Hypoglycorrhachia and coxsackie B3 meningoencephalitis.

abstract：:A case of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma to bone was studied using immunoperoxidase methods for Factor VIII-related antigen, producing positive staining in the tumor cells. Electron microscopy proved the squamous nature of the tumor, and, subsequently, a pulmonary primary tumor was found. Testing of additional tum...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wilson AJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old white man had simultaneous onset of the Guillain-Barré syndrome and the nephrotic syndrome, three weeks after having an upper respiratory tract infection. Many granular casts were noticed in the urine sediment. Renal biopsy specimens showed early membranous glomerulonephritis and acute interstitial nephr...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Talamo TS,Borochovitz D

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of quality control (QC) practices from the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Microbiology Surveys demonstrates a trend away from daily controls similar to that first noted in 1980. Previous recommendations for more relevant cost-containment oriented weekly QC procedures are discussed, and the 1982 ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jones RN,Edson DC,Gilmore BF

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1973 Comprehensive Blood Bank Survey Program of the College of American Pathologists was administered to 2,200 laboratories and blood banks throughout the United States. The results showed a considerable increase in the accuracy of the testing and in the performance of reagents. Accuracy of ABO testing was 99.3%; ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Myhre BA,Koepke JA

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three brands of blood collection tubes were studied for their influence on the prothrombin time (PT) and international sensitivity index (ISI) for 5 commercial thromboplastin reagents. With all reagents, PTs were shorter in Vacutainer (Becton Dickinson Vacutainer Systems, Plymouth, England) samples than in S-Monovette...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： van den Besselaar AM,Hoekstra MM,Witteveen E,Didden JH,van der Meer FJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine the significance of 40% or more leukemic cells in hand-mirror configuration in the bone marrow (hand-mirror cell leukemia), eight of 34 cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and one of 17 cases of acute myeloblastic leukemia were collected from a six-year period. Five of the eight patients who ha...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Glassy EF,Sun NC,Okun DB

更新日期：1980-11-01 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

abstract：:Serum and urine samples from 161 cases of hairy cell leukemia (HCL) and 50 cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) were analyzed for monoclonal immunoglobulin (MIg) by using a combination of high-resolution protein electrophoresis, immunoelectrophoresis, and immunofixation. Quantitative immunoglobulin analysis als...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hansen DA,Robbins BA,Bylund DJ,Piro LD,Saven A,Ellison DJ

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Nucleic acid amplification tests on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue specimens enable Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTB) detection and rapid tuberculosis diagnosis in the absence of microbiologic culture tests. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of different polymerase chain reaction (PCR...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Seo AN,Park HJ,Lee HS,Park JO,Chang HE,Nam KH,Choe G,Park KU

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neoplastic transformation of epithelial cell sis commonly associated with altered synthesis of mucin glycoproteins. Few studies have been performed on the correlation between MUC 1 expression and pancreatic carcinoma using immunohistochemical methods. We compared the patterns of MUC 1 expression in normal pancreatic t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Monges GM,Mathoulin-Portier MP,Acres RB,Houvenaeghel GF,Giovannini MF,Seitz JF,Bardou VJ,Payan MJ,Olive D

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several technics are currently being used to detect hepatitis type A antigen or its antibody. These include immunoelectronmicroscopy, immune adherence, and complement fixation. This paper describes another promising technic, a microtiter solid-phase immunoradiometric assay, in which hepatitis A antigen and antibody ar...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hollinger FB,Bradley DW,Dreesman GR,Melnick JL

更新日期：1976-05-01 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：:Coagulase-negative staphylococci are the most common cause of late-onset septicemia in neonates in intensive care nurseries. Clinical and laboratory diagnosis of infection with coagulase-negative staphylococci can be difficult. The authors reviewed serial mean platelet volumes of 18 infants in whom coagulase-negative ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： O'Connor TA,Ringer KM,Gaddis ML

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe 41 cases of myeloid neoplasms (MNs) secondary to plasma cell myeloma (PCM). The types of MN included myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in 34 (82.9%), acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in 4 (9.8%), and myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) or MDS/MPN in 3 (7.3%) cases. The latency from treatment to diagnosis of MN rang...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Reddi DM,Lu CM,Fedoriw G,Liu YC,Wang FF,Ely S,Boswell EL,Louissaint A Jr,Arcasoy MO,Goodman BK,Wang E

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Labor use ratings assigned to instruments by the Workload Recording Method (WRM) do not change with batch size or walk-away time use. The authors evaluated the effect of both on the labor use of the analyzers Paramax B6100 (Baxter Paramax, Irvine, CA) and Ektachem 700 (Eastman Kodak, Rochester, NY) by timing all worke...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： McClellan GA,Nipper HC,Horn MJ,Burris WD,Hodges K,Monaco S,Cox RS Jr

