Mucocele-like tumors of the breast. Cytologic findings in two cases.

abstract：:A patient with a polymicrobial bacteremia due to Nocardia asteroides and Escherichia coli is presented. Rapid overgrowth of all cultures with the E. coli necessitated the use of selective media containing antimicrobial agents to which the E. coli was sensitive. Only five previous cases of N. asteroides bacteremia have...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ruebush TK 2nd,Goodman JS

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to study the possible association between oral lichen planus and chronic hepatitis C in patients from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Two groups of patients were studied: group 1, 50 patients with oral lichen planus evaluated for the presence of chronic hepatitis C; and group 2, 215 patients with chroni...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： de Mattos Camargo Grossmann S,de Aguiar MC,Teixeira R,do Carmo MA

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunohistochemical study was conducted of 108 papillary carcinoma cases, including 48 cases with intratumoral heterotopic ossification (IHO). In 48 cases, papillary carcinoma with IHO was accompanied by nodular fibrosis. Cases of papillary carcinoma with IHO or nodular fibrosis showed higher incidences of lymph no...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Takeda M,Mikami T,Numata Y,Okamoto M,Okayasu I

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several technics are currently being used to detect hepatitis type A antigen or its antibody. These include immunoelectronmicroscopy, immune adherence, and complement fixation. This paper describes another promising technic, a microtiter solid-phase immunoradiometric assay, in which hepatitis A antigen and antibody ar...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hollinger FB,Bradley DW,Dreesman GR,Melnick JL

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computer software package written in Dibol for a PDP 8/E computer is described that is designed for the needs of the cytology department of a moderate-sized private medical laboratory. Computerized accessioning of cases, report preparation and printing, historical filing, activity summary reports, and direct patient...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ashworth CT,McConnell TH,Ashworth RD,Nielsen CR,Sanford J

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need for a simple, sensitive, specific, and inexpensive test for immunoglobulin M antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc IgM). A solid phase passive hemagglutination test (SP-PHA) was developed for this purpose and compared with the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test. Hepatitis B core an...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Petchclai B,Khupulsup K,Kurathong S

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Timely reporting of immunosuppressant (ISP) drug level results is needed for transplant patient management. This study characterized the local ISP testing process, identified bottlenecks and implemented process improvements to meet turnaround time requirements. METHODS:Laboratory information time stamps, di...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Barakauskas VE,Bradshaw TA,Smith LD,Lehman CM,Johnson-Davis KL

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typical yeast-phase cells of Blastomyces dermatitidis have a characteristic appearance in tissue sections. Fungal morphologic variation occurs infrequently in the lesions of blastomycosis, yet it can complicate the differential diagnosis, particularly if fresh tissue is not available for microbiologic culture. The aut...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Watts JC,Chandler FW,Mihalov ML,Kammeyer PL,Armin AR

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to compare Multiplate impedance platelet aggregometry (IPA) with light transmission aggregometry (LTA) and the PFA-100 for determining the prevalence of residual platelet reactivity (RPR) by the Multiplate IPA in 297 patients with acute coronary syndrome receiving dual antiplatelet therapy. Aggregati...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Paniccia R,Antonucci E,Maggini N,Romano E,Gori AM,Marcucci R,Prisco D,Abbate R

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histiocytosis-X cells were obtained at autopsy from the lungs and lymph nodes of a patient who died of the disseminated infantile form of this disease (Letterer-Siwe disease). The ability of these cells to synthesize and release prostaglandins was investigated in culture, by prelabeling the cell lipids with [14C] arac...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gonzalez-Crussi F,Hsueh W,Wiederhold MD

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reducing the rate of avoidable errors is crucial to patient safety. Telephone calls with misunderstood critical results constitute one area in which opportunities for improvement exist. The aviation industry has dealt with this issue by requiring pilots to repeat instructions received from the air traffic controller. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Barenfanger J,Sautter RL,Lang DL,Collins SM,Hacek DM,Peterson LR

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterogeneous expression or amplification is a challenge to HER2 diagnostics. A guideline defines heterogeneity as the presence of between 5% and 50% cells with HER2/CEP17 ratios of more than 2.20. We audited the frequency of such cells and their clinical impact in the results from 2 pathology laboratories combined wi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bartlett AI,Starcyznski J,Robson T,Maclellan A,Campbell FM,van de Velde CJ,Hasenburg A,Markopoulos C,Seynaeve C,Rea D,Bartlett JM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokeratin (CK) expression was studied in 22 sinonasal inverted papillomas. Columnar (respiratory) epithelium in inverted papillomas abundantly expressed CK7, CK8, CK18, and CK19. Immunoreactivity for CK5/14 and CK17 was found in basal and parabasal/suprabasal cells. Transitional (cuboidal) and squamous epithelium in...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Schwerer MJ,Kraft K,Baczako K,Maier H

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports have indicated that patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-associated coronavirus infection could develop atypical pneumonia with fulminant pulmonary edema. However, the target cells of SARS viral infection have not been characterized in detail. We report the pathologic findings of the...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chow KC,Hsiao CH,Lin TY,Chen CL,Chiou SH

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi is difficult to detect in routine biopsy material from patients with skin lesions of borreliosis. In this study, a new immunohistochemical method, focus floating microscopy (FFM), was developed to detect B burgdorferi in tissue sections and was compared with polymerase chain reaction (PCR). By usi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Eisendle K,Grabner T,Zelger B

