Human papillomavirus (HPV) is an important causative agent of cervical carcinoma and some malignant cutaneous tumors. The integration of HPV DNA into the host genome is one of the most important risk factors for malig...Human papillomavirus (HPV) is an important causative agent of cervical carcinoma and some malignant cutaneous tumors. The integration of HPV DNA into the host genome is one of the most important risk factors for malignant transformation. Here, we report the case of a 53-year-old man with multiple, black-brown genital macules and nodules. Histological findings resembled those for Bowen’s disease, and we made a diagnosis of bowenoid papulosis. This condition is generally benign, but invasive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) arising from bowenoid papulosis has been previously reported. Therefore, we took biopsy specimens from 10 lesions and tested them for the presence of HPV DNA. DNA sequencing identified HPV type 16 (HPV-16) DNA in all samples. Next, we excised 4 different relatively large lesions and performed an amplification of papillomavirus oncogene transcripts (APOT) assay. This assay showed that all samples had only episome-derived viral transcripts, indicating no integration of HPV DNA into the host genome. We have followed this case for 3 years, and no progression to Bowen’s disease or SCC has so far been observed. We conclude that the APOT assay is a feasible method for evaluating the malignant potential of bowenoid papulosis.展开更多
Spindle cell hemangioma (SCH) is a rare benign vascular tumor and we report 2 cases of SCH who are 50-year-old man and 16-year-old girl. A growing amount of evidence indicates that multifunctional ECM molecule decorin...Spindle cell hemangioma (SCH) is a rare benign vascular tumor and we report 2 cases of SCH who are 50-year-old man and 16-year-old girl. A growing amount of evidence indicates that multifunctional ECM molecule decorin regulate endothelial cell-matrix interactions during angiogenesis. Furthermore, a current publication shows that no detectable decorin expression was found in the stromas of tumor nests in Kaposi’s sarcoma or angiosarcoma groups while the expression was clearly observed in the connective tissue stromas within benign vascular tumors. SCH exhibits spindle cell proliferation and resembles Kaposi’s sarcoma. Therefore, this study examined decorin expression in the tissues of our SCH cases by immunohistochemical analysis. The results demonstrated that immunoreactivity of decorin was clearly detectable in the connective tissue stroma within tumor nests. SCH was first perceived as sarcoma because of spindle cell proliferation, but this proliferation was subsequently found to be reactive. The presence of decorin expression in our cases also indicates that SCH have benign properties. Moreover, this study further increases the reliability of examination of decorin expression for differentiation between benign and malignant vascular tumors.展开更多
文摘Human papillomavirus (HPV) is an important causative agent of cervical carcinoma and some malignant cutaneous tumors. The integration of HPV DNA into the host genome is one of the most important risk factors for malignant transformation. Here, we report the case of a 53-year-old man with multiple, black-brown genital macules and nodules. Histological findings resembled those for Bowen’s disease, and we made a diagnosis of bowenoid papulosis. This condition is generally benign, but invasive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) arising from bowenoid papulosis has been previously reported. Therefore, we took biopsy specimens from 10 lesions and tested them for the presence of HPV DNA. DNA sequencing identified HPV type 16 (HPV-16) DNA in all samples. Next, we excised 4 different relatively large lesions and performed an amplification of papillomavirus oncogene transcripts (APOT) assay. This assay showed that all samples had only episome-derived viral transcripts, indicating no integration of HPV DNA into the host genome. We have followed this case for 3 years, and no progression to Bowen’s disease or SCC has so far been observed. We conclude that the APOT assay is a feasible method for evaluating the malignant potential of bowenoid papulosis.
文摘Spindle cell hemangioma (SCH) is a rare benign vascular tumor and we report 2 cases of SCH who are 50-year-old man and 16-year-old girl. A growing amount of evidence indicates that multifunctional ECM molecule decorin regulate endothelial cell-matrix interactions during angiogenesis. Furthermore, a current publication shows that no detectable decorin expression was found in the stromas of tumor nests in Kaposi’s sarcoma or angiosarcoma groups while the expression was clearly observed in the connective tissue stromas within benign vascular tumors. SCH exhibits spindle cell proliferation and resembles Kaposi’s sarcoma. Therefore, this study examined decorin expression in the tissues of our SCH cases by immunohistochemical analysis. The results demonstrated that immunoreactivity of decorin was clearly detectable in the connective tissue stroma within tumor nests. SCH was first perceived as sarcoma because of spindle cell proliferation, but this proliferation was subsequently found to be reactive. The presence of decorin expression in our cases also indicates that SCH have benign properties. Moreover, this study further increases the reliability of examination of decorin expression for differentiation between benign and malignant vascular tumors.
