POU domain transcription factor BRN2 is crucial for expression of ASCL1, ND1 and neuroendocrine marker molecules and cell growth in small cell lung cancer.

abstract：:Elastosis is the pathological finding of focal deposits of elastic fibers in abnormal amounts within tissue. It is well described in the case of infiltrating carcinoma of the breast, but elastosis in lung carcinoma has not been previously documented in detail. We investigated the characteristics of elastosis in lung c...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Fukushima M,Fukuda Y,Kawamoto M,Yamanaka N

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An autopsy case of giant cell myocarditis (GCM) in a 74-year-old woman is presented. She suffered from hepatic dysfunction, skin eruption and disseminated intravascular coagulation due to the side-effects of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. After admission, heart failure progressed rapidly, and the patient died...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Adachi Y,Yasumizu R,Hashimoto F,Otsuka Y,Okamura A,Kato Y,Oyaizu H,Ikebukuro K,Fukuhara S,Nakai Y,Ikehara S

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinic cheilitis (AC) is an early keratocyte neoplasia with inflammation that occurs in the lip vermillion with the potential to develop into invasive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The expression of the intracellular enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) by antigen-presenting cells and/or tumor cells has been des...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： von Bubnoff D,Zahn S,Wenzel J,Wilms H,Bieber T,Lüftl M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The juxtaglomerular cell tumor (JGCT) of the kidney is a rare neoplasm which commonly secretes renin. This tumor often occurs in teenagers. This paper documents the 14th adult-onset (over 30-years-old) case with a giant JGCT which measured 9.0 x 8.0 x 7.5 cm. Histologically, this tumor was composed of both vascular an...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kuroda N,Moriki T,Komatsu F,Miyazaki E,Hayashi Y,Naruse K,Nakayama H,Kiyoku H,Hiroi M,Shuin T,Enzan H

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple injections with a mouse monoclonal anti-rat Thy-1 antibody (five times, at weekly intervals) induced marked glomerular sclerotic lesions which are characterized by adhesion of glomerular capillaries to Bowman's capsule and persistent proteinuria in rats. Abnormal production of type I collagen and increased ac...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Yagi M,Yamamoto T,Kato S,Nagano N,Kihara I

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallothionein (MT) has been reported to play important physiological roles in the human body, but the distribution and significance of MT is not fully understood. In order to analyze MT expression, three kinds of polyclonal MT fragment antibodies were developed against NH2-terminal, middle regional and COOH-terminal...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Nakazato K,Nakajima K,Kusakabe T,Suzuki K,Nagamine T

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs), usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) and diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) usually have poor prognoses. The prognoses of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) are usually more favorable. Although several reports have described n...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Takahashi M,Kunugi S,Terasaki Y,Terasaki M,Urushiyama H,Kuwahara N,Wakamatsu K,Nakayama T,Fukuda Y

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of renal adenomatosis of the left kidney associated with a carcinoma of the ipsilateral ureter in a 49-year-old man is examined. One hundred and eight adenomas, which were smaller than 15 mm in diameter, and a single microcarcinoma, which measured 1 mm in diameter, were found in the kidney. Further, there were ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kizaki T,Ugai K,Hirano H,Gohji K,Fujii A

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative model was devised for the purpose of evaluating interobserver agreement in the judgment of the nuclear atypia score of cancer cells in protocol studies. In this model, the mean nuclear atypia score (mu) among observers was considered to approximate the 'true' nuclear atypia score of the tumor, and with ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Tsuda H,Akiyama F,Kurosumi M,Sakamoto G,Watanabe T

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) from benign mesothelial proliferation remains problematic. Loss of nuclear staining of BRCA1-associated protein 1 (BAP1; detected using immunohistochemistry (IHC)) and homozygous deletion (HD) of p16 (detected using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)) are ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Hida T,Hamasaki M,Matsumoto S,Sato A,Tsujimura T,Kawahara K,Iwasaki A,Okamoto T,Oda Y,Honda H,Nabeshima K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methotrexate (MTX) is currently used as first-line anchor drug for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Therefore, the number of MTX-associated lymphoproliferative disorders, including Epstein-Barr virus-positive mucocutaneous ulcer (EBVMCU), has increased. Some aspects of MTX-associated EBVMCU (MTX-EBVMCU), particularly clinic...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Satou A,Banno S,Hanamura I,Takahashi E,Takahara T,Nobata H,Katsuno T,Takami A,Ito Y,Ueda R,Nakamura S,Tsuzuki T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies imply that cancer cells possess the ability to reversibly change their properties between a drug sensitive state and a drug resistant state accompanied by epigenetic changes. This evidence indicates that better understanding of cancer epigenetics is important for efficient cancer therapies. Nevertheless...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Matsuda Y,Semi K,Yamada Y

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiomyolipoma (AML) is a mixed mesenchymal tumor belonging to the family of perivascular epithelioid cell tumors. Concurrent development of AML and adult renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is very rare. Herein is presented a unique case in which RCC arose within a previously detected AML tumor mass. A 40-year-old woman had b...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Inomoto C,Umemura S,Sasaki Y,Yasuda M,Terachi T,Osamura RY

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of squamous cell carcinoma arising within an acquired seminal vesicular cyst is described. A 61-year-old man was hospitalized because of hemospermia and dysuria. Under the diagnosis of a left seminal vesicular cyst, surgical resection was performed. Pathological examination revealed squamous cell carcinoma with...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Yanagisawa N,Saegusa M,Yoshida T,Okayasu I

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) composition have been shown to accurately reflect pathological processes in the CNS, and are potential indicators of abnormal CNS states, such as tumor growth. To detect biomarkers in high-grade astrocytomas, the differential expression of proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid was an...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Ohnishi M,Matsumoto T,Nagashio R,Kageyama T,Utsuki S,Oka H,Okayasu I,Sato Y

