Abstract: Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma nasal type is a rare disease that mainly affects the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses of males in the fifth decade of life. It has aggressive and locally destructive behaviour, and can be complicated by the hemophagocytic syndrome, conferring high lethality to the disease. This article describes a case of NK/T-cell lymphoma nasal type in a previously healthy patient, exemplifying its rapid and fulminant course.

Both multicentric Castleman disease and Kaposi sarcoma are more frequently observed in HIV infected patients. The coexistence of these Human herpesvirus 8 related lesions, in the same tissue, has been observed, but literature reports are scant. On the other hand, the expression of HHV-8-LANA-1 is easily demonstrable by immunohistochemistry. This has been shown to be a powerful tool for the diagnosis of these entities. The aim of this report is to communicate our experience with a case of multicentric Castleman disease occurring in the setting of HIV infection, which demonstrated microscopic Kaposi sarcoma in the same lymph node during the pathological work-up

Glioblastomas são tumores astrocíticos de alto grau de malignidade e o diagnóstico baseado nos critérios histológicos atuais não tem explicado a maior sobrevida observada em alguns casos. A presença de um componente oligodendroglial foi proposta mais recentemente como um possível indicador de maior sobrevida, tanto pela OMS quanto pela classificação de Sainte Anne 2000. Esta última propõe ainda que um componente neuronal está relacionado com maior sobrevida. O objetivo deste estudo foi rever tumores de 40 pacientes diagnosticados como glioblastomas pelos critérios da OMS, com o propósito de identificar: a presença de um componente oligodendroglial utilizando critérios morfológicos; a presença de um componente neuronal utilizando marcadores imuno-histoquímicos (anticorpos anti-neurofilamento e sinaptofisina). Objetivou-se também correlacionar os achados histológicos e imuno-histoquímicos com a sobrevida dos pacientes, estudando também outras variáveis que podem ter influência na sobrevida. Foram identificados 11 tumores com componente oligodendroglial e 7 com componente neuronal. Apesar do pequeno número de casos estudados, a presença de um componente oligodendroglial associou-se com maior sobrevida. O valor da expressão de marcadores neuronais em gliomas malignos precisa ser confirmado com a avaliação de séries maiores.

Glioblastomas are high grade astrocytic tumors and current histology criteria does not explain the longer survival in some cases. Presence of oligodendroglial component has been suggested as possible marker for better outcome by the international WHO Working Group of experts and by the proponents of the Sainte-Anne Hospital Classification (2000). The latter also states that a neuronal component is associated with better survival. The aim of this study was to analyze a series of 40 patients with tumors classified as glioblastomas based on the WHO criteria, in order to identify: the presence of an oligodendroglial component, using morphologic criteria; the presence of a neuronal component, using immunohistochemical markers (antibodies anti-neurofilament and synaptofisin). The histological and immunohistochemical findings were correlated with patients' survival and other variables of possible prognostic significance were also studied. Oligodendroglial component was identified in 11 cases and neuronal component in 7. Despite the small number of patients studied, this review detected a longer survival in patients with oligodendroglial component. The significance of expression of neuronal markers in malignant gliomas is still to be confirmed, with the evaluation of larger series.