Detection of venous invasion in surgical specimens of colorectal carcinoma: the efficacy of various types of tissue blocks.

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study is to explore DNA hypermethylation analysis in sputum and exhaled breath analysis for their complementary, non-invasive diagnostic capacity in lung cancer. METHODS:Sputum samples and exhaled breath were prospectively collected from 20 lung cancer patients and 31 COPD controls (Set 1). An add...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hubers AJ,Brinkman P,Boksem RJ,Rhodius RJ,Witte BI,Zwinderman AH,Heideman DA,Duin S,Koning R,Steenbergen RD,Snijders PJ,Smit EF,Sterk PJ,Thunnissen E

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody, NP57, was produced and used against the neutrophil granule protein elastase, which selectively stain neutrophils in cryostat and paraffin wax sections. The antibody stains neutrophils and a subpopulation of monocytes in blood smears and neutrophil precursors in bone marrow smears, and gives posi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Pulford KA,Erber WN,Crick JA,Olsson I,Micklem KJ,Gatter KC,Mason DY

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serious infection caused by Lancefield group C streptococci is unusual in man. Two unrelated deaths associated with these organisms in a 55 year old woman who died after three days of diarrhoea and vomiting, and in a 65 old man who died after a week of non-specific symptoms, are presented. Post mortem examination show...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bateman AC,Ramsay AD,Pallett AP

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Care in the preparation and preservation of reagents, together with certain modifications in apparatus and technique, have eliminated the difficulties from plasma ammonia analysis. Ammonia contamination from the laboratory atmosphere has not proved an especial hazard, and no major setback has been encountered in the a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fenton JC,Williams AH

更新日期：1968-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reticulin antibodies have been classified by immunofluorescence into five types reacting with distinct antigens of intra- and extracellular components in mesenchyme. Two types of fibrillar antigens can be distinguished on the basis of the staining patterns, anatomical distribution, and species specificity. A third ant...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rizzetto M,Doniach D

更新日期：1973-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare intratumorous microvessel density (MVD) and clinicopathological features in two different groups of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), namely: hepatitis B virus (HBV) related HCC (B-HCC) and HCV related HCC (C-HCC). METHODS:Fifty consecutive cases each of B-HCC and of C-HCC were studied. Microvessel numbe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Messerini L,Novelli L,Comin CE

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study was aimed to investigate the role of erythrocyte, platelet and reticulocyte (RET) parameters, measured by new haematological analyser Sysmex XN and C reactive protein (CRP), for early diagnosis of sepsis during intensive care unit (ICU) stay. METHODS:The study population consisted of 62 ICU patients, 2...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Buoro S,Manenti B,Seghezzi M,Dominoni P,Barbui T,Ghirardi A,Carobbio A,Marchesi G,Riva I,Nasi A,Ottomano C,Lippi G

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intraoperative frozen section (FS) examination in thoracic surgery is a reliable method for diagnosis and staging of pulmonary lesions and provides a valuable guide in directing the extent of the ongoing surgical procedure. However, the contribution of touch preparation cytology (TPC) to FS diagnosis remains...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rakha EA,Haider A,Patil S,Fourtan H,Chaudry Z,Soomro IN

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To evaluate the need for routine histopathological analysis of enucleated/eviscerated eyes and changes in indications for eye removal. METHODS:Retrospective review of all enucleation/evisceration histopathology reports over 20 years. Clinical history was correlated with pathological findings. Two 10 ye...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Saeed MU,Chang BY,Khandwala M,Shivane AG,Chakrabarty A

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To analyse the expression of proteins involved in DNA double strand break detection and repair in the luminal and myoepithelial compartments of benign breast lesions and malignant breast tumours with myoepithelial differentiation. METHODS:Expression of the ataxia telangiectasia (ATM) and p53 proteins was immunohi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Angèle S,Jones C,Reis Filho JS,Fulford LG,Treilleux I,Lakhani SR,Hall J

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Strong thyroglobulin immunoreactivity within sinus histiocytes in a lymph node draining a papillary thyroid carcinoma was observed in a recent case. This prompted the investigation of whether thyroglobulin immunoreactivity is common in regional lymph nodes in cases of thyroid malignancy. METHODS:Eighty seven lymp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Venkatraman L,Maxwell P,McCluggage WG

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigenic extracts were prepared from Aspergillus fumigatus, A niger, A flavus and A terreus for use in enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunodiffusion (ID) tests for Aspergillus antibodies to determine whether the use of antigenic extracts from species other than A fumigatus increased the sensitivity of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Froudist JH,Harnett GB,McAleer R

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of acute hypoglycaemia on platelet function was examined in patients undergoing an insulin stress test. Enhanced platelet aggregation was observed in all cases but platelet count, platelet adenine nucleotides, and the plasma level of von Willebrand factor were unchanged overall. The onset of the hypoglycaem...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hutton RA,Mikhailidis D,Dormandy KM,Ginsburg J

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A histochemical method is described of differentiating between normal and neoplastic cells in plasma using the activity of various enzymes characteristic of plasma cells. It was found that in both types of cell increased or diminished activity of cytoenzymes is a useful means of distinguishing between normal and abnor...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： SZMIGIELSKI S,LITWIN J,ZUPANSKA B

