Cláudia Malheiros Coutinho-Camillo
Federal Fluminense University
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American Journal of Dermatopathology | 2014
Silvia Vanessa Lourenço; Juliana Dumêt Fernandes; Ricardo Hsieh; Cláudia Malheiros Coutinho-Camillo; Sheyla Batista Bologna; Martin Sangueza; Marcello Menta Simonsen Nico
Abstract:Head and neck mucosal melanoma (MM) is an aggressive and rare neoplasm of melanocytic origin. To date, few retrospective series and case reports have been reported on MM. This article reviews the current evidence on head and neck MM and the molecular pathways that mediate the pathogenesis of this disease. Head and neck MM accounts for 0.7%–3.8% of all melanomas and involve (in decreasing order of frequency) the sinonasal cavity, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, and upper esophagus. Although many studies have examined MM of the head and neck and the underlying molecular pathways, individual genetic and molecular alterations were less investigated. Further studies are needed to complement existing data and to increase our understanding of melanocytes tumorigenesis.
American Journal of Dermatopathology | 2009
Silvia Vanessa Lourenço; Martin Sangüeza A; Mirian Nacagami Sotto; Sheyla Batista Bologna; Thaís Bello di Giacomo; Marcilei Eliza Cavicchioli Buim; Cláudia Malheiros Coutinho-Camillo; Sabrina Daniela da Silva; Gilles Landman; Fernando Augusto Soares; Marcello Menta Simonsen Nico
Oral mucosal melanoma is rare and reported to be more aggressive than its cutaneous counterpart. Due to the rarity of this entity, data on epidemiology, tumor behavior, treatment, follow-up, and survival of patients are mainly based on single case reports. The few existing series of patients show that oral mucosa melanoma has its peak between 41 and 60 years of age, and male to female ratio is 2:1. Preferred oral sites include hard palate and maxillary alveolar crests. Risk factors have not been clearly identified, and surgical treatment is still the treatment of choice for oral mucosal melanomas. The authors retrospectively studied 35 patients with primary melanoma of the oral cavity to report their clinical and pathological features, such as age, sex, site of the tumor, metastasis, treatment, response to therapy, and outcome. We found no significant sex predominance, and the mean age of the patients was 60.6 years, with a range from 9 to 91 years. The majority of the patients (71.42%) had palate commitment, and invasive histopathological aspect was observed in 80% of the specimens (grade 3). Long-distance metastasis was found in 60% of the cases. Fourteen patients were submitted to wide surgical resections, with local relapse being observed in 11 of them (78.5%). The authors suggest that improved outcome in oral malignant melanoma requires the development of new therapies and the prevention of distant metastasis.
Histochemistry and Cell Biology | 2007
Silvia Vanessa Lourenço; Cláudia Malheiros Coutinho-Camillo; Marcilei Eliza Cavicchioli Buim; Sabrina Hitomi Uyekita; Fernando Augusto Soares
Development of salivary glands is a highly complex and dynamic process termed branching morphogenesis, where branched structures differentiate into mature glands. Tight junctions (TJ) are thought to play critical roles in physiological functions of tubular organs, contributing to cell polarity and preventing lateral movement of membrane proteins. Evidence demonstrated that claudins are directly involved in TJ formation and function. Using immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence we have mapped the distribution of claudins-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 11 and compared it with the expression of differentiation markers in human salivary glands obtained from foetuses ranging from weeks 4 to 24 of gestation. Expression of all claudins, except claudin-2 was detected in the various phases of human salivary gland development, up to fully mature salivary gland. The expression of all claudins increased according to the progression of salivary gland maturation evidenced by the classical markers—cytokeratin 14, cytokeratin low molecular weight, smooth muscle actin and human secretory component. Tight junction proteins—claudins appear to be important in the final shape and physiological functions of human salivary glands and are parallel related with markers of salivary gland differentiation.
Histopathology | 2010
Renata Carolina Fraga Ianez; Marcilei Eliza Cavicchioli Buim; Cláudia Malheiros Coutinho-Camillo; Regina Schultz; Fernando Augusto Soares; Silvia Vanessa Lourenço
Ianez R F, Buim M E, Coutinho‐Camillo C M, Schultz R, Soares F A & Lourenço S V (2010) Histopathology 57, 410–417 Human salivary gland morphogenesis: myoepithelial cell maturation assessed by immunohistochemical markers
Histopathology | 2010
Cláudia Malheiros Coutinho-Camillo; Silvia Vanessa Lourenço; Inês Nobuko Nishimoto; Luiz Paulo Kowalski; Fernando Augusto Soares
Coutinho‐Camillo C M, Lourenço S V, Nishimoto I N, Kowalski L P & Soares F A (2010) Histopathology57, 304–316
Head and Neck-journal for The Sciences and Specialties of The Head and Neck | 2011
Cláudia Malheiros Coutinho-Camillo; Silvia Vanessa Lourenço; Inês Nobuko Nishimoto; Luiz Paulo Kowalski; Fernando Augusto Soares
Apoptosis is a genetically programmed form of cell death, of which caspases are the central components.
