Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the skin and the conjunctiva in xeroderma pigmentosum.

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：CONTEXT:Basal-like breast carcinoma (BLBC) is a distinct molecular subtype of breast carcinoma identified through gene expression profiling studies. OBJECTIVE:To provide the clinical background, the histologic profile, and the immunohistochemical profile of these tumors and discuss the current knowledge of their molec...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Leidy J,Khan A,Kandil D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:More than 25 years ago, John G. Azzopardi described a distinctive intraepithelial neoplastic breast lesion, which he designated "clinging carcinoma in situ"; he considered it as another variant of ductal carcinoma in situ, an early lesion that can easily be missed because the changes are mainly cytologic rather...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Moinfar F

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The diagnosis of prostate adenocarcinoma in needle core biopsy specimens is based on multiple diagnostic criteria and supportive features, most of which have been defined mainly from observations in transurethral resection and prostatectomy specimens. There is little information on the frequency with which diag...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Varma M,Lee MW,Tamboli P,Zarbo RJ,Jimenez RE,Salles PG,Amin MB

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histiocytes counted in smears made from the tracheobronchial washings of 208 patients with malignant melanomas were found to be 3.12 times more numerous than in a control group comparable in sex, age (decades), and smoking habit but without any type of prediagnosed malignant lesion. The discovery of this phenomenon ma...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Chalon J,Tang CK,Ramanathan S,Klein G,O'Meara JB,Turndorf H

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Perineural invasion and vascular invasion may be adverse prognostic factors in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. However, the incidence of perineural and vascular invasion varies in the literature, and the use of immunohistochemistry to enhance their detection has not been evaluated in oral cav...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Kurtz KA,Hoffman HT,Zimmerman MB,Robinson RA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the use of stat (ie, statim--as soon as possible) laboratory tests at a university teaching hospital. For the 20 most frequently performed tests, 35.7% of the determinations were performed on a stat basis. The frequency with which a test was ordered on a stat basis ranged from 6.0% (for ESR) to 61.5% (amyla...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Chu RC,Williams SV,Eisenberg JM

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Mutation status of the KRAS gene identifies a distinct disease subtype of metastatic colorectal carcinoma that does not respond to antibody therapeutics targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor. This is currently the only validated marker in metastatic colorectal carcinoma with a clear implication in trea...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Ross JS

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering the variety of aberrant locations in which ectopic parathyroid adenomas may be found, these neoplasms can be difficult to identify and treat surgically. The results of radiographic and cytologic studies may lead to confusion of these neoplasms with lesions of thyroid origin. We present a case of an ectopic...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Pitsilos SA,Weber R,Baloch Z,LiVolsi VA

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of systemic idiopathic fibrosis was analyzed by Southern blotting with probes to the immunoglobulin heavy chain and T-cell receptor genes. A 45-year-old man presented with bilateral neck swelling. He later developed lower back pain, and findings on a computed tomographic scan were consistent with idiopathic ret...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Dent GA,Baird DB,Ross DW

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary blastomas are rare primary tumors that consist of tubular or glandular structures embedded in an undifferentiated mesenchymal stroma. Focal cartilage, bone, and skeletal muscle as well as squamous differentiation have been described in these tumors. We report a unique case of a pulmonary blastoma showing a m...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Cohen RE,Weaver MG,Montenegro HD,Abdul-Karim FW

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Although the cytologic features of squamous cell carcinoma in ThinPrep specimens are well known, whether these features are different in cases that are easily identified than in cases that are more difficult to identify is not known. OBJECTIVE:To determine the cytologic features of squamous cell carcinoma in T...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Renshaw AA,Dubray-Benstein B,Cobb CJ,Lozano RL,Neal MH,Prey M,Schulte MA,Gynecologic Cytology Committee, College of American Pathologists.

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracic manifestations of rheumatic disease (RD) are increasingly recognized as a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Rheumatologic underpinnings have been identified in a significant proportion of patients with interstitial lung disease. The 5 RDs most frequently associated with pleuropulmonary d...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Schneider F,Gruden J,Tazelaar HD,Leslie KO

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the reasons (indications) for and immediate intraoperative surgical results (outcomes) associated with pathology intraoperative consultation. DESIGN:In 1992 and 1993, surgeons collaborated with pathologists in 472 voluntarily participating institutions from the United States (462), Canada (7), Au...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Zarbo RJ,Schmidt WA,Bachner P,Howanitz PJ,Meier FA,Schifman RB,Boone DJ,Herron RM Jr

