Aberrant expression of alpha-fetoprotein in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: an exceptional occurrence.

abstract：:CD138 (syndecan-1) immunoexpression has been reported to be specific for the plasmacytoid variant of urothelial carcinomas (UCs). The aim of this study was to examine the utility of CD138 immunohistochemistry for diagnosing the plasmacytoid variant of UCs. The extent and intensity of CD138 immunostaining were evaluate...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Goto K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningioma (LPRM) is an extremely rare variant of meningioma, and a small percentage of LPRM may be associated with IgG4-related disease. To date, the coexistence of 2 rare meningioma variants consisting of LPRM and angiomatous meningioma within one neoplasm has not been reported in the literatur...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Son HJ,Yu IK,Kim SM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe a case of metastasis of malignant peritoneal epithelioid mesothelioma in gastric antral mucosa in a patient with a cryptogenic liver cirrhosis associated with esophageal varices, abdominal pain and distension, ascites, and weight loss. MATERIALS AND METHOD:The patient underwent esophageal gastric endos...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Daniele L,Righi A,Ferraris A,Macrì L,Asioli S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) is a rare neoplasm that most commonly presents in the lower extremities. Although ASPS has distinctive histologic features, it may cause diagnostic problems when it arises in unusual locations. To our knowledge, only 1 case of ASPS arising within the breast has previously been reporte...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Wu J,Brinker DA,Haas M,Montgomery EA,Argani P

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:Sclerosing cholangitis is an autoimmune condition characterized by lymphocytic infiltration within the biliary epithelium leading to multifocal stricturing of the biliary tree. Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is the most common type encountered clinically. However, a similar process may occur in conjunction with ...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Ong SL,Garcea G,Puls F,Richards C,Mulcahy K,Grant A,Dennison AR,Berry DP

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 45-year-old woman presented with a short history of abdominal distension and features of intestinal obstruction. Computed tomography examination of the abdomen revealed a solid and cystic mass in the region of the left ovary, but spread within the abdomen was also noted. The ovarian tumor was removed, and an omentec...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Pillay K,Essa AS,Chetty R

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cystic swelling in the parotid gland should lead to a differential diagnosis that includes benign cystic lesion of the gland, benign tumors that are frequently associated with cystic degeneration or entirely cystic de novo, or even a malignant neoplasm. The case presented is that of a cystic parotid swelling of 2 ye...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Qannam A,Bello IO,Al-Kindi M,Al-Hindi M

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:The International Society of Urological Pathology in 2010 recommended weighing prostates without seminal vesicles (SV) to include only prostate weight in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) density (PSAD) calculation, because SV do not produce PSA. Large retrospective cohorts exist with combined weight recorded that needs...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Tjionas GA,Epstein JI,Williamson SR,Diaz M,Menon M,Peabody JO,Gupta NS,Parekh DJ,Cote RJ,Jorda M,Kryvenko ON

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal liver metastases with intrabiliary growth are uncommon and difficult to characterize by radiology alone. We present the case of a 61-year-old woman previously operated on for a left colon cancer who developed a metacronous lesion at liver segment II-III. Radiologic workup was indicative for cholangiocarcino...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Coppola S,Zucchini N,Romano F,Bovo G,Gilardoni E,Nespoli L,Gianotti L

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a cytohistologic and immunohistochemical study of 2 cases of papillary thyroid carcinoma occurring in a thyroglossal duct cyst. The patients were a 21-year-old woman and a 48-year-old man. Needle aspiration cytology smears were consistent with papillary thyroid carcinoma. The Sistrunk procedure was done. Pap...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Falconieri G,Della Libera D,Zanella M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rare case of glomus tumor of the duodenum. The tumor was detected in a 46-year-old man being investigated for episodes of gastrointestinal bleeding. The excised specimen showed a 2.3 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm gray-tan tumor involving the mucosa and the submucosa. The overlying mucosa was focally ulcerated. Histolog...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Jundi M,Lack EE,Brun EA,Esquivel J,Kumar D

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-eight consecutive surgical biopsies of oral mucosa from 96 patients were evaluated immunohistochemically with an anti-cytokeratin 20 (CK 20) anti-body to evidence Merkel cells (MC). Fifteen cases, showing the highest number of MC, were additionally studied with chromogranin A, S-100 protein, neuro filaments, ep...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Righi A,Betts CM,Marchetti C,Marucci G,Montebugnoli L,Prati C,Eusebi LH,Muzzi L,Ragazzini T,Foschini MP

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synchronous tumors of the stomach are uncommon. We present a unique case of gastric synchronous tumors composed of signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). The two tumors arose at the same site and were sharply juxtaposed without intermingling of morphologically distinct elements. Coi...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Lee FY,Jan YJ,Wang J,Yu CC,Wu CC

