Desmoplastic melanoma, neurotropism, and neurotrophin receptors--what we know and what we do not.

abstract：:Ocular adnexal lymphomas comprise 1% to 2% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas and about 8% of extranodal lymphomas. They are a heterogeneous group of malignancies, the majority of which are primary extranodal lymphoma with most (up to 80%) of the marginal zone of mucosa associated lymphoid tissue type (MALT lymphoma). This ...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： McKelvie PA

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：: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：:Endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma (EEC) is the most common malignancy of the female genital tract, partly attributable to chronic estrogen exposure secondary to increased obesity rates. Tumor stage, which in most cases is based on depth of invasion (DOI), is of critical importance in determining if additional tr...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Cole AJ,Quick CM

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) has arisen as a novel ancillary test for the pathological diagnosis of melanoma. It is an outgrowth of studies using comparative genomic hybridization, a technique capable of surveying the entire genome for DNA copy number changes. An original report published in 2009 showed h...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Song J,Mooi WJ,Petronic-Rosic V,Shea CR,Stricker T,Krausz T

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive disease with a dismal prognosis in dire need of novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. The past decade has witnessed an explosion of data on the genetic alterations that occur in pancreatic cancer, as comprehensive next-generation sequencing analyses have been performed on samp...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Felsenstein M,Hruban RH,Wood LD

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory osteolysis is a relatively frequent and incapacitating complication of rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases, and is induced by accelerated osteoclast recruitment and activation in bone under the aegis of cytokines produced in the inflammatory environment. The success of antitumor necrosis ...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Wei S,Siegal GP

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare aggressive cutaneous malignancy of the elderly and immunocompromised populations. The clinical presentation of MCC is nonspecific, with the majority of cases presenting as localized skin involvement. Histologically and immunophenotypically, MCC is defined by both neuroendocrine an...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Calder KB,Smoller BR

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathology has benefited from advanced innovation with novel technology to implement a digital solution. Whole slide imaging is a disruptive technology where glass slides are scanned to produce digital images. There have been significant advances in whole slide scanning hardware and software that have allowed for ready...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Hanna MG,Parwani A,Sirintrapun SJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：: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：:The topic of hereditary gynecologic malignancies readily evokes associations between Lynch syndrome and endometrial adenocarcinoma, or between BRCA mutations and tubo-ovarian serous carcinoma, but other familial associations are less well-known. Two hereditary syndromes are known to be related to uterine mesenchymal t...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Joehlin-Price AS,Garg K

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neoplasms and pseudotumors of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) are very uncommon. Early recognition of such will prevent therapeutic delay and may have a dramatic impact on patient morbidity and mortality. Included in rare TMJ lesions are the following: 1) synovial chondromatosis, 2) osteochondroma, 3) osteoma, 4) os...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Warner BF,Luna MA,Robert Newland T

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：:Digital pathology systems offer pathologists an alternate, emerging mechanism to manage and interpret information. They offer increasingly fast and scalable hardware platforms for slide scanning and software that facilitates remote viewing, slide conferencing, archiving, and image analysis. Deployed initially and vali...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Cornish TC,Swapp RE,Kaplan KJ

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign cartilaginous tumors of bones, intrinsic to their name, are tumors forming cartilaginous matrix with a clinically benign behavior. In this group, we recognize osteochondromas, (en)chondromas, chondroblastomas, and chondromyxoid fibromas. This group includes common tumors, that is, osteochondroma and (en)chondro...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Romeo S,Hogendoorn PC,Dei Tos AP

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：: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：:Leukoplakia as a medical term has been encumbered by a hodgepodge of synonyms and interpretations. It also has been a term associated with strong emotions with respect to an implied malignant potential. It now is regarded as potentially malignant, with varying degrees of risk for transformation. Leukoplakia at its maj...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Suarez P,Batsakis JG,el-Naggar AK

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ewing Sarcoma is a developmental tumor characterized by balanced chromosomal translocations and formation of new fusion genes, which are the main hallmark of this rare entity. Despite the vast knowledge regarding the molecular aspects of this rare malignancy obtained in the last few years, including the discovery of n...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Amaral AT,Ordóñez JL,Otero-Motta AP,García-Domínguez DJ,Sevillano MV,de Álava E

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:IMP3 is a member of a family of RNA-binding proteins that consists of IMP1, IMP2 and IMP3. These proteins contain 2 RNA recognition motifs and 4 K-homology domains that allow them to bind RNAs strongly and specifically. IMP3 is an oncofetal protein involved in embryogenesis and its expression is associated with a numb...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Gong Y,Woda BA,Jiang Z

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD 117 (KIT) is a transmembrane, tyrosine kinase growth factor receptor which is expressed on numerous diverse fetal and adult cells including hematopoietic cells, mast cells, melanocytes, germ cells, and the interstitial cells of Cajal. Its expression in tumors is also diverse, but with selective use and attention to...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Gibson PC,Cooper K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a broad term that includes liver diseases characterized by abnormal hepatocellular accumulations of lipid that cannot be related to alcohol abuse. It may be found in both adults and children, particularly those who are obese or have insulin resistance. Steatohepatitis is a ...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Aly FZ,Kleiner DE

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of a large number of tumor tissues with conventional techniques of molecular pathology is tedious and slow. The authors recently developed the tissue microarray technology that makes it possible to sample up to 1,000 tumors on one glass slide, which then can be analyzed by fluorescence in situ hybridizati...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Moch H,Kononen T,Kallioniemi OP,Sauter G

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysproteinemia is a clinical state characterized by abnormal, often excessive, synthesis of immunoglobulin (Ig) molecules or subunits. Dysproteinemia results from clonal proliferation of plasma cells or B lymphocytes. The abnormal circulating Ig molecules or subunits (most commonly free light chains) reach the glomeru...

journal_title：Advances in anatomic pathology

authors： Markowitz GS

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00