Rapid fixation of brains: a viable alternative?

abstract：AIMS:To study the localisation of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) in the normal placenta, with special emphasis on the implantation site in the first trimester of pregnancy, and in the different subtypes of trophoblastic cells in gestational trophoblastic disease. METHODS:The immunoperoxidase technique wi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ariel I,Hochberg A,Shochina M

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60 year old woman affected by Hashimoto's thyroiditis presented with a history of recurring episodes of urticaria and angio-oedema. Clinical and laboratory evaluation of the patient excluded allergy to external agents, hereditary angio-oedema, and occult infections. A pathogenic relation between Hashimoto's thyroidi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Amoroso A,Garzia P,Pasquarelli C,Sportelli G,Afeltra A

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For breast and prostate cancer, a gene expression signature of the tumour is associated with the development of distant metastases. Regarding head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), the only known risk factor is the presence of > or =3 tumour-positive lymph nodes. AIM:To evaluate whether a HNSCC gene...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Braakhuis BJ,Senft A,de Bree R,de Vries J,Ylstra B,Cloos J,Kuik DJ,Leemans CR,Brakenhoff RH

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new rapid automated method for the identification and classification of microorganisms is described. It is based on the incorporation of 35S-methionine into cellular proteins and subsequent separation of the radiolabelled proteins by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). The protein ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tabaqchali S,Silman R,Holland D

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of unexplained, rapidly recurring occlusions of arteries and veins in a previously healthy young woman is described. Post mortem examination showed no macroscopic abnormalities but revealed microscopic metastatic adenocarcinoma with remarkable intravascular localisation of the malignant cells. Whereas h...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Levi M,Bronkhorst C,Noorduyn LA,Vreeken J

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To develop a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the specific detection of the C protein gene in strains of group B Streptococcus. METHODS:A single primer pair derived from the nucleotide sequence of the IgA binding beta antigen of the C protein complex permitted the specific amplification of a 592 base pair DNA f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mawn JA,Simpson AJ,Heard SR

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast fibroepithelial lesions, including fibroadenomas and phyllodes tumours, are commonly encountered in clinical practice. As histological differences between these two related entities may be subtle, resulting in a challenging differential diagnosis, pathological techniques to assist the differential diagnosis of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tan WJ,Yan J,Xu S,Thike AA,Bay BH,Yu H,Tan MH,Tan PH

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with megaloblastic anaemia due to nutritional folate deficiency is described. Partial villous atrophy and malabsorption of xylose showed progressive improvement to normal with folic acid therapy. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dawson DW

更新日期：1971-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an era when immunohistochemistry (IHC) is increasingly depended on for histological subtyping, and IHC-determined biomarker informing rapid treatment choices is on the horizon; reproducible, quantifiable techniques are required. This study aimed to compare automated IHC scoring to quantify 6 DNA damage response pro...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gentles L,Howarth R,Lee WJ,Sharma-Saha S,Ralte A,Curtin N,Drew Y,O'Donnell RL

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced non-small cell lung cancer samples are tested for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations. Their detection by direct sequencing is time-consuming. Conversely, the length analysis of fluorescently labelled PCR products is easier. To avoid labelled primers and the automated capillary electrophore...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Malapelle U,Russo S,Pepe F,Sgariglia R,De Luca C,Bellevicine C,Pallante P,Troncone G

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Royal College of Pathologists introduced the National Minimum Dataset (NMDS) for the histopathological reporting of cutaneous melanoma in February 2002. AIM:To determine if histological reporting of invasive primary cutaneous melanoma in the West Midlands region of the UK was compliant with the NMDS. M...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kaur MR,Colloby PS,Martin-Clavijo A,Marsden JR

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenic pathology was analysed in 73 patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura who underwent splenectomy for bleeding that had been resistant to adrenocorticosteroids. The mean splenic weight was 100 g. The only notable macroscopic feature was the prominence of Malpighian corpuscles in 15 cases. Microscopic examin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hayes MM,Jacobs P,Wood L,Dent DM

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Lymphocytic colitis is a clinicopathological entity characterised by protracted watery diarrhoea and an increased number of intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) in the surface epithelium of the colonic mucosa. This report describes two patients with symptoms similar to those of lymphocytic colitis and an ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rubio CA,Lindholm J

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of measurement of gamma globulin in the cerebrospinal fluid by electrophoresis and by an immunological technique are compared. In some fluids marked discrepancies were found. Such discrepancies, when substantiated and better understood, may have diagnostic significance. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： COLOVER J,FEINBERG JG,TEMPLE A,TOOLEY M

