Pulmonary valve papillary fibroelastoma. A case report and review of the literature.

abstract：CONTEXT:In immunohistochemistry, nonstandardized antigen retrieval protocols and fluids, poor-quality antibodies, and the presence of endogenous biotin frequently lead to incorrect results. Recently, advanced reagents including bifunctional SkipDewax pretreatment solution (BSPS), rabbit monoclonal (RM) antibodies, and ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Wong SC,Chan JK,Lo ES,Chan AK,Wong MC,Chan CM,Lam MY,Chan AT

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine pathologists from different institutions reviewed in a double-blind study 16 breast tumors previously indexed as typical medullary carcinoma, atypical medullary carcinoma, or infiltrative ductal carcinoma. A set of 16 slides was circulated two times among the nine pathologists. The diagnoses of typical and atypic...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Rigaud C,Theobald S,Noël P,Badreddine J,Barlier C,Delobelle A,Gentile A,Jacquemier J,Maisongrosse V,Peffault de Latour M

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study shows that the endothelial cell turnover over the early porcine atherosclerotic lesion is more or less uniform in distribution. This is contrary to the findings in White Carneau pigeons where the increased endothelial cell turnover has a zonal pattern, being much greater at the lesion edge. The difference i...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Scott RF,Kim DN,Schmee J

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Pretransfusion testing of whole blood and red blood cell recipients is regulated by the federal government under the authority of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988. Regulated tests include determination of ABO group, Rh D type, antibody detection, antibody identification, and crossmatching....

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Shulman IA,Maffei LM,Downes KA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-seven cervical biopsy specimens or endocervical curettings showing condyloma, changes suggestive of condyloma, or no changes of condyloma were analyzed for presence of nuclear atypia (nuclear enlargement and irregularity in superficial epithelium), presence of multinucleated cells, and presence of perinuclear cy...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Mittal KR,Chan W,Demopoulos RI

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary dural lymphoma is rare, and few of the small number of cases reported to date have been classified using immunohistochemical techniques. To our knowledge, we report the first case of T-cell-rich B-cell lymphoma (diffuse mixed small cell and large cell) presenting as a solitary intracranial dural mass. Cytologi...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Amaker BH,Ghatak NR,Jebraili SA,Ferreira-Gonzalez A,Kornstein MJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risks of homologous blood transfusion have motivated some blood centers and private industry to consider providing long-term storage of frozen, autologous red blood cells as a service. The usefulness of this practice is unknown. We performed a retrospective analysis of frozen autologous red blood cell use in two h...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： DePalma L,Palmer R,Leitman SF,Dolan WD,Klein HG

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In three performance evaluation surveys, panels that consisted of human T-lymphotropic virus type I or type II (HTLV-I/II) antibody-positive and -negative plasma samples were mailed to laboratories that voluntarily participated in the Centers for Disease Control Model Performance Evaluation Program. Donor samples were...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Blumer SO,Hearn TL,Schalla WO,Cross GD,Valdiserri RO

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the occurrence and significance of mucosal lymphangiectasia in gastric adenocarcinoma. DESIGN:One hundred consecutive gastrectomies for adenocarcinoma were reviewed, using 25 consecutive gastroscopically biopsied gastrectomy specimens with peptic ulcers as negative controls. SETTING:The specimen...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Mak KL,Hui PK,Chan WY,Leung KM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A full autopsy at our institution includes removal of the eyes for pathologic examination. To our knowledge, the rate of ophthalmic findings at autopsy has not been documented previously. DESIGN:We retrospectively reviewed 277 consecutive autopsies conducted between 1995 and 1999 in which the eyes were remo...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Butnor KJ,Proia AD

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Elevated cardiac troponin levels have been reported to identify unstable angina patients at high risk. OBJECTIVE:To examine the relation of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and cardiac troponin T (cTnT) levels to findings of coronary angiography in these patients. METHODS:Samples for troponin estimation were taken e...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Panteghini M,Cuccia C,Pagani F,Turla C,Bonetti G,Bonini E

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sodium polystyrene sulfonate (kayexalate) is a cation-exchange resin given enterally for the treatment of hyperkalemia. Aspiration of this material is a rare occurrence, but when visualized in the alveolus, it has a characteristic microscopic appearance that is virtually diagnostic. In two cases, recognition ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Fenton JJ,Johnson FB,Przygodzk RM,Kalasinsky VF,Al-Dayel F,Travis WD

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of "uncombable hair syndrome" that occurred in a boy who had no other abnormalities. The diagnosis was clinically suspected and confirmed by examination of the scalp hair, which was treated with a bath of gold. Scanning electron microscopy was used for examination. The main defect of the hair was a lo...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Zegpi M,Roa I

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonneoplastic vascular lesions in lymph nodes have been infrequently reported. These lesions are believed to be rare and display histologic features ranging from minimal changes associated with vasodilation to vascular proliferative lesions resembling Kaposi's sarcoma. The spectrum of histologic features observed in t...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Ostrowski ML,Siddiqui T,Barnes RE,Howton MJ

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Since 1988, the College of American Pathologists has been offering materials for calibration verification coupled with the surveys for linearity, called the linearity (LN) surveys. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether successful completion of the College of American Pathologists LN surveys provides a benefit in term...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Kroll MH,Styer PE,Vasquez DA