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PEComas are mesenchymal neoplasms composed of perivascular epithelioid cells (PEC) and include a spectrum of tumors. PEComas and malignant melanoma share common morphological, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural features, such as epithelioid cell morphology and melanocytic immunophenotype. Melanocytic markers com...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Ferenczi K,Lastra RR,Farkas T,Elenitsas R,Xu X,Roberts S,Brooks JS,Zhang PJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 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

abstract：:In this article, we report the case of a 40-year-old woman with a sessile polyp of the rectosigmoid junction that underwent endoscopic resection. The resected specimen showed spindle cell proliferation with eosinophilic cytoplasm between mucosal crypts, mimicking mucosal prolapse syndrome. However, these were immunohi...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Hashimoto H,Usui G,Sakai E,Ohata K,Morikawa T

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyoma virus nephritis is increasingly being recognized as a cause of allograft dysfunction in renal transplant patients. We describe and illustrate the findings in a renal biopsy and a concurrent urine sample from a patient with polyoma virus nephritis. The urine cytology findings were highly suggestive of a tumor d...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Papadimitriou JC,Drachenberg CB,Bourquin PM

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of polymorphous hemangioendothelioma, a rare vascular neoplasm, arising in the liver of a 51-year-old woman. Microscopically, this neoplasm is characterized by a polymorphous blend of solid, primitive vascular and angiomatous areas in variable proportions. Polymorphous hemangioendothelioma is consider...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： El Hussein S,Omarzai Y

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal ectopic sebaceous glands are very rare lesions. A series of 5 cases in a single report has been the maximum number described in the English literature to date. We conducted a clinicopathologic study of 8 cases of esophageal ectopic sebaceous glands. The median patient age at the time of diagnosis was 60 yea...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Hashimoto H,Horiuchi H,Miura S,Takayanagi S,Gunji T,Morikawa T

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined lung cancers containing both small cell and non-small cell carcinoma elements are uncommon but well recognized. Lung tumors with neuroendocrine differentiation form a group of histologically distinct tumors with differing clinical behavior ranging from low-grade tumors with good prognosis (typical carcinoid) ...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Owens CL,Fraire AE

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinomas in the breast with a predominantly clear cytoplasm are rare. In this article, we review the differential diagnosis of clear cell breast neoplasms and report a case of invasive lobular carcinoma with extensive clear cell morphology that was diagnosed as invasive ductal carcinoma, not otherwise specified, on ...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Kavesh MH,Sanchez D,Asirvatham JR

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micrometastases in lymph nodes and blood may provide important prognostic information. In this study, cytokeratin 20 (CK20) positive cells in lymph nodes and circulating CK20 mRNA were studied using 57 paraffin-embedded lymph node specimens and blood from 24 patients with pN0 colorectal cancer (CRC), respectively. Res...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Wong CS,Cheung MT,Ma BB,Pun Hui E,Chan AC,Chan CK,Lee KC,Cheuk W,Lam MY,Wong MC,Chan CM,Chan JK,Chan AT

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Warthin tumor is the second most common salivary gland neoplasm. It occurs more commonly in males than in females. Malignant transformation in Warthin tumor is a rare but well-recognized phenomenon; however, the development or presentation of lymphoma in a Warthin tumor is rare. An 80-year-old man presented with painl...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Jawad H,McCarthy P,O'Leary G,Heffron CC

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary pulmonary mucin-rich lesions with abundant goblet cells growing within alveolar spaces are either classified as mucinous adenocarcinoma (previously called mucinous bronchioloalveolar carcinoma) or colloid carcinoma. Some of these lesions display a morphologic pattern characterized by paucicellular discontinuou...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Jessurun J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives. The criteria for "active surveillance" depend in part on quantification of tumor extent and grade on prostate biopsies. It is known that false-negative biopsies may occur from incomplete sectioning of cores within the paraffin blocks. Methods. We retrospectively analyzed a prostate biopsy series, which wer...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Paulk AT,Sesterhenn IA,Burke AP

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enfuvirtide (ENF, T-20, or Fuzeon [Hoffman-La Roche Inc, Nutley, NJ, and Trimeris, Inc, Durham, NC]) is an HIV-1 fusion inhibitor and is the only injectable antiretroviral drug available. Injection site reactions (ISRs) are the most frequently reported adverse events, occurring in about 98% of patients. A granuloma an...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Sidhu HK,Chaffee BH,Tvetenstrand CD,Sidhu JS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the pathologic characteristics and prognostic significance of periprostatic lymph node (LN) metastasis of prostate cancer. The latter was performed by comparing biochemical recurrence (BCR)-free survival in cases of periprostatic LN metastasis versus matched patients showing pelvic LN metastasis. M...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： González-Roibón N,Han JS,Lee S,Feng Z,Arslankoz S,Smith N,Pierorazio PM,Humphreys E,Deweese TL,Partin AW,Bivalacqua TJ,Han M,Trock B,Netto GJ

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histology in cases of primary spontaneous pneumothorax is generally nonspecific, but a careful examination, taking into account clinical data, may reveal subtle tissue alterations leading to a specific diagnosis in cases that might otherwise be taken as primary and spontaneous. In this article, we describe 3 cases...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Mataca E,Rossi G,Colby TV

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00