Calretinin as a marker for cardiac myxoma. Diagnostic and histogenetic considerations.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To support our Lean culture of continuous improvement, we implemented a daily management system designed so critical metrics of operational success were the focus of local teams to drive improvements. METHODS:We innovated a standardized visual daily management board composed of metric categories of Quality,...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Zarbo RJ,Varney RC,Copeland JR,D'Angelo R,Sharma G

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection may be complicated by non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. We describe eight cases of B-cell extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma occurring during the course of chronic HCV-related hepatic disease (low-grade of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue [MALT]-type; diffuse large cell; Burkitt; diffuse small ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ascoli V,Lo Coco F,Artini M,Levrero M,Martelli M,Negro F

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to study the possible association between oral lichen planus and chronic hepatitis C in patients from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Two groups of patients were studied: group 1, 50 patients with oral lichen planus evaluated for the presence of chronic hepatitis C; and group 2, 215 patients with chroni...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： de Mattos Camargo Grossmann S,de Aguiar MC,Teixeira R,do Carmo MA

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experience at one institution concerning the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis by aspiration biopsy is reviewed. Twelve cases in which acid-fast bacilli were identified in pulmonary aspiration material are reported. The cytologic findings were confirmed by microbiologic culture in nine cases. The advantages of u...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Robicheaux G,Moinuddin SM,Lee LH

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae with greatly increased resistance to penicillin (minimal inhibitory concentrations or MICs, 1--8 microgram/ml) were recovered in cultures of blood from patients in South Africa and from one in Minnesota who had serious pneumococcal infections. The authors undertook a study...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Maki DG,Helstad AG,Kimball JL

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kikuchi's lymphadenitis is a self-limiting condition typically affecting young patients. Surgical biopsy is unnecessary if a firm diagnosis can be rendered by fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). The authors report the FNAC findings for 27 cases, including 24 female and 3 male patients aged 12 to 43 years. Histolog...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tsang WY,Chan JK

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:To evaluate the prevalence of potentially unnecessary repeat testing (PURT) and the associated economic burden for an inpatient population at a large academic medical facility. Methods:We evaluated all inpatient test orders during 2016 for PURT by comparing the intertest times to published recommendations. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hueth KD,Jackson BR,Schmidt RL

更新日期：2018-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop reference ranges for platelet aggregation using the Multiplate analyzer (Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany) in blood anticoagulated with sodium citrate (Na-citrate), lithium heparin (Li-heparin), or hirudin. METHODS:The study was performed at three sites on consented, healthy adults (n = 193) ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Peerschke EI,Castellone DD,Stroobants AK,Francis J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of spurious red blood cell parameters caused by serum cold agglutinins has been well characterized for the Coulter counters but not the Ortho ELT-8. The pattern consists of a spurious increase in mean corpuscular volume (MCV), a discrepancy between the hemoglobin and the hematocrit, the latter falsely redu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Solanki DL,Blackburn BC

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared prothrombin times (PTs) and international normalized ratios (INRs) for blood samples drawn into plastic vs glass collection tubes. We collected 60 venous blood samples into 4.5-mL glass and 2 plastic tubes (2.7 and 3.5 mL). An additional 153 samples, including 63 from warfarin-anticoagulated patients, were...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fiebig EW,Etzell JE,Ng VL

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the functions of von Willebrand factor (vWF) is to serve as a carrier of clotting factor VIII (FVIII). Deficiency of this function results in the von Willebrand disease (vWD) variant type 2N, which resembles hemophilia A. We describe a new sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to study the ability ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Casonato A,Pontara E,Zerbinati P,Zucchetto A,Girolami A

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of quality control (QC) practices from the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Microbiology Surveys demonstrates a trend away from daily controls similar to that first noted in 1980. Previous recommendations for more relevant cost-containment oriented weekly QC procedures are discussed, and the 1982 ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jones RN,Edson DC,Gilmore BF

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of intercellular adhesion facilitates tumor invasion. To clarify the relation between altered expression of cell adhesion molecules and progression of T1 superficial bladder tumors, 101 cases (71 T1 tumors, 30 T2/T3 tumors) were examined immunohistochemically for E-cadherin and alpha-, beta-, and gamma-catenins. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Clairotte A,Lascombe I,Fauconnet S,Mauny F,Félix S,Algros MP,Bittard H,Kantelip B

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Travenol Hem-O-Scan and the Instrumentation Laboratory (IL) system for determination of the oxygen dissociation curve and P50 values have been evaluated. Using the Hem-O-Scan, an oxygen dissociation curve and P50 value may be obtained on 2 microliter of blood in 40 min, though the pH is not measured. In the IL sys...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nelson MG,Savage GA,Cooke PJ,Lappin TR

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report here a case of lymphoepithelial cystic lesion (LECL) of unknown origin in the mediastinum, which is closely related to a signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma. A 73-year-old man presented with a mass as revealed on a chest x-ray. During surgical operation, a solid, well-circumscribed and encapsulated 9 X ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ishimaru Y,Shibata Y,Ohkawara S,Ohshima H,Kihara S

