Pancreatic endocrine pathology in von Hippel-Lindau disease: an expanding spectrum of lesions.

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor mRNA binding protein 3 (IMP3) is an mRNA-binding protein that regulates transcription of insulin-like growth factor II affecting cell proliferation during embryogenesis. It is highly expressed in carcinomas of the pancreas, stomach, colon, rectum, kidneys, uterine cervix, lung, and ovary. Th...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Slosar M,Vohra P,Prasad M,Fischer A,Quinlan R,Khan A

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of pancreatic acinar cell tumor (ACC) is presented in a 10-year-old boy. The tumor manifested clinically with Cushing's syndrome, high serum adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and cortisol concentrations. In addition, excessive serum levels of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) were detected. Surgical resection was not po...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Illyés G,Luczay A,Benyó G,Kálmán A,Borka K,Köves K,Rácz K,Tulassay T,Schaff Z

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 31-year-old woman was incidentally found to have a large right adrenal mass by computed tomography imaging and underwent a workup that included endocrinological evaluation and positron emission tomography imaging. Laboratory results revealed the mass to be non-functioning. Imaging studies revealed a 9-cm heterogeneo...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Lin J,Wasco MJ,Korobkin M,Doherty G,Giordano TJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collision tumors of the sella turcica are rare and consist mainly of more than one type of pituitary adenoma, usually a corticotropin- and a prolactin-producing adenoma. The association of a craniopharyngioma and a pituitary adenoma is rare. Herein, we report the first case of an association between craniopharyngioma ...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Moshkin O,Scheithauer BW,Syro LV,Velasquez A,Horvath E,Kovacs K

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of follicular-patterned carcinomas, including follicular thyroid carcinoma, oncocytic (Hürthle cell) carcinoma, and the encapsulated follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma, requires evidence of capsular and/or vascular invasion. With minimally invasive carcinomas classified often within less t...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Glomski K,Nosé V,Faquin WC,Sadow PM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen cases of fatal sporadic medullary carcinoma of the thyroid (MCT) that killed the patient within 1 year after diagnosis were compared with 12 nonfatal MCTs with excellent prognosis. Males predominated in fatal cases whereas the reverse was true in MCTs with good prognosis. The two groups of tumors showed gener...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Harach HR,Bergholm U

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four acromegalic patients were treated with octreotide subcutaneously for periods of 3 to 6 weeks (group I, 12 cases) or 6 months (group II, 12 cases) before transsphenoidal surgery. Radiological studies performed in 19 patients before and at the end of this treatment period revealed no changes in 8 cases. In 8...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Beckers A,Kovacs K,Horvath E,Abs R,Reznik M,Stevenaert A

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Folliculostellate (FS) cells are present in the anterior pituitary and have important regulatory functions including controlling hormone release from other anterior pituitary cells. FS cells do not usually express neuroendocrine genes such as chromogranin A (CgA). We analyzed transcriptional regulation and gene expres...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Stilling GA,Bayliss JM,Jin L,Zhang H,Lloyd RV

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) consisting of pure zona glomerulosa (ZG)-type cells is extremely rare, and primary aldosteronism complicated by pregnancy is also rare. We report a case of APA discovered in a 32-year-old pregnant woman who visited our hospital for hypertension and hypokalemia at 26 weeks gestation....

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Shigematsu K,Nishida N,Sakai H,Igawa T,Suzuki S,Kawai K,Takahara O

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleomorphic leiomyosarcoma (PLMS) of the adrenal gland is a rare tumor in an unusual location. A primary PLMS of the left adrenal gland is reported in a 59-yr-old Mexican woman who presented progressive flank pain and weight loss. The tumor measured 16 cm in diameter, showed markedly pleomorphic and osteoclast-like gi...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Candanedo-González FA,Vela Chávez T,Cérbulo-Vázquez A

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomewide profiling of gene expression, made possible by the development of DNA microarray technology and more powerful by the sequencing of the human genome, has led to advances in tumor classification and biomarker discovery for the common types of human neoplasia. Application of this approach to the field of endoc...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Giordano TJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid carcinoma is the most common malignancy of the endocrine system worldwide, but its molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Some diseases are associated with TEKT4 gene. However, its role in thyroid carcinoma has yet to be fully examined. This study was designed to investigate the function of TEKT4 in papillary th...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Zheng Z,Zhou X,Cai Y,Chen E,Zhang X,Wang O,Wang Q,Liu H

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adrenal gland is the body's primary source for epinephrine production and release, and the chromaffin cells that comprise the adrenal medulla possess all of the catecholamine biosynthetic machinery, including phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT), the enzyme synthesizing epinephrine from norepinephrine. In...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Wong DL

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas (PDNECs) of the kidney are extremely rare high-grade cancers accounting for only 42 cases reported in the literature. In this paper, we describe the morphological, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and for the first time, cytogenetic features of a renal PDNEC. In add...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： La Rosa S,Bernasconi B,Micello D,Finzi G,Capella C

