Diagnosing platelet delta-storage pool disease in children by flow cytometry.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This session of the 2013 Society of Hematopathology/European Association for Haematopathology Workshop was dedicated to B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL)/lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL) with recurrent translocations and not otherwise specified. METHODS:In this review, we summarize the cases discussed duri...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Loghavi S,Kutok JL,Jorgensen JL

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autopsy reports of 231 adult autopsies were examined for clinically unexpected diagnoses. Analysis of data showed that 97 of 188 autopsy diagnoses were clinically unexpected. The diagnosis of pulmonary embolism was clinically the most frequently missed diagnosis relative to its actual occurrence. Also noted was that t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rao MG,Rangwala AF

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2, ERBB2) testing is an important prognostic/predictive marker in breast cancer management, especially in selecting HER2-targeted treatment. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)/College of American Pathologists (CAP) guidelines address HER2 status and were...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Long TH,Lawce H,Durum C,Moore SR,Olson SB,Gatter K,Troxell ML

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three commercially available enzyme immunoassays (EIAs) were evaluated for specificity and sensitivity compared to immunofluorescent assays (IFAs) for detection of IgG and IgM antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii (Toxo) and Cytomegalovirus (CMV). A panel of 78 sera were tested, including specimens known to contain Toxo IgG...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Van Enk RA,James KK,Thompson KD

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 26-year-old woman who had undergone orthotopic heart transplantation because of dilative cardiomyopathy received a triple-drug immunosuppressive regimen (cyclosporine A, azathioprine, and prednisolone). During her relatively frequent episodes of acute rejection, she was treated with methylprednisolone and repeated a...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kemnitz J,Cremer J,Gebel M,Uysal A,Haverich A,Georgii A

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A practical acidimetric assay for penicillinase production using penicillin and phenol red impregnated in paper discs was developed. Blank discs were first impregnated with buffered penicillin G and, after drying, with 1% phenol red. For use, a disc was added to a bacterial suspension made in saline solution. A yellow...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tu KK,Jorgensen JH,Stratton CW

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49-year-old diabetic woman developed polymicrobial anaerobic meningitis secondary to a meningorectal fistula one year after receiving neutron beam therapy for a rectal adenocarcinoma. The meningitis was refractory to chloramphenicol and penicillin but responded to oral metronidazole. Sustained eradication of meningi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Walsh TJ,Weinstein RA,Malinoff H,Breyer MD,Berelowitz BA

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serologic testing shows that hepatitis C virus (HCV) may have a role in the pathogenesis of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas (B-cell NHLs). We tried to demonstrate HCV RNA sequences in paraffin-embedded tissue from B-cell NHLs by reverse-transcription double polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Southern blotting. We stu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Karavattathayyil SJ,Kalkeri G,Liu HJ,Gaglio P,Garry RF,Krause JR,Dash S

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Method imprecision, error rates, and explanatory causes that were identified in the Institute for Quality Management in Healthcare point-of-care (POC) glucose proficiency testing (PT) program were assessed in comparison with results obtained from laboratory glucose PT surveys. METHODS:POC and laboratory glu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Aslan B,Stemp J,Yip P,Gun-Munro J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous thromboembolism (VTE) results from the interaction of the Virchow triad (venous stasis, endothelial injury, and hypercoagulability). Risk factors for increased hypercoagulability, or thrombophilia, include activated protein C resistance/factor V Leiden, the prothrombin G20210A mutation, deficiencies of the natu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ballard RB,Marques MB,Education Committee of the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists.

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the Affirm VPIII molecular test (Becton Dickinson, Burlington, NC) with morphologic identification used in routine Papanicolaou (Pap) test screening in the detection and identification of Candida species, Trichomonas vaginalis, and Gardnerella vaginalis, we identified 431 cases with a concomitant Pap test a...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Levi AW,Harigopal M,Hui P,Schofield K,Chhieng DC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a preliminary attempt to distinguish random intrinsic and methodologic variations of blood lipid levels from any that have possibly been induced by ingestion of vitamin E, blood samples were analyzed in duplicate for lipids several times before and during oral vitamin E administration. Three of eight subjects showe...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Muckle TJ,Nazir DJ

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the survival and definition of stage IA mixed endometrial carcinoma. METHODS:From June 1, 2010, to June 1, 2017, cases with stage IA endometrial cancer were included in this study. The survival outcomes were compared among patients with endometrioid (group A), nonendometrioid (group B), and mixed...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Li W,Li L,Wu M,Lang J,Bi Y

更新日期：2019-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The participant performances on the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Urine Survey specimens distributed during 1979 and 1980 for pregnancy testing are reviewed. Almost all the reagent methods used by the participants performed well on the negative specimens. Prominent differences in results on the positive speci...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Biesecker JL,Rippey JH

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of malignant lymphoma is an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality in AIDS patients. The incidence of AIDS-related lymphoma in some developing countries such as Brazil is increasing as the survival of HIV infection has improved. Although there is a clear association between several type...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bacchi CE,Bacchi MM,Rabenhorst SH,Soares FA,Fonseca LE Jr,Barbosa HS,Weiss LM,Gown AM

