TY - JOUR
T1 - Differential diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer in brush cytology specimens
AU - Van Driel, Bernard E M
AU - Van Gulik, Thomas M.
AU - Sturm, Patrick D J
AU - Offerhaus, G. Johan A
AU - Gouma, Dirk J.
AU - Van Noorden, Cornelis J F
PY - 1999/11/15
Y1 - 1999/11/15
N2 - Discrimination between chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic carcinoma can be complicated, particularly in brush cytology specimens. Previous studies have shown that the oxygen insensitivity of the histochemical reaction to detect glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity based on neotetrazolium reduction can be used for discriminating malignant cells from nonmalignant cells. In the present study, we investigated the value of the assay for differential diagnosis between the two pancreatic diseases. Oxygen insensitivity in ductal epithelial cells in normal human pancreas, chronic pancretitis, and pancreatic carcinoma was determined by quantitative image analysis in sections of biopsies and in brush cytology preparations. In sections, the reaction in the absence of oxygen was a proper reflection of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity, whereas in the presence of oxygen only malignant cells showed a significant reaction. Of 39 brush cytology specimens, diagnosis of all 11 cases of pancreatitis and 28 cases of cancer with the oxygen insensitivity test were in agreement with independent measures of chronic pancreatitis and cancer. The oxygen insensitivity test is a simple and valuable tool in addition to conventional pathology for differential diagnosis between pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, both in biopsies and in brush cytology specimens.
AB - Discrimination between chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic carcinoma can be complicated, particularly in brush cytology specimens. Previous studies have shown that the oxygen insensitivity of the histochemical reaction to detect glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity based on neotetrazolium reduction can be used for discriminating malignant cells from nonmalignant cells. In the present study, we investigated the value of the assay for differential diagnosis between the two pancreatic diseases. Oxygen insensitivity in ductal epithelial cells in normal human pancreas, chronic pancretitis, and pancreatic carcinoma was determined by quantitative image analysis in sections of biopsies and in brush cytology preparations. In sections, the reaction in the absence of oxygen was a proper reflection of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity, whereas in the presence of oxygen only malignant cells showed a significant reaction. Of 39 brush cytology specimens, diagnosis of all 11 cases of pancreatitis and 28 cases of cancer with the oxygen insensitivity test were in agreement with independent measures of chronic pancreatitis and cancer. The oxygen insensitivity test is a simple and valuable tool in addition to conventional pathology for differential diagnosis between pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, both in biopsies and in brush cytology specimens.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 10582692
AN - SCOPUS:0033571668
SN - 0008-5472
VL - 59
SP - 5732
EP - 5736
JO - Cancer Research
JF - Cancer Research
IS - 22
ER -