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with nonhemolytic Lewis antibodies in the serum were transfused on the basis of major crossmatch compatibility alone. No adverse clinical affects were noted when 33 such patients received a total of 230 transfusions. Considerable savings in technologist time and reagent cost were realized by adopting this pol...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Waheed A,Kennedy MS,Gerhan S,Senhauser DA

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies suggest that low prostate weight is a significant negative prognostic factor for prostate cancer. In the current study, the data for 431 men who underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy between 1990 and 1998 were analyzed for association between prostate weight and various clinical and pathologic pa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Davidson DD,Koch MO,Lin H,Jones TD,Biermann K,Cheng L

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little information has been reported describing antigen stability in plasma cell myeloma. In this study, the expression frequency and stability of 2 potential therapeutic targets, CD20 and CD52, along with the frequently aberrantly expressed CD56 antigen, were evaluated by flow cytometric analyses in 56 patients with ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cao W,Goolsby CL,Nelson BP,Singhal S,Mehta J,Peterson LC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of rapid, simple tests to detect antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in urine could be valuable for several testing situations, such as in private offices, for epidemiologic surveys, and in developing countries. The authors evaluated the performance of the SUDS HIV type 1 test to detect antibody t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Constantine NT,Zhang X,Li L,Bansal J,Hyams KC,Smialek JE

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Early and accurate diagnosis remains crucial in the therapeutic management of invasive central nervous system fungal infections. Different molds have intrinsic resistance to antifungal agents; thus, morphologic differentiation is helpful to clinicians. Methods:Using three examples, we present a guide on how...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chavez JA,Brat DJ,Hunter SB,Velazquez Vega J,Guarner J

更新日期：2018-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the demonstrated efficacy of Leu-M1 as a discriminant between malignant epithelioid mesothelioma (MEM) and adenocarcinomas involving the serosal surfaces (ACSs), the authors assessed the reactivities of related "myelomonocytic" antigens in this context. Paraffin sections from 41 MEMs and 43 ACSs (pulmonary,...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wick MR,Mills SE,Swanson PE

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasion of the visceral pleura is an important component of lung carcinoma staging, and in some studies is an independent prognostic indicator. Evaluation of invasion by H&E may be indeterminate. Elastic stains can be helpful but are performed rarely. We reviewed all lung carcinoma resections from 1993 for 13 histolo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bunker ML,Raab SS,Landreneau RJ,Silverman JF

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Approximately 15% of breast cancers show equivocal human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) results on HER2 immunohistochemistry (IHC) and are reflexed for fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). However, some cases remain equivocal. In this study, we evaluated these double-equivocal cases by using...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hou Y,Nitta H,Li Z

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the association between the positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT) and hypergammaglobulinemia, the authors prospectively studied 154 patients, classified into three groups: Group 1, 52 patients with a positive DAT result in pretransfusion samples; Group 2, 52 patients with a negative DAT result; and Gr...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Huh YO,Liu FJ,Rogge K,Chakrabarty L,Lichtiger B

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunochemical characterization of the light chains of the mesangial immunoglobulin A (IgA) deposits were studied in 45 patients with IgA nephropathy. Kappa and lambda light chains were detected with direct immunofluorescence (IF) method, using monospecific rabbit anti-human anti-kappa and anti-lambda anti-sera. T...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lai KN,Chan KW,Mac-Moune F,Ho CP,Yan KW,Lam CW,Vallance-Owen J

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A very simple method of computer-assisted reporting of surgical pathology (including gross description, microscopic description, and diagnosis) has been developed. This method is based on a modification of the existing microbiology program and files in the comprehensive MedLab Company Pathlab computer system, with the...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Davey PW,Vaughan KD

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have examined the cellular distribution of lipocortin-1 (L-1) in the normal and diseased central nervous system (CNS) using the peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PAP) technique with a polyclonal antibody specific for L-1. L-1 immunoreactivity was evaluated in the frontal cortex, parahippocampal gyrus/lateral vent...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Johnson MD,Kamso-Pratt JM,Whetsell WO Jr,Pepinsky RB

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric intraepithelial neoplasia (IEN; formerly dysplasia) is an advanced precancerous lesion. Lesions indefinite for IEN mimic the IEN phenotype but lack some morphologic attributes of IEN. Indefinite for IEN lesions may arise in native foveolae (atypical foveolar hyperproliferation [aFH]) or intestinalized glands (...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fassan M,Pizzi M,Farinati F,Nitti D,Zagonel V,Genta RM,Rugge M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe consecutive vulvar biopsy cases and to create an educational template for pathology trainees and practicing pathologists. METHODS:We reviewed 189 consecutive biopsies from the female genital area skin and mucosa. We classified them based on etiologies and examined limited clinical information. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Joehlin-Price AS,Mully TW

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of a noninvasive hemoglobin monitoring device (Astrin, Sysmex, Kobe, Japan) was evaluated for healthy volunteers and for patients with hematologic disorders. At the same time, the effects of WBC counts on noninvasive monitoring were studied by clinical evaluation and in ex vivo experiments. The hemoglobin...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Saigo K,Imoto S,Hashimoto M,Mito H,Moriya J,Chinzei T,Kubota Y,Numada S,Ozawa T,Kumagai S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00