Squamous cell carcinoma arising from a seminal vesicular cyst: possible relationship between chronic inflammation and tumor development.

abstract：:The chemokine receptor CXCR4 belongs to the large superfamily of G protein-coupled receptors and has been identified to play a crucial role in a number of biological processes, including the trafficking and homeostasis of immune cells such as T lymphocytes. CXCR4 has also been found to be a prognostic marker in variou...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Furusato B,Mohamed A,Uhlén M,Rhim JS

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported herein is a 57-year-old man infected by Sparganum mansoni, a kind of tapeworm, showing a solitary nodule of the middle lobe of the right lung. Because a transbronchial biopsy could not diagnose the nodule, a right middle lobectomy was performed on suspicion of malignant tumor. The lesion was diagnosed as spar...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Iwatani K,Kubota I,Hirotsu Y,Wakimoto J,Yoshioka M,Mori T,Ito T,Nomori H

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the amount and the location of residual tumor are associated with outcome in surgically treated rectal cancer patients who receive preoperative chemoradiation therapy. Forty-three rectal cancer patients who underwent sphincter-saving operations after preoperati...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kojima M,Ishii G,Yamane Y,Nishizawa Y,Saito N,Ochiai A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of renal adenomatosis of the left kidney associated with a carcinoma of the ipsilateral ureter in a 49-year-old man is examined. One hundred and eight adenomas, which were smaller than 15 mm in diameter, and a single microcarcinoma, which measured 1 mm in diameter, were found in the kidney. Further, there were ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kizaki T,Ugai K,Hirano H,Gohji K,Fujii A

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple carcinomas of the pancreatico-biliary tree are rare. A 53 year old Japanese man was diagnosed as having an adenocarcinoma in the papilla of Vater. During the operation, he was also found to have a polypoid mass in the common bile duct. While cutting the operative specimen into stepwise sections, a small tumor...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Nishihara K,Tsuneyoshi M,Shimura H,Yasunami Y

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of adenomatoid tumor of the pleura is reported, and its differential diagnosis from benign and malignant pleural lesions is discussed. A small pleural nodule was incidentally found during a thoracic operation in a 54-year-old woman with esophageal cancer. The patient had no history of exposure to asbestos, and ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Minato H,Nojima T,Kurose N,Kinoshita E

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：:The protective effect of Brazilian propolis and its extract Artepillin C against ferric nitrilotriacetate (Fe-NTA)-induced renal lipid peroxidation and carcinogenesis was studied in male ddY mice. Fe-NTA-induced renal lipid peroxidation leads to a high incidence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in mice. Administration of...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kimoto T,Koya S,Hino K,Yamamoto Y,Nomura Y,Micallef MJ,Hanaya T,Arai S,Ikeda M,Kurimoto M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A very rare case of a double cancer consisting of adenosquamous and hepatocellular carcinomas of the liver in a 65-year-old-man is discussed. The patient was hospitalized with epigastralgia in May 1997. Abdominal computed axial tomography revealed a tumor located in the left lobe of the liver and a left hepatic lobect...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Zhang Z,Nonaka H,Nagayama T,Hatori T,Ihara F,Zhang L,Akima M,Shiba T

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC), initially coexisting with invasive extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD), in the scrotum of an 84-year-old man. The patient initially had a rash and pruritus before presenting with a pedunculated scrotal mass surrounded by widespread erythema. He underwent to...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kitano A,Izumi M,Tamura K,Tonegawa M,Etou T,Kishida Y

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr (EB) virus-associated primary smooth muscle tumors have been reported in immunosuppressed young patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and young people who have undergone liver transplantation. An autopsy case of EB virus-associated smooth muscle cell tumor in a 21 year old female who rec...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Sadahira Y,Moriya T,Shirabe T,Matsuno T,Manabe T

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alpha subunit of a GTP-binding protein, Go, was investigated in pulmonary neuroendocrine neoplasms and fetal tissues of the lung by an immunohistochemical method. Positive immunostaining for the alpha subunit of Go (Go alpha) was found predominantly on the cell membrane and found occasionally in the cytoplasm. Typ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kawano N,Ito T,Kitamura H,Shibagaki T,Kameda Y,Nakamura N,Kanisawa M

更新日期：1996-06-01 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：:The diagnosis of the rare neoplasm histiocytic sarcoma (HS) relies on morphology and the presence of immunophenotypic features of histiocytic lineage. More than 57 cases, including 16 cases involving the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, have been described since the World Health Organization issued its classification syst...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Miyazaki T,Arihiro S,Mitobe J,Aoki Y,Takikawa S,Saruta M,Matsuoka M,Koike K,Kato T,Kashiwagi H,Ikegami M,Tajiri H

