2001
Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors of the Biliary and Gastrointestinal Tracts: Clinicopathologic and Molecular Diagnostic Study of Two Cases
Sarangarajan R, Hill D, Humphrey P, Hitchcock M, Dehner L, Pfeifer J. Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors of the Biliary and Gastrointestinal Tracts: Clinicopathologic and Molecular Diagnostic Study of Two Cases. Pediatric And Developmental Pathology 2001, 4: 185-191. PMID: 11178636, DOI: 10.1007/s100240010141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentBile Duct NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorDNA PrimersDNA, NeoplasmFemaleHepatic Duct, CommonHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesJejunal NeoplasmsMaleNeoplasm ProteinsNeoplasms, Second PrimaryNeuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, PeripheralReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, NeoplasmSequence Analysis, DNAWilms TumorConceptsPrimitive neuroectodermal tumorNeuroectodermal tumorMalignant small round cell tumorMalignant soft tissue tumorsSmall round cell tumorSoft tissue tumorsRound cell tumorNon-classical sitesMore conventional sitesEWS-FLI1 gene fusionMolecular diagnostic studiesTranscription-polymerase chain reaction analysisCharacteristic immunoreactivityHepatic ductCell tumorsClinicopathologic profileTissue tumorsGastrointestinal tractChain reaction analysisUnusual siteSmall intestineTumorsMolecular findingsTumor cellsDiagnostic studies
1997
Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Kidney-Another Enigma: a Pathologic, Immunohistochemical, and Molecular Diagnostic Study
Marley E, Liapis H, Humphrey P, Nadler R, Siegel C, Zhu X, Brandt J, Dehner L. Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Kidney-Another Enigma: a Pathologic, Immunohistochemical, and Molecular Diagnostic Study. The American Journal Of Surgical Pathology 1997, 21: 354-359. PMID: 9060607, DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199703000-00013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimitive neuroectodermal tumorPolymerase chain reactionNeuroectodermal tumorRenal primitive neuroectodermal tumorPrimary primitive neuroectodermal tumorComplete immunohistochemical evaluationNeuron-specific enolasePrimitive round cellsDecades of lifeSoft tissue neoplasmSites of predilectionMolecular diagnostic studiesFormation of rosettesAbdominal painAbdominal massImmunohistochemical evaluationParaspinal regionEwing's sarcomaChest wallRound cellsTumor cellsCharacteristic translocationDiagnostic studiesProgenitor cellsKidney