Effect of margins of excision on recurrence after local excision of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast.

abstract：:To determine the functional importance of the low B12 and red cell folate concentrations repeatedly observed in the elderly 200 consecutive patients admitted to a geriatric unit were studied. Forty six of the patients had low serum concentrations of B12 (15), red cell folate (26), or both (five). Serum B12 and red cel...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Blundell EL,Matthews JH,Allen SM,Middleton AM,Morris JE,Wickramasinghe SN

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) analysis is now widely employed in the diagnosis and risk stratification of a wide range of malignant diseases. While this technique is used successfully with formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) sections from numerous tissue types, FISH analysis of FFPE tissue sections fro...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Neat MJ,Moonim MT,Dunn RG,Geoghegan H,Foot NJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HER2/neu (HER2) is a significant prognostic marker for breast carcinomas. Recently, new guidelines defining HER2 genetic heterogeneity (GH) were published by the College of American Pathologists. AIMS:To determine the prevalence of HER2 GH as defined in primary invasive breast carcinoma, to determine its re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shafi H,Astvatsaturyan K,Chung F,Mirocha J,Schmidt M,Bose S

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of granulocyte/macrophage colonies grown in vitro from bone marrow cells obtained from 90 rib segments and 30 ;normal' bone marrow aspirates was found to be highly variable. Considerable variation was also noted in the relationship between colony number and the number of cells cultured in both groups. The a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Morris TC,McNeill TA,Bridges JM

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Mitochondrial diseases form one of the largest groups of inborn errors of metabolism. The birth prevalence is approximately 1/5000 in well-studied populations, but little has been reported from Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to describe the genetics underlying mitochondrial disease in South Africa. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Meldau S,Owen EP,Khan K,Riordan GT

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Mast cells, when activated, secrete a large number of fibrogenic factors and have been implicated in the development of fibrotic conditions of the liver, lung, and skin. There is evidence that renal fibrosis is closely linked with a chronic inflammatory cell infiltrate within the interstitium, but a pot...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Roberts IS,Brenchley PE

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60 year old woman with disseminated ductal carcinoma of the breast developed non-islet cell tumour induced hypoglycaemia (NICTH). The concentrations of the two insulin-like growth factors, IGF-I and IGF-II, were < 2 nmol/l and 94.1 nmol/l, respectively. The IGF-II to IGF-I ratio was > 47 (normal < 10). Insulin (< 3 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bessell EM,Selby C,Ellis IO

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These guidelines update the previous UK HER2 testing guidelines and have been formulated to give advice on methodology, interpretation and quality assurance to ensure that HER2 testing results are accurate, reliable and timely with the expansion of testing to all patients with breast cancer at the time of primary diag...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Walker RA,Bartlett JM,Dowsett M,Ellis IO,Hanby AM,Jasani B,Miller K,Pinder SE

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automation in clinical chemistry is a powerful tool. Like most innovations it is posing many questions as well as resolving some. Its use in population screening has led to questioning the validity of the old system of ;normal values' and to the search for better methods of indicating the significance of laboratory te...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wilson JM

更新日期：1973-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovium was collected from 15 patients who were undergoing joint surgery. Two groups were defined by clinical diagnosis: patients with primary osteoarthritis (n = 4); and those with rheumatoid arthritis (n = 11). The synovium was studied using histological and morphometric techniques. In agreement with previous studi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kennedy TD,Plater-Zyberk C,Partridge TA,Woodrow DF,Maini RN

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The Royal College of Pathologists recommend that a median of at least 12 lymph nodes should be harvested during pathological staging of colorectal cancer. It is not always easy to harvest the required number, especially in patients with rectal cancer receiving neoadjuvant therapy. Lymph node revealing solutions, f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Horne J,Carr NJ,Bateman AC,Kandala N 2nd,Adams J,Silva S,Ryder I

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastroblastoma is a rare gastric epitheliomesenchymal biphasic tumour composed of spindle and epithelial cells, reported by Miettinen et al in a series of three cases in 2009. All those cases arose in stomachs of young adults. Neither the epithelial nor the mesenchymal component displayed sufficient atypia to diagnose...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shin DH,Lee JH,Kang HJ,Choi KU,Kim JY,Park DY,Lee CH,Sol MY,Park JH,Kim HY,Montgomery E

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To validate the Singapore nomogram for outcome prediction in breast phyllodes tumours in a large cohort of Singaporean patients, as previous validation studies were conducted on small numbers of patients. We also investigate the association of fibroadenomas and phyllodes tumours within a subset of our cohort. MET...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chng TW,Gudi M,Lim SH,Li H,Tan PH

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The costs of a clinical chemistry laboratory in a district general hospital were studied. The system used has certain advantages over the conventional Cooper Lybrand method. The time taken by technicians to perform tests was more variable than expected and the cost of sample collection was higher than process-cost for...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Stilwell JA

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique is described for obtaining samples of bladder epithelium using soluble swabs. Changes indicating neoplasia were seen in a large proportion of patients with bladder carcinoma. These changes were absent in the non-neoplastic control cases. The method provided tissue similar to that obtained by biopsy and sur...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Trott PA,Williams G,Attridge PW

