Langerhans cell histiocytosis involving the thymus. A case report and review of the literature.

abstract：:The spirochete, Treponema pallidum, the causative agent of syphilis, has been successfully localized in formaldehydefixed and paraffin-embedded tissue sections using rabbit anti-T pallidum antiserum with two immunoperoxidase techniques. These techniques, the indirect peroxidase-labeled antibody method and the peroxida...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Beckett JH,Bigbee JW

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive squamous metaplasia is described in a case of gynecomastia. Numerous ducts in all sections of breast tissue revealed multiple foci of squamous metaplasia, many of which included large, papillary excrescences of keratinizing squamous cells into duct lumens, with foci of dyskeratosis. Review of four years of g...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Gottfried MR

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1986, a total of 2781 laboratories subscribed to the Comprehensive Blood Bank Survey of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) (Skokie, Ill). Performance of these laboratories on the ABO and Rh challenges was good, with 99.7% to 99.9% of the participants reporting the correct response. Antibody identification s...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Cooper ES,Polesky HF,Harrison CR,Schmidt PJ,Simon TL

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmortem changes were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) in renal tissue from five species of animals. Specimens were collected at intervals up to 24 hours after death. Six distinct morphological alterations were identified in the renal glomerulus, including capillary loop constriction, changes in microvi...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Langlinais PC

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large mucinous cystic neoplasm of the pancreas was found that showed a remarkably high carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level in cyst content. Staining for CEA was also detected in the lining epithelium. These findings indicate that columnar epithelial cells secrete CEA that accumulates in the cyst. We suggest that a ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Yu HC,Shetty J

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rosai-Dorfman disease is an idiopathic histiocytic disorder of lymph nodes and extranodal sites. Central nervous system manifestations of this disease are rare, and to our knowledge only 16 cases of intracranial involvement have been reported previously. Intracranial Rosai-Dorfman disease clinically and radiologically...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Deodhare SS,Ang LC,Bilbao JM

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:- Pathologists routinely assess Ki67 immunohistochemistry to grade gastrointestinal and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Unfortunately, manual counts of the Ki67 index are very time consuming and eyeball estimation has been criticized as unreliable. Manual Ki67 counts performed by cytotechnologists could poten...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Cottenden J,Filter ER,Cottreau J,Moore D,Bullock M,Huang WY,Arnason T

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Correct diagnosis of the tissue origin of a metastatic cancer is the first step in disease management, but it is frequently difficult using standard pathologic methods. Microarray-based gene expression profiling has shown great promise as a new tool to address this challenge. OBJECTIVE:Adoption of microarray t...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Ma XJ,Patel R,Wang X,Salunga R,Murage J,Desai R,Tuggle JT,Wang W,Chu S,Stecker K,Raja R,Robin H,Moore M,Baunoch D,Sgroi D,Erlander M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemangiopericytoma of soft tissue is a controversial pathologic entity. The relative nonspecificity of the characteristic branching capillary pattern and cytologic features of the constituent cells, in addition to the lack of a distinct immunohistochemical staining profile, has resulted in uncertainty and a lack of co...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Ceballos KM,Munk PL,Masri BA,O'Connell JX

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Relatively little is known about estrogen receptor (ER) expression in papillary urothelial carcinoma (PUC) of the bladder. Greater understanding of this feature of PUCs could aid with the treatment and identification of the origin of metastases, particularly with relation to the morphologically similar entity o...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Croft PR,Lathrop SL,Feddersen RM,Joste NE

更新日期：2005-02-01 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：:In this article we present a case of an ectopic gestation having morphologic features of a partial hydatidiform mole and demonstrating triploidy by flow cytometry in a patient presenting at 9 weeks' gestation. We include brief comments on partial hydatidiform mole. ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Montgomery EA,Roberts EF,Conran RM,Hitchcock CL

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metanephric adenoma is a very rare benign renal tumor; only 80 well-documented cases have been reported to date. We have seen several renal tumors that were originally incorrectly diagnosed as metanephric adenoma. DESIGN:We present 3 unusual renal tumors (2 primary and 1 metastatic), each of which illustrat...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Pins MR,Jones EC,Martul EV,Kamat BR,Umlas J,Renshaw AA

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 30-year-old woman who suddenly developed intense occipital headaches. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a cyst located ventrally to the brain stem at the pontomedullary junction. The lesion was resected. Histologically, it was lined by a pseudostratified, ciliated...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Albrecht S,Robertson DP,Goodman JC,Harper RL

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusarium species are saprophytic fungi that may colonize human skin and nails and may rarely cause invasive infections in traumatized tissue and in debilitated and immunocompromised patients. We report herein a case of invasive intranasal Fusarium oxysporum infection in a diabetic patient. This unusual presentation po...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Valenstein P,Schell WA

