Parafibromin expression in breast cancer: a novel marker for prognostication?

abstract：:A 72 year old woman presented complaining of nasal obstruction, rhinorrea, and epistaxis. At examination, a polypoid mass on the right posterior choana was revealed and subsequently removed. Light microscopic findings consisted of a diffuse proliferation of spindle shaped, pleomorphic cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Vincenzi A,Rossi G,Monzani D,Longo L,Rivasi F

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:PCR amplicon-based next-generation sequencing (NGS) panels are increasingly used for clinical diagnostic assays. Amplification bias is a well-known limitation of PCR amplicon-based approaches. We sought to characterise lower-performance amplicons in an off-the-shelf NGS panel (TruSight Myeloid Sequencing Panel) fo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yan B,Hu Y,Ng C,Ban KH,Tan TW,Huan PT,Lee PL,Chiu L,Seah E,Ng CH,Koay ES,Chng WJ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS), an inflammation-based prognostic score formed from standard thresholds of C reactive protein (CRP) and albumin, has prognostic value in patients with advanced cancer. Little is known about the general biochemical disturbance associated with the systemic inflammatory respon...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Brown DJ,Milroy R,Preston T,McMillan DC

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six fetal and 10 neonatal rat or mouse stomachs and a 14-week human fetal stomach were examined for immunofluorescence reactivity with four sera containing parietal cell antibody (PCA) and four other sera containing smooth muscle antibody (SMA). In rat and mouse stomachs, parietal cells first reacted with PCA in 19-da...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ceredig R,Toh BH

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ultrastructural cytochemical study of lysosomal acid phosphatase was performed on leukemic cells in a case of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia of T cell origin (T-CLL). The cells showed inclusion bodies known as parallel tubular arrays, which often lay within acid phosphatase-positive, membrane-bound spaces. This sugg...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Capron F,PErrot JY,Boucheix C,Reynes M,Tricottet V,Bernadou A,Diebold J

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of ERBB2 (HER2) status in breast carcinomas has become critical in determining response to the humanised monoclonal antibody trastuzumab. The current joint College of American Pathologists and the American Society of Clinical Oncology guidelines for the evaluation of HER2 status in breast carcinoma involve ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gruver AM,Peerwani Z,Tubbs RR

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the significance of flat epithelial atypia (FEA) on core biopsy by evaluating the proportion of cases upgraded to in-situ and invasive carcinoma on further sampling with vacuum-assisted biopsy (VAB) or diagnostic surgical biopsy. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was performed of all core biopsies contai...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rajan S,Sharma N,Dall BJ,Shaaban AM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the frequency of skip lesions in an unselected series of temporal artery biopsies and compare the results with other series. METHODS:The study was a retrospective review of 102 consecutive temporal artery biopsies taken in a five year period (1992-1997) in one large hospital. RESULTS:35 cases (34.3%)...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Poller DN,van Wyk Q,Jeffrey MJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary breast cancer accounts for up to 5-10% of all breast carcinomas. Recent studies have demonstrated that mutations in two high-penetrance genes, namely BRCA1 and BRCA2, are responsible for about 16% of the familial risk of breast cancer. Even though subsequent studies have failed to find another high-penetran...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tan DS,Marchiò C,Reis-Filho JS

更新日期：2008-10-01 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 discovery of ETS gene fusions as common events in prostate cancer represents a paradigmatic shift in the significance attributed to chromosomal translocations as a key mechanistic player in carcinogenesis. However, these chromosomal fusion events are poorly understood, as their functional significance and therapeu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Attard G,Ang JE,Olmos D,de Bono JS

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two newborn babies with an intact atrial septum are described. In one, the two components of the atrial septum appeared to have become fused after relatively normal initial development; the left side of this heart was hypoplastic. In the other baby the formation of the atrial septum appeared to have been completely an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shortland-Webb WR,Tozer RA,Cameron AH

更新日期：1966-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a study to establish the prevalence of renal calculus disease, alkaline phosphatase activity was measured by the method recommended by the Scandinavian Society for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Physiology in the plasma of 3823 adults from the Scottish new town of Cumbernauld. The enzyme activity differs i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gardner MD,Scott R

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This 14th best practice review is the second of a pair that examines tumour marker requesting primary care situations. This review considers carbohydrate antigen 125, α-fetoprotein and human chorionic gonadotropin. It is presented in question-answer format, referenced for each question. The recommendations represent a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cabrera-Abreu JC,Smellie WS,Bowley R,Shaw N

