Improved laboratory confirmation of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type II. Time course of antibodies and combination of antigen and biologic assays.

abstract：:Few cases of secondary CD5+ diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) that are not Richter syndrome have been reported previously. We report 9 cases of non-Richter syndrome secondary CD5+ DLBCL. Among 529 cases of DLBCL, 38 (7.2%) were CD5+ DLBCL, including 9 of secondary CD5+ DLBCL. Five cases gained CD5 expression durin...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Maeshima AM,Taniguchi H,Nomoto J,Maruyama D,Kim SW,Watanabe T,Kobayashi Y,Tobinai K,Matsuno Y

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bull's algorithm has been evaluated by computer simulation studies. Varying amounts of systematic analytic error were simulated in either hemoglobin (Hgb), red blood cell count (RBC), or mean corpuscular volume (MCV) with the resulting red blood cell indices averaged in batches of 20 using Bull's algorithm. The number...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cembrowski GS,Westgard JO

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilizing a bacterial-agar overlay technic incorporating the methionine-requiring bacterium Leukonostoc mesenteroides, little or no bacterial growth was seen surrounding the megaloblasts and proerythroblasts of eight patients who had severe untreated pernicious anemia. Similarly, scant bacterial growth was observed in...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kass L

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Same-day turnaround of pathology specimens is desirable in this era of managed care, and rapid microwave tissue processing produces histologic features of a quality equivalent to overnight processing. We studied whether microwave-assisted rapid tissue processing adversely affects the quality of immunohistochemical sta...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Emerson LL,Tripp SR,Baird BC,Layfield LJ,Rohr LR

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of HLA class I antigens in testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs) was studied by the immunoperoxidase technique. In the normal testicle, the interstitial cells of Leydig as well as most of the germ cells were significantly stained. In typical seminoma, 75% of the tumor cells in stage I and 30% in stage II ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Klein B,Klein T,Konichezky M,Nyska A,Livini E,Levine I,Zamir R,Kooperman O,Lurie H

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. Increasing evidence suggests involvement of inflammation in the atherosclerotic process. We examined cytokines and other inflammatory markers in 865 patients with chest pain in whom coronary angiography revealed no evidence of CAD or CAD...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Martins TB,Anderson JL,Muhlestein JB,Horne BD,Carlquist JF,Roberts WL,Carlquist JF

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development and general concepts of the Système International d'Unités (SI units) are discussed. The basic and derived quantities and units of the SI used for clinical laboratory data are reviewed. Ranges of normal values for a number of body fluid constituents are given in the units in current general use and in ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lehmann HP

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telepathology is gaining acceptance as a mode of providing pathology services to remote sites, but its economic feasibility is unknown. A dynamic robotic telepathology service between the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iron Mountain, MI, and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, provides diagnostic ser...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Agha Z,Weinstein RS,Dunn BE

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated the stability of the tests comprising the SMA-6 and SMA-12 chemistry profiles during overnight refrigerated storage. Several constituents were found to undergo changes that were statistically significant when evaluated by a t test for paired comparisons. A recently published sequential method ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rossing RG,Foster DM

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) is found in most chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) patients. The bcr-abl oncoprotein (P210 or P185), the product of the fused bcr-abl gene produced by the Ph, is known to be the major factor in initiation and maintenance of the leukemic state in these types of leukemias. The authors h...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Guo JQ,Lian J,Glassman A,Talpaz M,Kantarjian H,Deisseroth AB,Arlinghaus RB

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and immunohistochemical analysis for assessment of HER-2 status in breast carcinomas are discordant in a significant proportion of cases with equivocal (2+) immunostaining. To evaluate the role of intratumoral heterogeneity and degree of amplification, we performed additional ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lewis JT,Ketterling RP,Halling KC,Reynolds C,Jenkins RB,Visscher DW

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new hemolytic plate method for the functional assessment of alternative-pathway complement activity is described. The plates are easy to prepare and the method simple to perform. Analysis of 23 normal serum samples showed a mean lysis diameter of 4.1 +/- 0.2 mm (1 standard deviation). ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fong JS,Renaud L

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported 24 cases of marrow fibrin-ring granuloma (FRG) encountered in 1 institution and concluded that, contrary to previous studies showing marrow FRG as a diagnostic marker for Q fever, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was the most common proven cause of such FRG. The present study characterized patients with...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chung HJ,Chi HS,Jang S,Park CJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diarrheal diseases caused by bacterial pathogens are important causes of morbidity in the United States, and considerable laboratory resources are spent to detect these enteric pathogens. This article reviews recent developments in the detection and identification of Campylobacter spp, enterohemorrhagic Escherichia co...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nolte FS

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated a comprehensive deidentification engine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, PA, that uses a complex set of rules, dictionaries, pattern-matching algorithms, and the Unified Medical Language System to identify and replace identifying text in clinical reports while preserving ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gupta D,Saul M,Gilbertson J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 8 cases of hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma (HSTCL) involving bone marrow and correlate histologic findings with disease progression. Immunophenotypic analysis demonstrated mature, aberrant gamma/delta T-cell immunophenotypes. Isochromosome 7q was identified in 4 cases; 1 case showed the t(7;14)(q34;q13). Seven...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Vega F,Medeiros LJ,Bueso-Ramos C,Jones D,Lai R,Luthra R,Abruzzo LV

