An immunohistochemical and clinicopathological study of gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

abstract：:Eosinophilic hyaline inclusions were consistently seen in the perinuclear cytoplasm of suprabasal keratinocytes in lichen amyloidosus. The inclusions, negative with amyloid staining, were immunoreactive for ubiquitin and cytokeratin, and ultrastructurally showed aggregations of fine filaments of two sizes (central thi...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Akamatsu M,Hori S,Tsutsumi Y,Osamura RY,Ohkido M

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is caused by genetic mutations of the gene encoding fibrocystin, and is characterized by the collecting duct cysts and congenital hepatic fibrosis. We report an autopsy-proven case of ARPKD in a 77-year-old male who presented with rapidly progressive renal and live...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Taneda S,Honda K,Aoki A,Nitta K,Tamura T,Yoshioka Y,Oda H

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2004, two groups reported somatic mutations in the gene for the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which were highly correlated with the clinical response to the anticancer drug, gefitinib. Since then, a tremendous amount of knowledge has accumulated, and sh...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Yatabe Y,Mitsudomi T

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anomalous pancreaticobiliary junction (APBJ) is a congenital anomaly in which the pancreatic duct joins the common bile duct proximal to the sphincter of Oddi. Anatomical and immunohistochemical examination of the pancreas with APBJ has rarely been performed. A 72-year-old woman with gallbladder cancer and APBJ died o...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Tadokoro H,Takase M,Nobukawa B

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma (AITL) is characterized by the presence of atypical lymphocytes with clear cytoplasm and follicular dendritic cells, arborization of high endothelial blood vessels, and infiltration by inflammatory cells, such as epithelioid histiocytes, eosinophils, immunoblasts, and plasma cells. T...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Murakami Y,Shimada K,Kosugi H,Mori N

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humoral factors from cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) reportedly affect epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) resistance in cancer cells with EGFR mutations. The aim of this study was to identify the robust humoral factors secreted from CAFs that induce the primary resistance to EGF...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Suzuki E,Yamazaki S,Naito T,Hashimoto H,Okubo S,Udagawa H,Goto K,Tsuboi M,Ochiai A,Ishii G

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase activity is thought to contribute to the immortality of cancers. Recently, some investigators described a correlation between the activity of telomerase and the proliferative activity of cancer cells. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between the expression of telomerase-associated prote...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Ikeda S,Shibata T,Eishi Y,Takizawa T,Koike M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that N-myc downstream regulated gene 1 (NDRG1) is related to the prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and associated with c-Myc degradation in NSCLC cell lines. However, the relationship of NDRG1 to prognosis or c-Myc expression in lung adenocarcinoma has not been well clarified. The p...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Dai T,Dai Y,Murata Y,Husni RE,Nakano N,Sakashita S,Noguchi M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 35-year-old Japanese man who had experienced hoarseness for 10 years presented with a vocal cord lesion. A gross examination revealed a left vocal cord polyp occupying two-thirds of the vocal space. The endoscopically resected lesion contained scattered atypical fibroblastic, stellate, or ganglion-like cells with mu...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Yorita K,Togashi Y,Nakagawa H,Miyazaki K,Sakata S,Baba S,Takeuchi K,Hayashi Y,Murakami I,Kuroda N,Oda Y,Kohashi K,Yamada Y,Kiyozawa D,Michal M,Michal M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerobes, including humans, are consistently exposed to oxidative stress by consuming oxygen. The biological significance of oxidative stress via reactive oxygen and nitrogen species consists of two stages: reversible redox regulation and irreversible oxidative molecular damage, which are sometimes intermingled. During...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Toyokuni S,Akatsuka S

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection (CAEBV) is a syndrome that takes diverse clinical courses and is often associated with lymphoproliferative disorders of T/natural killer (NK)-cell lineage. We describe a patient with CAEBV associated with persistent pharyngeal ulcer, and with subsequent nasal T/NK-cell lymph...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Nagata H,Numata T,Konno A,Mikata I,Kurasawa K,Hara S,Nishimura M,Yamamoto K,Shimizu N

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of an extragonadal teratoma, which occurred primarily in the uterus, is described. The tumor developed in the uterine cervix as a conventional cervical polyp, 3 months after an elective abortion in a 27-year-old woman. Microscopically, the solid 2.2 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm mass was a mature teratoma with exuberant ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Lim SC,Kim YS,Lee YH,Lee MS,Lim JY

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant cell tumor (GCT) of bone is a primary osteolytic tumor that is characterized by the formation of osteoclast-like giant cells. In addition to GCT of bone, extraskeletal GCT are known to be formed in several soft tissues. Giant cells in GCT of bone were suggested to be identical to osteoclasts, but the characteriz...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Ikeda T,Seki S,Maki M,Noguchi N,Kawamura T,Arii S,Igari T,Koike M,Hirokawa K

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) classification for stomach tumors was published in the second edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumors in 1974 and was followed by additional editions up to the seventh edition published in 2010. In the Buffalo Meeting 2008 a harmonization between the Eastern (Japan...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Wittekind C

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The origin of histiocyte-like cells in malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) remains controversial. To determine whether histiocyte-like cells and multinucleated giant cells show reactive or neoplastic proliferation, we transplanted human storiform-pleomorphic MFH to nude mice and investigated the origin of histiocyte-...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Hatano H,Tokunaga K,Ogose A,Imaizumi S,Hayami T,Yamagiwa H,Hotta T,Endo N,Takahashi HE,Naito M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The localization of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PO) in the human arteriosclerotic lesions was investigated by immunohistochemical methods. GSH-PO is an enzyme that effectively reduces lipid peroxides. It is also known that its synthesis is significantly increased by lipid peroxides, the substrate of the enzyme. Accord...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Mori I,Yoshimura S,Watanabe K