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs-Ag) testing in a large volunteer blood donor population are described. Counterelectrophoresis and three versions of solid-phase radioimmunoassay technic are compared and evaluated. Initial results suggested that the radioimmunoassay technic are compared and evaluated. In...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dodd RY,Ni LY,Mallin WS,Greenwalt TJ

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An American black family in whom hemoglobin J Baltimore and beta (+)-thalassemia genes coexisted is described. The proposita is a 23-year-old woman with a hemoglobin (Hb) level of 11.5 g/dl, microcytic, hypochromic indices, increased values of Hbs A2 and F, and alpha/non-alpha synthetic ratio of 1.52. Hbs A and J Balt...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ballas SK,Atwater J,Theriault C,Kim HC,Propst M

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two radioimmunoassay procedures (RIA-1 and RIA-2) were evaluated for the quantitation of prostatic acid phosphatase in serum and compared with the enzymatic method and counter immunoelectrophoresis method for their specificity and sensitivity. Sera from 168 patients were analyzed and these included: normals, 27; untre...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gupta MK,Rajaraman S,Gupta SK,Hewitt CB,Deodhar SD

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted this study to ascertain the prevalence of erb-b2 gene amplification in breast cancer specimens read as 2+ in immunohistochemical analysis. Slides from patients with metastatic or recurrent breast cancer were eligible for fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) study if they were read as 2+ immunohistoche...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lan C,Liu JM,Liu TW,Hsu DH,Liang S,Chen JR,Peng JW

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lean methodologies have been applied in many industries to reduce waste. We applied Lean techniques to redesign laboratory workstations with the aim of reducing the number of times employees must leave their workstations to complete their tasks. At baseline in 68 workflows (aggregates or sequence of process steps) stu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yerian LM,Seestadt JA,Gomez ER,Marchant KK

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon hospital admission a patient was found to have severe anemia and a strongly positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT). The patient was taking probenecid periodically for gout. An antibody was detected in the patient's serum that only reacted with red blood cells (RBCs) when probenecid was added. Eluates from the pa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sosler SD,Behzad O,Garratty G,Lee CL,Postoway N,Khomo O

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocytes with orcein-positive ground-glass cytoplasm have been shown to contain abundant hepatitis B surface antigen in the cisternae of excess smooth endoplasmic reticulum. Hepatocytes with similar cytoplasmic changes that did not react with orcein were observed in 26.5% of 49 cases of cirrhosis. These cells exhib...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gerber MA,Thung SN

更新日期：1981-04-01 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：:The ATHENA (Addressing THE Need for Advanced HPV Diagnostics) HPV study evaluated the clinical usefulness of the cobas HPV Test (Roche Molecular Systems, Pleasanton, CA) for high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) testing (14 HR types) and individual HPV-16/HPV-18 genotyping in women undergoing routine cervical cytolo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wright TC Jr,Stoler MH,Sharma A,Zhang G,Behrens C,Wright TL,ATHENA (Addressing THE Need for Advanced HPV Diagnostics) Study Group.

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transbronchoscopic biopsies of lung (transbronchial) or bronchus (endobronchial) have a high diagnostic of yield when performed by a single expert bronchoscopist or a small group of expert bronchoscopists. This procedure's diagnostic yield was evaluated in a general hospital where biopsies are performed by a diverse g...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jenkins R,Myerowitz RL,Kavic T,Slasky S

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-year-old girl of Navajo heritage had intractable diarrhea beginning at 4 days of age and resulting in long-term hyperalimentation. Investigation before multivisceral transplantation included biopsies of the rectum, stomach, duodenum, and liver. The diagnosis of microvillus inclusion disease was established by docu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Schofield DE,Agostini RM Jr,Yunis EJ

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the March 2004 implementation of American Association of Blood Banks standards regarding platelet bacterial detection, we began quantitative glucose screening of whole blood-derived platelets (WB-P). The glucose level was measured immediately before component release--often storage day 4 or 5--using the Glucomet...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： McKane AV,Ward N,Senn C,Eubanks J,Wessels L,Bowman R

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-needle cytology (FNC) of 292 palpable orbital and eyelid tumors was performed with a 25-gauge (0.5-mm), 3-cm needle and compared with the histopathologic findings in 286 cases. Among these 286 cases, a concordant diagnosis of malignancy and type was achieved in 249 cases (87%). False positive diagnoses were made ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Zajdela A,Vielh P,Schlienger P,Haye C

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of antibodies belonging to IgG class of immunoglobulins with specificity for short ragweed and Bermuda grass in the sera of nonatopic subjects and patients with inhalant allergy (at the time of initial diagnosis, following specific immunotherapy was investigated with an enzyme immunoassay. The intra-ass...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ali M,Ramanarayanan MP,Nalebuff DJ,Fadal RG,Willoughby JW

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of urinary homovanillic acid (HVA) is an important analysis to establish the diagnosis and prognosis of neuroblastoma. A method is presented for the determination of this metabolite of dopamine using its reaction with 1-nitroso-2-naphthol and nitrous acid. The method has shown a sensitivity, specificity,...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rothstein A

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00