The aim of this study was to investigate the histological, immunohistochemical and molecular features of a series of children with neuroblastic tumors (NTs) and opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome (OMS). Of 1187 children (age 0-15 years) with previously untreated NTs registered between 1979 and 1995, 15 (1.3%) had OMS at presentation. The majority of patients showed favorable biological characteristics, such as lack of amplification of the neuroblastoma-associated avian myelocytomatosis homolog MYCN oncogene and aneuploid nuclear DNA content. Tumor histology was reviewed according to the International Neuroblastoma Pathology Classification. Histology of the 15 cases of NTs with OMS was ganglioneuroblastoma, intermixed, in 10 patients; ganglioneuroma, maturing, in 1; and neuroblastoma in 4. Of 15 tumors, 12 (10 ganglioneuroblastomas, 2 neuroblastomas) showed abundant interstitial or perivascular lymphoid infiltrates, the latter often organized in secondary lymphoid follicles. The three remaining cases had only minimal infiltrates. A review of 91 cases of age- and stage-matched neuroblastic tumors not associated with OMS tested as controls showed that the degree of lymphoid infiltration was significantly lower than that detected in OMS-related tumors. Furthermore, lymphoid follicles were always present in the latter tumors, whereas they were detected only in a few ganglioneuroma, intermixed tumors from the control group. In conclusion, ganglioneuroblastoma, intermixed subtype, lack of MYCN amplification, aneuploid DNA content and presence of lymphoid infiltrates may contribute to favorable prognosis in NTs associated with OMS.

Neuroblastic tumors associated with opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome: Histological, immunohistochemical and molecular features of 15 Italian cases / C., Gambini; M., Conte; G., Bernini; P., Angelini; A., Pession; P., Paolucci; A., Donfrancesco; E., Veneselli; K., Mazzocco; G. P., Tonini; L., Raffaghello; Dominici, Carlo; A., Morando; F., Negri; A., Favre; B., De Bernardi; V., Pistoia. - In: VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. - ISSN 0945-6317. - 442:6(2003), pp. 555-562. [10.1007/s00428-002-0747-1]

Neuroblastic tumors associated with opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome: Histological, immunohistochemical and molecular features of 15 Italian cases

DOMINICI, Carlo;
2003

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the histological, immunohistochemical and molecular features of a series of children with neuroblastic tumors (NTs) and opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome (OMS). Of 1187 children (age 0-15 years) with previously untreated NTs registered between 1979 and 1995, 15 (1.3%) had OMS at presentation. The majority of patients showed favorable biological characteristics, such as lack of amplification of the neuroblastoma-associated avian myelocytomatosis homolog MYCN oncogene and aneuploid nuclear DNA content. Tumor histology was reviewed according to the International Neuroblastoma Pathology Classification. Histology of the 15 cases of NTs with OMS was ganglioneuroblastoma, intermixed, in 10 patients; ganglioneuroma, maturing, in 1; and neuroblastoma in 4. Of 15 tumors, 12 (10 ganglioneuroblastomas, 2 neuroblastomas) showed abundant interstitial or perivascular lymphoid infiltrates, the latter often organized in secondary lymphoid follicles. The three remaining cases had only minimal infiltrates. A review of 91 cases of age- and stage-matched neuroblastic tumors not associated with OMS tested as controls showed that the degree of lymphoid infiltration was significantly lower than that detected in OMS-related tumors. Furthermore, lymphoid follicles were always present in the latter tumors, whereas they were detected only in a few ganglioneuroma, intermixed tumors from the control group. In conclusion, ganglioneuroblastoma, intermixed subtype, lack of MYCN amplification, aneuploid DNA content and presence of lymphoid infiltrates may contribute to favorable prognosis in NTs associated with OMS.
2003
lymphoid infiltrates; neuroblastic tumors; opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome
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Neuroblastic tumors associated with opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome: Histological, immunohistochemical and molecular features of 15 Italian cases / C., Gambini; M., Conte; G., Bernini; P., Angelini; A., Pession; P., Paolucci; A., Donfrancesco; E., Veneselli; K., Mazzocco; G. P., Tonini; L., Raffaghello; Dominici, Carlo; A., Morando; F., Negri; A., Favre; B., De Bernardi; V., Pistoia. - In: VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. - ISSN 0945-6317. - 442:6(2003), pp. 555-562. [10.1007/s00428-002-0747-1]
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