Ten problematical issues identified by pathology review for multidisciplinary gynaecological oncology meetings.

abstract：:Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) is a high grade type of neuroendocrine tumour with an aggressive clinical course. This report describes the first case of LCNEC combined with an adenocarcinoma component in the common bile duct. A 68 year old man presented with jaundice. Severe stenosis of the bile duct was ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sato K,Waseda R,Tatsuzawa Y,Fujinaga H,Wakabayashi T,Ueda Y,Katsuda S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmembrane serine protease 2 is encoded by the TMPRSS2 gene. The gene is widely conserved and has two isoforms, both being autocatalytically activated from the inactive zymogen form. A fusion gene between the TMPRSS2 gene and ERG (erythroblast-specific-related gene), an oncogenic transcription factor, is the most c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Thunders M,Delahunt B

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of rotavirus infection in elderly patients in a long-stay ward of a geriatric hospital is described. Virus was detected in 7/15 (47%) symptomatic individuals. Four members of staff were among those affected. The findings emphasise the need for electron microscopy to be used in the initial investigation of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cubitt WD,Holzel H

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and forty-seven strains of micro-organisms were isolated from the urinary tract of 121 patients with neurological complaints leading to paraplegia. The commonest infecting organism was E. coli and the commonest type of Proteus was P. mirabilis. Infections with more than one type of organism were present in...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： SCOTT TG

更新日期：1960-01-01 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：AIMS:To establish a three dimensional reconstruction of an invasive breast carcinoma using basic laboratory equipment to evaluate and characterise the spatial arrangement of the parenchymal cells of the breast. METHODS:One hundred and twenty eight sequential 4 microm sections (20 microm apart) of the tumour were stain...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kurien T,Boyce RW,Paish EC,Ronan J,Maddison J,Rakha EA,Green AR,Ellis IO

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the use of multimedia enhancements, using a computerised microscope, in the training of microscope skills. METHODS:The HOME microscope provides facilities to highlight features of interest in conjunction with either text display or aural presentation. A pilot study was carried out with 10 individuals, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gray E,Duvall E,Sprey J,Bird CC

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether antibiotics are prescribed appropriately for acute tonsillitis in an emergency department (ED). METHODS:Cross-sectional observational study in large district general hospital in London. Patients diagnosed and coded with 'acute tonsillitis' in the ED over a 3-month period in 2015. Medica...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kanji K,Saatci D,Rao GG,Khanna P,Bassett P,Williams B,Khan M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight strains of Pseudomonas putrefaciens have been received from among 466 strains of Pseudomonas submitted to the Computer Trials Laboratory for identification over the last eight years. Two of the strains of P. putrefaciens from patients with otitis media and otitis externa respectively appear to have played a path...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Holmes B,Lapage SP,Malnick H

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) has been shown to be useful for ruling out heart failure in primary care. In this study, we examined the accuracy of the Cobas h232 point-of-care (POC) instrument in primary care compared with an in-hospital measurement. Furthermore, we investigated the user-fr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hex C,Smeets M,Penders J,Van Hoof V,Verbakel J,Buntinx F,Vaes B

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytological features of testicular germ cell tumours were established in smears from 15 freshly resected tumours. These features were applied to the fine needle aspiration cytology diagnosis of metastases in 27 patients referred for chemotherapy. There were 16 positive reports in 32 aspirates of which 13 were take...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Highman WJ,Oliver RT

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies against the group polysaccharide of group A streptococci were estimated by means of a haemagglutination reaction. In this reaction human erythrocytes of blood group O were sensitized with polysaccharide esterified with myristoylchloride. The optimal conditions of the reactions were determined by varying the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Goedvok-de Groot LE,Michel-Bensink N,van Es-Boon MM,van Vonno AH,Michel MF

更新日期：1974-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid technique using a non-radioactive receptor molecule (digoxigenin) for intrahepatic hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA detection using in situ hybridisation was developed. It can be adapted for use in combination with standard immunohistochemistry for simultaneous detection of both HBV DNA and HBV antigens. The total ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lau JY,Naoumov NV,Alexander GJ,Williams R

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In all cases of primary endocardial fibroelastosis investigated diffuse degenerative changes in the ganglion cells were detected. Thickened endocardium was formed by the proliferation of mesenchymal cells located under the endothelial endocardium and of the mesenchyme surrounding the necrobiotic muscle cells. In some ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Zóltowska A

