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abstract：:Although it has long been recognized that hyperbilirubinemia is enhanced in patients with impaired renal function, a clear correlation between the levels of bilirubin and creatinine in serum has never been established. We have studied this relationship in 13 bone marrow transplant recipients who had episodes of combin...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Yasmineh WG,Killeen AA,Filipovich AH

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Micropapillary urothelial carcinoma (MPUC) is a known aggressive variant of urothelial carcinoma. However, the reasons for its aggressiveness remain unclear. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the frequency of lymphovascular invasion in 22 cases of MPUC. DESIGN:Consecutive tissue sections were stained with D2-40 and CD...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： McQuitty E,Ro JY,Truong LD,Shen SS,Zhai Q,Ayala AG

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 2 cases of nonspecific postvaccinial dermatitis following smallpox vaccination. The patients presented with diffuse, pruritic, erythematous macules and papules 11 days (case 1) and 7 days (case 2) following routine smallpox vaccination. Biopsies of the lesions demonstrated spongiotic dermatitis without evide...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Gaertner EM,Groo S,Kim J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we review prostatic lymphomas and discuss the differential diagnosis of high-grade malignant neoplasms of the prostate. We illustrate this with a case of a 46-year-old man seen with lower urinary tract obstruction who had diffuse involvement by a high-grade malignancy on prostate biopsy. Morphologic e...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Warrick JI,Owens SR,Tomlins SA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is an independent inverse risk factor for coronary artery disease. Current methodologies for measurement of HDL-C in most clinical laboratories involve chemical precipitation-based methods. However, these methods are time-consuming, affected by high triglycerides,...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Hoang MP,Hirany SV,Parupia J,Devaraj S,Jialal I

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Preoperative fine-needle aspiration of thyroid lesions has greatly diminished the need for surgical evaluation. However, because thyroid nodules are common lesions, many still require surgical intervention and represent a substantial number of cases that the pathologist encounters in the frozen section laborato...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Anton RC,Wheeler TM

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs) are clonal stem cell diseases characterized by ineffective hematopoiesis, multilineage dysplasia, and peripheral cytopenias with normocellular or hypercellular marrow. They represent a heterogeneous group of disorders with a varied spectrum of clinical, morphologic, biologic, an...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Nishino HT,Chang CC

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined psammoma bodies at the ultrastructural level within meningocytic whorls in nine cases of meningioma. The cells comprising the meningocytic whorls displayed the typical fine structural characteristics of meningothelial cells. The extracellular spaces contained amorphous substances in some whorls and interst...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Kubota T,Hirano A,Sato K,Yamamoto S

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of silicone-induced endocarditis as a newly recognized complication of transvenous cardiac pacing catheterization. Silicone was found embedded in thrombotic vegetations on the tricuspid valve of a patient who had a long-standing pacing catheter in the right side of his heart. Scanning electron microsc...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Travis WD,Balogh K,Wolf BC,Doos WG,Abraham JL

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The Bethesda System for thyroid fine-needle aspirates does not account for the size of the lesion that is aspirated. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the size of the lesion would be helpful in order to reduce indeterminate thyroid aspirations. DESIGN:We correlated the results of all thyroid aspirations and surg...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Renshaw AA,Gould EW

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the premortem and postmortem morphologic and histologic features and biochemical findings of a patient with long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (L-CHAD) deficiency and compare these with those described in previously reported cases of L-CHAD deficiency. In addition to chronic nonketotic hypoglycemia, ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Amirkhan RH,Timmons CF,Brown KO,Weinberger MJ,Bennett MJ

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A full autopsy at our institution includes removal of the eyes for pathologic examination. To our knowledge, the rate of ophthalmic findings at autopsy has not been documented previously. DESIGN:We retrospectively reviewed 277 consecutive autopsies conducted between 1995 and 1999 in which the eyes were remo...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Butnor KJ,Proia AD

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Dysregulation of mediators of apoptosis is associated with carcinogenesis. For biliary duct cancers, p53 gene mutation is an important contributor to carcinogenesis. Mutations in the p53 gene affect transcription of the Fas gene, resulting in lack of Fas expression on cell membrane. It has been previously shown...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Jhala NC,Vickers SM,Argani P,McDonald JM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of endomyocardial fibrosis with intramyocardial calcification was characterized by symptoms of restrictive cardiomyopathy resembling constrictive pericarditis. Pathological findings were typical of those found in classical Davies' disease, originally encountered and described in Uganda. ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Koestner AW,Bush CA,Baba N

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretory breast carcinoma is a rare breast cancer. It occurs in all age groups, with the majority of patients being adults. It is a rare occurrence in elderly (>50 years) patients; only 5 cases have been reported in this patient group in the English literature. It is even rarer in males, with only 15 cases reported i...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Yaqoob N,Kayani N,ul Hasan SH

