Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma of the Bowel in Crohn's Disease: The First Reported Case.

abstract：:A high level of serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is typically indicative of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with liver lesions. In this article, we describe an exceptional case of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma that occurred in a 36-year-old man with a markedly elevated serum AFP level (12310.7 ng/mL). Histopatholo...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Vij K,Wang HL

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：: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：:The authors describe the case of a 36-year-old man with gynecomastia who was previously treated with liposuction of the breast for cosmetic purposes. Histologic examination of a subsequent excisional biopsy revealed nests of displaced epithelial cells in adipose tissue. Epithelial cell displacement is a well-known ris...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： McLaughlin CS,Petrey C,Grant S,Ransdell JS,Reynolds C

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：: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：:Primary pulmonary acinic cell carcinoma (ACC) is rare. The clinicopathological features are not identical to that of classic ACC that leads to misdiagnosis. In this article, we summarized the clinicopathological features of 25 such cases, including 6 cases in this series and additional 19 cases in the literature. Pulm...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Nie L,Zhou C,Wu H,Zhou Q,Meng F

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinonasal adenocarcinoma is a rare tumor of the head and neck accounting for 10% to 20% of all primary malignancies of the nose and paranasal sinuses. There tumors are classified as salivary, intestinal and nonintestinal, nonsalivary. Low-grade nonintestinal nonsalivary are rare tumors whose diagnosis is essentially t...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Blumberg JM,Escobar-Stein J,Vining EM,Prasad ML

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In keeping with the stated goal of providing the surgical pathologist with tools to recognize abnormalities of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract due to drugs (AGIDS), in part II of this review we embark in a more organ-based description of AGIDS. Adequate space is given to the numerous adverse gastrointestinal effects o...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： De Petris G,Caldero SG,Chen L,Xiao SY,Dhungel BM,Spizcka AJ,Lam-Himlin D

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike their cutaneous counterparts, head and neck mucosal malignant melanomas (HNMM) behave much more aggressively and their prognostic markers have not been fully elucidated. Therefore, the aim of this study was to review the clinicopathologic features of a contemporary series of primary HNMM, retrieved from archiva...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Kerr EH,Hameed O,Lewis JS Jr,Bartolucci AA,Wang D,Said-Al-Naief N

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-eight consecutive surgical biopsies of oral mucosa from 96 patients were evaluated immunohistochemically with an anti-cytokeratin 20 (CK 20) anti-body to evidence Merkel cells (MC). Fifteen cases, showing the highest number of MC, were additionally studied with chromogranin A, S-100 protein, neuro filaments, ep...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Righi A,Betts CM,Marchetti C,Marucci G,Montebugnoli L,Prati C,Eusebi LH,Muzzi L,Ragazzini T,Foschini MP

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sclerosing spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma (SSRMS) is a newly recognized entity in adults. The authors report a new case of SSRMS in a 31-year-old woman who presented with a large right leg mass. Biopsy revealed a malignant spindle cell neoplasm with focal sclerotic areas. A diagnosis of monophasic synovial sarcoma was ...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Gavino AC,Spears MD,Peng Y

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile granulosa cell tumor of the testis of neonates and infants is an uncommon lesion frequently associated with abnormal sex chromosome and ambiguous genitalia. This report describes a juvenile granulosa cell tumor arising in the testis of a neonate. Chromosome analysis of the tumor showed a normal male karyotype...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Alexiev BA,Alaish SM,Sun CC

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:In this report, a case of metaplastic thymoma arising in a thymic cyst wall is discussed. The patient was a 61-year-old male whose chief complaint was sweating and chest pain. Imaging study revealed a mediastinal mass with right hemithoracic extension. He underwent surgical resection of the mass and remnants of the th...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Poorabdollah M,Mehdizadeh E,Mohammadi F,Sabeti S

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:St. Gallen 2005 expert consensus guideline modified its criteria for the risk category of breast cancer (BC) patients by integrating a combination of lymph nodes with metastasis (positive lymph nodes [PLNs]) and HER-2/neu status of tumor. Recently, some studies have shown that lymph node ratio (LNR), defined as the ra...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Yang C,Liu F,Li S,Li W,Zhai L,Ren M,Li Y,Lang R,Fan Y,Zhang X,Fu L

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelioid sarcoma is a rare malignant mesenchymal neoplasm (less than 1% of all sarcomas) with epithelioid morphology. Among the 2 subtypes, proximal represents only one-third of cases and commonly involves deep tissues of pelvic region, including the perineum, genital area, and groin, and occurs more frequently in ...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Suárez-Zamora DA,Barrera-Herrera LE,Rodríguez-Urrego PA,Palau-Lázaro MA