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Point-of-care testing (POCT) is a means of providing patient services more rapidly. Most evaluations of bedside laboratory testing devices have emphasized analytical performance in tertiary care settings. In contrast, the authors compare the operating cost of POCT for glucose and an electrolyte/glucose/blood urea nitr...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nosanchuk JS,Keefner R

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of their reported reciprocal effects on apoptosis, the expression of p53 and bcl-2 proteins was studied in 46 cases of Hodgkin's disease by immunocytochemical labeling. We found p53 protein in Reed-Sternberg cells and their mononuclear variants in 16 of the 46 cases (34.7%) of Hodgkin's disease, mainly in a nu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Doussis IA,Pezzella F,Lane DP,Gatter KC,Mason DY

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined whether there were additional diagnostic findings in additional level sections performed on polyps with no pathologic diagnosis (NPD) or those in which only lymphoid aggregates (LAs) were seen initially and determined the level at which findings were identified. All colorectal biopsy specimens submitted ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nash JW,Niemann T,Marsh WL,Frankel WL

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic expert system for colonic lesions (DESCL) was designed to discriminate colonic adenoma and adenocarcinoma from normal colonic tissue. Although it was originally developed for use in conjunction with a machine vision analytic system, the DESCL has evolved into a teaching tool and a model for conceptual m...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Graham AR,Paplanus SH,Bartels PH

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The finding of monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL) raises questions on the nature of clonal cell expansion and its risk of progression. We identified and characterized 7 cases of clinically benign clonal B-cell lymphocytosis. The clonal lymphocytes were clearly of CD5- and non-chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) phen...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Amato D,Oscier DG,Davis Z,Mould S,Zheng J,Kolomietz E,Wang C

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interest in the role of mononuclear phagocytes in glomerulonephritis (GN) and in defining markers of renal neoplasms led the authors to study alpha-naphthyl acetate/butyrate esterase (ANAE/ANBE), alkaline phosphatase (AlkP), acid phosphatase (AcP), 5'-nucleotidase (5'N), and ATPase (ATP) activity in paraformaldehyde-f...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Alpers CE,Beckstead JH

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultures from the gallbladder and blood of a 60-year-old man with acute cholecystitis grew Haemophilus aphrophilus. This organism, an unusual isolate in clinical specimens, is most frequently seen in patients with either endocarditis or brain abscesses. Haemophilus aphrophilus may be distinguished from Eikenella corro...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Huck W,Britt MR

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred fifty-two patients with amyloid in the tenosynovium who had carpal tunnel release were identified. Twenty-eight patients were excluded because of systemic amyloidosis: primary systemic amyloidosis (AL) in 24, secondary amyloidosis (AA) in 3, and familial amyloidosis (AF) in 1. The remaining 124 patients (8...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kyle RA,Eilers SG,Linscheid RL,Gaffey TA

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty cases of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) were studied; 19 involved the lung and 1 the esophagus only. The patients' ages ranged from 3 to 72 years. There were 9 males and 11 females. Involvement of a bronchus was seen in one case and of mediastinal structures in four. Chest pain and dyspnea were common...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Pettinato G,Manivel JC,De Rosa N,Dehner LP

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new blood culture medium (16B) containing adsorbent and cationic exchange resins has become available for use with the BACTEC instrument (Johnston Laboratories, Towson, MD). Its purpose is to enhance the detection of bacteremia through binding of antimicrobials. The performance of the BACTEC 16B resin medium was com...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： DeGirolami PC,Eichelberger K,Siegel J

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitroglycerin has been reported to reduce activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) values in patients treated with concurrent heparin and nitroglycerin. However, in vivo studies have yielded conflicting results. In this in vitro evaluation, nitroglycerin was added to samples of pooled plasma from normal volunteers...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Barnes AD,Horn JR,Wittkowsky AK

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood counts and lactic dehydrogenase values of eight patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) were reviewed in relation to the clinical course. Three of the eight patients died. In these patients, the hemoglobin was significantly lower and the LDH higher at the time of presentation than that of the...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Crowley JP,Metzger JB,L'Europa RA

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytogenetic studies of bone marrow were performed in 230 consecutive cases of patients with chronic granulocytic leukemia (CGL) admitted to the National Cancer Institute since 1961. Twenty patients lacked the Philadelphia (Ph1) chromosome. All were previously untreated. When compared with Ph1-positive patients, CGL pa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Canellos GP,Whang-Peng J,DeVita VT

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using microscopic screening criteria employed in the study of sputum in acute bacterial pneumonia, the authors evaluated 644 sputum samples from 347 patients submitted for mycobacterial bacterial culture. After microscopic examination, these specimens were processed using standard mycobacterial laboratory technics. Sa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Isaac-Renton JL,Puselja BB,Allen EA,Grzybowski S,Black WA

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00