Increased sensitivity and specificity of Borrelia burgdorferi 16S ribosomal DNA detection.

abstract：:A 61-year-old man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) sought care because of the onset of progressive dysphagia. He was found to have a perforated, fungating esophageal mass. The combined histologic and immunologic findings were diagnostic of Hodgkin's disease, nodular sclerosis type, lymphocyte-depleted va...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gelb AB,Medeiros LJ,Chen YY,Weiss LM,Weidner N

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 10 cases of Barrett adenocarcinoma, samples from 8 tumor areas (including superficial and deep from peripheral and central areas) and a regional lymph node metastasis were studied for amplification of c-myc, c-erbB-2, and EGFR. We analyzed loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at 3 loci (APC, MCC, and RB) and 2 anonymous mi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Owonikoko T,Rees M,Gabbert HE,Sarbia M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following normalization of blood glucose levels, a marked change in the MCV and in the calculated hematocrit was observed in five patients with transient severe hyperglycemia. The addition of varied concentrations of glucose to blood samples from healthy volunteers and from patients with microcytic, macrocytic, and no...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Holt JT,DeWandler MJ,Arvan DA

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow angiogenesis in patients with idiopathic myelofibrosis (IM) was evaluated by using a quantitative morphometric analysis test system. IM specimens had a significantly higher degree of bone marrow microvessel density (MVD) compared with control specimens. The higher degree of angiogenesis was associated with...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ni H,Barosi G,Hoffman R

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is one of the most important monitoring procedures for long-term control of diabetes mellitus. Several analytical methods have been developed for the measurement of glycohemoglobin (GHb). Those most frequently used are ion-exchange chromatography for HbA1c and affinity chromatog...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hamwi A,Schweiger CR,Veitl M,Schmid R

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：:We surveyed 271 laboratories participating in a quality assessment program to ascertain whether the use of a calibration curve for determining the international normalized ratio (INR) would improve interlaboratory accuracy and precision. Lyophilized warfarinized samples with INR values assigned through manual calibrat...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Brien WF,Baskerville JC,Taberner DA,Crawford L

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify, describe, and investigate the clinical, radiologic, and pathologic features of 8 cases of telangiectatic oncocytoma. METHODS:Fifty-three consecutive renal oncocytomas were reviewed for the telangiectatic pathologic features that were subsequently correlated with the demographic, clinical, and r...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Xiao GQ,Ko HB,Unger P

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with isolated trisomy 4 is rare. Associations with KIT mutations on chromosome 4q12 have been documented. The clinicopathologic features and mutational status of KIT, FLT3, NPM1, CEBPA, and RAS were assessed in 13 AML cases with isolated trisomy 4. There were 9 men and 4 women with a media...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bains A,Lu G,Yao H,Luthra R,Medeiros LJ,Sargent RL

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of our study was to clarify the prognosis of lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) of the lung, which is rare. We analyzed the clinicopathologic features of 32 cases of pulmonary LELC and compared the cases with 84 cases of pulmonary non-LELC with available long-term follow-up information. The results sh...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Han AJ,Xiong M,Gu YY,Lin SX,Xiong M

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni has recently been recognized as a significant cause of enteritis in humans. The organism has been previously postulated to cause illness by direct invasion of the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract, but this has not been documented. Reported is a case of Campylobacter enteritis ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Duffy MC,Benson JB,Rubin SJ

更新日期：1980-05-01 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：:This is a report of an adenocarcinoma of mesonephric origin studied by light microscopy, electron microscopy, and immunocytochemistry. Unlike previous reports, our lesion was located paravaginally and not in the leaves of the broad ligament or in the cervix. The light microscopic features are similar to those of previ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hinchey WW,Silva EG,Guarda LA,Ordonez NG,Wharton JT

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific esterase activity, a property generally ascribed to cells of granulocytic origin, was found in abnormal erythroid precursors obtained from the bone marrows of six patients with untreated erythroleukemia. These erythroblasts also showed nonspecific esterase activity. Neither specific nor nonspecific esterase a...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kass L

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied methylation of 2 tumor suppressor genes (p14, p16) and 4 MINT (methylated in tumor) clones (MINT1, MINT2, MINT25, MINT31) among 51 fundic gland polyps (FGPs) and 27 normal gastric body biopsy samples using bisulfite treatment of genomic DNA followed by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction. Thirty-...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Abraham SC,Park SJ,Cruz-Correa M,Houlihan PS,Half EE,Lynch PM,Wu TT

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RhD determination in pregnant women is critical to facilitate Rh immune globulin prophylaxis for RhD-negative women. A single amino acid change in the RhD antigen can cause epitope loss, giving rise to "partial D" variants. Women with some partial D variants may develop anti-D against the missing epitope after pregnan...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wang D,Lane C,Quillen K

