Borderline serous cystadenocarcinoma with coexistent angiosarcoma: an unusual form of ovarian carcinosarcoma.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is an uncommon malignant endothelial neoplasm that most commonly arises in soft tissue, bone, lung, and liver. Crohn's disease (CD) is an inflammatory bowel disease of unknown etiology that is frequently associated with complications including strictures, fistulas/fissu...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Spasic S,Brcic I,Freire R,Garcia-Buitrago MT,Rosenberg AE

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the role of UbcH10 expression in the differential diagnosis of benign, hyperplastic, and malignant endometrial tissues and also the relationship of UbcH10 with the clinicopathologic parameters of malignant cases. A tissue microarray was performed for 81 endometrial curettage bi...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Kefeli M,Yildiz L,Celik H,Tosun M,Karagoz F

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromuscular and vascular hamartoma (NMVH) is an unusual lesion presenting as intestinal obstruction by stricture formation. It is characterized by a hamartomatous mass comprising haphazardly arranged mesenchymal tissue native to the intestinal mucosa and submucosa. We aimed to characterize the clinicohistopathologic...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Ayyanar P,Purkait S,Mishra TS,Patra S,Mitra S

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appendiceal pneumatosis is rare, reported either in the context of acute appendicitis or enterocolitis. Here, we report the case of an elderly adult in whom the acute appendicitis was associated with pneumatosis and occurred in the context of a malformed appendix with pathogenic organism remnants. A 72-year-old man pr...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Handra-Luca A,Bisseret D,Dragoescu E

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transitional cell tumors of the ovary comprise about 1% to 2% of all ovarian neoplasms. Most of these tumors are benign Brenner tumors and account for about 5% of benign surface epithelial-stromal tumors. Spicules of calcifications are found in the stroma of about 50% of benign Brenner tumors. Although diagnostic chal...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Vemavarapu L,Alatassi H,Moghadamfalahi M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specimen misidentification is a common cause of errors in surgical pathology. We report a case where bone-marrow biopsies from patients of different genders were mislabeled and molecular methods were applied to resolve the identity. A short tandem repeat (STR)-polymerase chain reaction-based assay, commonly used in pa...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Mariappan MR,Zehnder J,Arber DA,Lay M,Fadare O,Schrijver I

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A completely infarcted lymph node should alert the pathologist to the high possibility of malignant lymphoma. The lymph node lesion of infectious mononucleosis (IM) shows marked histologic diversity and occasionally may be confused with malignant lymphoma. We report a rare case of IM showing extensive lymph node infar...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Kojima M,Nakamura S,Sugihara S,Sakata N,Masawa N

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular transformation of lymph node sinuses represents a rare benign entity mimicking malignant counterparts such as nodal Kaposi sarcoma. The presence of mildly atypical benign mesothelial cells within nodal sinuses raises the possibility of metastatic malignancy. Herein, a rare case of vascular transformation of l...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Jabbour MN,Tawil AN,Boulos FI

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phyllodes tumors (PTs) of the breast are rare biphasic neoplasms and are classified as benign, borderline, or malignant. Many biological markers have been studied to discriminate between different grades of PTs. IMP3 is a member of the insulin-like growth factor II mRNA binding protein (IMP) family and is ex...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Bellezza G,Prosperi E,Del Sordo R,Colella R,Rulli A,Sidoni A

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneal metastasis in colorectal carcinoma is associated with a dismal prognosis; however, features that correlate with patterns of metastatic spread are not well characterized. We analyzed the clinicopathologic and molecular features of 166 patients with colorectal carcinomas stratified by metastases to the perito...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Kermanshahi TR,Magge D,Choudry H,Ramalingam L,Zhu B,Pingpank J,Ahrendt S,Holtzman M,Zeh H,Bartlett D,Zureikat A,Pai RK

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old immunocompetent man with occupational exposure to Aspergillus presented with dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, and hemoptysis. Chest roentgenograms and computed tomography scans demonstrated multiple pulmonary nodules bilaterally. An initial set of bronchial washing cultures grew Aspergillus fumigatus, sero...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Pinckard JK,Rosenbluth DB,Patel K,Dehner LP,Pfeifer JD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed adenoneuroendocrine carcinomas (MANECs) of the biliary tract are rare tumors, and to date only a few cases arising in the gallbladder have been reported. Their histogenesis is a matter of debate, since the biliary tract normally lacks neuroendocrine cells. However, the immunohistochemical identification of nonne...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Acosta AM,Hamedani FS,Kajdacsy-Balla A,Wiley EL

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroadenoma and phyllodes tumors of the breast exhibit a continuum of pathologic features. We examined phyllodes tumors initially called fibroadenoma for features that may accurately classify the tumor as phyllodes tumor on the first biopsy specimen. The phyllodes tumors initially called fibroadenoma for features tha...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Yohe S,Yeh IT

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary carcinoid tumor of the skin (PCTS) is an uncommon indolent neoplasm, with 10 cases described in the literature. The tumors affect patients in the sixth to ninth decades of life (mean = 66.3 years) with an equal gender distribution and predilection for the head and trunk. They present as slowly enlarging nodule...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Jedrych J,Pulitzer M

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cysts of the jaws (JCs) are an important topic of oral pathology, but few epidemiological data are present in the literature, in particular about the potential of recurrence. The aim of this study was to describe a case series of JCs from a single institution, evaluating the frequency, the site, the age dist...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Del Corso G,Righi A,Bombardi M,Rossi B,Dallera V,Pelliccioni GA,Marchetti C,Foschini MP