更新日期：1969-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To characterise further the proliferative compartment of the normal cervix and to document its alteration, if any, in the various grades of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), particularly changes to the basal epithelial layer; to hypothesise as to the diagnostic and biological significance of any observed d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Payne S,Kernohan NM,Walker F

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Encapsulated papillary carcinoma (EPC) of the breast is a distinct histological subtype characterised by malignant epithelial proliferation supported by fibrovascular stalks. Although EPC typically lacks myoepithelial cells, it shows indolent clinical course. The classification of EPC as an in situ, or invas...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rakha EA,Tun M,Junainah E,Ellis IO,Green A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous Cushing's syndrome is a rare endocrine disorder that incurs significant cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, due to glucocorticoid excess. It comprises adrenal (20%) and non-adrenal (80%) aetiologies. While the majority of cases are attributed to pituitary or ectopic corticotropin (ACTH) overproduction, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Duan K,Gomez Hernandez K,Mete O

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonococcal isolates resistant to ciprofloxacin collected from 2004 to 2005, in the Pretoria region, were characterised using Neisseria gonorrhoeae multi-antigen sequence typing (NG-MAST). The isolates were obtained from men presenting with urethritis to primary healthcare clinics and general practitioners. All isolate...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： De Jongh M,Dangor Y,Ison CA,Hoosen AA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Compu-pet 100 diluter/dispenser is a versatile and accurate instrument which can be employed for a wide variety of microbiological tests and techniques. Time in performing tests is often more than halved when the diluter is used. Large numbers of tests can be performed with minimal fatigue. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cremer AW,Mellars B,Stokes EJ

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To identify the amyloid protein in a patient with amyloidosis localised to the urinary bladder, and to see whether subtyping of the protein by sequence analysis increases the understanding of the selection of the urinary bladder as the site of amyloid deposition. METHODS:A patient with gross haematuria and a cong...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Livneh A,Shtrasburg S,Martin BM,Baniel J,Gal R,Pras M

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peripheral lymphocytes of 50 cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (13 of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), 17 of AIDS related complex (ARC), and 20 healthy carriers) were studied immunoultrastructurally. The prevalence of "tubuloreticular structures" and "tubular confronting cisternae" i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Feremans WW,Huygen K,Menu R,Farber CM,de Caluwe JP,van Vooren JP,Marcelis L,Andre L,Brasseur M,Bondue H

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatic fibrosis is one of the main consequences of liver disease. Both fibrosis and steatosis may be seen in some patients with chronic hepatitis C and alcoholic liver disease (ALD). AIMS:To quantitate fibrosis and steatosis by stereological and morphometric techniques in patients with chronic hepatitis C ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Zaitoun AM,Al Mardini H,Awad S,Ukabam S,Makadisi S,Record CO

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective, randomized trial is described in which the usefulness of two tests in the control of anticoagulant therapy is compared. Fifty-two patients were controlled by the one-stage prothrombin time and 55 by the activated partial thromboplastin time. There was no significant difference in the incidence of bleedi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Pearce SJ,Sekar AS

更新日期：1973-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori related gastric intestinal metaplasia (IM) is considered to be a precancerous lesion. AIMS:To identify the effects of H pylori eradication on K-ras mutations, cell kinetics in IM and histological changes in patients with and without gastric cancers in a one-year prospective study. METHO...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Watari J,Tanaka A,Tanabe H,Sato R,Moriichi K,Zaky A,Okamoto K,Maemoto A,Fujiya M,Ashida T,Das KM,Kohgo Y

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant histiocytosis (histiocytic medullary reticulosis) in a 45-year-old white man is described. Unusual features were presentation as a surgical emergency with signs of obstruction and peritonitis due to an ileal tumour and extensive spindle cell differentiation. Problems in the differential diagnosis of malignan...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Macgillivray JB,Duthie JS

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine neuroendocrine differentiation, as shown by chromogranin A (CGA) expression, in cervical carcinomas. METHODS:Sixty seven cervical carcinomas were studied and were classified as adenocarcinomas, adenosquamous carcinomas or squamous cell carcinomas based on the assessment of haematoxylin and eosin staini...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Savargaonkar PR,Hale RJ,Mutton A,Manning V,Buckley CH

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study has been made of 523 strains of staphylococci on the basis of biological properties, phage typing, and serology. The value of serology in the identification of pathogenic staphylococci has been assessed. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Choudhuri KK,Chakrabarty AN

更新日期：1970-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most medical liver biopsies in the UK are now taken in radiology departments using 18 g biopsy needles. Subjectively, the resulting biopsies are narrow and fragile. AIM:To compare the quality of liver biopsy tissue sections obtained from 16 and 18 g biopsy needles. METHOD:Fifty consecutive routine medical ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Palmer T,Georgiades I,Treanor D,Wright A,Shah M,Khosla R,Wyatt JI

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with severe megaloblastic anaemia were studied to investigate whether the causative metabolic defects might predispose them to lactic or other acidosis. One patient had compensated acidosis with hyperlactataemia before treatment but there were obvious causes other than anaemia. No other patient developed ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Franklin IM,Kernoff PB,Isherwood D,Leek J,Morgan DB

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00