Continuous assessment of performance in External Quality Assessment Schemes.

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to develop a computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) system for identifying breast pathology. METHODS:Two sets of 100 consecutive core needle biopsy (CNB) specimens were collected for test and validation studies. All 200 CNB specimens were stained with antibodies targeting oestrogen receptor (ER...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Maeda I,Kubota M,Ohta J,Shinno K,Tajima S,Ariizumi Y,Doi M,Oana Y,Kanemaki Y,Tsugawa K,Ueno T,Takagi M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a population of 432 apparently healthy men aged 50 years and over 19-2% had one or more erythrocytes per high-power field in the urine while 8-1% had more than 10. Erythrocyturia seemed to be strongly correlated with tobacco consumption. No significant association with occupation could be demonstrated but the data ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Freni SC,Dalderup LM,Oudegeest JJ,Wensveen N

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli O157:H7 was isolated from a fatal case of haemorrhagic colitis with haemolytic uraemic syndrome and neurological symptoms. This strain induced diarrhoea and neurological symptoms including incoordination, ataxia, and convulsions in piglets after oral inoculation. Similar neurological signs were seen i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tzipori S,Chow CW,Powell HR

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To use the polymerase chain reaction to detect monoclonality at the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene locus in cells derived from lymph node aspirates. METHODS:A nested two-stage polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the VDJ region of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene was used to detect monoclonality. The total num...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wan JH,Sykes PJ,Orell SR,Morley AA

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To validate the Singapore nomogram for outcome prediction in breast phyllodes tumours in a large cohort of Singaporean patients, as previous validation studies were conducted on small numbers of patients. We also investigate the association of fibroadenomas and phyllodes tumours within a subset of our cohort. MET...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chng TW,Gudi M,Lim SH,Li H,Tan PH

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the sensitivity of commercially available diagnostic assays for Chlamydia trachomatis using a simple method. METHODS:Nine commercial assays and an "in-house" polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were evaluated using serial dilutions of a laboratory grown H serovar--four of them using a laboratory grown E ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Thomas BJ,MacLeod EJ,Taylor-Robinson D

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The TNM classification for renal cell cancer (RCC) should accurately predict and assign prognostic information for patients. In this study the recent 2010 revision to the TNM classification was compared with the previous 2002 classification with regard to survival outcomes. METHODS:All patients having radic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Veeratterapillay R,Simren R,El-Sherif A,Johnson MI,Soomro N,Heer R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In colonic biopsies of 33 patients with acute colitis caused by campylobacter, salmonella, or shigella immunoglobulin containing cells were determined quantitatively using an indirect immunoperoxidase technique and morphometry with a graphic tablet. The findings were compared with those of 10 patients without histolog...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： van Spreeuwel JP,Lindeman J,Meijer CJ

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The finding of raised growth hormone concentrations in patients with secondary malignancy in the liver is reported. These concentrations were significantly higher than those found in patients with primary malignancy only or in those with non-hepatic secondaries. A wide range of malignancies was investigated and the hi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Andrews GS

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macroscopic evidence of bruising from human bite marks may be inconclusive and routine histochemical methods of showing extravasated erythrocytes can be unreliable. Leuco patent blue staining, for the presence of peroxidase, Amido black B, a tinctorial staining method for haemoglobin, Perls's reaction for ferric iron ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Allison RT,Whittaker DK

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and pathological findings in 23 patients with ischaemic lesions of the alimentary tract (ischaemic enterocolitis) are described. These are compared with findings in 13 patients with occlusive thrombosis of the superior mesenteric artery. The pathological features distinguishing the two conditions are disc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： McDonald GS,Hourihane DO

更新日期：1972-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for the simultaneous labelling of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) and membrane antigens is described. TdT is visualised in the cell nucleus with the peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PAP) method, and the immunogold method is used in combination with monoclonal antibodies against membrane antigens. The mo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tavares de Castro J,San Miguel JF,Soler J,Catovsky D

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with Vibrio vulnificus is uncommon in Europe but is associated with necrotising wound infections and life-threatening septicaemia. This case is one of infection most likely to have been acquired from a thermal pool in Turkey without preceding exposure to seawater or shellfish. The report also describes how e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Partridge DG,Townsend R,Larkin S,Parsons HK

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique is described for obtaining samples of bladder epithelium using soluble swabs. Changes indicating neoplasia were seen in a large proportion of patients with bladder carcinoma. These changes were absent in the non-neoplastic control cases. The method provided tissue similar to that obtained by biopsy and sur...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Trott PA,Williams G,Attridge PW

更新日期：1969-11-01 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 quality assurance programme at the Aga Khan University Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan, all hysterectomy specimens were reviewed from January 1986 to December 1989. Adenomyosis was found in 237 of the 419 (56.5%) specimens studied. Of these 237 patients, 232 (97.9%) were parous and 196 (82.8%) were in t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shaikh H,Khan KS

