Adrenocortical neoplasms in childhood and adolescence: Analysis of prognostic factors including DNA content

Endocrine Pathology
C ZerbiniErnest E Lack

Abstract

Thirty-two adrenocortical neoplasms in children and adolescents were evaluated for prognostic factors including clinical and morphological parameters and DNA ploidy. The patients were segregated into two groups according to clinical outcome: group A, represented by patients with clinically benign neoplasms (n = 15), and group B, patients with clinically malignant tumors as evidenced by local recurrence, metastases, or fatal outcome (n = 17). Clinical and morphological parameters in these two groups were evaluated using appropriate statistical methods. Parameters with a significant predictive value in terms of prognosis were age [p = .04], tumor size (p = .0003), median tumor weight (p = .0001), mitotic count (p = 0.04), and 25% tumor necrosis or more (p = .03). Twenty-three cases were studied for DNA ploidy: 10 cases by image analysis and 13 by both image analysis and flow cytometry. By ploidy analysis, 17 of 23 cases-12 of 14 in group A and 5 of 9 in group B-were found to be aneuploid. Multiple aneuploid peaks were found in 5 of 23 cases-4 of 14 cases in group A and 1 of 9 cases in group B. In tumors studied by both image analysis and flow cytometry, there was no discrepancy between results of ploidy analysis. There was no sta...Continue Reading

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