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor arising in the distal femur of a 28-year-old man who had no stigmata of von Recklinghausen's disease. Roentgenograms and computed tomographic scans of the distal femur showed a single lytic intraosseous lesion with minimal soft tissue extension. Light micro...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Bullock MJ,Bedard YC,Bell RS,Kandel R

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the formaldehyde-induced fluorescence method, we found a peculiar rosary-type swelling of the adrenergic axons in the peripheral nerves, deficiency of the perivascular adrenergic plexuses in the visceral and cerebral arteries, and reduction of noradrenergic fluorescence in the tegmental and hypothalamic regions ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Uno H,Arya S,Laxova R,Gilbert EF

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of gastric myeloid metaplasia in an 89- year-old woman with agnogenic myeloid metaplasia. The lesions were fortuitously discovered on upper endoscopy. The antral mucosa was thickened and polypoid, and on histologic examination contained immature granulocytes, megakaryocytes, and a few erythroblasts wi...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Chatelain D,Devendeville A,Rudelli A,Bruniau A,Geslin G,Sevestre H

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary leiomyosarcoma of the pancreas is a rare tumor for which only 21 reports appear in the world literature. We describe an additional case of pancreatic leiomyosarcoma in a 76-year-old man, who complained of persistent high fever. Histologic examination revealed a pleomorphic spindle cell tumor. Reactivity for mu...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Nesi G,Pantalone D,Ragionieri I,Amorosi A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report findings from an autopsy of a 45-year-old woman with the rare lysosomal storage disease mucolipidosis type III α/β. Her disease manifested most notably as multiple bone and cartilage problems with tracheal and bronchial malacia. Principal autopsy findings included gross abnormalities in bone and cartilage wi...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Kerr DA,Memoli VA,Cathey SS,Harris BT

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of intraventricular neuroblastomas were compared with cases of intraventricular and hemispheric neuroblastomas that have been reported in the published literature. The following order of tumor subtypes was found in patients with increasing age: hemispheric neuroblastoma, intraventricular undifferentiated neu...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Rhodes RH,Cole M,Takaoka Y,Roessmann U,Cotes EE,Simon J

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratories participating in the College of American Pathologists Enzyme Survey (ES) and Comprehensive Chemistry Survey used diverse methods for the same analyte, resulting in a considerable range of values for the commonly performed enzyme measurements. Nevertheless, with the techniques developed for the ES, both th...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Lott JA,Tholen DW,Massion CG

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterologous differentiation in osteosarcoma is rare, with only 17 cases previously described in the literature. We report a case of a mandibular osteoblastic osteosarcoma with rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation in a 45-year-old man who had a history of Hodgkin lymphoma that was treated with chemotherapy and radiati...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Seethala RR,Sturgis EM,Raymond AK,Deavers MT

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and pathologic features of a case of postoperative spindle-cell nodule within the endometrium are reported, a lesion hitherto undescribed in this site. The nodule was found in the hysterectomy specimen from a 75-year-old woman, 2 1/2 weeks after a dilatation and curettage had revealed a well-differentiate...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Clement PB

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Distinguishing intraductal papilloma from papillary carcinoma of the breast can be difficult using histologic criteria. Since cyclin D1, a G1 cell-cycle regulatory protein, is detectable immunohistochemically in a subset of breast carcinomas but not in benign breast tissues, we hypothesized that cyclin D1 im...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Saddik M,Lai R,Medeiros LJ,McCourty A,Brynes RK

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome occurred in a patient with sarcoidosis. Typical features of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis were present on kidney biopsy. A unique finding was the occurrence of IgA in blood vessels of the skin and lymph node. Whereas the sarcoid hilar adenopathy responded to steroid therapy, the neph...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Lee SM,Michael AF

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of fatal fibrosing peritonitis in a 28-year-old drug abuser. The extensive fibrosis, which was limited to the abdominal cavity, contained birefringent material. Silica was identified by spectrophotometric analysis. Silica is a component of talc (magnesium silicate) used as a drug filler. Relatively sm...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Castelli MJ,Armin AR,Husain A,Orfei E

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Localized aggregates of amyloid and chronic inflammatory cells are well known to occur in conjunctiva and usually are not associated with systemic disease. This study reports one such case in a healthy young man. In this lesion, the plasma cell infiltrate was shown by immunofluorescence to contain IgD lambda. The amyl...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Schaldenbrand JD,Keren DF

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Quantitation of hemoglobin (Hb) A(1c) and investigation of hemoglobinopathy on the Bio-Rad Variant analyzers require a switch between 2 separate kits that is time consuming and causes errors. OBJECTIVE:Evaluation of a new Variant II HbA(2)/HbA(1c) Dual kit capable of both Hb A(1c) quantitation and hemoglobinop...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Lafferty JD,McFarlane AG,K Chui DH

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome developed a mass of the right parotid gland and multiple hepatic masses. Hematoxylin-eosin-stained sections of the parotid lesion showed a diffuse infiltrate of large mononuclear cells with vesicular nuclei and prominent nucleoli, consistent with a non-Hodgkin ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Cornfield DB,Papiez JS,Lynch JT,Rimsza LM

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00