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the clinicopathologic features of 17 androgenic granulosa cell tumors. The patients, two of whom were pregnant, ranged from 2 to 58 years of age (average age, 22.5 years). Fourteen of the patients were masculinized as evidenced by various combinations of facial acne, temporal recession of hair, clitorimega...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Nakashima N,Young RH,Scully RE

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As recipients of tissue and medical specimens, pathologists and other medical specialists regard themselves as stewards of patient tissues and consider it their duty to protect the best interests of both the individual patient and the public. The stewardship of slides, blocks, and other materials includes providing, u...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Grizzle W,Grody WW,Noll WW,Sobel ME,Stass SA,Trainer T,Travers H,Weedn V,Woodruff K

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:-The data in College of American Pathologists cancer protocols have to be presented effectively to health care providers. There is no consensus on the format of those protocols, resulting in various designs among pathologists. Cancer protocols are independently created by site-specific experts, so there is inco...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Strickland-Marmol LB,Muro-Cacho CA,Barnett SD,Banas MR,Foulis PR

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovitic symptoms and radiologically documented cystic lesions in several carpal bones and distal radius developed two years after the implantation of silicone rubber scaphoid prosthesis for pseudoarthrosis. Open biopsy revealed granulomatous synovitis and osteitis and foreign material in carpal tissues. Ultrastructu...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Ekfors TO,Aro H,Mäki J,Aho AJ

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physician shortages are acute in developing countries, where disease burden is the greatest and resources for health care are very limited. A lack of pathologists in these countries has lead to delays in diagnosis and misdiagnoses that adversely affect patient care and survival. The introduction of telepathology into ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Hitchcock CL

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:In the era of targeted cancer therapy, there is growing interest in developing novel therapeutic strategies against endometrial carcinoma, especially its most biologically aggressive variant, serous adenocarcinoma. Several publications have demonstrated that a significant proportion of uterine serous carcinomas...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Buza N,Roque DM,Santin AD

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified 100 patients (51 males and 49 females) as having the lupus anticoagulant. The following diagnoses were found in the patient population: human immunodeficiency virus positivity, 20%; systemic lupus erythematosus, 10%; prolonged preoperative activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), 10%; procainamide h...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Clyne LP,Yen Y,Kriz NS,Breitenstein MG

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a unique case of simultaneous signet-ring histiocytes containing polyvinylpyrrolidone (mucicarminophilic histiocytosis) and hyperplastic mesothelial cells within a single supraclavicular lymph node. Both types of cells expanded the nodal sinuses and were initially suspected of being metastatic carcinoma. H...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Groisman GM,Amar M,Weiner P,Zamir D

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The costs of producing quality medical care and the proper allocation of resources to assure quality are major contemporary concerns. Minimalists attempt to improve quality and lower costs through the application of the theory, "less is more." Bureaucracies make the same attempt through the denial of payments for "unn...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Lambird PA

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight weanling swine were divided into two groups and fed a basal ration of corn and soybean meal or one containing a high fat and cholesterol supplement. One subgroup of each received 220,000 IU of vitamin D3 per kilogram. Grossly normal areas of the distal abdominal aorta were used for quantitative comparison...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Kamio A,Kummerow FA,Imai H

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it has long been recognized that hyperbilirubinemia is enhanced in patients with impaired renal function, a clear correlation between the levels of bilirubin and creatinine in serum has never been established. We have studied this relationship in 13 bone marrow transplant recipients who had episodes of combin...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Yasmineh WG,Killeen AA,Filipovich AH

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two unusual manifestations of multiple myeloma in a 71-year-old man. Late in the course of his disease, myeloma cells were observed in the patient's urinary sediment. At post mortem, the source of the cells was found to be a plasmacytoma of the urinary bladder. To our knowledge, this appears to be the first ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Neal MH,Swearingen ML,Gawronski L,Cotelingam JD

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Methods to improve surgical pathology patient safety include measuring the frequency of error in specific steps of the surgical pathology testing process, root cause analysis of active and latent components, and implementation of quality improvement initiatives. OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency and cause o...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Smith ML,Raab SS

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Childhood mortality statistics are based on death certificates. The causes of death listed on death certificates may not be confirmed by autopsy findings, and mortality statistics may reflect deaths of many children with chronic disease. The diseases responsible for nontraumatic deaths of previously healthy chi...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Taggart MW,Craver R

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A commercially available enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for the detection of Clostridium difficile toxin A (Premier Toxin A EIA, Meridian Diagnostics, Cincinnati, Ohio) was compared with tissue culture cytotoxicity assay, enterotoxigenic culture, and latex agglutination test for the laboratory diagnosis of C difficile-assoc...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Gilligan PH,Walden TP,Kelly WF,Wait KJ,Kraft JA,Willis DH

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00