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The great majority of the cases clinically diagnosed as primary aldosteronism (PA) have been caused by aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) or idiopathic hyperaldosteronism (IHA). The differential diagnosis of both subtypes of PA is important due to the different therapeutic modes but clinically it is sometimes difficu...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Nakamura Y,Felizola SJ,Satoh F,Konosu-Fukaya S,Sasano H

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) classification for stomach tumors was published in the second edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumors in 1974 and was followed by additional editions up to the seventh edition published in 2010. In the Buffalo Meeting 2008 a harmonization between the Eastern (Japan...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Wittekind C

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Catenin has multiple functions both in intercellular adhesion and in signal transduction. As a signaling molecule, mutations in exon 3 of the beta-catenin gene stabilize this protein in the cytoplasm. Subsequently, accumulated beta-catenin protein translocates to nuclei with T-cell factor-4, and upregulates trans...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Miyake N,Maeta H,Horie S,Kitamura Y,Nanba E,Kobayashi K,Terada T

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phyllodes tumor is a very rare neoplasm which accounts for 2.5% of all fibroepithelial lesions of the breast. The mesenchymal component of a malignant phyllodes tumor frequently contains heterologous components. We report a case of malignant phyllodes tumor. The patient was a 40-year-old woman with a lump on the left ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kuroda N,Sugimoto T,Ueda S,Takahashi T,Moriki T,Sonobe H,Miyazaki E,Hayashi Y,Toi M,Hiroi M,Enzan H

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study attempted to clarify the significance of aberrant expression of beta-catenin protein and mutation of exon 3 of the beta-catenin gene in renal and urothelial carcinogenesis. beta-Catenin expression was examined immunohistochemically and mutation of the beta-catenin gene was analyzed by polymerase chai...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Zhu X,Kanai Y,Saito A,Kondo Y,Hirohashi S

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the mutation of the p53 gene and the expression of the p53 protein and the Ki-67 antigen has been investigated in 115 cases with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, using the immunohistochemical double staining technique, single-strand conformational polymorphism and DNA sequencing methods. Eighteen cases...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kuze T,Nakamura N,Hashimoto Y,Hojo H,Abe M,Wakasa H

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The copper and iron status in the liver of non-tumor bearing Long-Evans Cinnamon (LEC) rats (average age 17 months) was investigated. A direct quantitation of loosely-bound copper and iron was also investigated by using a chelating agent, nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA-chelatable free copper and iron). Besides the total c...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Ma Y,Zhang D,Kawabata T,Kiriu T,Toyokuni S,Uchida K,Okada S

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Teratoid Wilms' tumor is an unusual morphological entity characterized by a classic triphasic malignancy with predominantly heterologous tissue. The authors describe two cases of teratoid Wilms' tumor with an extrarenal site: one in a 13-year-old girl with vaginal spotting (patient 1) and another in a 1-day-old girl w...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Song JS,Kim IK,Kim YM,Khang SK,Kim KR,Lee Y

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are multi-functional cytokines, which belong to the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) family. In some cancer tissues, aberrant expression of various BMP signal components has been detected. Here, we describe the divergent roles of BMPs during the progression of cancer. BMPs exhibi...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Ehata S,Yokoyama Y,Takahashi K,Miyazono K

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary (metastatic) neoplasms to the ovary often cause diagnostic problems, especially those tumors that produce large, symptomatic ovarian tumors that masquerade clinically and pathologically as primary ovarian tumors of surface epithelial type. Most of these tumors arise from organs of the digestive system. Excep...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Hart WR

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desminopathy is a familial or sporadic skeletal and cardiac muscular dystrophy caused by mutation in the desmin gene. Desmin-reactive deposits in the affected muscles are the morphological hallmarks of this disease. Herein is reported an autopsy case of a 57-year-old Japanese man with adult-onset skeletal muscle weakn...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Yuri T,Miki K,Tsukamoto R,Shinde A,Kusaka H,Tsubura A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of adenomatoid tumor of the pleura is reported, and its differential diagnosis from benign and malignant pleural lesions is discussed. A small pleural nodule was incidentally found during a thoracic operation in a 54-year-old woman with esophageal cancer. The patient had no history of exposure to asbestos, and ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Minato H,Nojima T,Kurose N,Kinoshita E

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported herein is a case of benign clear cell tumor of the lung in a 60-year-old man. Chest X-ray and CT examination revealed an abnormal nodule with homogenous density and a clear margin in the lower lobe of the left lung. The resected tumor was 13 mm in size, well-circumscribed and was graysh-white on cut surface. ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Adachi Y,Kitamura Y,Nakamura H,Taniguchi Y,Miwa K,Horie Y,Hayashi K

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58-year-old man with a 1 year history of progressive abdominal distension underwent a laparotomy for pseudomyxoma peritonei. The mucin was identified and characterized in the present study. Approximately 6 L of crude mucus in the sol (highly viscous) and gel (semisolid) phases was obtained from the patient's periton...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Mall AS,Chirwa N,Govender D,Lotz Z,Tyler M,Rodrigues J,Kahn D,Goldberg P

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 79-year-old man presented with back pain. Chest CT scan showed elevated nodular lesions in the right parietal pleurae with pleural effusion. There were no intrapulmonary or mediastinal abnormalities. Under local anesthesia, right thoracoscopy and subsequent thoracoscopic pleural resection were performed using an ins...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kawahara K,Sasada S,Nagano T,Suzuki H,Kobayashi M,Matsui K,Takata K,Yoshino T,Michida T,Iwasaki T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00