Pseudofungi: A Diagnostic Pitfall.

abstract：:A 59-year-old female received a matched related donor stem cell transplant for chronic myelogenous leukemia. After being successfully treated with prednisone for chronic graft versus host disease that initially started 50 days posttransplant, she developed hepatic dysfunction during the steroid taper on day 531, as ev...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Baniak NM,Kanthan R

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palisaded mammary-type myofibroblastoma is a rare variant of benign stromal spindle cell tumor whose histological features are well known. Nevertheless, no cytological features have been reported to date. In this article, we describe the cytological features of a case of palisaded mammary-type myofibroblastoma in whic...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Fabbri VP,Damiani S,Baccarini P,Saguatti G,Cucchi MC,Foschini MP

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a 62-year-old man with chronic irritation of the urinary bladder resulting in dysuria and hypogastric pain. Three neoplasms measuring 0.5, 1, and 1.5 cm, respectively, were observed by cystoscopy and removed by transurethral resection (TUR). Histologic examination showed a complex folding of sq...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Botella E,Burgués O,Navarro S,Ramos D,Ferrer J,Gimeno C,Llombart-Bosch A

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare entity that most commonly arises from the skin. Angiosarcoma (AS) is a rare malignancy with a predilection for elderly males, has endothelial differentiation and a notoriously poor prognosis despite aggressive therapy. Herein, we report an angiosarcoma colliding with a MCC, in a p...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Hacking S,Chavaria H,Khan L,Das K

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spindle cell neoplasms arising in the testis are uncommon; most cases belong to the category of gonadal stromal tumors, and the presence of distinctive clinical and pathological features usually lead to a definitive diagnosis. In some instances, however, the diagnosis of these tumors can be challenging and special tec...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Nistal M,Gonzalez-Peramato P,Serrano A,Reyes-Mugica M,Cajaiba MM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhabdomyosarcoma is an aggressive malignant tumor often developing in the head and neck in children. In the sinonasal region, rhabdomyosarcoma constitutes a clinically important group because of the difficulty of surgical resection and its generally poor prognosis. We reviewed the archival pathology materials of 39 ca...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Ahmed AA,Tsokos M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningioma (LPRM) is an extremely rare variant of meningioma, and a small percentage of LPRM may be associated with IgG4-related disease. To date, the coexistence of 2 rare meningioma variants consisting of LPRM and angiomatous meningioma within one neoplasm has not been reported in the literatur...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Son HJ,Yu IK,Kim SM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spitz tumors are a group of melanocytic neoplasms with distinct morphological features that tend to affect young individuals. Distinguishing benign from malignant Spitz tumors can be challenging, but cytogenetic and molecular tests have contributed to improvements in diagnostic accuracy. Spitz tumors harbor diverse ge...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Kiuru M,Jungbluth A,Kutzner H,Wiesner T,Busam KJ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infiltrating ductal carcinoma (IDC) occurs frequently in patients with lobular carcinoma in-situ (LCIS). LCIS is not thought to be the direct precursor of the invasive component. The authors analyzed 15 cases of coexisting LCIS and IDC and found ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in 12. The DCIS and IDC were of similar g...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Maluf H,Koerner F

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the contribution of histopathological features to systemic recurrence (SR) in patients with colorectal cancer, using a case-control design: 71 cases and 184 controls were included, with a mean time until SR of 1.4 ± 0.1 years and a mean follow-up of controls of 1.6 ± 0.06 years. Cases had significantly gre...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Hayes BD,O'Riordan JM,Stuart C,Muldoon C

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aims Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a crucial process for acquisition of malignant phenotype, aggressiveness, and metastatic capacity in neoplasms. It is characterized by loss of epithelial markers and gain of mesenchymal markers. Studies on EMT and its potential association with the histological grading a...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Angadi PV,Patil PV,Angadi V,Mane D,Shekar S,Hallikerimath S,Kale AD,Kardesai SG

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synchronous tumors of the stomach are uncommon. We present a unique case of gastric synchronous tumors composed of signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). The two tumors arose at the same site and were sharply juxtaposed without intermingling of morphologically distinct elements. Coi...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Lee FY,Jan YJ,Wang J,Yu CC,Wu CC

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old woman presented with solitary lymphadenopathy suspicious for lymphoma. An excisional biopsy of a right inguinal lymph node demonstrated metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC). No skin lesions were detected, but a primary nasopharyngeal mass was identified. A microscopic examination of the nasopharyngeal ...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Wu KN,McCue PA,Berger A,Spiegel JR,Wang ZX,Witkiewicz AK

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old immunocompetent man with occupational exposure to Aspergillus presented with dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, and hemoptysis. Chest roentgenograms and computed tomography scans demonstrated multiple pulmonary nodules bilaterally. An initial set of bronchial washing cultures grew Aspergillus fumigatus, sero...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Pinckard JK,Rosenbluth DB,Patel K,Dehner LP,Pfeifer JD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of squamous metaplasia or carcinoma is a rare occurrence in the setting of a ruptured or leaking silicone breast implant capsule. However, the oncogenic process in such a context is yet another intriguing example of how chronic inflammation plays an integral role in the tumorigenic process. Recent pape...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Alikhan MB,Nassar A,Mansoor I