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal cell proliferation plays an important role in the maintenance of the integrity of the gastrointestinal system. The study of gastrointestinal proliferation kinetics allows a better understanding of the complexity of the system, and also has important implications for the study of gastrointestinal carci...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wong WM,Wright NA

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonising Campylobacter pyloridis were identified histologically in gastric biopsy specimens from 89% of 83 patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia and chronic gastritis, but not in 58 dyspeptic patients with normal mucosa. The presence and population density of organisms was associated with the presence of intraepithelial...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wyatt JI,Rathbone BJ,Heatley RV

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several diseases of the small intestine, including gluten-sensitivity, present with malabsorption and a "flat" mucosa. Determination of the mitotic index of epithelial lymphocytes provides a simple, objective method of assessing, and thus of predicting, whether a flat mucosa is due to gluten-sensitivity (index greater...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Marsh MN,Haeney MR

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovial sarcoma is a distinctive soft tissue neoplasm with monophasic and biphasic forms. It is typically a deep-seated soft tissue tumour of the extremities of young adults and occasional cases have been described in large peripheral nerves. A rare example has a predominance of the glandular component and may mimic ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Weinreb I,Perez-Ordoñez B,Guha A,Kiehl TR

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the correlation between centrally assessed human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) immunohistochemistry (IHC) and fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) results and response to treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer enrolled in a first-line, phase II, open-label, 3-weekly tra...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hofmann M,Stoss O,Gaiser T,Kneitz H,Heinmöller P,Gutjahr T,Kaufmann M,Henkel T,Rüschoff J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical features and special investigations in a case of multiple myelomatosis are described. The finding of exfoliated ;myeloma cells' in the urine of this case is thought to be unique, these cells closely resembling the myeloma cells seen in the bone marrow. The necropsy findings indicated that the origin of th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： PROWSE CM,BLECHER TE

更新日期：1962-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) system plays a critical role in regulating the immune response. As a consequence of its role in immune regulation and exquisite polymorphism, the HLA system also constitutes an immunological barrier which must be avoided or otherwise overcome in clinical transplantation. This introduc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Howell WM,Carter V,Clark B

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To establish whether infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) contributed to the development of coronary artery lesions in a six year old child with an aneurysm and stenoses of the coronary arteries and suspected Kawasaki disease. METHODS:Postmortem paraffin wax sections of the coronary artery and myocardium were e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Culora GA,Moore IE

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three selective chromogenic culture media (CHROMagars ESBL, CTX-M and KPC) were evaluated for their ability to support the growth of nine Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates producing OXA-48 carbapenemase in combination with other β-lactamases. CHROMagar ESBL and CHROMagar KPC were the most sensitive media, supporting grow...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hornsey M,Phee L,Woodford N,Turton J,Meunier D,Thomas C,Wareham DW

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of the osteocytes, osteoblasts, osteoclasts, haemopoietic and other connective tissue cells was examined in 27 biopsies from 22 patients with Paget's disease of bone. Electron microscopy showed characteristic nuclear and cytoplasmic inclusions in the osteoclasts of all of the 25 biopsies exhibiting ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Harvey L,Gray T,Beneton MN,Douglas DL,Kanis JA,Russell RG

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the prevalence of gastric giardiasis in patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, and to define the clinicopathological correlates of gastric Giardia lamblia infection. METHODS:Consecutive gastric biopsy specimens (n = 15,023) from 11,085 patients, taken at Feltre City Hospital (north easter...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Doglioni C,De Boni M,Cielo R,Laurino L,Pelosio P,Braidotti P,Viale G

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the genetic differences among the strains of adenovirus type 8 (Ad8) circulating in Hiroshima city, Japan, and to study their circulation pattern. METHODS:One hundred and twenty nine strains of adenovirus type 8 (Ad8) were isolated in Hiroshima City over a 15 year period (1983-97) from patients wit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Adhikary AK,Numaga J,Kaburaki T,Kawashima H,Araie M,Ikeda Y,Ogino T,Suzuki E,Ushijima H,Mukoyama A,Matsuno S,Inada T,Okabe N

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow infiltrates taken from 11 patients with peripheral T cell lymphoma were immunophenotyped as T cell lymphoma using monoclonal antibodies on frozen bone marrow trephine biopsy specimens. In nine these were taken at diagnosis and in two after failure of treatment to eradicate lymphoma in the marrow. Patterns ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： White DM,Smith AG,Whitehouse JM,Smith JL

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The congenital dyserythropoietic anaemias (CDAs) are a group of rare hereditary disorders characterised by ineffective erythropoiesis and morphological abnormalities in the erythroblasts. Patients may present with jaundice or with symptoms of anaemia, gall stones or iron overload. The diagnosis can be challenging and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dukka S,King MJ,Hill QA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00