更新日期：1965-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods of speciating Candida isolates from clinical specimens are described and the necessity of speciation is emphasized. Differences in susceptibility of C. albicans and C. tropicalis to amphotericin B were observed and the implications of this in relation to treatment with amphotericin B and the development of res...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Stieritz DD,Law EJ,Holder IA

更新日期：1973-06-01 00:00:00

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：:Of the first 250 heart and 35 heart and lung transplant recipients at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, who survived for more than one month after transplantation, 217 heart and 33 heart and lung patients were investigated serologically for evidence of Toxoplasma gondii infection. Six patients acquired primary T gondii in...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wreghitt TG,Hakim M,Gray JJ,Balfour AH,Stovin PG,Stewart S,Scott J,English TA,Wallwork J

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM/BACKGROUND:Several studies have suggested that Helicobacter pylori which express CagA may be more virulent than those that do not, but limited populations have been studied to date. The aim of this study was to confirm and extend the association of CagA positive H pylori strains in a different geographical area and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Graham DY,Genta RM,Graham DP,Crabtree JE

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer lineage/tissue-of-origin assignment in cancers of unknown primary remains a challenge even when aided by massively parallel sequencing. The stakes are high for patients as many contemporary therapeutic strategies are disease-specific, and the biological differences can influence the patients' responses. Herein,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yoon JY,Rosenbaum JN,Vergara N,Cohen RB,Wilson RB

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred prostates from 20 to 40 year old men obtained at necropsy were completely sectioned and studied microscopically. Atypical hyperplasia was found in 10 (20%) of 20-29 year old men and in 12 (24%) of 30-40 year old men. The prostates with atypical hyperplasia had similar weights as those without, and the atyp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Brawn PN,Speights VO,Contin JU,Bayardo RJ,Kuhl DL

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune and non-immune rubella sera were examined in the haemagglutination inhibition (HAI) test to evaluate the removal of lipoprotein non-specific inhibitors (NSI) of haemagglutination after kaolin and manganous chloride/heparin treatments. The sera were titrated fresh or after lipoprotein deterioration brought about...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shortridge KF

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of chronic coronary periarteritis associated with chronic periaortitis are described. In one, the chronic periaortitis took the form of perianeurysmal fibrosis around a thoracic atherosclerotic aneurysm; in the other it resembled idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis. The findings in the two subjects support t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mitchinson MJ,Wight DG,Arno J,Milstein BB

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine a model for the evaluation of appropriateness of testing in an emergency biochemistry laboratory. METHODS:A model was devised in which incoming emergency test requests were categorised as appropriate or inappropriate. Explicit criteria were used to define eight minor categories, which were chosen to ref...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Smellie WS,Murphy MJ,Galloway PJ,Hinnie J,McIlroy J,Dryburgh FJ

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the effect of pregnancy on C4d concentrations and to assess whether C4d remains a useful disease activity marker in the management of connective tissue diseases during pregnancy. METHODS:Plasma C3, C4, and C4d concentrations were measured in 83 women at various stages of normal pregnancy and compared...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hopkinson ND,Powell RJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of radiotherapy on normal buccal mucosa was investigated using the quantitative techniques of cytomorphology (measurement of nuclear and cytoplasmic area) and DNA cytophotometry. These techniques were applied to smears obtained before, during, and after irradiation. Nuclear area and cytoplasmic area increas...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ogden GR,Cowpe JG,Green MW

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the consistency and reproducibility of assessment of c-erbB-2 immunostaining, and to examine some of the problems relating to inter- and intraobserver variability in the documentation of positive staining; to profile the spectrum of cytoplasmic and membranous staining in a wide range of tumour types. ME...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kay EW,Walsh CJ,Cassidy M,Curran B,Leader M

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Routine anaerobic culture of urine identified the urinary tract as the primary focus of sepsis in a postoperative patient with Bacteroides fragilis septicaemia. Specimens of urine from six other symptomatic patients grew > 10(8) cfu/litre of a Bacteroides species in pure growth. The significance of these isolates is d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bannon J,Hatem MH,Noone M

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The programmed cell death receptor 1 (PD-1) checkpoint inhibitor, nivolumab, has been approved for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). However, the understanding of the expression and distribution of PD ligand 1 (PD-L1) in the tumour immune microenvironment and its prognostic role in...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yeong J,Zhao Z,Lim JCT,Li H,Thike AA,Koh VCY,Teh BT,Kanesvaran R,Toh CK,Tan PH,Khor LY

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CLINICAL QUESTION:A 77-year-old man presented with haematuria. Cystoscopy revealed a papillary tumour in the trigone region of the bladder. A TURBT was performed. Review the high-quality, interactive digital Aperio slide at http://virtualacp.com/JCPCases/jclinpath-2016-204015 and consider your diagnosis. WHAT IS YOUR D...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Trefor R,Varma M

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HeLa 229 cells were infected with genital tract strains of Chlamydia trachomatis. After incubation for varying times the infected cells were fixed and stained with the fluorescent DNA binding dyes Hoechst 33258 or DAPI for comparison with conventional Giemsa stain. Fluorochrome-treated preparations were examined by in...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Salari SH,Ward ME

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00