-Background: Choroid plexus tumors are rare. Results on immunohistochemical features are scanty and controversial even regarding normal plexus. Method: Thirteen cases of choroid plexus tumors and five samples of normal fetal choroid plexus were submitted to immunohistochemical study using a panel of epithelial, neuronal and stromal markers. Results/Conclusions: Relevant histological findings were presence of clear cells in 3/5 papillomas (PP) and 7/8 carcinomas (CA) and all 5 fetal plexuses; rhabdoid cells, desmoplasia and vascular proliferation were found respectively in 3, 4 and 5 cases out of 6 poorly differentiated CA and were absent in PP and well differentiated CA. Pancytokeratin AE1/AE3 was strongly positive in all 13 cases, even in the undifferentiated component of poorly differentiated CA, where reactivity was focal in 3 and diffuse in 3 cases. Low molecular weight cytokeratin (35βH11) was not expressed in any of the 8 CA, but was present in all 5 PP. In 4 of 6 poorly differentiated CA there was reactivity for smooth muscle actin (1A4) in 10 to 30% of the cells. This was true also for one case lacking rhabdoid cells. Laminin was undetectable in all 6 cases of poorly differentiated CA but was present in 4 PP and 2 well differentiated CA. All 5 fetal plexuses expressed GFAP.KEY WORDS: choroid plexus tumors, normal fetal choroid plexus, immunohistochemistry, central nervous system. Papilomas e carcinomas do plexo coróide: estudo histológico e imuno-histoquímico e comparação com plexo coróide fetal normal RESUMO -Contexto: Os tumores do plexo coróide são raros. Os resultados de dados imuno-histoquímicos são escassos e controversos, o mesmo valendo para o plexo coróide normal. Método: Treze casos de tumores do plexo coróide e cinco exemplares de plexo coróide fetal normal foram submetidos a estudo imuno-histoquímico, utilizando-se marcadores para antígenos epiteliais, neurais e estromais. Resultados/Conclusão: Os achados histológicos mais relevantes foram células claras em 3/5 papilomas (PP) e 7/8 carcinomas (CA) e em todos os 5 plexos fetais; células rabdóides, desmoplasia e proliferação vascular foram encontradas, respectivamente, em 3, 4 e 5 casos de 6 CA pouco diferenciados, mas não nos PP e CA bem diferenciados. A pancitoqueratina AE1/AE3 foi fortemente positiva em todos os 13 casos, mesmo no componente indiferenciado do CA pouco diferenciado, em que a reatividade foi focal em 3 casos e difusa em outros 3. A citoqueratina de baixo peso molecular (35βH11) não foi expressa em nenhum dos 8 CA, mas estava presente em todos os 5 PP. Em 4/6 CA pouco diferenciados houve reatividade para actina de músculo liso (1A4) em 10-30% das células. Este achado ocorreu também em um caso sem células rabdóides. Laminina não foi detectada em nenhum dos 6 CA pouco diferenciados, mas estava presente em 4 PP e em 2 CA bem diferenciados. Todos os 5 plexos fetais expressaram GFAP. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: tumores do plexo coróide, plexo coróide fetal normal, imuno-histoquímica, sistema nervoso central.
Cystic degeneration of the adventitia is a rare entity occurring most commonly in the popliteal artery: only a few cases involving the external iliac, femoral, radial, and ulnar arteries have been reported. The authors describe 2 cases, one of which appears to be the first report of the disease in the external iliac artery in a child.
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