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed squamous and glandular papilloma (mixed papilloma) of the lung has been reported in fewer than 25 cases in the English literature. Although it is known as a benign tumor, malignant transformation has been reported. Papillary cystic carcinoma is characterized by papillary and cystic growth patterns and has been r...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： An AR,Park SY,Kim JH,Chae KJ,Chung MJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) associated with Warthin tumor (WT) is extremely rare, accounting for only 3 cases of classical HLs. Here, we report for the first time the occurrence of a nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (NLPHL) involving the lymphoid stroma of a WT of the parotid gland. Pathogenesis of WT is cont...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Di Napoli A,Mallel G,Bartolazzi A,Cavalieri E,Becelli R,Cippitelli C,Ruco L

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatocytic tumor, formerly known as spermatocytic seminoma, is an uncommon testicular neoplasm which is a distinct clinicopathologic entity from classic seminoma. These tumors are not associated with germ cell neoplasia in situ, other germ cell tumors, or isochromosome 12p. Although typically, these tumors have an ...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Stueck AE,Grantmyre JE,Wood LA,Wang C,Merrimen J

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT.:Follicular cholecystitis (FC) is a poorly characterized entity. OBJECTIVE.:To determine its frequency/clinicopathologic associations. DESIGN.:A total of 2550 cholecystectomy specimens were examined. Two hundred three of these were consecutive routine cholecystectomies submitted entirely for microscopic exami...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Saka B,Memis B,Seven IE,Pehlivanoglu B,Balci S,Bagci P,Reid M,Dursun N,Escalano OT,Roa JC,Araya JC,Kong SY,Basturk O,Koshiol J,Adsay NV

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenomyoma and adenomyomatous hyperplasia are benign tumor-like lesions that rarely involve the major or minor duodenal papilla. We report the case of a 73-year-old patient who underwent a cephalic duodenopancreatectomy due to clinical and radiological evidence of underlying malignant neoplasm. The histopathology resu...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Gialamas E,Mormont M,Bagetakos I,Frossard JL,Morel P,Puppa G

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16-year-old boy presented with a tumor located in fourth ventricle, which showed histological features of an ependymoma replete with perivascular pseudorosettes and true ependymal rosettes. Interestingly, many of the tumor cells exhibited abundant cytoplasm stuffed with a grayish brown pigment. Histochemical stains ...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Malhotra A,Rao S,Santhoshkumar R,Muralidharan N,Mitra S,Shetty S

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metanephric stromal tumor (MST) of the kidney is a rare pediatric neoplasm which has rarely been reported in adults. The authors present a case of MST, cellular type, an unreported variant, in a 56-year-old postmenopausal woman. The 9.0-cm tumor was solid, unencapsulated, and well circumscribed, with a firm homogeneou...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Chaudhri AA,Lee L,Das K

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acetylcholinesterase (AchE) histochemistry has been established as an accurate diagnostic tool for Hirschsprung's disease (HD). In addition, calretinin immunohistochemistry is also reported as a reliable and adjunctive method to diagnose HD. We investigated the diagnostic value of combined AchE histochemistr...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Jeong H,Jung HR,Hwang I,Kwon SY,Choe M,Kang YN,Jung E,Kim SP

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the clinical, histologic, and immunohistochemical features of four cases of GI PEComa. The size of the tumors ranged from 3.5 to 6.0cm in diameter, and all were located in wall of the large bowel. Microscopically, the tumors were characterized by an epithelioid arrangement of tumor cells, which ha...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Shi HY,Wei LX,Sun L,Guo AT

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the relationship between del(5q) and the clinical and histological features of small cell neuroendocrine lung carcinoma, 33 tissue samples from patients with this tumor were evaluated. By using fluorescence in situ hybridization, del(5q) was identified in almost 50% of cases (15/33, 45%). Clinically, pati...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Hartel PH,Shackelford AL,Hartel JV,Wenger SL

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male endometriosis and endomyometriosis (also termed "uterus-like mass") are 2 unusual manifestations of endometriosis. We report a case of male endomyometriosis with immunohistochemical and molecular confirmation. A 52-year-old man presented with stabbing pelvic pain. Computed tomography scan showed a mass in the rig...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： González RS,Vnencak-Jones CL,Shi C,Fadare O

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia (AAH) of the prostate is a microscopic proliferation of small acini that may be mistaken for adenocarcinoma. Although some data suggest that AAH is associated with adenocarcinoma arising in the transition zone, the clinical significance of this lesion is uncertain. Therefore we studied...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Lopez-Beltran A,Qian J,Montironi R,Luque RJ,Bostwick DG

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To avoid diagnostic errors such as missed diagnosis and errors in staging tumors due to inadequate tissue sampling, pathologists submit additional sections (AS). OBJECTIVE:This study assessed frequency, diagnostic yield, distribution, and cost of AS. METHOD:Among 1542 AS cases, we calculated mean AS per ca...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Hamza A,Alrajjal A,Edens J,Khawar S,Khurram MS,Szpunar S,Bonnett M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe a case of metastasis of malignant peritoneal epithelioid mesothelioma in gastric antral mucosa in a patient with a cryptogenic liver cirrhosis associated with esophageal varices, abdominal pain and distension, ascites, and weight loss. MATERIALS AND METHOD:The patient underwent esophageal gastric endos...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Daniele L,Righi A,Ferraris A,Macrì L,Asioli S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specimen misidentification is a common cause of errors in surgical pathology. We report a case where bone-marrow biopsies from patients of different genders were mislabeled and molecular methods were applied to resolve the identity. A short tandem repeat (STR)-polymerase chain reaction-based assay, commonly used in pa...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Mariappan MR,Zehnder J,Arber DA,Lay M,Fadare O,Schrijver I

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00