommonly involve the larynx. The distinction between paragangliomas and other neuroendocrine tumors can be difficult. Precise diagnosis is important in order to optimize patient treatment. Diagnosis relies mostly on histopathologic examination followed by immunohistochemistry. Here we report a 77-year-old woman with laryngeal paraganglioma that initially misdiagnosed as laryngeal carcinoid tumor.