更新日期：1963-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on the pathological features of dysplasia in Barrett's oesophagus. Two categorisation schemes are used for grading dysplasia in the gastrointestinal tract, including Barrett's oesophagus. The inflammatory bowel disease dysplasia morphology study group system is the one most commonly used in the USA...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Odze RD

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) encompasses a histological spectrum of liver disease, from simple steatosis through to cirrhosis. As the worldwide rates of obesity have increased, NAFLD has become the commonest cause of liver disease in many developed countries, affecting up to a third of the population. The...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dyson JK,McPherson S,Anstee QM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma antithrombin levels were measured by clotting, immunological, and amidolytic methods on two groups of subjects: 20 normal individuals and nine patients studied serially post-operatively (hip replacement). The postoperative patients were observed for the emergence of deep-vein thrombosis using 125I-fibrinogen up...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： McLellan DS,Devlin JD,Heyse-Moore GH,Aronstam A

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of serum agglutinins and precipitins to Candida albicans in men and women who had impaired bladder function following spinal injury is compared with that in other patients in hospital and in apparently fit men and women. Antibody levels which have commonly been regarded as significant were found in 35 of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Everall PH,Morris CA,Morris DF

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foveolar dysplasia is an uncommon form of dysplasia that is encountered in the stomach and oesophagus in the context of Barrett’s oesophagus. Glands displaying foveolar dysplasia also show architectural abnormalities that are similar to those encountered in adenomatous dysplasia. However, from a cytological point of v...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Serra S,Chetty R

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum IgM, IgA, and IgG concentrations were measured in 19 patients suffering from blood-dependent homozygous beta-thalassaemia. The study was prospective and the same patients served as presplenectomy controls. IgG levels rose rapidly and continuously after splenectomy IgA levels also rose but not so sharply. IgM fel...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Constantoulakis M,Trichopoulos D,Avgoustaki O,Economidou J

更新日期：1978-06-01 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：AIMS:Soft tissue tumours are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms that can arise at almost every anatomical site. As they often show similar clinical and radiological findings, histology is the definitive diagnostic method and it is crucial that the surgical pathology report contains accurate, useful information for mana...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shah C,Wang J,Mubako T,Fisher C,Thway K

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In primary aldosteronism (PA) the main source of aldosterone hypersecretion is an aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) or a bilateral hyperplasia. Histopathology of the adrenal gland from patients with PA has been difficult, as there are no morphological criteria to ascertain which are the cells that produce ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Volpe C,Höög A,Ogishima T,Mukai K,Lu M,Thorén M,Hamberger B

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Culture of peroral biopsy specimens from duodenal mucosa in vitro for 22 hours using a basic culture medium resulted in the formation of crypt cell nodules. The addition of collagen and serotonin to the culture medium increased the occurrence of the nodules and, invariably, their size. The nodules were situated on the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Challacombe DN,Wheeler EE

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of women with non-specific genital infection were treated for two weeks with tetracycline 250 mg six-hourly and minocycline 100 mg twice daily respectively. Cultures for yeasts were performed before treatment and at the end of the first and second weeks. Before treatment yeasts, mostly Candida albicans, wer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Oriel JD,Waterworth PM

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Late-stage ovarian carcinoma is almost universally fatal. BRCA mutations are associated with an improved outcome and enhanced sensitivity to platinum chemotherapy, yet recurrence and platinum resistance remain a major problem and highly effective regimens following platinum failure do not yet exist. Here we report a r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Osher DJ,Kushner YB,Arseneau J,Foulkes WD

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In everyday practice, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) testing is centralised in referral laboratories that receive paucicellular cytological specimens. Ideally, EGFR testing should be carried out in the centre where the patient is diagnosed such that the most cellular slide can be selected from in-house co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： De Luca C,Gragnano G,Pisapia P,Vigliar E,Malapelle U,Bellevicine C,Troncone G

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments are described with glass fibre filter paper and complete glass filters as fitted to high pre-vacuum autoclaves to determine whether organisms can grow or penetrate through the filters. A filter consisting of four layers of glass fibre paper fitted inside a sterilizer chamber for a year and used for 96 ster...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fallon RJ

更新日期：1963-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of acute myelomonocytic leukaemia (AMMOL) is reported in which skin infiltration with xanthomatous nodules was the presenting feature. The histological, including ultrastructural, appearances are described. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： O'Donnell JR,Tansey P,Chung P,Burnett AK,Thomson J,McDonald GA

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two histochemical techniques, the PAT/KOH/PAS and the PBT/KOH/PAS, were used to investigate the side chain O-acyl substitution patterns of the sialic acids of the colonic epithelial mucins in cases of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. In both diseases there was, as compared to normal, a reduction in the proporti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Culling CF,Reid PE,Dunn WL

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00