Nevus versus melanoma: to FISH, or not to FISH.

abstract：:Inflammatory skin diseases encompass a vast array of conditions. The field continues to expand and evolve with resurgence of conditions, through newly recognized medication adverse effects, and via more detailed descriptions of known dermatoses. The importance of clinicopathologic correlation and an up to date knowled...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Penn L,Rothman L,Sutton AM,Brinster NK,Vidal CI

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital imaging has progressed at a rapid rate and is likely to eventually replace chemical photography in most areas of professional and amateur digital image acquisition. In pathology, digital microscopy has implications beyond that of taking a photograph. The arguments for adopting this new medium are compelling, a...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Leong FJ,Leong AS

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia has evolved from the original description of a clinical syndrome to its more recent designation as a distinct clinicopathologic entity, that is, lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (LPL/WM), in the World Health Organization (WHO) classification and by t...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Lin P,Medeiros LJ

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common form of kidney cancer in adults. RCC is a significant challenge for pathologic diagnosis and clinical management. The primary approach to diagnosis is by light microscopy, using the World Health Organization (WHO) classification system, which defines histopathologic tumor ...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Young AN,Master VA,Paner GP,Wang MD,Amin MB

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current World Health Organization (WHO) classification of lung adenocarcinomas includes noninvasive bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) and several patterns of invasive adenocarcinoma. The most common is a mixed subtype of adenocarcinoma. This group is very heterogenous and includes a wide spectrum of tumors ranging fr...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Dacic S

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma (FDCS) is an intermediate-grade malignancy of follicular dendritic cells, which are derived from mesenchymal stem cells. Nodal FDCS is well-recognized. However, when it occurs at an extranodal site, it may not be recognized and is often misdiagnosed. These tumors exhibit a variable sp...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Kaur R,Mehta J,Borges A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 14-year-old female with primary adenocarcinoma of the transverse colon. She was hospitalized after presenting with abdominal pain and signs of intestinal obstruction. There was no health antecedent or family history of neoplasia. Physical examination revealed a distended abdomen. Tenderness was e...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Galliani CA,Sanchez IC,D'Errico MM,Bisceglia M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The differential diagnosis of neuroendocrine neoplasms of the larynx is broad and includes lesions of epithelial, mesenchymal, and neuroectodermal origin. These lesions have overlapping clinical and pathologic aspects and must be carefully considered in the differential diagnosis of laryngeal neoplasms. The prognosis ...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Hunt JL,Ferlito A,Hellquist H,Rinaldo A,Skálová A,Slootweg PJ,Willems SM,Cardesa A

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Well-differentiated liposarcoma (WDL) and dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDL) form the largest subgroup of liposarcomas, and represent a morphologic and behavioral spectrum of 1 disease entity, which arises typically in middle to late adult life, most frequently within the retroperitoneum or extremities. DDL is defined...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Thway K,Jones RL,Noujaim J,Zaidi S,Miah AB,Fisher C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is routinely performed in most laboratories, and other than purchase of commercially available antibodies, requires no additional equipment or reagents. As such, IHC is an accessible and relatively inexpensive test and one that can be performed quite quickly. This is in sharp contrast to gen...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Oh KS,Mahalingam M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gliomas are a large and diverse group of primary brain tumors that include those that are diffusely infiltrative and others that are well-circumscribed and low grade. Diffuse gliomas are currently classified by the World Health Organization as astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, or oligoastrocytomas and range in grade f...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Appin CL,Brat DJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is a relatively common condition in which endometrial tissue is established in locations outside the uterus where, like the eutopic endometrium, it responds to hormonal stimuli and develops internal bleeding, inflammation, and fibrosis. These changes are associated with chronic and often debilitating cyc...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Arafah M,Rashid S,Akhtar M

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse aggressive B-cell lymphomas comprise a relatively common and increasingly diverse group of neoplasms. Newer modalities including gene expression profiling and an increasing panel of immunohistochemical markers have contributed to greater accuracy in defining these entities. Attention is paid not only to the ne...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Said J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue microarrays (TMAs) provide unique resources for rapid evaluation and validation of tissue biomarkers. The Canary Foundation Retrospective Prostate Tissue Microarray Resource used a rigorous statistical design, quota sampling, a variation of the case-cohort study, to select patients for inclusion in a multicente...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Hawley S,Fazli L,McKenney JK,Simko J,Troyer D,Nicolas M,Newcomb LF,Cowan JE,Crouch L,Ferrari M,Hernandez J,Hurtado-Coll A,Kuchinsky K,Liew J,Mendez-Meza R,Smith E,Tenggara I,Zhang X,Carroll PR,Chan JM,Gleave M,L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myoepithelial neoplasms represent a heterogeneous group of tumors of which classification is incomplete and evolving. Those of the soft tissues often form genetically distinct subgroups that differ from those arising within salivary glands. Soft-tissue myoepithelial tumors (including mixed tumors that show true glandu...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Thway K,Fisher C