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) shows a wide morphologic spectrum, including epithelium with oncocytic or squamous metaplastic changes overlying a prominent cystic architecture, as well as tumor-associated lymphoid tissue. We illustrate a case of MEC of the parotid in a 17-year-old female, in which all these features o...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Heatley N,Harrington KJ,Thway K

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Protein kinase C βII promotes melanogenesis and affects proliferation of melanocytic cells but is frequently absent or decreased in melanoma cells in vitro. OBJECTIVE:To investigate PKC-βII expression and spatial distribution within a lesion in various benign and malignant melanocytic proliferations. METHO...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Krasagakis K,Tsentelierou E,Chlouverakis G,Stathopoulos EN

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in children and young adults is rare and pathologically problematic. RCC can be either hereditary or sporadic and has a guarded prognosis because appropriate management has not been established. A case of RCC in an 11-year-old is reported. The clinical presentation was a right abdominal mass...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Winarti NW,Argani P,De Marzo AM,Hicks J,Mulyadi K

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia (AAH) of the prostate is a microscopic proliferation of small acini that may be mistaken for adenocarcinoma. Although some data suggest that AAH is associated with adenocarcinoma arising in the transition zone, the clinical significance of this lesion is uncertain. Therefore we studied...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Lopez-Beltran A,Qian J,Montironi R,Luque RJ,Bostwick DG

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we report a very rare case of secondary angiosarcoma in a young woman with no prior history of breast cancer who had bilateral prophylactic mastectomies with autologous reconstruction due to a strong family history of breast cancer and BRCA1 gene variant of uncertain significance. The surgery was comp...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Webb C,Partain N,Koduru P,Hwang H,Sarode VR

更新日期：2020-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to analyze all the cases of benign fibro-osseous lesions treated at School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, to compare the results obtained in this study with those previously documented by other authors. The 127 cases diagnosed as a fibro-osseous lesion were retrieved, and infor...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Alsharif MJ,Sun ZJ,Chen XM,Wang SP,Zhao YF

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary pulmonary acinic cell carcinoma (ACC) is rare. The clinicopathological features are not identical to that of classic ACC that leads to misdiagnosis. In this article, we summarized the clinicopathological features of 25 such cases, including 6 cases in this series and additional 19 cases in the literature. Pulm...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Nie L,Zhou C,Wu H,Zhou Q,Meng F

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Study of minimum adenocarcinoma has been done almost exclusively on conventional acinar adenocarcinoma. Pseudohyperplastic adenocarcinoma can be confused with benign lesions because of its well-differentiated appearance and has not been studied when the biopsy shows few malignant glands (limited carcinoma). ...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Arista-Nasr J,Martinez-Benitez B,Mijangos-Trejo A,Bornstein-Quevedo L,Albores-Saavedra J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric duplication cysts are rare congenital anomalies that are mostly discovered in children but can remain asymptomatic and undetected into adulthood. Malignant transformation in gastric duplications is extremely rare, with most reported cases being adenocarcinomas. Herein, the authors report the first case of a hi...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Horne G,Ming-Lum C,Kirkpatrick AW,Parker RL

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rare reports of mucinous variant of follicular carcinoma of the thyroid gland have not provided enough evidence to support the recognition of these tumors as a distinct clinicopathologic entity or to understand their etiopathogenesis. We report the fourth case of mucinous variant of follicular carcinoma displaying...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Squillaci S,Pitino A,Spairani C,Ferrari M,Carlon E,Cosimi MF

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an unusual association of mediastinal germ cell tumor containing seminoma and angiosarcoma components and splenic histiocytic sarcoma. A 15-year-old boy presented with chest pain. Histopathologically, an anterior mediastinal mass contained typical seminoma, immature teratoma, embryonal carcinoma, angiosarco...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Song SY,Ko YH,Ahn G

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the expression of beta-catenin (beta-ct) in gastric carcinoma have provided conflicting results, and the role played by beta-ct mutations in gastric carcinogenesis remains unclear. In an attempt to clarify the aforementioned issues we undertook the retrospective study of 157 gastric carcinomas by using immu...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Nabais S,Machado JC,Lopes C,Seruca R,Carneiro F,Sobrinho-Simões M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of our study was to investigate the diagnostic value of expression of IMP3, nucleophosmin, and correlation of these markers with Ki-67 proliferation index in papillary thyroid carcinoma and benign neoplasms of thyroid gland. The aim was also to investigate whether there is a difference between papillary an...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Yorukoglu A,Yalcin N,Avci A,Cakalagaoglu F,Yaylali G,Akin F,Haciyanli M,Ozden A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudofungi are septate hyphae-like structures very similar morphologically to true fungal elements. Histologically their presence poses a diagnostic challenge as they mimic fungal infection. Accurate identification of pseudofungi is required to avoid unnecessary treatment, and this can be accomplished by careful morp...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Lyapichev KA,Agarwal AN,Rosenberg AE,Chapman JR

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinonasal adenocarcinoma is a rare tumor of the head and neck accounting for 10% to 20% of all primary malignancies of the nose and paranasal sinuses. There tumors are classified as salivary, intestinal and nonintestinal, nonsalivary. Low-grade nonintestinal nonsalivary are rare tumors whose diagnosis is essentially t...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Blumberg JM,Escobar-Stein J,Vining EM,Prasad ML

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00