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old man presented with a lung mass in the left upper lobe, which was shown by electron microscopy to be a thymoma. There was no evidence of a mediastinal mass. The lymphocytes of the tumor reacted with monoclonal antibody T101, a pan T-cell marker, and with OKT8. B1 and B2 surface antigens characteristic of ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Green WR,Pressoir R,Gumbs RV,Warner O,Naab T,Qayumi M

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The differentiation between iron deficiency and a thalassemia syndrome is an important consideration in the investigation of microcytic anemia. OBJECTIVE:An established statistical method was used to demonstrate the importance of considering ethnic background in combination with mean cell volume (MCV) in the i...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Kiss TL,Ali MA,Levine M,Lafferty JD

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Context.-We investigated expression of the adhesion molecule CD31 in sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy (SHML) and Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) because (1) SHML and LCH cells express a variety of cellular adhesion molecules and (2) SHML has been characterized as a reactive histiocytic proliferatio...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Slone SP,Fleming DR,Buchino JJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous immunohistochemical studies of cardiac myxomas are few in number, limited in scope and, in part, discrepant. We studied the immunoreactivity of five cardiac myxomas for factor VIII-related antigen, Ulex europaeus agglutinin I, smooth-muscle myosin, alpha 1-antitrypsin, and alpha 1-antichymotrypsin. Positive s...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Landon G,Ordóñez NG,Guarda LA

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive hepatic necrosis following exposure to phenytoin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole is a rare occurrence and to the best of our knowledge has not been reported previously. Acute hepatic failure following administration of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole has rarely been seen, and only 4 cases have been well docume...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Ilario MJ,Ruiz JE,Axiotis CA

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author's long experience as Chairman of the Laboratory Accreditation Program of the College of American Pathologists provides the background for this article. Laboratory accreditation and proficiency testing have now become an established part of the clinical laboratories in the United States. This article attempt...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Duckworth JK

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant mixed müllerian tumor of the fallopian tube is an extremely rare neoplasm, with less than 30 cases reported. Clinical signs and symptoms are usually nonspecific and include lower abdominal pain, fever, and vaginal bleeding. The age at diagnosis varies from 14 to 76 years, with a mean of 55 years. Prognosis i...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Buchino JJ,Buchino JJ

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The practice of gynecologic cytology requires that high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) be precisely recognized. In this regard, hyperchromatic crowded groups are known to be difficult to classify in conventional gynecologic cytology, but whether this is true in ThinPrep specimens is uncertain. OB...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Renshaw AA,Mody DR,Wang E,Haja J,Colgan TJ,Cytopathology Resource Committee, College of American Pathologists.

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenously (IV) injected Evans blue dye consistently accumulates at particular areas in aortas of normal swine. Theses areas are also where IV injected tracer cholesterol accumulates. We studied the ultrastructural characteristics of blue vs nonblue areas in the abdominal aortas of both control and atherosclerotic ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Imai H,Scott RF,Thomas WA

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed an inexpensive, microcomputer-based, multiuser hard disk system for surgical pathology that uses a commercially available word processor and data base manager, linked together by several BASIC programs written by us. System functions include keyboard input of patient demographic data and specimen inf...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Talamo TS,Losos FJ 3rd

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bloom syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by normally proportioned but strikingly small body size, a characteristic facies and photosensitive facial skin lesion, immunodeficiency, and a marked predisposition to development of a variety of cancers. We describe here, we believe for the first ti...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Wang J,Cornford ME,German J,French SW

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence of merosin deficiency in cases of unclassified congenital muscular dystrophy and to determine the temporal stability of merosin epitopes in fixed and stored archival material. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Using an antibody to human merosin we retrospectively studied 12 cases of undiagno...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Brett FM,Loring P,Caesar A,Burke M,Brennan RP,King M,Farrell MA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathologic aspects of an uncommon complication of diabetes mellitus, destructive arthropathy (Charcot's joint), were studied. The peripheral nerve demyelination resulting in clinically demonstrable deficits in perception of pain and vibration and in reflexes in the lower extremities reinforces the neurogenic role ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Raju UB,Fine G,Partamian JO

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Lesions associated with monoclonal light and heavy chains display a variety of glomerular, tubular interstitial, and vascular manifestations. While some of the entities are well recognized, including light and heavy chain deposition diseases, AL (light chain) and AH (heavy chain) amyloidosis, and light chain ("...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Herrera GA

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To review the current understanding of the pathophysiology of antithrombin deficiency and its role in congenital thrombophilia. Recommendations for diagnostic testing of antithrombin function and concentration, derived from the medical literature and consensus opinions of recognized experts in the field, are ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Kottke-Marchant K,Duncan A

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00