PMID: 9529579Apr 8, 1998Paper

Argyrophilic nucleolar organiser regions (AgNORs) in breast lesions

Journal of the Indian Medical Association
A DasguptaC Mukherjee

Abstract

Nucleolar organiser regions (NORs) demonstrated by argyrophilia of NOR-proteins are indicator of cellular proliferative activity. The NORs can be identified in the nuclei as brown or black dots with silver colloidal staining technique in formalin fixed paraffin sections and in cytology smears. Seventy-five cases including 45 tissue sections and 30 fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) smears of benign and malignant lesions of breast have been studied to evaluate the significance and practical application of AgNOR count per nucleus. Out of 45 tissue sections 15 belonged to fibrocystic disease, 10 fibro-adenomas and 20 carcinomas and of the 30 FNAC smears, 10 were fibrocystic disease, 8 fibro-adenomas and 12 carcinomas. In fibrocystic disease the mean AgNOR count was 1.60 (FNAC group-0.75, tissue section-1.61). In fibro-adenomas it was 1.61 (FNAC-1.63, tissue section-1.59). The mean count in carcinoma was 12.10 (FNAC-12.08, tissue section-12.10). The difference in AgNOR count in fibrocystic disease and fibro-adenoma was not significant, but that between benign breast lesion and carcinoma was significant. No difference was observed between FNAC and tissue section groups in benign or malignant lesions. The simple staining techniqu...Continue Reading

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