Synchronous Thyroid Involvement in Plasma Cell Leukemia Masquerading as Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: Role of Ancillary Cytology Techniques in Diagnostic Workup.

abstract：:Tumor-to-tumor metastasis in thyroid neoplasms is exceedingly uncommon. Two unusual cases of breast carcinoma and renal cell carcinoma metastatic to follicular variant papillary carcinoma are reported. On histologic sections, the donor tumor cells infiltrated the substance of the recipient tumor and the angiolymphatic...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Yu J,Nikiforova MN,Hodak SP,Yim JH,Cai G,Walls A,Nikiforov YE,Seethala RR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An adenoma resected from a 49-yr-old woman was clinically nonfunctioning but immunopositive for adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) in a few cells. Electron microscopy demonstrated a vacuolar change in Golgi complexes known as "honeycomb Golgi." Recurrent adenoma resected 11 mo later was positive for ACTH in more cells...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Sano T,Kovacs K,Asa SL,Yamada S,Sanno N,Yokoyama S,Takami H

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of pituitary corticotroph adenoma relies on the demonstration of a loss of the normal feedback control of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) biosynthesis by cortisol. The marked variability in the degree of ACTH suppression by glucocorticoids in these tumors, however, greatly enhances the difficulty in d...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Franscella S,Favrod-Coune CA,Pizzolato G,Asa SL,Gaillard R,Berney J,Philippe J

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas (PDNECs) of the kidney are extremely rare high-grade cancers accounting for only 42 cases reported in the literature. In this paper, we describe the morphological, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and for the first time, cytogenetic features of a renal PDNEC. In add...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： La Rosa S,Bernasconi B,Micello D,Finzi G,Capella C

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors originate from the cells of the diffuse endocrine system. Their molecular genetic mechanism of development and progression is complex and remains largely unknown, and they are different in genetic composition from the gastrointestinal epithelial tumors. The current...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Lubensky IA,Zhuang Z

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of ectopic thymic tissue of the thyroid in a 30-year-old woman with Graves' disease is reported. The thyroidectomy specimen, removed because of failure of medical therapy, showed a continuous track of thymic tissue extending from the center of the gland to the capsule along an interiobular septum. This finding ...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Mizukami Y,Nanomura A,Michigishi T,Noguchi N,Nakamura S

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroendocrine pancreatic tumors (PanNETs) are graded on the basis of their proliferative activity. Cytological samples are commonly the only samples available, but the determination of Ki-67 in cytology and its reliability as a measure of tumor mitotic activity is not well settled. We have retrospectively reviewed al...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Díaz Del Arco C,Díaz Pérez JÁ,Ortega Medina L,Sastre Valera J,Fernández Aceñero MJ

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis (CLT) and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is a subject of controversy. Some investigators suggest a causal relationship, whereas others regard the two as only a coincidental occurrence. An additional complicating factor is the presence of atypical nuclei frequ...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Hunt JL,Baloch ZW,Barnes L,Swalsky PA,Trusky CL,Sesatomi E,Finkelstein S,LiVolsi VA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activating mutations of the receptor tyrosine kinase, ret, are associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A (MEN 2A). However, the mechanisms leading to tumor development are unclear. Glial-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) activates wild-type ret via interaction with a second receptor, GFR a-l. We have utili...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Powers JF,Tsokas P,Tischler AS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a consistently present, previously unrecognized, population of monocytes in pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas. Although sustentacular cells are generally recognized as a common component of these tumors, differential immunohistochemical staining for CD163 and S100 shows that monocytes can in fact be mor...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Farhat NA,Powers JF,Shepard-Barry A,Dahia P,Pacak K,Tischler AS

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is controversial. In this study, we aimed to compare preoperative thyroid functions, ultrasonography (US) features, fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) results, and histopathological characteristics of PTC in patients with and ...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Baser H,Ozdemir D,Cuhaci N,Aydin C,Ersoy R,Kilicarslan A,Cakir B

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have established that calcitonin (CT) and the calcitonin generelated peptide (CGRP) are synthesized and stored in subsets of hyperplastic parathyroid cells that also contain chromogranin B (Schmid, KW, et al. Lab Invest 73:90, 1995). The purpose of the current study was to determine whether ...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Khan A,Tischler AS,Patwardhan NA,DeLellis RA

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue sections from 50 cases with thyroid tumors, composed of 11 follicular adenomas, 10 follicular carcinomas, 14 papillary carcinomas, 10 anaplastic carcinomas, and 5 medullary carcinomas, were immunohistochemically analyzed for representative neuroendocrine markers. Immunoexpression ratios of these neuroendocrine ...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Satoh F,Umemura S,Yasuda M,Osamura RY

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypophysitis is an inflammatory disease of the pituitary gland that clinically and radiologically mimics pituitary tumors. We report here a case of xanthogranulomatous hypophysitis mimicking a pituitary neoplasm.A 65-yr-old woman presented with weight loss, fatigue, and visual disturbance. Computed tomography demonstr...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Yokoyama S,Sano T,Tajitsu K,Kusumoto K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional differentiation of pituitary cells and adenomas follows the combination of transcription factors and co-factors in three cell lineages [growth hormone-prolactin-thyroid-stimulating hormone lineage, adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)/pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) lineage, and follicular stimulating hormon...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Suzuki M,Egashira N,Kajiya H,Minematsu T,Takekoshi S,Tahara S,Sanno N,Teramoto A,Osamura RY