Journal of Clinical Pathology | 2010
Silvia Vanessa Lourenço; Cláudia Malheiros Coutinho-Camillo; Marcilei Eliza Cavicchioli Buim; Cláudia Pereira; André Lopes Carvalho; Luiz Paulo Kowalski; Fernando Augusto Soares
Aims Claudins are integral transmembrane proteins of the tight junctions, critical for maintaining cell adhesion and polarity. Alterations in the expression of individual claudins have been detected in carcinomas and appear to correlate with tumour progression. Methods In this study, a panel of anti-claudin antibodies (anti-claudins 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7) was employed to map claudin expression in 136 cases of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) organised in a tissue microarray. Results Claudins were expressed in a reticular pattern up to the prickle layer in normal mucosal epithelium. In OSCC, claudins were strongly present in well-differentiated tumours, they presented mild and low expression in moderately differentiated OSCC, and were negative in poorly differentiated OSCC; the absences of claudin 1 (p=0.002) and claudin 4 (p<0.001) were associated with moderately/poorly differentiated tumours. Strong expression of claudin 4 was associated with decreased perineural infiltration (p=0.024). Claudins 5 and 7 were mostly negative or weakly expressed in all cases studied. Expression of claudin 7 was associated with the early clinical stages of the disease, whereas loss of claudin 7 tended to be more frequent in advanced stages of OSCC (p=0.054). Absence of claudin 7 was also associated with absent vascular infiltration (p=0.045) and with presence of recurrence (p=0.052). Conclusions Claudin expression patterns showed a strong correlation with histological type of OSCC; claudin expression was decreased in areas of invasion, and negative in poorly differentiated tumours. This pattern may be related to evolution and prognosis of these tumours, especially in the case of claudin 7, which seems to be associated with a poor prognosis in OSCC.
Histopathology | 2010
Silvia Vanessa Lourenço; Cláudia Malheiros Coutinho-Camillo; Marcilei Elisa Cavicchioli Buim; Ana C. de Carvalho; Roberta Cardim Lessa; Cláudia Pereira; André L. Vettore; André Lopes Carvalho; José Humberto Tavares Guerreiro Fregnani; Luiz Paulo Kowalski; Fernando Augusto Soares
Lourenço S V, Coutinho‐Camillo C M, Buim M E C, de Carvalho A C, Lessa R C, Pereira C M, Vettore A L, Carvalho A L, Fregnani J H, Kowalski L P & Soares F A (2010) Histopathology57, 689–698 Claudin‐7 down‐regulation is an important feature in oral squamous cell carcinoma
Human Pathology | 2010
Cláudia Malheiros Coutinho-Camillo; Silvia Vanessa Lourenço; Inês Nobuko Nishimoto; Luiz Paulo Kowalski; Fernando Augusto Soares
Oral cancer is the eighth most prevalent cancer worldwide. It causes significant mortality and morbidity rates, which have motivated the search for prognostic factors to better tailor the individual management of oral squamous cell carcinoma patients. Nucleophosmin is a multifunctional protein that is involved in many cellular activities, such as, regulation of the tumor suppressor genes TP53 and p14(ARF) and is associated with proliferative and growth suppressive roles in the cell. Nucleophosmin is overexpressed in many solid tumors in human, including tumors of the colon, liver, stomach, ovary, and prostate. In this study, we analyzed the expression of nucleophosmin, Ki-67, and p53 by immunohistochemistry in oral squamous cell carcinomas. Less than 10% of nuclear staining was observed in 90.3%, 50.6%, and 65.3% of the cases for nucleophosmin, p53, and Ki-67, respectively. Expression of p53 was not significantly associated with any of the clinicopathologic parameters analyzed. Increased expression of Ki-67 was associated with the presence of lymph node metastasis (P < .0001), advanced stages of disease (P = .0030), tumors occurring in the floor of mouth (P = .0018), and moderately/well-differentiated tumors (P = .0287). Local recurrence was associated with higher expression of nucleophosmin (P = .0233), and disease-free survival rate was significantly better in patients with low expression of nucleophosmin. Multivariate analysis suggested that expression of nucleophosmin could be an independent prognostic factor for oral squamous cell carcinoma patients.
British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | 2014
Natalie Kelner; José Guilherme Vartanian; Clovis Antonio Lopes Pinto; Cláudia Malheiros Coutinho-Camillo; Luiz Paulo Kowalski
The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of elective neck dissection compared with observation (control group) in selected cases of early carcinoma of the oral tongue and floor of the mouth. It was a retrospective analysis of 222 patients who had the tumour resected (161 also had elective neck dissection). Occult lymph node metastases were detected in 33/161 (21%), and neck recurrences were diagnosed in 10 of the 61 patients in the control group (16%). Occult lymph node metastases reduced the 5-year disease-specific survival from 90% to 65% (p=0.001) and it was 96% among the controls. The 5-year disease-specific survival was 85% in the group treated by neck dissection and 96% in the observation group (p=0.09). Rigorous follow-up of selected low risk patients is associated with high rates of salvage, and overall survival was similar to the observed survival in patients treated by elective neck dissection. Observation is a reasonable option in the treatment of selected patients.