Current concepts on Riedel thyroiditis.

abstract：:To facilitate the differential diagnosis of poorly differentiated metastatic carcinomas of unknown primary site, we evaluated p63 and cytokeratin (CK) 5/6 as immunohistochemical markers for squamous cell carcinomas. The study cases were as follows: squamous cell carcinoma of the lungs, head/neck, esophagus, cervix ute...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kaufmann O,Fietze E,Mengs J,Dietel M

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although acute myeloid leukemias (AMLs) cytochemically negative for myeloperoxidase are now well recognized, myeloid surface antigen-negative AMLs are rare. The morphologic, cytochemical, immunologic, and cytogenetic or molecular features of such cases are described in four adults aged 19 to 60 years. All had AML with...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Arber DA,Glackin C,Lowe G,Medeiros LJ,Slovak ML

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the clinical evaluation of a novel fluorescent immunoassay (FIA), Sofia Influenza A+B FIA (Quidel, San Diego, CA), for the rapid detection and differentiation of influenza A and B viruses. A total of 2,047 subjects provided nasal swabs and nasopharyngeal swabs or aspirates. The overall sensitivit...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lewandrowski K,Tamerius J,Menegus M,Olivo PD,Lollar R,Lee-Lewandrowski E

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from the 1977 College of American Pathologists (CAP) Comprehensive Chemistry Survey and other programs have been analyzed in an interlaboratory comparison of the measurements of serum uric acid. The majority of clinical laboratories utilize some form of phosphotungstic acid (PTA) oxidation-reduction technic for t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Geisinger KR,Batsakis JG,Bauer RC

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the clinical utility of and demand for the creatine kinase (CK)-MB assay. METHODS:We examined the number of CK-MB tests from 2007 through 2013 while we progressively deemphasized their use. We first removed CK-MB from the acute coronary syndrome (ACS) panel and then from the main menu and observ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Singh G,Baweja PS

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Blood component waste is an important issue at all hospitals. As an initiative of the patient blood management program at a regional health care system, the causes and extent of blood product wastage were identified, and targeted interventions to effect a reduction were implemented. METHODS:Multiple low-cos...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Collins RA,Wisniewski MK,Waters JH,Triulzi DJ,Yazer MH

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique case of intramural uterine tumor composed of malignant epithelium and benign smooth muscle, adipose tissue, and cartilage is reported. This tumor, which the authors designated "carcinomesenchymoma," apparently represents an example of a previously unreported variant of mixed müllerian tumor that is composed o...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chen KT,Vergon JM

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:CD161 (NKRP1) is a lectin-like receptor present on NK cells and rare T-cell subsets. We have observed CD161 expression in some cases of T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) and found it to be useful in follow-up and detection of disease after treatment. METHODS:Retrospective review of T-PLL cases with com...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gilles SR,Yohe SL,Linden MA,Dolan M,Hirsch B,Grzywacz B

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Three stillborn fetuses are reported in which an abdominal wall defect was associated with defects in the urogenital and anal region. Autopsy of these fetuses provided clues indicative of how and where the embryonic development went wrong. The malformation involved a disturbance of the cell deposition process, occurri...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hartwig NG,Steffelaar JW,Van de Kaa C,Schueler JA,Vermeij-Keers C

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is an uncommon disease in which alveoli are progressively filled with surfactant-related material. Although a definitive diagnosis is usually made by an open lung biopsy, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cytology may play a decisive role in the clinical work-up of these patients, and, ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Burkhalter A,Silverman JF,Hopkins MB 3rd,Geisinger KR

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSCC) and carcinosarcoma of the esophagus are rare entities, making up fewer than 2% of esophageal malignancies. Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) in 1 case of BSCC and 2 cases of carcinosarcoma and subsequent array CGH in 1 case each of BSCC and carcinosarcoma revealed common c...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Schaefer IM,Enders C,Polten A,Haller F,Frölich AM,Cameron S,Schüler P,Schweiger P,Gunawan B,Beham A,Füzesi L

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several adulterants are used to mask tests for abused drugs in urine. Adulterants such as "Klear" and "Whizzies" contain potassium nitrite, and "Urine Luck" contains pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC). The presence of these adulterants cannot be detected by routine specimen integrity checks (pH, specific gravity, and tem...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dasgupta A,Wahed A,Wells A

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report serum enzyme patterns in three patients with polymyositis or dermatomyositis whose cases posed potential problems in distinguishing malignancy, hepatocellular damage, and myocardial infarction from myositis. The alanine aminotransferase showed five- to 16-fold elevations. The creatine kinase MB isoenzyme and...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Morton BD 3rd,Statland BE

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method designed to allow coagulation studies in heparinized blood was evaluated. Citrated plasma containing heparin was incubated with an anion-exchange resin commercially available in tablet form (Heparsorb). After centrifugation of the mixture, coagulation studies were carried out on the supernatant plasma....

