Hepatocellular carcinoma with an unusual neuroendocrine component.

abstract：:A surgical case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor arising in the uterine corpus and exhibiting prominent myxoid change of the stroma is reported. The patient was a 63-year-old woman with a large tumor mass that filled the uterine cavity and measured 11 cm in maximal dimension. The tumor had a gelatinous appearance...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Shintaku M,Fukushima A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The findings of a 20 year old woman with lymphadenopathy that was probably caused by an acute human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) infection are reported. She clinically demonstrated various signs of acute infection such as a high fever, skin rash, liver dysfunction, leukocytosis, an elevation of the erythrocyte sedimentation ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Sumiyoshi Y,Kikuchi M,Ohshima K,Takeshita M,Eizuru Y,Minamishima Y

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 57-year-old man who developed a fibrosclerosing lesion in the submandibular gland and idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRF) involving the unilateral periureteral region within a year. Both lesions were resected surgically because of the suspicion of neoplasm. Pathologic examination revealed s...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Sekine S,Nagata M,Watanabe T

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytometrical image analyzing method for nuclear protein was established using WinROOF, a commercially available, inexpensive software, to determine the status of both estrogen and progesterone receptors. Immunohistochemical evaluation of estrogen receptors (ER) and progesterone receptors (PR) was performed with the ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Hatanaka Y,Hashizume K,Nitta K,Kato T,Itoh I,Tani Y

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy presenting early in childhood may be associated with a neurologically devastating clinical course and have significant implications for the child's development. There are limited published data regarding the clinicopathological features of patients who have undergone epilepsy surgery in the first year of life...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Prayson RA

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to retroviral infection is often regulated by multiple genes that control different aspects of the host-virus interaction. Genetically distinct inbred strains of mice differ in their susceptibility to retrovirus and have allowed the identification of several host-resistant loci that regulate the host defens...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kitagawa M,Aizawa S,Ikeda H,Hirokawa K

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several short forms of alternatively spliced Murine double minute 2 (MDM2) transcripts have recently been shown to correlate with high-grade malignancy in a number of human tumors. We examined the frequency of splice variants and their correlation with clinicopathological features in 60 cases of human breast cancer. S...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Hori M,Shimazaki J,Inagawa S,Itabashi M,Hori M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of small cell carcinoma of the gall-bladder is described. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells were positive for chromogranin A, synaptophysin and neuronspecific enolase, which suggests that they derived from neuroendocrine cells. The overlying and surrounding epithelium of the tumor showed intestinal metapla...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kuwabara H,Uda H

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 70-year-old man with metastatic liver tumors showed carcinoid syndrome with clinical symptoms of facial flushing, palpitation, dyspnea, and an itching sensation. Regurgitation of the tricuspid and aortic valves was observed by echocardiography. An elevated serum level of serotonin and a high urine excretion of serot...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Sakai D,Murakami M,Kawazoe K,Tsutsumi Y

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) composition have been shown to accurately reflect pathological processes in the CNS, and are potential indicators of abnormal CNS states, such as tumor growth. To detect biomarkers in high-grade astrocytomas, the differential expression of proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid was an...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Ohnishi M,Matsumoto T,Nagashio R,Kageyama T,Utsuki S,Oka H,Okayasu I,Sato Y

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenomyoma of the small intestine is a rare tumor-like lesion composed of exocrine-type ducts and hypertrophic smooth muscle. We describe two cases of adenomyoma of the small intestine. One was an ileal adenomyoma that presented with intussusception occurring in a 7-month-old boy. The other was a jejunal adenomyoma fo...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Park HS,Lee SO,Lee JM,Kang MJ,Lee DG,Chung MJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the c-erbB-2 protein overexpression status detected by the HercepTestTM (DAKO A/S, Grostrup, Denmark) with another conventional immunohistochemistry system using an anti-c-erbB-2 rabbit polyclonal antibody (Nichirei Co., Tokyo, Japan) and with the c-erbB-2 gene amplification status detected by Southern blo...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Tsuda H,Tani Y,Hasegawa T,Fukutomi T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed epithelial and stromal tumor of the kidney (MESTK) is a rare kidney neoplasm that almost exclusively occurs in perimenopausal women, and long-term estrogen replacement is relevant to its pathogenesis. Herein is described an atypical case of MESTK uncovered in a 12-year-old premenarcheal girl without a history of...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Hara N,Kawaguchi M,Murayama S,Maruyama R,Tanikawa T,Takahashi K

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerobes, including humans, are consistently exposed to oxidative stress by consuming oxygen. The biological significance of oxidative stress via reactive oxygen and nitrogen species consists of two stages: reversible redox regulation and irreversible oxidative molecular damage, which are sometimes intermingled. During...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Toyokuni S,Akatsuka S

