Abdominal wall defect associated with persistent cloaca. The embryologic clues in autopsy.

abstract：:Staphylococcus epidermidis is among the most common organisms isolated from blood cultures. Conversely, it is rarely a well-documented cause of natural-valve endocarditis. However, several authors have reported series of patients with the clinical picture of endocarditis and S. epidermidis bacteremia. Most of these ca...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Littenberg B,Cooper B,Levitz R

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population-based case-control study of college students was undertaken to estimate the effect of a positive clinical test for human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA (the Virapap test) on the rate of squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) of the uterine cervix. When age, multiple lifetime sexual partners, and oral contracept...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Levine AJ,Harper J,Hilborne L,Rosenthal DL,Weismeier E,Haile RW

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An anti-serum against human neuron-specific enolase (NSE), raised in sheep, has been characterized and used for immunocytochemical localization of NSE in paraffin sections of normal tissues and lung cancers. Of the small cell carcinomas (SCC), 69 out of 99 (70%) cases stained with the anti-serum. Maltreated biopsies s...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bergh J,Esscher T,Steinholtz L,Nilsson K,Påhlman S

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudo-Pelger-Huët anomaly (PPHA) has been documented in association with transplant medications and other drugs. This iatrogenic neutrophilic dysplasia is reversible with cessation or adjustment of medications but is frequently confused with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) based on the conventional concept that PPHA i...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wang E,Boswell E,Siddiqi I,Lu CM,Sebastian S,Rehder C,Huang Q

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of breast cancer estrogen receptor (ER) status as a predictor of tumor response to adjuvant endocrine therapy remains a mainstay of breast cancer management. Recent second generation anti-ER antibodies and new epitope retrieval methods have produced paraffin-based immunohistochemical results that correla...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nichols GE,Frierson HF Jr,Boyd JC,Hanigan MH

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared immunohistochemical expression of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), c-met, alpha-inhibin, estrogen receptor (ER), and progesterone receptor (PR) in 10 pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasms (PMCNs), 8 hepatobiliary cystadenomas (HBCs), and 6 simple liver cysts (SLCs).All HBCs and PMCNs were in women (mean ages...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lam MM,Swanson PE,Upton MP,Yeh MM

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant mesothelioma is increasing in incidence worldwide, including in Japan. However, the accurate pathologic diagnosis of pleural or peritoneal mesothelioma (PM) is sometimes difficult if adequate histologic and immunohistochemical analyses are not undertaken. The aim of this study was to identify a useful antibo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Takeshima Y,Amatya VJ,Kushitani K,Inai K

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Increased frequency of hyperamylasemia has previously been reported in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients, but studies determined total amylase activity and were performed before the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). We evaluated the frequency of pancreatic hyper...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Szőke D,Ridolfo A,Valente C,Galli M,Panteghini M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD163, a hemoglobin scavenger receptor, is expressed in monocytes and macrophages. Recent work has shown that this marker is specific for neoplasms of histiocytic differentiation. Our aim was to test the ability of CD163 to separate cutaneous histiocytomas from their morphologic mimics. We tested the expression of CD1...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sachdev R,Robbins J,Kohler S,Vanchinathan V,Schwartz EJ,Sundram UN

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using microscopic screening criteria employed in the study of sputum in acute bacterial pneumonia, the authors evaluated 644 sputum samples from 347 patients submitted for mycobacterial bacterial culture. After microscopic examination, these specimens were processed using standard mycobacterial laboratory technics. Sa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Isaac-Renton JL,Puselja BB,Allen EA,Grzybowski S,Black WA

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported is a case of a rare lymphoepithelial cyst of the tail of the pancreas that developed in a young man with no symptoms. To the authors' knowledge, it is the first case described to be entirely situated within the pancreas, thus confirming its pancreatic origin. Biologic behavior appears to be entirely benign, a...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： DiCorato MP,Schned AR

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunohistochemical staining patterns of three pulmonary blastomas (PBs) were studied for markers of mesenchymal (vimentin, muscle-specific actin) and epithelial (cytokeratin, epithelial membrane antigen) differentiation to clarify their phenotypic nature and, possibly, their histogenesis. Epithelial markers were ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Berean K,Truong LD,Dudley AW Jr,Cagle PT

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter medium (CAMPY, Becton Dickinson [BD] Microbiology Systems, Cockeysville, MD) and Vancomycin Screen Agar (VSA, BD) were compared for their ability to screen for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) from primary plates. A microdilution minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) assay (Pasco, BD) served as t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shigei J,Tan G,Shiao A,de la Maza LM,Peterson EM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the selective staining of lysosomes in cells of neutrophilic granulocytic origin by the azo textile dye basic blue 93. Used as a single agent aqueous stain after fixation, the dye stained lysosomes black. Stained in this way, lysosomes were sharply delimited and easily visualized. Large numbers o...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kass L