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cowan JF,Khan MB,Vargo J,Joist JH

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old man with lower back pain was found to have multiple myeloma. Unique findings in the marrow aspirate smears of this patient were tadpolelike plasma cells and cellular rosettes simulating those seen in neuroblastoma. This case documents yet another facet of the broad morphologic spectrum of neoplastic plas...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wong KF,Chan JK,Chu YC

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "floral" variant of follicle center lymphoma (FCL) may be confused with progressive transformation of germinal centers or lymphocyte predominance Hodgkin lymphoma. Immunohistochemistry and gene rearrangement studies are usually sufficient to differentiate among these entities. We present 11 cases of floral FCL tha...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tiesinga JJ,Wu CD,Inghirami G

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical, light microscopic, and immunohistochemical features of 14 sinonasal malignant melanomas were studied to show their diverse morphologic appearance and distinction from therapeutically more amenable neoplasms that occur in this region. The tumors arose in 6 men and 8 women (median age, 70 years). Eleven pa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Franquemont DW,Mills SE

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Certain laboratory tests are critical for patient care and must be communicated rapidly. Professional societies have developed guidelines for reporting of "critical values" and significant or unexpected surgical pathology findings. Urgent diagnoses requiring rapid reporting include new or unexpected diagnose...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Layfield LJ,Schnabel JL

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow angiogenesis in patients with idiopathic myelofibrosis (IM) was evaluated by using a quantitative morphometric analysis test system. IM specimens had a significantly higher degree of bone marrow microvessel density (MVD) compared with control specimens. The higher degree of angiogenesis was associated with...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ni H,Barosi G,Hoffman R

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micropapillary lung adenocarcinoma (MPA) has been reported as an aggressive variant of adenocarcinoma, frequently manifesting at high stage with a poor prognosis. We analyzed the clinical and molecular profile of 15 primary MPAs for K-ras, EGFR, and BRAF mutations and performed fluorescence in situ hybridization for E...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： De Oliveira Duarte Achcar R,Nikiforova MN,Yousem SA

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:We examined benign and malignant mesothelial tissue samples for the presence of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP), a potent constituent of the inhibitor of apoptosis family of caspase inhibitors. We subjected 55 sections (31 malignant mesotheliomas, 2 well-differentiated peritoneal mesotheliomas, 13 pleur...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wu M,Sun Y,Li G,Desman G,Wang B,Gil J,Burstein DE

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who had masses in the breasts clinically suggestive of neoplasia had fibrous mastopathy and striking deposition of ochronotic pigment within the soft tissue of the breast. The gross appearance and light microscopic features are illustrated. The histochemical features of ochronotic pigment and the difficulty ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lefer LG,Rosier RP

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Sclerosing pneumocytomas are rare pulmonary neoplasms that are typically benign. However, rare patients experience progressive disease, and therapy targeting specific genetic underpinnings could be an attractive therapeutic option. Recent studies have found recurrent AKT 1 mutations in sclerosing pneumocytom...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Boland JM,Lee HE,Barr Fritcher EG,Voss JS,Jessen E,Davila JI,Kipp BR,Graham RP,Maleszewski JJ,Yi ES

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen cases of disseminated Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI), representing a total of 27 bone marrow specimens, were studied. The patients ranged from 25 to 46 years of age and included ten immunocompromised and three immunocompetent hosts. Peripheral blood findings included anemia in all patients, leukopen...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Farhi DC,Mason UG 3rd,Horsburgh CR Jr

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Annual ampicillin susceptibility rates for Haemophilus influenzae isolates at the St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center gradually decreased from 100% in 1974 to 83.3% in 1980 and then remained stable at 88.90%. Penicillin susceptibility rates were similar to those for ampicillin. Ampicillin rates were source dependent: eye 9...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Woolfrey BF,Lally RT,Ireland GK,Quall CO,Ederer MN

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the observation that blood type B might be a marker for longevity, we reviewed the records and determined the ABO blood types of all patients who died in our hospital in 2004. Age was stratified by decade of death, and linear regressions were calculated by ABO percentage. ABO survival curves were compared. I...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Brecher ME,Hay SN

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We report a case of a patient with diabetes mellitus and unexpectedly low hemoglobin A1c results associated with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). We review the impact of shortened RBC half-life on the interpretation of hemoglobin A1c levels. METHODS:Patient history and laboratory test results were...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Xia D,McShine R,Berg AH

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report two cases of vernix caseosa peritonitis, an infrequent complication of cesarean section with distinctive histopathologic findings. Both patients underwent exploratory laparotomy for unexplained abdominal pain after cesarean section. Histopathologic evaluation of surgically removed tissue revealed an...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： George E,Leyser S,Zimmer HL,Simonowitz DA,Agress RL,Nordin DD

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of thymus-derived lymphocytes (T-cells) in samples of peripheral blood from 47 patients with carcinoma of the breast, 36 patients with benign mammary lesions, and 33 matched normal controls were determined. Results were analyzed with three statistical tests. It was found that the mean percentages of T-lymph...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Keller SE,Ioachim HL,Pearse T,Siletti DM

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00