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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-7-18
pubmed:abstractText
Neuroblastoma, along with rhabdomyosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma, is one of the small, round-cell tumors of childhood. All of these malignancies show a propensity to metastasize to bone marrow. Occasionally when the clinical picture is unclear and the tumor is particularly anaplastic, it can be difficult to arrive at a diagnosis by conventional histological and biochemical procedures. In the present study, a panel of nine monoclonal antibodies was used to undertake a detailed analysis of seven bone marrows contaminated with tumor cells: six cases of stage IV neuroblastoma, and one case of stage IV-S neuroblastoma. The antibody profiles obtained were compared with those deduced from the studies of over 20 marrows from patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. A comparison of these data with those obtained from the studies of rhabdomyosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma cell lines and tissues suggests that when high levels of tumor cells are present in the marrow, it is possible to obtain a confident diagnosis of either neuroblastoma or acute lymphoblastic leukemia. In addition, the immunocytological identification of neuroblasts in bone marrow enables accurate staging without histological examination.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0098-1532
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
190-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnosis of neuroblastoma metastasis in bone marrow with a panel of monoclonal antibodies.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't