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 68 sporadic colorectal carcinomas (CRCs) with medullary features (MCRCs) and compared them with 35 poorly differentiated purely "enteric" CRCs (ECRCs) and 15 purely neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs) of grades II and III, all in patients lacking a family history of CRC. Potential clinicopathologic differences...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wick MR,Vitsky JL,Ritter JH,Swanson PE,Mills SE

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the demonstrated efficacy of Leu-M1 as a discriminant between malignant epithelioid mesothelioma (MEM) and adenocarcinomas involving the serosal surfaces (ACSs), the authors assessed the reactivities of related "myelomonocytic" antigens in this context. Paraffin sections from 41 MEMs and 43 ACSs (pulmonary,...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wick MR,Mills SE,Swanson PE

更新日期：1990-07-01 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：:A case of a patient with otherwise typical multiple myeloma whose myeloma cells were phagocytic is described. Phagocytosis of erythrocytes, erythrocytic precursors, lymphocytes, and platelets was found. Ingestion of latex particles by myeloma cells was demonstrated in vitro. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fitchen JH,Lee S

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the histopathologic features and the expression of angiogenesis-related markers in primary tumors and metastatic lymph nodes of oral squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) with multiple lymph node involvement in comparison with oral SCCs without nodal metastasis. The protein levels of th...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nikitakis NG,Rivera H,Lopes MA,Siavash H,Reynolds MA,Ord RA,Sauk JJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the presence of surfactant protein A (Sp-A) immunoreactivity and messenger RNA in 62 normal and abnormal breast samples. Sections were immunostained with polyclonal anti-Sp-A antibody. The association between Sp-A immunoreactivity and histologic grade of 32 invasive ductal carcinomas was assessed by 3 patho...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Braidotti P,Cigala C,Graziani D,Del Curto B,Dessy E,Coggi G,Bosari S,Pietra GG

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A very simple method of computer-assisted reporting of surgical pathology (including gross description, microscopic description, and diagnosis) has been developed. This method is based on a modification of the existing microbiology program and files in the comprehensive MedLab Company Pathlab computer system, with the...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Davey PW,Vaughan KD

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of "standard" plasmas used by clinical laboratories to assay factor VIII concentrations of patients' plasmas was studied by assessing the credibility of their reference values. Two of three commercial reference plasmas were considered to be unreliable. The third commercial reference plasma appeared to ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Harper TA,Bailey EL,Chauhan K

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Centerin (SERPINA9/GCET1) is a protease inhibitor with expression restricted to germinal center B cells and lymphoid malignancies with germinal center B-cell maturation. Expression of the centerin gene transcript, along with bcl-6 and GCET2/HGAL, constitutes a molecular signature associated with a good prognosis in di...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Paterson MA,Hosking PS,Coughlin PB

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mastocytosis, an unusual disorder of bone marrow-derived, clonally transformed hematopoietic progenitor cells, exhibits a broad spectrum of clinical and morphologic features ranging from a self-limiting benign disorder (ie, juvenile cutaneous mastocytosis) to highly aggressive neoplasms like mast cell leukemia. Princi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Horny HP

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary malignant germ cell tumors of the mediastinum are extremely rare among females. This report describes such a tumor arising in the mediastinum of a 26-year-old woman and correlates immunohistochemical studies of the neoplasm with serum tumor markers. Microscopic examination of the tumor revealed an embryonal ca...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sandhaus L,Strom RL,Mukai K

更新日期：1981-04-01 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：:Although prednisolone is the most common immunosuppressive agent used in renal transplantation, an accurate formulation of the optimal dose regimen remains to be established. A sensitive and precise radioimmunoassay was developed for this purpose. Fifty microliters of 1:20 dilutions of serum or 1:200 dilutions of urin...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Woo J,Floyd M,Master G,Cannon DC

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urine dipstick jars often are left uncapped, which led the authors to wonder what effect prolonged air exposure might have on dipstick accuracy. Unexpired Ames Multistixs (Miles Inc., Elkhart, IN) were exposed to ambient air for intervals of up to eight weeks and were used to test urine for the presence or absence of ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cohen HT,Spiegel DM

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera have been submitted to the authors' laboratory for syphilis testing at a dramatically increased rate since the start of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 epidemic. Thus they were interested in evaluating a new enzyme immunoassay, the DCL Syphilis-G test kit (DCL-G, Diagnostic Chemicals Ltd., Oxford, CT) for...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nayar R,Campos JM

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00