A comparison of rapid methods including imprint cytodiagnosis for the diagnosis of breast tumours.

abstract：:Antithrombin activities in 30 severely malnourished children and 40 normal children were estimated in clotting tests by thrombin neutralisation as anti-Xa and by a heparin antithrombin assay; and by immunodiffusion as alpha 2-globulin and alpha 1-antitrypsin. The patients' mean alpha 2-globulin was severely depressed,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jiménez RA,Jiménez E,Ingram GI,Mora LA,Atmetlla F,Carrillo JM,Vargas W

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe osteomalacia (confirmed by the examination of thin undecalcified bone biopsy sections) associated with hypophosphataemia developed in a 60 year old woman. A skeletal x-ray survey showed a lytic lesion in the right proximal femur, and this was curetted, showing a vascular tumour. The patient's symptoms improved ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： McClure J,Smith PS

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number and density of argyrophil endocrine cells were morphometrically calculated in gastric fundal mucosal biopsy specimens taken from 64 patients with pernicious anaemia (five with gastric carcinoids, 15 with nodular argyrophil cell hyperplasia, 44 with diffuse argyrophil cell hyperplasia) and from 14 healthy co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sjöblom SM,Sipponen P,Karonen SL,Järvinen HJ

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune and non-immune rubella sera were examined in the haemagglutination inhibition (HAI) test to evaluate the removal of lipoprotein non-specific inhibitors (NSI) of haemagglutination after kaolin and manganous chloride/heparin treatments. The sera were titrated fresh or after lipoprotein deterioration brought about...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shortridge KF

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastroblastoma is a rare gastric epitheliomesenchymal biphasic tumour composed of spindle and epithelial cells, reported by Miettinen et al in a series of three cases in 2009. All those cases arose in stomachs of young adults. Neither the epithelial nor the mesenchymal component displayed sufficient atypia to diagnose...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shin DH,Lee JH,Kang HJ,Choi KU,Kim JY,Park DY,Lee CH,Sol MY,Park JH,Kim HY,Montgomery E

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To establish the diagnostic value of in situ hybridisation and the nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in detecting clinically relevant cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in upper gastrointestinal biopsies from heart transplant patients. METHODS:Test sensitivity and specificity for detection of CMV early gene RNA ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Muir SW,Murray J,Farquharson MA,Wheatley DJ,McPhaden AR

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Experience in the use of whole slide imaging (WSI) for primary diagnosis in pathology is very limited. We aimed to determine the accuracy of interpretation of WSI compared with conventional light microscopy (CLM) in the diagnosis of routine gynaecological biopsies. METHODS:All gynaecological specimens (n=452) rec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ordi J,Castillo P,Saco A,Del Pino M,Ordi O,Rodríguez-Carunchio L,Ramírez J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the effect of 10 day triple treatment on H pylori eradication and associated gastritis. METHODS:Fifty patients with H pylori positive non-ulcer dyspepsia were treated for 10 days with amoxicillin, tinidazole, and bismuth salts. Histological examination of the antral mucosa was performed before (T0), s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Di Napoli A,Petrino R,Boero M,Bellis D,Chiandussi L

更新日期：1992-09-01 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：:The calcium, vitamin D, and osteocalcin concentrations were investigated in 17 patients with anorexia nervosa. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 OHD) concentrations below normal were observed in 15 (88%); only two patients has serum 1,25 dihydroxycholecalciferol (1,25(OH)2D) concentrations below normal. Serum parathyroid ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fonseca VA,D'Souza V,Houlder S,Thomas M,Wakeling A,Dandona P

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate assessment of invasive breast cancer grade on needle core biopsy (NCB) is important as it guides treatment. AIM:To assess the agreement between grade of invasive cancer on NCB and excision and determine whether altering the mitotic count score threshold on NCB improves it. METHODS:Pathology slides...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dhaliwal CA,Graham C,Loane J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The routine estimation of large numbers of serum folic acid and vitamin B(12) levels using the Baird and Tatlock(1) Analmatic clinical system is described and the method evaluated.Precision, accuracy, and carryover are shown to be at acceptable levels, and the advantages and disadvantages of the use of the system are ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Colvin G,Gibson GL,Neill DW

更新日期：1971-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphate in both inorganic and organic form is essential for several functions in the body. Plasma phosphate level is maintained by a complex interaction between intestinal absorption, renal tubular reabsorption, and the transcellular movement of phosphate between intracellular fluid and bone storage pools. This home...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Leung J,Crook M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of a newly recognized group of hospital staphylococci, which are believed to have arisen from 83A staphylococci by lysogenization, differ from them in several cultural characters. Some but not all of these characters appear to be determined by the carriage of phage. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jevons MP,John M,Parker MT

更新日期：1966-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a patient with a gastric biopsy specimen showing histomorphological and immunohistochemical appearances indistinguishable from those usually present in lymphocytic gastritis, a rare condition of unknown aetiology with a distinctive phenotype. The patient had a history of a biopsy confirmed T cell...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nga ME,Tan SH,Teh M,Koay ES,Chong SM,Putti TC,Salto-Tellez M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51 year old woman presented with rectal bleeding from a mass lying just above the dentate line. Multiple biopsies were taken before the diagnosis of a benign lymphoid polyp was made. This is a rare condition that more commonly presents in children and poses a diagnostic challenge. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lloyd J,Darzi A,Teare J,Goldin RD