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C cell hyperplasia is considered a precursor lesion for hereditary forms of medullary thyroid carcinoma. It has therefore been suggested as a morphological marker to distinguish hereditary from sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma and to triage genetic testing in resource poor settings. However, numerous definitions f...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Fuchs TL,Bell SE,Chou A,Gill AJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of pituitary pathology is a long one that dates back to biblical times, but the last 25 years have represented an era of "coming of age." The role of the pituitary in health and disease was the subject of many studies over the last century. With the development of electron microscopy, immunoassays, and imm...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Asa SL,Mete O

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pheochromocytoma is a catecholamine (CA)-producing tumor that is classified into two types: the norepinephrine (NE) and the mixed NE and epinephrine type (E-type) from plasma CA levels. Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT) is the terminal enzyme in CA synthesis; it catalyzes the synthesis of E from NE. It is ...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Kimura N,Togo A,Sugimoto T,Nata K,Okamoto H,Nagatsu I,Nagura H

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Goblet cell carcinoid (GCC) of the appendix is a rare entity, of which both the histogenesis and biologic behavior remain controversial, and prognostic tools and therapeutic strategies for this unusual tumor have yet to be defined. The aim of this study was to analyze expression of E-cadherin and b-catenin in GCCs of ...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Li CC,Hirowaka M,Qian ZR,Xu B,Sano T

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the majority of cases, Cushing's disease is the result of a small basophilic corticotroph microadenoma with an average size of less than 5 mm. Transsphenoidal microsurgery can cure patients with Cushing's disease; however, selective removal of the lesion requires precise preoperative localization. In this article, ...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Booth GL,Smyth HS,Kovacs K,Horvath E,Asa SL,Ezzat S

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence, distribution, and morphological appearance of S-100 protein-immunoreactive cells in the human hypophysis were studied by immunocytochemistry. One hundred and twelve nonadenomatous pituitaries from fetuses to adults and pituitaries affected by several lesions including metastases, acute infarcts, and lymp...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Marin F,Kovacs K,Stefaneanu L,Horvath E,Cheng Z

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid malignancy. Some PTCs with classical papillae can be totally or partially encapsulated, and these tumors are called "encapsulated" (conventional) variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. We aimed to investigate the clinicopathological features of this...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Akbulut D,Kuz ED,Kursun N,Dizbay Sak S

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Xanthomatous hypophysitis is a rare inflammatory disease of the pituitary gland that can mimic a neoplastic lesion clinically and radiologically. Its pathogenesis remains largely unknown, although recent evidence suggests that pituitary inflammation may occur as a secondary reaction to mucous content released from a r...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Duan K,Asa SL,Winer D,Gelareh Z,Gentili F,Mete O

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gain-of-function germline mutations of the RET proto-oncogene are responsible for initiation of carcinogenesis within the thyroid gland and development of hereditary form of medullary thyroid carcinoma and MEN2 syndrome. Genotype-phenotype correlations are established for most RET mutations, but the importance of the ...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Sromek M,Czetwertyńska M,Tarasińska M,Janiec-Jankowska A,Zub R,Ćwikła M,Nowakowska D,Chechlińska M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although most papillary thyroid carcinomas behave as low-grade neoplasms and are generally associated with a good prognosis, some subgroups of these neoplasms represent more aggressive variants. In order to determine if differences in the behavior of these papillary carcinomas were related to expression of growth fact...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Lloyd RV,Ferreiro JA,Jin L,Sebo TJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a consistently present, previously unrecognized, population of monocytes in pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas. Although sustentacular cells are generally recognized as a common component of these tumors, differential immunohistochemical staining for CD163 and S100 shows that monocytes can in fact be mor...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Farhat NA,Powers JF,Shepard-Barry A,Dahia P,Pacak K,Tischler AS

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis (CLT) and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is a subject of controversy. Some investigators suggest a causal relationship, whereas others regard the two as only a coincidental occurrence. An additional complicating factor is the presence of atypical nuclei frequ...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Hunt JL,Baloch ZW,Barnes L,Swalsky PA,Trusky CL,Sesatomi E,Finkelstein S,LiVolsi VA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary carcinomas (PCs) of thyroid are among the most common but least aggressive human malignancies. The factors explaining the indolence of these tumors are unknown but host-tumor immune interactions may play a role. This study was designed to determine if there is morphologic evidence of these. Frozen tissues co...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Raphael SL,Asa SL

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have established that calcitonin (CT) and the calcitonin generelated peptide (CGRP) are synthesized and stored in subsets of hyperplastic parathyroid cells that also contain chromogranin B (Schmid, KW, et al. Lab Invest 73:90, 1995). The purpose of the current study was to determine whether ...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Khan A,Tischler AS,Patwardhan NA,DeLellis RA

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one autopsy-obtained human pituitaries were studied by histology, immunocytochemistry, and in situ hybridization to elucidate the characteristics of squamous-cell nests in the pars tuberaiis. Histologically, squamous-cell nests were composed of aggregates of squamous epithelial cells or squamous epithelial cell...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Sumi T,Stefeneanu L,Kovacs K

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene, which is supposed to act as a tumor suppressor gene, can cause hereditary tumors associated with the VHL syndrome and are found in different sporadic cancers as well. While VHL protein is distinctly detectable in thyroid follicles, so far its expression in nonneoplastic...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Hinze R,Boltze C,Meye A,Holzhausen HJ,Dralle H,Rath FW

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00