Thyroid bed fine-needle aspiration: experience at a large tertiary care center.

abstract：:Specific radioimmunoassays, sensitive to plasma levels of less than 1% of normal, were developed for protein C and Factor X. In 31 normal subjects, mean plasma antigen levels were as follows: protein C, 3.23 +/- 0.79 microgram/mL (2 SD); Factor X, 7.74 +/- 1.81 microgram/mL. In patient son chronic warfarin therapy, pr...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Epstein DJ,Bergum PW,Bajaj SP,Rapaport SI

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report two cases of vernix caseosa peritonitis, an infrequent complication of cesarean section with distinctive histopathologic findings. Both patients underwent exploratory laparotomy for unexplained abdominal pain after cesarean section. Histopathologic evaluation of surgically removed tissue revealed an...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： George E,Leyser S,Zimmer HL,Simonowitz DA,Agress RL,Nordin DD

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progression of follicular lymphoma (FL) to a higher-grade lymphoma occurs in 25% to 60% of cases and frequently indicates a poor prognosis. The transformation is accompanied by alteration in morphologic features and clinical behaviors. Herein, we report a case of FL occurring in a 59-year-old woman with the developmen...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Young KH,Xie Q,Zhou G,Eickhoff JC,Sanger WG,Aoun P,Chan WC

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We describe the morphologic and immunohistochemical features of 17 endometrial stromal neoplasms, 16 sarcomas, and one stromal nodule. METHODS:We reviewed 35 cases interpreted as endometrial stromal neoplasms, but 17 high-grade endometrial stromal sarcomas (ESS) and one case of mixed endometrial sarcoma and...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Albores-Saavedra J,Dorantes-Heredia R,Chablé-Montero F,Chanona-Vilchis J,Pérez-Montiel D,Lino-Silva LS,González-Romo MA,Ramírez-Jaramillo JM,Henson DE

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although acute myeloid leukemias (AMLs) cytochemically negative for myeloperoxidase are now well recognized, myeloid surface antigen-negative AMLs are rare. The morphologic, cytochemical, immunologic, and cytogenetic or molecular features of such cases are described in four adults aged 19 to 60 years. All had AML with...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Arber DA,Glackin C,Lowe G,Medeiros LJ,Slovak ML

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytopathologic findings of 196 cases of cancer of the breast were correlated with the hormonal receptor levels. The strict cytologic criteria that allow a positive diagnosis to be used as bases for definitive treatment include adequate cellularity, lack of cohesion, and nuclear abnormalities, including increased n...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kern WH

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has halted in-person medical student education in many large academic centers, including the University of Washington. We identified a unique opportunity to bring comprehensive and targeted anatomic pathology training to large numbers of medical students who would not re...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Parker EU,Chang O,Koch L

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A new blood culture medium (16B) containing adsorbent and cationic exchange resins has become available for use with the BACTEC instrument (Johnston Laboratories, Towson, MD). Its purpose is to enhance the detection of bacteremia through binding of antimicrobials. The performance of the BACTEC 16B resin medium was com...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： DeGirolami PC,Eichelberger K,Siegel J

更新日期：1984-05-01 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：:Most cutaneous T-cell lymphomas are derived from mature postthymic T cells of the CD4 subtype. When other less common profiles are encountered, a diagnostic challenge is posed. Accurate categorization is critical because of the specificity of therapeutic regimens, including biologics. A 65-year-old woman was seen in 2...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Magro CM,Seilstad KH,Porcu P,Morrison CD

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduction mammaplasty (RM) is a common surgical procedure that yields a variable amount of tissue for pathologic examination. Occult breast carcinomas are detected rarely in these specimens. We evaluated the pathologic findings in RM specimens performed in our institution during an 11.5-year period (July 1989 to Decem...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ishag MT,Bashinsky DY,Beliaeva IV,Niemann TH,Marsh WL Jr

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of Actinomyces viscosus infection of the lungs were seen in nonimmunosuppressed patients. One patient had a peripheral actinomycotic lung mass resembling a tumor. Both patients responded to a long course of penicillin therapy. Reports of A. viscosus infections are rare, although the organism colonizes the mo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Eng RH,Corrado ML,Cleri D,Cherubin C,Goldstein EJ

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the new screening and treatment guidelines and the prospect of human papillomavirus vaccination for adolescents, the current total volume of Papanicolaou (Pap) tests will be significantly reduced. We used available data to assess the current supply and demand in the cytotechnology labor market and how an expected...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Eltoum IA,Roberson J