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian lesions composed of spindle cells comprise a heterogeneous group; most are neoplastic but several non-neoplastic conditions are also composed of spindle cells. This review discusses the main differential diagnoses of an ovarian spindle cell lesion, especially concentrating on the recent literature. The majorit...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Irving JA,McCluggage WG

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pheochromocytomas are uncommon neuroendocrine tumors arising in the adrenal medulla, whereas paragangliomas arise from chromaffin cells in sympathetic and parasympathetic locations outside of the adrenal gland. Molecular genetic studies in the past few years have identified >10 genes involved in the pathogenesis of ph...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Guo Z,Lloyd RV

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a vascular tumor of low to intermediate malignancy that was initially described in the soft tissue. Since then, epithelioid hemangioendothelioma has been described in various anatomic sites including parenchymal tissues and the bone. In the bone, these tumors must not only be distin...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Weissferdt A,Moran CA

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2) is over-expressed in 15% to 30% of breast cancers and is a poor prognostic marker in node-positive patients. HER-2 expression is an indicator of greater sensitivity to anthracycline-based chemotherapy and is the major criterion for selection for treatment with the anti-...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Leong TY,Leong AS

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid microcarcinoma, defined as a thyroid tumor measuring 1 cm or less, is an extremely indolent tumor. Papillary microcarcinoma, the most common subtype, is often identified incidentally in a thyroid removed for benign clinical nodules or diffuse processes (eg, thyroiditis). In this clinical situation, over 99% ar...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Baloch ZW,LiVolsi VA

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atypical cribriform lesions of the prostate gland consist of cribriform and rarely solid proliferation of prostate glands populated with cytologically atypical cells with partial or complete basal cell lining. It may represent cribriform "high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia" (HGPIN) or "intraductal carcinom...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Shah RB,Zhou M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the recent dermatopathology literature regarding cutaneous adnexal neoplasms, with emphasis on new and underrecognized entities, "old entities" with new findings, advances in immunohistochemistry, and new findings in relation to inherited disorders associated with cutaneous adnexal neoplasms. ...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Ali SM,Sangueza OP

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has distinct morphologic features and can be identified in the majority of cases by routine hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded sections. However, distinguishing a well-differentiated HCC from normal or regenerative tissue may be very difficult in some ca...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Varma V,Cohen C

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anal squamous cell carcinoma and its precursor lesions are increasing in incidence in the United States and Europe. This trend predates human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome and has been associated with persistent high-risk human papilloma virus (HPV) genotype infection, previous lower genit...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Longacre TA,Kong CS,Welton ML

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from the past 6 years have shown that the presence of any amount of cribriform (or more comprehensively, large acinar cribriform to papillary) pattern of invasive prostate cancer is associated with adverse pathologic features and leads to uniquely adverse outcomes. Sixteen papers and numerous abstracts have reach...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Iczkowski KA,Paner GP,Van der Kwast T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on discussing the main modifications of the recently published 2017 WHO Classification of Neoplasms of the Neuroendocrine Pancreas (panNEN). Recent updates separate pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors into 2 broad categories: well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (panNET) and poorly dif...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Guilmette JM,Nosé V

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paratesticular mesotheliomas are rare tumors with 223 cases described so far. The sole plausible causative factor so far ascertained in the pathogenesis of these tumors is asbestos, which however is found in only around 30% to 40% of such cases. The age range of affected individuals is wide, mostly adults and the elde...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Bisceglia M,Dor DB,Carosi I,Vairo M,Pasquinelli G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of minimal prostatic adenocarcinoma can be challenging on prostate needle biopsy, and immunohistochemistry may be used to support the diagnosis of cancer. The International Society of Urologic Pathology currently recommends the use of the basal cell markers high-molecular-weight cytokeraratin and p63, an...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Giannico GA,Arnold SA,Gellert LL,Hameed O

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the pathologic features of lesions which are oncocytic and involve classic endocrine organs. The history of the oncocytic cell, its morphologic and ultrastructural features, and important immunohistochemical findings are reviewed. Oncocytic proliferations including non-neoplastic and neoplastic of t...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Canberk S,LiVolsi VA,Baloch Z

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative consultation remains an invaluable tool in the initial evaluation of surgically excised specimens. Good communication is required between the pathologist and surgeon to obtain the best care for their mutual patient. Intraoperative consultation (frozen section, FS) provides a preliminary diagnosis for th...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Somerset HL,Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00