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histological grading of prostate cancer is one of the most important tissue-based parameters for prediction of outcome and treatment response. Gleason grading remains the foundation of prostate cancer grading, but has undergone a series of changes in the past 30 years, often initiated by consensus conference decisions...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Egevad L,Delahunt B,Yaxley J,Samaratunga H

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported herein are seven cases of a histologically distinct oncocytic papillary renal cell carcinoma (OPRCC) with an inverted nuclear pattern. To define its prognostic significance, the clinicopathological features of OPRCC were compared to those of types 1 and 2 PRCC. The median age of the seven patients was 67 year...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Park BH,Ro JY,Park WS,Jee KJ,Kim K,Gong G,Cho YM

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：:Desminopathy is a familial or sporadic skeletal and cardiac muscular dystrophy caused by mutation in the desmin gene. Desmin-reactive deposits in the affected muscles are the morphological hallmarks of this disease. Herein is reported an autopsy case of a 57-year-old Japanese man with adult-onset skeletal muscle weakn...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Yuri T,Miki K,Tsukamoto R,Shinde A,Kusaka H,Tsubura A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are multi-functional cytokines, which belong to the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) family. In some cancer tissues, aberrant expression of various BMP signal components has been detected. Here, we describe the divergent roles of BMPs during the progression of cancer. BMPs exhibi...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Ehata S,Yokoyama Y,Takahashi K,Miyazono K

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:An autopsy case of malignant mesothelioma with asbestosis caused by asbestos exposure for 17 years is reported. Autopsy revealed that mesothelioma spread extensively in all serosal tissues including pleura, pericardium, diaphragm, peritoneum and tunica vaginalis testis. Histopathologically, most of the tumor showed an...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Watanabe M,Kimura N,Kato M,Iwami D,Takahashi M,Nagura H

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of malignant neoplasms increases with advancing age. Although aging and carcinogenesis are basically different processes, there are phenomena common to each such as accumulation of DNA damage and abnormal proteins. Gastric and colorectal carcinomas are representative tumors in which the prevalence and t...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Arai T,Takubo K

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of small cell carcinoma arising in the outer urethral orifice is presented. The resected tumor showed a proliferation of small round or fusiform neoplastic cells in the submucosa. Tumor cells were arranged in sheets or a trabecular manner and possessed markedly hyperchromatic nuclei with a high N:C ratio, close...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Fukuda T,Kamishima T,Saito T,Itoh S,Suzuki T

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microwave cell death (MCD) is unique in that microscopic morphology and antigenicity are well preserved, while enzymatic activity is lost. The aim of the present study was to carry out DNA electrophoresis, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end-la...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Mori I,Ozaki T,Tabuse K,Utsunomiya H,Taniguchi E,Kakudo K

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a renal tumor with an unusual histology in a 45-year-old woman. The tumor was white in color, different from usual renal cell carcinoma, and mainly consisted of variously shaped tubules formed by flat or cuboid cells within marked edematous stroma. Elaborated branching or tubules arranged in a pa...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： He Q,Ohaki Y,Mori O,Asano G,Tuboi N

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the detection of chromosome translocations/chimeric genes and specific genetic abnormalities in soft tissue tumors, we conducted fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis on 280 cases of soft tissue and other tumors using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections. The detection rate of the FISH spl...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Miura Y,Keira Y,Ogino J,Nakanishi K,Noguchi H,Inoue T,Hasegawa T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of intraplacental choriocarcinoma associated with a placental hemangioma is presented. Ultrasonic examination revealed a placental hemangioma at 33 weeks gestation. A cesarean section was performed at 37 weeks gestation. Histological examination showed intraplacental choriocarcinoma associated with the hemangio...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Aonahata M,Masuzawa Y,Tsutsui Y

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An autopsy case of an 18 month old male infant with measles infection is reported. An autopsy revealed generalized lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly and hyperplastic thymus. Histologically, there were many Warthin-Finkeldey cells (WFC) in hyperplastic lymphoid tissues. Although viral particles and inclusions were not dete...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Nozawa Y,Ono N,Abe M,Sakuma H,Wakasa H

更新日期：1994-06-01 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：:The aim of the present study is to clarify the clinicopathological correlation of childhood IgA glomerulonephritis (GN) presenting diffuse endocapillary proliferation. Twenty-seven patients were used in the present study. The 27 patients were divided into three groups (mild, moderate and severe) according to the perce...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Hisano S,Kiyoshi Y,Tanaka I,Tokieda K,Niimi K,Tsuru N,Takebayashii S,Iwasaki H

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00