1. Predictive Role of Ki-67 and Proliferative-Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) in Recurrent Cholesteatoma.
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Araz Server E, Kalaycık Ertugay Ç, Baykal Koca S, Longur ES, Yiğit Ö, Demirhan H, and Çakır Y
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- Adult, Cell Proliferation, Cholesteatoma diagnosis, Cholesteatoma metabolism, Cholesteatoma physiopathology, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Predictive Value of Tests, Recurrence, Retrospective Studies, Cholesteatoma surgery, Ki-67 Antigen metabolism, Mastoidectomy methods, Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen metabolism
- Abstract
Objectives: To investigate the potential use of Ki-67 and pronuclear cell antigen (PCNA) as indicators of recurrent cholesteatoma., Material and Methods: Patients who had been diagnosed with cholesteatoma and who had undergone canal wall-down mastoidectomy were included in this study. Subjects were divided into two groups: recurrent and non-recurrent (i.e., cases without recurrence for at least 2 years). Ossicular pathologies were recorded. Histopathologic specimens were stained for Ki-67 and PCNA and the percentages of stained cells were calculated., Results: Neither group demonstrated a significant difference in terms of total Ki-67 per cell, Ki-67-stained cell counts, Ki-67-staining percentages, total PCNA per cell, PCNA-stained cell counts, or PCNA-staining percentages (p>0.05). No significant relationship was noted between the staining percentages for either Ki-67 or PCNA and the incudostapedial involvement (p>0.05); however, a significant relationship was noted between Ki-67 staining and malleus involvement (p<0.05)., Conclusion: Although the recurrent and non-recurrent cholesteatoma groups showed no significant differences in terms of the percentages of stained cells for either Ki-67 or PCNA, we detected high Ki-67 staining in the malleus involvement group. We concluded that cell-proliferation markers could not be defined as indicators of recurrence of cholesteatoma, but they could be defined as indicators of destructive patterns of this disease.
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- 2019
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