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme linked immunoadsorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect IgG, IgM, and IgA antibody in urine to a crude antigenic mixture prepared from six arbitrarily chosen strains of common coliform urinary pathogens. In a group of patients with symptoms of urinary tract infection 24 of 80 (30%) urine samples were positiv...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： McKenzie H,Young DN

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes two cases of Osler's triad of pneumonia, meningitis, and endocarditis, as a result of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection, also called Austrian's syndrome. In the first patient, a 51 year old non-alcoholic man, the aortic valve was affected and needed to be replaced in an emergency operation. The ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： du Cheyron D,Lesage A,Le Page O,Flais F,Leclercq R,Charbonneau P

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The placenta is the fetal organ providing the interchange between mother and fetus. This organ needs to provide its function such as transport and secretion even during its development and thus all developmental changes need to be in accordance with its function. This review describes development of the placenta durin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Huppertz B

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we report the pathological findings of nine complete autopsies of individuals who died in community settings in the UK, three of which were positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), three tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 but are likely false negatives, and three died of other respi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Youd E,Moore L

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate whether cholesterol and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) measurements in fluids are more sensitive and specific markers for differentiating between exudates and transudates, as confirmed clinically, than the measurement of fluid total protein concentrations alone. PATIENTS/METHODS:Serum, pleural fluid, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Paramothayan NS,Barron J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is not commonly a familial condition. This is believed to be the first two cases of primary pancreatic lymphoma within a single family. The two cases, a brother and sister, both presented in their 60s and were diagnosed histologically as having high grade B cell lymphoma affecting the pancreas, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： James JA,Milligan DW,Morgan GJ,Crocker J

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent publications have suggested that fixing neutrophils in formalin is a useful adjunct to the differentiation of antinuclear antibodies from perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies. In this small comparative study of 30 sera the use of an additional slide of formalin fixed neutrophils did not add any use...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Spickett GP,Broomhead V

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although epithelial mucin has been demonstrated in ordinary mammary duct carcinomas, it is formed profusely in the uncommon mucous carcinomas. A histochemical study of mucous carcinomas of the breast and colon showed that both types produce similar mucins, viz, acid and neutral, although the mammary carcinomas produce...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cooper DJ

更新日期：1974-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A polyclonal antiserum, produced in sheep and reactive against purified human leucocyte elastase, has been applied to paraffin sections from a range of human tissues by means of the indirect immunoperoxidase method. Striking and consistent results have been obtained. Normal or inflammatory granulocytes were intensely ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Crocker J,Jenkins R,Burnett D

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare the expression of immunohistochemical variables between benign and malignant components of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST) arising within neurofibroma. METHODS:Eight cases of MPNST arising within a neurofibroma, associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), were studied. The areas of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Watanabe T,Oda Y,Tamiya S,Masuda K,Tsuneyoshi M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the dye calcon (1-(2 hydroxy-1-naphthylazo)-2-naphthol-4 sulphonic acid) for the estimation of calcium using E.D.T.A. and a commercial photoelectric titrimeter is described. The interfering effects of magnesium and phosphate have been overcome. The method has been extended to estimations on biological mater...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： BOWDEN CH,PATSTON VJ

更新日期：1963-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SF3B1 is the largest subunit of the Spliceosome Factor 3b (SF3B) complex and part of the U2 small nuclear ribosomal protein. It functions as an important part of spliceosomal assembly, converting precursor messenger RNA (mRNA) to mRNA ready for ribosomal translation. Mutations of SF3B1 are commonly seen in myelodyspla...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Foy A,McMullin MF

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION/METHODS:After the recognition of contaminating algae on histopathological sections stained by periodic acid Schiff (PAS) and Grocott methods, a detailed audit was undertaken to assess the extent of contamination and its possible source. RESULTS:The contaminating organism was a member of the staurastrum ge...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Agarwal A,Helliwell TR

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：:A 68 year old diabetic man developed septicaemia and multiple liver abscesses due to Streptococcus intermedius. Liver biopsy revealed streptococcal botryomycosis which showed the Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon. Diabetes mellitus is an example of the immunosuppressed states that have been associated with botryomycosis. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Schlossberg D,Pandey M,Reddy R

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and seventyone antenatal patients were examined for the presence of ;large colony' mycoplasmas in the vagina, and for complement-fixing antibody to Mycoplasma hominis. In 25 patients the findings before and after delivery were compared. In patients from whom M. hominis was grown, antibody was twice as comm...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jones DM

更新日期：1967-07-01 00:00:00