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteomic studies of cells via surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization spectrometry (SELDI) analysis have enabled rapid, reproducible protein profiling directly from crude samples. We applied this technique to archival cytology material to determine whether distinct, reproducible protein fingerprints could be ide...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fetsch PA,Simone NL,Bryant-Greenwood PK,Marincola FM,Filie AC,Petricoin EF,Liotta LA,Abati A

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumors and pseudotumors of the liver account for fewer than 2% of the tumors in children and vary considerably in incidence throughout the pediatric age range, with hepatoblastoma, infantile hemangioendothelioma, and mesenchymal hamartoma seen most frequently in the first 2 years of life and hepatocellular carcinoma, ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Stocker JT

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several adulterants are used to mask tests for abused drugs in urine. Adulterants such as "Klear" and "Whizzies" contain potassium nitrite, and "Urine Luck" contains pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC). The presence of these adulterants cannot be detected by routine specimen integrity checks (pH, specific gravity, and tem...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dasgupta A,Wahed A,Wells A

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To verify their clinical usefulness in diagnosis and early response to therapy of sideropenic anemia, we compared the behavior of the reticulocyte parameter (RET-Y), a raw measure dependent on size and content of the cell, generated by the Sysmex XE 2100, with the mean reticulocyte volume (MCVr) and mean reticulocyte ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Buttarello M,Temporin V,Ceravolo R,Farina G,Bulian P

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of fetal demise and maternal recovery after acetaminophen overdose is presented, to our knowledge the first reported. Fetal liver and maternal serum concentrations indicate overdose to be the cause of fetal death. Maternal disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) may have been related to maternal acetaminop...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Haibach H,Akhter JE,Muscato MS,Cary PL,Hoffmann MF

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five cases of tubal or tubo-endometrioid metaplasia that occurred in patients from 21 to 51 years of age (mean 39 years) are described. The majority of the cases were seen in consultation. They were referred because of diagnostic problems resulting from features that have received little emphasis. The metaplasi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Oliva E,Clement PB,Young RH

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Possible increased activation of the coagulation pathway was measured in a group of patients with neoplastic diseases. In addition to standard tests, the thromboplastin generation test, thrombin generation test and immunologic and coagulant activities of both Factor VIII and antithrombin III were utilized in the evalu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Losito R,Beaudry P,Valderrama JC,Cousineau L,Longpré B

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 2 cases of splenic postchemotherapy histiocyte-rich pseudotumor. Each patient had a history of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, treated with multiagent chemotherapy. Computed tomography scans performed on both patients showed splenic masses. A positron emission tomography scan performed on 1 patient showed inc...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chandra P,Wen YH,Tuli S,Raphael BG,Amorosi EL,Medeiros LJ,Ibrahim S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bleeding problems are symptomatic of platelet delta-storage pool diseases (SPDs) such as Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome. Although at present no cure is available for delta-SPD, early diagnosis is of great importance for prophylactic and supportive treatment. This study tested the usefulness of a flow cytometric assay for p...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Maurer-Spurej E,Pittendreigh C,Wu JK

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old man presented with a malignant tumor involving abdominal lymph nodes, spleen, liver, and lungs, with associated protracted fever and night sweats. The tumor consisted of large pleomorphic cells, often surrounding microabscesses. Intracytoplasmic S100 protein, surface T6, Leu-3a (T4), and HLA-DR antigens ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chan WC,Zaatari G

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactivity of eight preferential B-cell (L26, 4KB5, and KiB3) and T-cell (polyclonal CD3, Leu22, MT-1, UCHL-1, and OPD4) antibodies which detect paraffin-resistant antigens was examined by a three-step immunoperoxidase technique in 111 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded diffuse aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (N...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chadburn A,Knowles DM

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The incidence of lymphoproliferative disorders (LPDs) is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) due to population growth, aging, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Despite significant burden, resources for diagnosis and treatment of LPDs are limited, with little infrastructure to deliver modern patholog...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Montgomery ND,Liomba NG,Kampani C,Krysiak R,Stanley CC,Tomoka T,Kamiza S,Dhungel BM,Gopal S,Fedoriw Y

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present what, to our knowledge, is the first reported case of nephrogenic metaplasia of the ureter. Nephrogenic metaplasia involves the transitional epithelium of the urinary tract and results in the formation of epithelial tubules, which are histologically similar to renal tubules. Special stains demonstrated both...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lugo M,Petersen RO,Elfenbein IB,Stein BS,Duker NJ

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anatomic pathology service is judged by accuracy of diagnosis and rapidity of reporting of that diagnosis to clinicians. Turnaround times have been used in anatomic pathology to show how long it take to produce a tissue report. Rapid tissue diagnosis is important to patients, clinicians, administrators, and anatomic p...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Smith MT,Garvin AJ

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00