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microscopic colitis (MC), encompassing collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis, is featured by chronic diarrhea, normal-looking endoscopic findings and unique microscopic appearance. After reviewing biopsied nonspecific colitis, we propose the third type of MC: colitis nucleomigrans (CN). Histopathological criteri...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Tachibana M,Hanaoka T,Watanabe S,Matsushita M,Isono T,Tsutsumi Y

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:So-called 'hybrid' lesion of ameloblastoma, which is composed of desmoplastic ameloblastoma and conventional follicular/plexiform ameloblastoma, is an unusual variant of ameloblastoma and only eight cases of 'hybrid' lesion have been published in the English literature. To enhance knowledge of this interesting tumor, ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Takata T,Miyauchi M,Ogawa I,Zhao M,Kudo Y,Sato S,Takekoshi T,Nikai H,Tanimoto K

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagenous fibroma (desmoplastic fibroblastoma) is a distinctive benign fibrous soft tissue tumor that typically occurs in the subcutaneous tissue or skeletal muscle in adults. We describe a case of collagenous fibroma in a 7-year-old boy who presented with a 1-cm solitary, firm nodule on the volar aspect of the meta...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Nishio J,Iwasaki H,Nishijima T,Kikuchi M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming acidic coiled-coil containing protein 3 (TACC3) is known to be involved in the control of normal cell growth and differentiation and in mechanisms of unregulated growth leading to tumorigenesis. The aim of the present paper was to determine the rate of TACC3 expression in a non-small cell lung cancer (NSC...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Jung CK,Jung JH,Park GS,Lee A,Kang CS,Lee KY

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies imply that cancer cells possess the ability to reversibly change their properties between a drug sensitive state and a drug resistant state accompanied by epigenetic changes. This evidence indicates that better understanding of cancer epigenetics is important for efficient cancer therapies. Nevertheless...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Matsuda Y,Semi K,Yamada Y

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An asymptomatic 59-year-old man underwent pancreatoduodenectomy for a pancreatic mass that was discovered during a health check-up. Histopathology indicated typical features of lymphoplasmacytic sclerosing pancreatitis (LPSP) or autoimmune pancreatitis along with the presence of abundant IgG4-positive plasma cells thr...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Motosugi U,Ichikawa T,Yamaguchi H,Nakazawa T,Katoh R,Itakura J,Fujii H,Sato T,Araki T,Shimizu M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pilomyxoid astrocytoma, first described by Tihan et al., was recently included as an established variant of pilocytic astrocytoma in the World Health Organization classification of CNS tumors. Histologically, it much resembles pilocytic astrocytoma, but monomorphic myxoid tumor of pilocytic cells with prominent angioc...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Amatya VJ,Akazawa R,Sumimoto Y,Takeshima Y,Inai K

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bilateral ovarian tumor composed of mixed Brenner tumor and struma ovarii in the right ovary and mature cystic teratoma in the left ovary, is described. Mixed Brenner tumor and struma ovarii is rare; eight cases are reviewed. In this case, in addition to the typical Brenner tumor and struma ovarii, some nests compos...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Yoshida M,Obayashi C,Tachibana M,Minami R

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：:To examine the relationship between the scavenger receptor A (SRA) index (the number of SRA+ cells observed in 10 high power fields of peripheral blood (PB) smear samples; normal upper limit <30) and coronary thrombus, 389 thrombi obtained from 393 patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction were examined. ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Emura I,Usuda H,Fujita T,Ebe K,Nagai T

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elastosis is the pathological finding of focal deposits of elastic fibers in abnormal amounts within tissue. It is well described in the case of infiltrating carcinoma of the breast, but elastosis in lung carcinoma has not been previously documented in detail. We investigated the characteristics of elastosis in lung c...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Fukushima M,Fukuda Y,Kawamoto M,Yamanaka N

更新日期：2000-12-01 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：:The distribution of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in human gastric adenocarcinoma cell lines (HPE-GAC-3 cells and HPE-GAC-2 cells) was determined immunohistochemically by indirect peroxidase-labeled antibody method at the light and electron microscopic levels. In GAC-3 cells that proliferated as non-adherent single c...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Ohiwa K,Harada T,Morikawa S,Nakamura T

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：:Calcifying fibrous tumor (CFT) is an uncommon lesion of uncertain cause and pathogenesis that has a unique histological appearance. These lesions are described mainly in the subcutaneous or deep soft tissues, followed by subserosal locations. Intrinsic visceral CFT is extremely rare. Herein is described a rare case of...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Elpek GO,Küpesiz GY,Ogüs M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A subcutaneous myopericytoma-type perivascular myoma arising in the elbow of a 61-year-old woman is described. The tumor was well demarcated and consisted microscopically of small ovoid and spindle cells arranged in a concentric fashion, surrounding small to medium-sized vessels and imparting a superficial resemblance...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Mikami Y,Shiomi T,Manabe T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00