更新日期：1971-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper urges the benefits of applying more widely a method for pathology laboratory costing originally devised for a clinical chemistry department, and illustrates these with examples drawn from costing studies in three clinical laboratories. Heads of pathology departments, laboratory managers, administrators and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Broughton PM,Woodford FP

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prognostic factors in predicting outcomes in patients with head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma (HNSCC) are limited to the clinical-pathological parameters, including lymph node metastasis, location, grade and stage of the disease. AIM:To determine whether the expression of these proteins has a value in pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mhawech-Fauceglia P,Dulguerov P,Beck A,Bonet M,Allal AS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group-specific polysaccharides of Neisseria meningitidis groups A and C have been demonstrated by means of a rapid, sensitive slide agglutination test with latex particles coated with antibodies. In this manner, the diagnosis can be made from the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with meningococcal meningitis caused by ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Severin WP

更新日期：1972-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro morphological and functional studies were carried out on platelets which had been cryopreserved in the presence of 5% dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO). Overall loss of platelets was around 50%. Those which survived freezing and reconstitution showed marked morphological deterioration, increase of procoagulant activ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Baythoon H,Tuddenham EG,Hutton RA

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improvements in the Zimmermann reaction are effected by using methanol as a solvent for the reagents employed in the reaction in place of ethanol or aqueous ethanol. The advantages are as follows. Considerably lower blanks are obtained; extraneous chromogens are negligible at the wavelength of measurement, so that no ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： BEALE RN,BOSTROM JO,CROFT D

更新日期：1962-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty six women with first or second trimester fetal loss were investigated for the presence of lupus anticoagulant by routine coagulation tests and the dilute Russell's viper venom time with a platelet neutralisation procedure, and for raised anticardiolipin antibodies by an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. Of 35 w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Creagh MD,Malia RG,Cooper SM,Smith AR,Duncan SL,Greaves M

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:In cases of adult T cell leukaemia neoplastic T cell infiltration in the skin was accompanied by an increase in Langerhans cells. This is in keeping with the view that Langerhans cells may induce antigen-specific and allogenic T cell activation. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shamoto M

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum C reactive protein concentrations measured by a laboratory based assay were compared with the semiquantitative results obtained with a visual agglutination method (Well-cotest, CRP kit). Using this agglutination kit, diluting serum 1/10 and 1/20 gave C reactive protein results which could be of more clinical val...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Richards NP,Elliott TS,Powell RJ,O'Callaghan C,Franklin P

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutation at the kinase domain and EGFR gene amplification are reported to be predictors of the response to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors in lung cancer cases. In malignant mesothelioma (MM), the role of EGFR is less clear. METHODS:Thirty-eight MM specimens were...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Enomoto Y,Kasai T,Takeda M,Takano M,Morita K,Kadota E,Iizuka N,Maruyama H,Haratake J,Kojima Y,Ikeda N,Inatsugi N,Nonomura A

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty five specimens of branchial cyst from the same number of patients have been examined. On staining with haematoxylin and eosin a consistent finding was that the mural lymphoid follicles were always aligned with their mantle zones towards the luminal epithelium. With conventional staining lymphatic sinuses were n...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Crocker J,Jenkins R

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 12-month period, 40 146 blood donors were tested for the presence of high titre antitetanus antibodies. An attempt has been made to define the most suitable donors, those with antitetanus antibody titres of 4 IU/ml or above, by virtue of titre, sex, location, and length of time since most recent immunisation...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wiseman IC,Gascoigne ME

更新日期：1977-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the protein expression of connexin 43 (Cx43) in primary urothelial bladder cancer and test its association with the histopathological characteristics and clinical outcome. METHODS:A tissue microarray containing 348 tissue samples from 174 patients with primary urothelial carcinomas of the bladde...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Poyet C,Buser L,Roudnicky F,Detmar M,Hermanns T,Mannhard D,Höhn A,Rüschoff J,Zhong Q,Sulser T,Moch H,Wild PJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CLINICAL QUESTION:A 45-year-old woman presented with painless vaginal bleeding for 2 months. A biopsy was taken from the uterine cervix, and poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma was suspected. After three cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment, the patient underwent radical hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ling C,Shen Y

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00