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple scheme for the speciation of clinical isolates of "viridans" streptococci based on nine physiological characteristics is presented. Use of this scheme will enable successful speciation of most "viridans" strep isolates in any laboratory and allow for the accumulation of data necessary for the definition of cl...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sands M,Sommers HM,Rubin MB

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicians are often forced to make decisions about the use of laboratory resources without adequate access to earlier results and related supporting information. Less than optimal use of the laboratory may result. The authors developed and deployed a clinical workstation meant to provide ready access to laboratory in...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Connelly DP,Sielaff BH,Willard KE

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that kallikrein inhibition may predispose patients with the lupus inhibitor to thrombosis by interfering with the Factor XII-mediated activation of plasminogen. To further investigate this suggestion, the authors measured kallikrein inhibition in 19 patients with the lupus inhibitor. They found t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Killeen AA,Meyer KC,Vogt JM,Edson JR

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 145 well-differentiated (tubular) carcinomas were divided into two groups: 90 pure tubular carcinomas and 55 which were mixtures in that they contained a component of infiltrating duct carcinoma occupying less than half the tumor. Axillary lymph node metastases developed in 29% of women in the mixed gro...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Deos PH,Norris HJ

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the association between the positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT) and hypergammaglobulinemia, the authors prospectively studied 154 patients, classified into three groups: Group 1, 52 patients with a positive DAT result in pretransfusion samples; Group 2, 52 patients with a negative DAT result; and Gr...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Huh YO,Liu FJ,Rogge K,Chakrabarty L,Lichtiger B

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively reviewed the immunophenotypic profile of 75 cases of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinemia (LPL/WM) analyzed by flow cytometry. All patients had monoclonal IgM (median, 2,100 mg/dL [21 g/L]) in serum and were considered clinically to have WM. The neoplastic cells, in all cases, ex...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Konoplev S,Medeiros LJ,Bueso-Ramos CE,Jorgensen JL,Lin P

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunophenotypic analysis of acute leukemias is time consuming and often requires flow cytometric analysis. A 1-hour alkaline phosphatase-labeled streptavidin-biotin immunocytochemical procedure was evaluated as an alternative. Seventeen cases of acute leukemia, including 10 acute lymphocytic (ALL) and 7 acute nonlymp...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hammer RD,Collins RD,Ebrahimi S,Casey TT

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) are at increased risk for myocardial events that are difficult to evaluate due to atypical symptoms and chronically elevated protein markers of cardiac damage. This study evaluated cardiac troponin T (cTnT), a sensitive marker of cardiac injury, in patients with CRF without my...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Frankel WL,Herold DA,Ziegler TW,Fitzgerald RL

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data collection can be enhanced with the use of computers. Care must be taken, however, to ensure that the data collected have a purpose and meet either the quality assessment needs or business functions of the transfusion service. Required data elements are frequently in several data repositories and must be merged t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Butch SH

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examination of urinary sediment has been recommended as a useful diagnostic aid for renal amyloidosis. This procedure was evaluated in the cases of 57 patients, including 11 with proven renal amyloidosis and 13 considered very likely to have the disease. At least three types of urinary fibrillar material were observed...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Winer RL,Wuerker RB,Erickson JO,Cooper WL

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoperoxidase strains for prostate-specific antigen (PSA), prostatic acid phosphatase (PAcP), epithelial membrane antigen (EMA), and cytokeratins (MAK 6 and CK-KES) were performed on 1 case of squamous cell carcinoma of the prostate and on 13 cases of squamous metaplasia of prostatic epithelium in an effort to demo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lager DJ,Goeken JA,Kemp JD,Robinson RA

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examination of kidneys of ten patients with uremia and severe hypertension treated by chronic intermittent hemodialysis revealed a deposition of glycogen within interstitial cells of the renal medulla. This is unlike any described renal distribution of glycogen. Electron microscopic studies performed in one case demon...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hughson MD,McManus JF,Fitts CT,Williams AV

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of blood transfusion on DNA profiles of an individual is a significant issue in the forensic context. In the present study, the effects of blood transfusion in 5 recipients were studied by performing restriction fragment length polymorphism and polymerase chain reaction HLA-DQA1 and Polymarker (LDLR, GYPA, ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Giroti RI,Biswas R,Mukherjee K

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) has previously been recognized to be a sensitive marker of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. In addition, anti-HBc has recently been suggested to be a surrogate marker for non-A, non-B hepatitis agents in donated blood. The authors studied prospectively the HBV antigen ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lai KN,Lai FM,Leung NW,Lo ST,Tam JS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multicentric osteosarcoma (M-OGS) is characterized by multicentricity of osseous osteosarcomas, either synchronous or metachronous, without visceral involvement. The study's purpose was to clinicopathologically and radiographically analyze 56 cases of M-OGS (22 synchronous and 34 metachronous). The distal femur was th...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Corradi D,Wenger DE,Bertoni F,Bacchini P,Bosio S,Goldoni M,Unni KK,Sim FH,Inwards CY

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00