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasion of the visceral pleura is an important component of lung carcinoma staging, and in some studies is an independent prognostic indicator. Evaluation of invasion by H&E may be indeterminate. Elastic stains can be helpful but are performed rarely. We reviewed all lung carcinoma resections from 1993 for 13 histolo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bunker ML,Raab SS,Landreneau RJ,Silverman JF

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trends in surgical practice suggest that pathologists will encounter increased numbers of patients with small invasive ductal adenocarcinomas; small, if any, metastatic deposits in axillary lymph nodes (ALNs); and possibly fewer ALN specimens to examine. New prognostic histologic features may be needed in this environ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Goldstein NS,Mani A,Vicini F,Ingold J

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although prednisolone is the most common immunosuppressive agent used in renal transplantation, an accurate formulation of the optimal dose regimen remains to be established. A sensitive and precise radioimmunoassay was developed for this purpose. Fifty microliters of 1:20 dilutions of serum or 1:200 dilutions of urin...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Woo J,Floyd M,Master G,Cannon DC

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the absence of clinical signs, elevated values of the cardiac isoforms of troponin T (cTnT) and I (cTnI) can be found in the serum samples of some patients with skeletal muscle myopathies; the cause is unclear. We studied the messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of cTnT and cTnI in the skeletal muscles of 24 patients wi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Messner B,Baum H,Fischer P,Quasthoff S,Neumeier D

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to determine whether the in vitro (or "spiked curve") method for the therapeutic heparin range is an accurate and valid method for heparin monitoring. Many laboratories use the in vitro method for determining the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)-based unfractionated heparin (UFH) therapeuti...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gausman JN,Marlar RA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the cytologic features of 20 adrenal cortical carcinomas (ACCs; 9 primary and 11 metastatic) from 19 patients and highlighted diagnostic pitfalls. The mean size of primary ACCs was 11.9 cm, and that of metastatic ACCs was 3.0 cm. The metastatic sites were liver, lung, lymph node, soft tissue, and bone. Pri...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ren R,Guo M,Sneige N,Moran CA,Gong Y

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three brands of blood collection tubes were studied for their influence on the prothrombin time (PT) and international sensitivity index (ISI) for 5 commercial thromboplastin reagents. With all reagents, PTs were shorter in Vacutainer (Becton Dickinson Vacutainer Systems, Plymouth, England) samples than in S-Monovette...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： van den Besselaar AM,Hoekstra MM,Witteveen E,Didden JH,van der Meer FJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports show that the sensitivity of endometrial carcinoma detection on liquid-based Papanicolaou (Pap) tests (88%) is considerably higher than that reported on conventional Pap smears (20%-30%), although few laboratories have corroborated these results. We performed a 5-year retrospective review of all liquid-...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sams SB,Currens HS,Raab SS

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proliferative lesions, which include collagen, elastic fibers and abnormally oriented muscle fibers, were found to develop in intramyocardial arteries more rapidly with age in cigarette smokers than in nonsmokers. The study attempted to determine whether these lesions reduce perfusion pressures in the subendocardial z...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Naeye RL,Truong LD

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Pure erythroid leukemia (PEL) is exceptionally rare in the pediatric setting. Four pediatric PEL cases with t(1;16)(p31;q24) NFIA-CBFA2T3 were reported previously. We present a case of an infant with PEL presenting with erythroblastic sarcoma and harboring a novel t(1;8)(p31.3;q21.3) NFIA-RUNX1T1 fusion dete...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： King RL,Siaghani PJ,Wong K,Edlefsen K,Shane L,Howard MT,Reichard KK,Mai M,Viswanatha DS,Greipp PT,Goble TA,Ruiz M,Hara H

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of subclinical hemolytic disease of the newborn resulting in reticulocytosis and positive direct and indirect antiglobulin tests in an infant both ABO- and Rh(D)-compatible with its mother is reported. The antibody was an IgG, non-complement-binding molecule present in low titer with a low avidity for the antig...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hanzlick RL,Senhauser DA

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrauterine pulmonary infarction is extremely rare. In a series of 775 stillborn and newborn infants, only a few cases of acute pulmonary infarction were reported. The authors present the findings from a full-term infant who died at 9 hours of age of a chronic pulmonary infarction. Several pathogenic mechanisms, incl...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mirkin LD,Wong RC

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In lung transplant recipients, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is mainly performed to detect infectious agents. However, in addition to microorganisms, epithelial cell atypia may be identified, and determination of its significance is necessary. Specimens obtained at BAL in lung and heart-lung transplant recipients (LTRs...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ohori NP

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a university-affiliated community hospital, medical records of 58 patients on whom the intact parathyroid hormone immunoassay (I-PTH) and 29 patients on whom both the carboxyl terminal PTH(C-PTH) and I-PTH ordered by physicians were reviewed to determine the reasons for requesting these tests. Reasons for ordering ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Juan D,Wehrmeister J

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophils are normally absent from the urine. Their presence has been associated with a variety of clinical conditions affecting the kidney or urinary tract. The authors examined the clinical significance and eosinophils, in particular, for acute interstitial nephritis. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Corwin HL,Haber MH

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00