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the possibility of a viral agent in the central nervous system of patients with epidemic neuropathy. DESIGN:Virus isolation attempts, in cell cultures and suckling mice, from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of neuropathy patients and controls undergoing lumbar puncture for unrelated reasons. Serolog...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Más P,Pelegrino JL,Guzmán MG,Comellas MM,Resik S,Alvarez M,Rodríguez R,Muné M,Capó V,Balmaseda A,Rodríguez L,Rodríguez MP,Handy J,Kourí G,Llop A

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary leiomyosarcoma of the pancreas is a rare tumor for which only 21 reports appear in the world literature. We describe an additional case of pancreatic leiomyosarcoma in a 76-year-old man, who complained of persistent high fever. Histologic examination revealed a pleomorphic spindle cell tumor. Reactivity for mu...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Nesi G,Pantalone D,Ragionieri I,Amorosi A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathologic study of a rare 11-deoxycorticosterone-producing adrenocortical tumor causing primary aldosteronismlike signs and symptoms, revealed several characteristic features as follows: (1) fairly large size with histologic features corresponding to those of benign zone glomerulosa-type aldosteronoma, (2) lack of sp...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Aiba M,Iri H,Suzuki H,Kageyama K,Kawai T,Abe O,Murai M,Tazaki H,Saruta T

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sophomore pathology course at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, was substantially modified with the intention of promoting guided, independent learning. The emphasis has been shifted from lectures to other modalities of instruction. This article...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Raskova J,Martin EG,Trelstad RL,Shea SM

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Malignancies of the salivary gland are uncommon and account for 0.3% of all malignancies. In addition to their rarity, diagnosing these tumors can be challenging given the histologic overlap among various subtypes, their morphologic heterogeneity, and the recent recognition of new entities. OBJECTIVE:To provid...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： McHugh JB,Visscher DW,Barnes EL

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Fine-needle aspiration has become an accepted and cost-effective procedure for rapid diagnosis of thyroid lesions. The routine use of fine-needle aspiration has reduced the rate of unnecessary surgery for thyroid nodules. OBJECTIVES:To determine the accuracy of fine-needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis and to di...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Amrikachi M,Ramzy I,Rubenfeld S,Wheeler TM

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the difficulty in identifying silicone gel in histologic and cytologic specimens by means of conventional light microscopy, we investigated alternative light microscopy techniques, as well as specimen staining and preparation. Specimens from six periprosthetic capsules, one silicone granuloma specimen, and ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Raso DS,Greene WB,Vesely JJ,Willingham MC

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The differential diagnosis of eosinophilic renal tumors can be difficult by light microscopy. In particular, chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is difficult to distinguish from oncocytoma. This differential diagnosis is important because chromophobe RCC is malignant, whereas oncocytoma is benign. Furthermor...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Hornsby CD,Cohen C,Amin MB,Picken MM,Lawson D,Yin-Goen Q,Young AN

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelioid sarcomas are rare, mesenchymal tumors of unknown histogenesis and display multidirectional differentiation, which is predominantly epithelial. They have no normal cellular counterpart and differ from both synovial sarcoma and carcinoma. They account for less than 1% of all soft tissue sarcomas and are usua...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Armah HB,Parwani AV

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited mutations in the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 are associated with a significantly increased risk of breast cancer, particularly before the age of 50 years, as well as an increased risk of ovarian cancer. Patients with early-onset breast cancer or ovarian cancer at any age with a family history of either disease are...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Frank TS

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:In the United States, a successful vaccination program for hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection has decreased both its incidence and the true positive rate for diagnostic immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody to HAV in acute hepatitis. OBJECTIVE:To survey positive results of HAV IgM tests and determine the effect of ch...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Alatoom A,Ansari MQ,Cuthbert J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of light chain deposition nephropathy relative to renal amyloidosis and Bence Jones cast nephropathy was determined in a necropsy study of 57 patients with myeloma. The diagnosis of light chain deposition nephropathy was established by immunofluorescence microscopic examination of kidney tissue demonstra...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Iványi B

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because massive pulmonary thromboembolism is a rarely described cause of sudden and unexpected death in the pediatric age group, a 50-year retrospective review of autopsy cases at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, was conducted to determine the local incidence and clinicopathologic features of such pati...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Byard RW,Cutz E

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:- Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) refers to a neoplastic proliferation of cells that characteristically shows loss of E-cadherin expression and has long been regarded as a risk factor for invasive breast cancer. Long-term outcome studies and molecular data have also implicated LCIS as a nonobligate precursor t...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Ginter PS,D'Alfonso TM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placental mesenchymal dysplasia is a rare placental lesion characterized by stem villous cystic dilation and vesicle formation, placentomegaly, and vascular abnormalities. It can be associated with growth restriction, stillbirth, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, and some chromosomal abnormalities, and needs to be distingu...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Pawoo N,Heller DS

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00