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Recent events surrounding postmortem practices have necessitated several changes in the way necropsies are conducted both within the medicolegal and hospital settings. These changes have resulted in a striking reduction in the frequency of brain retention for neuropathological examination. Aberdeen Royal Infirmary,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sharma M,Grieve JH

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To develop a quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (Q-RT-PCR) for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) detection and explore the potential of using glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) mRNA as an internal control to exclude false negative results. METHODS:SAR...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wong SC,Chan JK,Lee KC,Lo ES,Tsang DN

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the modification of a commercially available rapid slide screening test(1) for anti-streptolysin O to give quantitative results. The modified technique is compared with the long-established haemolytic technique of Rantz and Randall (1945). The quantitative results for both techniques are shown to ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ingram GB,Hughes JE

更新日期：1972-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study the homozygous deletion and methylation status of the 5' CpG island of the p16 and p15 genes (9p21) in a set of primary advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) and to test whether inactivation of these genes by these mechanisms contributes to head and neck SCC development. METHODS:DNA was e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： González MV,Pello MF,López-Larrea C,Suárez C,Menéndez MJ,Coto E

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strokes are one of the most common causes of mortality and long term severe disability. There is evidence that lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a)) is a predictor of many forms of vascular disease, including premature coronary artery disease. Several studies have also evaluated the association between Lp(a) and ischaemic (thrombot...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Milionis HJ,Winder AF,Mikhailidis DP

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specimens of muscle were obtained from non-suppurating lesions of nine patients with tropical myositis. When examined in an electron microscope, these revealed patchy myocytolysis with loss of band structure. Perimysial cells were also degenerate. Sections from two out of nine patients revealed intracellular vesicles,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Taylor JF,Fluck D,Fluck D

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocardial fibroelastosis, defined as an endocardium in excess of 30 microns thick, was found in 10 out of 34 cases of hydrops fetalis in a review of 1589 perinatal necropsies carried out between 1976 and 1989. The infants comprised 16 cases of rhesus haemolytic disease, of whom three had endocardial fibroelastosis, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Newbould MJ,Armstrong GR,Barson AJ

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgD myeloma is a rare disorder with a very poor prognosis. An unusual case is reported where prolonged remission was obtained. Immunohistochemical staining of the bone marrow trephine biopsy specimen proved invaluable in documenting early relapse. It is suggested that immunohistochemistry should be adopted more widely...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kettle P,Morris TC

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HER2/neu (HER2) is a significant prognostic marker for breast carcinomas. Recently, new guidelines defining HER2 genetic heterogeneity (GH) were published by the College of American Pathologists. AIMS:To determine the prevalence of HER2 GH as defined in primary invasive breast carcinoma, to determine its re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shafi H,Astvatsaturyan K,Chung F,Mirocha J,Schmidt M,Bose S

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Components of the blood fibrinolytic system were measured in 43 patients with leukaemia. Increased fibrinolytic activity, indicated by a reduced plasma plasminogen level, was found in 14 patients. The combination of severe thrombocytopenia and increased fibrinolysis appeared to be a determinant in the production of a ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ogston D,McAndrew GM,Ogston CM

更新日期：1968-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To perform a clinicopathological analysis of a series of primary cutaneous Ewing sarcomas/primitive neuroectodermal tumours (ES/PNET) to highlight the pathological features, discuss the differential diagnosis, emphasise the role of molecular testing (particularly fluorescence in situ hybridisation, FISH) in diagno...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shingde MV,Buckland M,Busam KJ,McCarthy SW,Wilmott J,Thompson JF,Scolyer RA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In primary cutaneous melanoma, the sentinel node (SN) biopsy is an accurate method for the staging of the lymph nodes. Positron emission tomography (PET) has been suggested as a useful alternative. However, the sensitivity of PET may be too low to detect SN metastases, which are often small. AIM:To predict ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mijnhout GS,Hoekstra OS,van Lingen A,van Diest PJ,Adèr HJ,Lammertsma AA,Pijpers R,Meijer S,Teule GJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether the pattern of involvement of the gastric mucosa in lymphocytic gastritis is predictive of the presence or absence of duodenal pathology. METHODS:50 cases (M:F, 26:24; median age 57 years) diagnosed as lymphocytic gastritis between 1986 and 1998 with concurrent duodenal (D2) biopsies were iden...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hayat M,Arora DS,Wyatt JI,O'Mahony S,Dixon MF

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of interstitial pneumonia are described. They were characterized by mononuclear cell infiltration of the alveolar walls and protein-rich exudate into the alveolar cavities, with localized hyaline membrane formation. Coxsackie B5 virus was isolated from the lungs of both patients at necropsy. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Flewett TH

更新日期：1965-11-01 00:00:00