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cystic swelling in the parotid gland should lead to a differential diagnosis that includes benign cystic lesion of the gland, benign tumors that are frequently associated with cystic degeneration or entirely cystic de novo, or even a malignant neoplasm. The case presented is that of a cystic parotid swelling of 2 ye...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Qannam A,Bello IO,Al-Kindi M,Al-Hindi M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Warthin tumor is the second most common salivary gland neoplasm. It occurs more commonly in males than in females. Malignant transformation in Warthin tumor is a rare but well-recognized phenomenon; however, the development or presentation of lymphoma in a Warthin tumor is rare. An 80-year-old man presented with painl...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Jawad H,McCarthy P,O'Leary G,Heffron CC

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eccrine porocarcinoma is a potentially fatal form of sweat gland carcinoma, due to its propensity to metastasize through lymph vessels. The authors report the case of a 69-year-old female who presented with swelling of the right leg and an ulcerated lesion of the right great toe. The initial histologic diagnosis was i...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Ramirez Y,Fellegara G,Bugiani M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneal metastasis in colorectal carcinoma is associated with a dismal prognosis; however, features that correlate with patterns of metastatic spread are not well characterized. We analyzed the clinicopathologic and molecular features of 166 patients with colorectal carcinomas stratified by metastases to the perito...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Kermanshahi TR,Magge D,Choudry H,Ramalingam L,Zhu B,Pingpank J,Ahrendt S,Holtzman M,Zeh H,Bartlett D,Zureikat A,Pai RK

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed adenoneuroendocrine carcinomas (MANECs) of the biliary tract are rare tumors, and to date only a few cases arising in the gallbladder have been reported. Their histogenesis is a matter of debate, since the biliary tract normally lacks neuroendocrine cells. However, the immunohistochemical identification of nonne...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Acosta AM,Hamedani FS,Kajdacsy-Balla A,Wiley EL

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we present the case of a 73-year-old woman with an ulcerated, advanced, hepatoid, and α-fetoprotein-producing poorly differentiated (G3) primary gastric adenocarcinoma pT3 N3a M1 with multinucleated cells and evident neuroendocrine component. This tumor was consistent with giant cell tumor type gastric carcinoma ...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Wincewicz A,Kowalik A,Zięba S,Lewitowicz P,Góźdź S,Sulkowski S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal liver metastases with intrabiliary growth are uncommon and difficult to characterize by radiology alone. We present the case of a 61-year-old woman previously operated on for a left colon cancer who developed a metacronous lesion at liver segment II-III. Radiologic workup was indicative for cholangiocarcino...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Coppola S,Zucchini N,Romano F,Bovo G,Gilardoni E,Nespoli L,Gianotti L

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplastic sarcoma of the kidney (ASK) is an extremely rare tumor, which usually presents as a large renal mass. Microscopically, the tumor is composed of pleomorphic mesenchymal spindle cells with marked atypia, associated with chondroid differentiation and focal round primitive mesenchymal cells. Herein, we present ...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Arabi H,Al-Maghraby H,Yamani A,Yousef Y,Huwait H

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleomorphic adenoma with foci of squamous and mucinous differentiation can potentially be misdiagnosed as low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma. The circumscribed borders of the tumor, gradual merging of mucoepidermoid foci into areas typical of pleomorphic adenoma, and presence of keratinization are features against the...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Guo SP,Cheuk W,Chan JK

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The true incidence of light chain deposition disease (LCDD) restricted to the central nervous system (CNS) is unknown. To our knowledge only 7 cases of LCDD restricted to the brain have been previously reported. We herein describe an unusual example. A 44-year-old man presented with a history of ischemic retinopathy i...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Mercado JJ,Markert JM,Meador W,Chapman P,Perry A,Hackney JR

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD; sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphoadenopathy) is a rare, usually nodal self-limited disease. Sometimes nodal disease is coupled with extranodal localizations, in which case the disease can follow a protracted clinical course characterized by remissions and relapses and, exceptionally, ...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Di Tommaso L,Rahal D,Bossi P,Roncalli M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-to-tumor metastasis is an unusual phenomenon wherein one distinct malignancy is present within the substance of another independent tumor. This event is rare, difficult to detect with imaging, and, due to conflicting terminology in the literature, can be challenging to classify. This article reports the first do...

journal_title：International journal of surgical pathology

authors： Miller V,Hoellwarth JS,Hankins ML,McGough R,Schoedel K

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00