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study the significance of nuclear/cytoplasmic expression of beta-catenin (CTNNB1) and mutation of the CTNNB1 gene (CTNNB1) in odontogenic tumors was examined. Six ameloblastomas (five follicular ameloblastomas and one plexiform ameloblastoma) and three malignant odontogenic tumors (one metastasizing ame...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Miyake T,Tanaka Y,Kato K,Tanaka M,Sato Y,Ijiri R,Inayama Y,Ito Y,Aoki S,Kawabe R,Tohnai I

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in cytological and surgical specimens, fine chromatin, nuclear grooves and nuclear pseudoinclusions are the hallmarks of diagnosis. We investigated the significance of these nuclear changes in neoplastic non-PTC lesions. Fine needle aspiration biopsies (FNAB) of thyroid lesions wer...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Mai KT,Yazdi HM,Commons AS,Perkins DG,MacDonald L

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhinoscleroma is an uncommon chronic, destructive infection of the respiratory mucosa caused by Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis. This coccobacillus can be found in the typical histiocytes, the Mikulicz cells. Extranasal and nodal involvement in this disease is rare, but documented. Rosai-Dorfman disease or sinus histiocyt...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kasper HU,Hegenbarth V,Buhtz P

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with pulmonary small cell carcinoma are well known to have a poor prognosis. However, predictors of prognosis and treatment outcome have not been reported for this type of cancer. We examined whether excision repair cross-complementation group 1 (ERCC1), phosphorylated Akt (p-Akt), phosphorylated mammalian ta...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Ikeda S,Takabe K,Inagaki M,Suzuki K

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of primary leiomyosarcoma of a thoracic vertebra associated with a compression fracture in a 75-year-old woman was preoperatively thought to be granulation tissue. Surgical decompression was performed and the histological and immunohistochemical studies established the diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma. Based on the ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Sasaguri T,Tanimoto A,Kimura S,Kohno Y,Hirasawa M,Matsuki Y,Abe K,Hashimoto H,Hamada T,Sasaguri Y

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelioid angiomyolipoma (eAMLoma) is an uncommon renal mesenchymal tumor with malignant potential and is frequently associated with tuberous sclerosis (TSC). It is composed of polygonal large-sized tumor cells arranged in an epithelioid manner. Differential diagnosis from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is often challen...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kato I,Inayama Y,Yamanaka S,Ohshiro H,Gomi K,Shirai S,Aoki I,Uemura H,Miyoshi Y,Kubota Y,Yao M,Nagashima Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiomyolipoma (AML) is a mixed mesenchymal tumor belonging to the family of perivascular epithelioid cell tumors. Concurrent development of AML and adult renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is very rare. Herein is presented a unique case in which RCC arose within a previously detected AML tumor mass. A 40-year-old woman had b...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Inomoto C,Umemura S,Sasaki Y,Yasuda M,Terachi T,Osamura RY

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the detection of chromosome translocations/chimeric genes and specific genetic abnormalities in soft tissue tumors, we conducted fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis on 280 cases of soft tissue and other tumors using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections. The detection rate of the FISH spl...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Miura Y,Keira Y,Ogino J,Nakanishi K,Noguchi H,Inoue T,Hasegawa T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphologic features and neoplastic potentials of bile duct adenoma (BDA) and von Meyenburg complex (VMC)-like duct arising in chronic liver disease were unknown. Thirty-five BDAs and 12 VMC-like duct lesions were observed in 39 cases with chronic liver disease. BDAs were divided into the EMA-cytoplasmic type (n = 14)...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Aishima S,Tanaka Y,Kubo Y,Shirabe K,Maehara Y,Oda Y

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of endometrial low-grade stromal sarcoma with ovarian sex cord-like differentiation occurring in a 39-year-old woman and a 42-year-old woman are presented. Both tumors, which were intramyometrial and measured 7.5 cm and 7.0 cm in greatest diameter, respectively, showed a multinodular, ill-demarcated, and yel...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Fukunaga M,Miyazawa Y,Ushigome S

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy related acute lymphoblastic leukemia (t-ALL) of B cell origin is rare and constitutes approximately 2% of all ALL. Previously compiled data on the complete cytogenetic analysis of 48 t-B-ALL cases suggested that MLL rearrangement at 11q23 gene locus is the most common abnormality. Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Matnani R,Parekh V,Borate U,Brazelton J,Reddy V,Peker D

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bcl-6 protein is a recently identified novel transcription factor whose deregulated expression is associated with diffuse large B cell lymphomas. It was recently shown by us that the protein is located in germinal center B cells and their neoplastic counterparts. In the present study, the expression of bcl-6 protein o...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kanazawa N,Moriyama M,Onizuka T,Sugawara K,Mori S

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conditions of preserving DNA, RNA and protein in pathological specimens are of great importance as degradation of such macromolecules would critically affect results of molecular biological analysis. The feasibility of freeze-drying as a means of preserving pathological tissue samples for molecular analysis has previo...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Matsuo S,Sugiyama T,Okuyama T,Yoshikawa K,Honda K,Takahashi R,Maeda S

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa) is a rare mesenchymal neoplasm, and malignant cases are extremely rare. A case of malignant PEComa arising in the colon is described herein. The patient was a 43-year-old Japanese woman without a history of tuberous sclerosis complex. The tumor occurred in the abdominal cav...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Yamamoto H,Oda Y,Yao T,Oiwa T,Kobayashi C,Tamiya S,Kawaguchi K,Hino O,Tsuneyoshi M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00