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty drugs used primarily in critical care and hospital settings were tested in vitro to observe interference on glucose measurements with 6 hand-held glucose meters and a portable glucose analyzer. Paired differences of glucose measurements between drug-spiked samples and unspiked control samples were calculated to...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tang Z,Du X,Louie RF,Kost GJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 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 case of septicemia caused by Pseudomonas paucimobilis is reported. This represents the first definitive case of disease produced by this yellow-pigmented, nonfermentative bacillus. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Slotnick IJ,Hall J,Sacks H

更新日期：1979-11-01 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：:We compared 1-stage clot-based, chromogenic, and immunoassay methods for measuring factor VIII in plasma with a focus on the measurement of elevated levels of factor VIII. The chromogenic assay showed the best interassay imprecision for factor VIII levels near 150 IU/dL. The best correlation was between the 1-stage cl...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chandler WL,Ferrell C,Lee J,Tun T,Kha H

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer with microsatellite instability (MSI) may occur sporadically or be inherited in cases of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) syndrome. However, there is no consensus as to which patients must be tested and how to test MSI. In this study, MSI was tested by immunohistochemical analysis an...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bouzourene H,Taminelli L,Chaubert P,Monnerat C,Seelentag W,Sandmeier D,Andrejevic S,Matter M,Bosman F,Benhattar J

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) of the uterine cervix is a rare tumor. The goal of this study was to evaluate a series of cases of cervical LELC and to investigate possible association with human papillomavirus (HPV) and/or Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Methods:Immunohistochemistry for p63, p16, human l...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Pinto A,Huang M,Nadji M

更新日期：2019-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilizing a bacterial-agar overlay technic incorporating the methionine-requiring bacterium Leukonostoc mesenteroides, little or no bacterial growth was seen surrounding the megaloblasts and proerythroblasts of eight patients who had severe untreated pernicious anemia. Similarly, scant bacterial growth was observed in...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kass L

更新日期：1976-04-01 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：:Fungal organisms morphologically resembling Candida were found in one third of 72 consecutive surgically resected gastric ulcers. In over half of these cases the organisms were present in the mycelial form. Large numbers of fungi forming clusters were found in 13 cases (18%) and were associated with a surprisingly hig...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Katzenstein AL,Maksem J

更新日期：1979-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Fundic gland polyps (FGPs) occur in two clinical settings, sporadic and syndromic. Epithelial dysplasia is rare in sporadic FGPs, and progression data from large series are lacking. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical, morphologic, and immunohistochemical features in a large series of sporadic...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Levy MD,Bhattacharya B

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared a rapid, point-of-care multimarker protocol with a single and serial troponin I (TnI)-only protocol in 5,244 patients admitted to the emergency department with chest pain. The diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was based on a doubling myoglobin level accompanied by at least a 50% increase in th...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Straface AL,Myers JH,Kirchick HJ,Blick KE

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By application of combined structural and functional analyses, most lymphoid neoplasms may be categorized as of T- or B-cell origin. T lymphocyte neoplasms include types of acute and chronic lymphocytic leukemias, certain cutaneous and node-based lymphomas, and lymphomas of thymocytes (convoluted lymphocytic lymphomas...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Collins RD,Waldron JA,Glick AD

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To calculate the incidence of nondiagnostic (ND) colorectal (CR) polyp cases in which deeper tissue sectioning rendered new diagnostic information--particularly adenomas--in 2 laboratories staffed by the same pathologists. METHODS:After initial diagnosis, 100 ND CR polyps from each laboratory were reexamine...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nielsen JA,Lager DJ,Lewin M,Weber JJ,Roberts CA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three anti-Factor-VIII antibodies from hemophiliacs were reacted with samples of batches of Maws commerical bovine and porcine Factor VIII concentrates manufactured over a 12-year period. The apparent antibody concentrations varied widely with the different batches of concentrates. The variations are probably due to i...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Edson JR,Swinehart CD

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The demonstration of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) activity has long been a cornerstone in the diagnosis of hairy cell leukemia (HCL). Recently a monoclonal antibody to this enzyme has been developed that can be used in an immunoperoxidase method on paraffin-embedded tissues. By using a peroxidase-labeled...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hoyer JD,Li CY,Yam LT,Hanson CA,Kurtin PJ

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00