Two cases of extramedullary acute promyelocytic leukemia
Two cases of extramedullary acute promyelocytic leukemia
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髓外急性早幼粒细胞白血病二例
DOI:
10.1002/1097-0142(19950701)76:1
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发表时间:
1995
期刊:
影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
R. Warrell
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作者:
M. Benekli;M. C. Savaş;Í. Haznedaroglu;S. Dündar;M. Weiss;R. Warrell
I have read with great interest the recent article by Yamazaki et al.’ correlating the formation of new vessels with relapse and hematogenous metastases after the resection of pulmonary adenocarcinomas. Although the authors discussed differences of shape and immunostaining of the newly formed and original vessels, they concluded without further reasoning that all of the vessels counted were of recent origin and hence induced by tumor tissue. Considering the unique anatomic structure of the lung consisting of a honeycomb of air-filled spaces separated by thin vascularized septa, the nature of counted vessels in their study deserves further analysis. Unlike carcinomas spreading in solid tissues (e.g., breast, prostate), lung adenocarcinomas grow by filling the ”empty” alveolar spaces without destroying their walls and their capillaries,2 which they use for nutritional support. Substantial parts of these tumors consist of such intraalveolar noninvasive growth. Capillaries found in the peripheral regions that were the primary focus of the vessel counting should be considered the original pulmonary capillaries until proven otherwise.