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DNA content and cell proliferation in giant congenital melanocytic naevi (GCMN). An analysis by image cytometry. 1998

G Fromont Hankard, and S Fraitag, and M Wolter, and N Brousse, and S Masood

Department of Pathology, University Medical Center, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. gaelle.fromont@rdb.ap-hop-paris.fr

GCMN may be precursors of melanoma, and it has been suggested that the presence of atypical foci could increase the risk of malignant transformation. In order to better define atypical GCMN, we analyzed DNA content and proliferative activity in 21 samples of GCMN, with (n=13) or without (n=8) cytologic atypia. Six benign acquired naevi (AN) and 6 malignant melanoma (MM) were used as controls. DNA content was determined with the CAS 200 image analyzer, and DNA histograms were classified according to the Auer classification. The proliferative indices (PI) were measured after Ki 67 immunostaining using the CAS 200 system. All AN and GCMN without atypia showed class I histograms (normal DNA content) and low PI (mean 1.9 and 2.1). Atypical GCMN showed in 10 cases an abnormal DNA content (class III or IV histograms) with low PI (mean 2.7), and in 3 cases a normal DNA content (class I histograms) with higher PI (mean 16.2). All MM displayed abnormal DNA content and high PI (mean 32.6). In conclusion, abnormal DNA content seems to correlate with cytologic atypia in GCMN. Atypical GCMN exhibit an overall pattern of DNA content and cell proliferation intermediate between non-atypical naevi and MM.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008297	Male		Males
D008940	Mitotic Index	An expression of the number of mitoses found in a stated number of cells.	Index, Mitotic,Indices, Mitotic,Mitotic Indices
D009508	Nevus, Pigmented	A nevus containing melanin. The term is usually restricted to nevocytic nevi (round or oval collections of melanin-containing nevus cells occurring at the dermoepidermal junction of the skin or in the dermis proper) or moles, but may be applied to other pigmented nevi.	Nevus, Melanocytic,Nevi, Melanocytic,Nevi, Pigmented,Pigmented Moles,Melanocytic Nevi,Melanocytic Nevus,Pigmented Nevi,Pigmented Nevus
D002455	Cell Division	The fission of a CELL. It includes CYTOKINESIS, when the CYTOPLASM of a cell is divided, and CELL NUCLEUS DIVISION.	M Phase,Cell Division Phase,Cell Divisions,Division Phase, Cell,Division, Cell,Divisions, Cell,M Phases,Phase, Cell Division,Phase, M,Phases, M
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D004247	DNA	A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine).	DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D005260	Female		Females

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