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of pituitary pathology is a long one that dates back to biblical times, but the last 25 years have represented an era of "coming of age." The role of the pituitary in health and disease was the subject of many studies over the last century. With the development of electron microscopy, immunoassays, and imm...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Asa SL,Mete O

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid malignancy. Some PTCs with classical papillae can be totally or partially encapsulated, and these tumors are called "encapsulated" (conventional) variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. We aimed to investigate the clinicopathological features of this...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Akbulut D,Kuz ED,Kursun N,Dizbay Sak S

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We report clinicopathological features of a large series of synchronous multiple pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) of different cell lineages. Retrospective review of pathology records from 2001 to 2016 identified 13 synchronous multiple PitNETs from 1055 PitNETs classified using pituitary cell-lineage transcr...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Mete O,Alshaikh OM,Cintosun A,Ezzat S,Asa SL

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 59-yr old female presented with Cushing's syndrome due to ectopic ACTH production. At the time of initial diagnosis an obvious source for the Cushing's syndrome was not found and the patient was treated with bilateral adrenalectomy. Three years later she presented with hyperpigmentation and evidence of ACTH overprod...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Chetty R,Serra S

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activating mutations of GNAq protein in a hotspot at codon 209 have been recently described in uveal melanomas. Since these neoplasms share with thyroid carcinomas a high frequency of MAP kinase pathway-activating mutations, we hypothesized whether GNAq mutations could also play a role in the development of thyroid ca...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Cassol CA,Guo M,Ezzat S,Asa SL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonradioisotopic electron microscopic (EM) in situ hybridization (ISH) (EM-SH) with biotinylated oligonucleotide probes is utilized for the ultrastructural visualization of pituitary hormone mRNA in rat pituitary cells. EMISH is an important tool for clarifying the intracellular localization of mRNA and the exact site...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Matsuno A,Itoh J,Osamura RY,Watanabe K,Nagashima T

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diffuse sclerosing variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (DSV-PTC) is an uncommon tumor making up about 2% of all papillary thyroid carcinomas. Previous studies have not comprehensively evaluated these tumors in a large series of patients. DESIGN:Twenty-two cases of DSV-PTC diagnosed between 1970 and 2...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Thompson LD,Wieneke JA,Heffess CS

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xanthomatous hypophysitis is a rare inflammatory disease of the pituitary gland that can mimic a neoplastic lesion clinically and radiologically. Its pathogenesis remains largely unknown, although recent evidence suggests that pituitary inflammation may occur as a secondary reaction to mucous content released from a r...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Duan K,Asa SL,Winer D,Gelareh Z,Gentili F,Mete O

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the majority of cases, Cushing's disease is the result of a small basophilic corticotroph microadenoma with an average size of less than 5 mm. Transsphenoidal microsurgery can cure patients with Cushing's disease; however, selective removal of the lesion requires precise preoperative localization. In this article, ...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Booth GL,Smyth HS,Kovacs K,Horvath E,Asa SL,Ezzat S

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid carcinoma is the most common malignancy of the endocrine system worldwide, but its molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Some diseases are associated with TEKT4 gene. However, its role in thyroid carcinoma has yet to be fully examined. This study was designed to investigate the function of TEKT4 in papillary th...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Zheng Z,Zhou X,Cai Y,Chen E,Zhang X,Wang O,Wang Q,Liu H

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTP) was recently proposed to replace noninvasive follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (FVPTC) both to promote more conservative management of these tumors and spare patients the psychological burden of a cancer diagn...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Wong KS,Strickland KC,Angell TE,Nehs MA,Alexander EK,Cibas ES,Krane JF,Howitt BE,Barletta JA

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is expressed by thyroid follicular epithelium in thyroiditis, but the role of PD-L1 in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is poorly understood. We aimed to determine whether (1) the presence of background chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis (CLT) or Hashimoto thyroid...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Lubin D,Baraban E,Lisby A,Jalali-Farahani S,Zhang P,Livolsi V

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of localized adiposity of the thyroid in a 35-year-old woman with a long history of steroid therapy for nephrotic syndrome is reported. A well-demarcated yellowish mass measuring 2 cm in diameter was found in the upper portion of the right lobe of the thyroid. Microscopically, this lesion was composed of mature...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Morizumi H,Sano T,Tsuyuguchi M,Yoshinarl T,Morimoto S

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 31-year-old woman was incidentally found to have a large right adrenal mass by computed tomography imaging and underwent a workup that included endocrinological evaluation and positron emission tomography imaging. Laboratory results revealed the mass to be non-functioning. Imaging studies revealed a 9-cm heterogeneo...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Lin J,Wasco MJ,Korobkin M,Doherty G,Giordano TJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histological pattern and the cell proliferative activity (as detected by Ki-67 immunostaining) of a series of 50 parathyroid hyperplasias (PTHs) secondary to renal failure were studied to assess their value in predicting recurrence of hyperparathyrodism (HPT). On account of their clinical evolution, these cases we...

journal_title：Endocrine pathology

authors： Abbona G,Papotti M,Gasparri G,Bussolati G

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00