Ulrich Brinck(1), Monika Korabiowska(1), Jadwiga Knapik(2), Ilka Ruschenburg(1), Halina Trybus- Galuszka(3), Stanislaw B. Bartkowski(2), Jerzy Stachura(3)

1) Department of Pathology, Georg August University, Goettingen, Germany,
2) Department of Maxillofacial Surgery,
3) Department of Clinical and Experimental Pathomorphology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow

Abstract

The ploidy status of 5 recurrent and 7 nonrecurrent basaliomas was investigated using a CAS 200 image analyser. All recurrent basaliomas were aneuploid in contrast to nonrecurrent ones representing the euploid status. The percentage of cells in S phase in recurrent basaliomas was twice as high as in nonrecurrent ones. The authors conclude that aneuploidy in primary tumour can be a warning signal for recurrences and these patients should undergo special control.

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