Congenital factor VII deficiency presenting as delayed bleeding following dental extraction. A review of the role of factor VII in coagulation.

abstract：AIMS:We aimed to evaluate the effects of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) on lithium (Li)-induced lung toxicity. METHODS:Twenty-two adult male Wistar albino rats weighing between 280 and 300 g were used. The rats were randomly divided into three groups: control, Li and Li+CAPE groups. Li and CAPE were co-administer...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Sahin O,Sulak O,Yavuz Y,Uz E,Eren I,Ramazan Yilmaz H,Malas MA,Altuntas I,Songur A

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) is a highly-specialised procedure that is associated with some controversy as to its diagnostic role due to its inconsistency in diagnosing a wide variety of cardiac diseases. Given the advances and sophistication in echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the vast ma...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Khan T,Selvakumar D,Trivedi S,Rao K,Harapoz M,Thiagalingam A,Denniss AR,Varikatt W

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tru-cut biopsy post mortems were compared with the standard full autopsy at a large city mortuary. Subjects consisted of coronial cases excluding suspicious deaths, obvious trauma cases and children under the age of 14 yrs. The following comparisons were made: the ability to collect tissue from each of the organs; any...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Foroudi F,Cheung K,Duflou J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) are a consequence of the immunosuppressive therapy following organ transplant. We describe a patient who developed PTLD seven years after liver transplant and while receiving cyclosporine and prednisone. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a paraspinal mass exte...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Grosso LE,Bee CS

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine monoclonal antibodies to human myeloid cell surface differentiation antigens were prepared using the myelomonocytic leukemia cell line RC-2A as immunogen. Using a highly sensitive colorimetric assay, antibodies were selected as myeloid-associated based on their binding to RC-2A cells, but not to cells of the au...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Lyons AB,Cooper SJ,Cole SR,Ashman LK

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2004, the diagnosis of established human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection can be made with close to 100% assurity. The extraordinarily engineered performances of HIV-screening assays are unprecedented. The well-established confirmatory tests performed by well-versed laboratories using criteria that are well u...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Dax EM,Arnott A

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cancer stem cell hypothesis suggests that malignant tumours may arise from a limited number of specialised cells possessing the key 'stem' properties of self-renewal and the ability to produce differentiated progeny. Such cells purportedly constitute a small fraction of most tumours but have greater potential to p...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Hemmings C

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of this study was to elucidate the clonality of fibrous dysplasia based on X-chromosome inactivation mosaicism and polymorphism in female somatic cells at the phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) and androgen receptor (AR) loci using microdissection technology. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Nine patients with fibrous...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Gong L,Zhang W,Su Q

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:INI1 expression and its correlation with MGMT gene promoter methylation status and follow-up was investigated in 77 surgically removed glioblastomas then treated with radiotherapy (RT) or RT plus temozolomide (TMZ). METHODS:INI1 was determined by immunohistochemistry and MGMT by methylation-specific PCR. RESULTS...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Zunarelli E,Bigiani N,Sartori G,Migaldi M,Sgambato A,Maiorana A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distinction between partial hydatidiform mole (PHM) and trisomy gestation is not always straightforward histologically and it is unclear which morphological features, alone or in combination, provide the greatest diagnostic accuracy. We performed a comparative review of 89 products of conception (POC) specimens in...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Wilson Y,Bharat C,Crook ML,Kee AR,Peverall J,Ruba S,Stewart CJ

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical confirmation of the identity of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Singapore previously relied on the API 20NE panel of tests. After introducing an alternative proprietary biochemical panel, the Microbact 24E (MedVet, Adelaide, Australia), we noted that the API panel identified some presumptive B. pseudomallei i...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Inglis TJ,Chiang D,Lee GS,Chor-Kiang L

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present conventional methods for determination of Hemoglobin (Hb) concentration in whole blood depend on the direct colorimetric measurement of chemically modified Hb following its release from red cells by lysis. This paper examines an alternative, indirect method which does not require initial red cell lysis, co...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Kalache GR,Sartor MM,Hughes WG

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Performance measures for Australian laboratories reporting cervical cytology are a set of quantifiable measures relating to the profile and accuracy of reporting. This study reviews aggregate data collected over the ten years in which participation in the performance measures has been mandatory. METHODS:Laboratori...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Shield PW,Finnimore J,Cummings M,Wright RG

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coexistence of a pancreatic papillary cystic tumor with hairy cell leukemia is reported. To the best of our knowledge this association has never been published. A 41-year-old man diagnosed with hairy cell leukemia developed a second malignancy that corresponded to a papillary cystic pancreatic tumor. The patient u...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Acebo E,Rodilla IG,Torío B,Hernando M,García de Polavieja M,Morales D,Seco I,Bermudez A

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The increasing importance of cardiac disease has generated an interest in improved screening strategies regarding preclinical cardiac abnormalities and employing measurement of circulating biomarkers. This review focuses on the utility of the B-type natriuretic peptides (NP) and the cardiac troponins (cTns) for th...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Eggers KM,Venge P

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Review of problematic melanocytic consultation cases has enabled identification of the most common variants of benign melanocytic proliferations which can be confused with melanoma. Apart from Spitz naevus, the most common in this group of lesions are pigmented spindle cell naevus and atypical dermal nodule. Potential...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Cook MG

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is currently regarded as a myeloid neoplasm, with remarkably broad clinical spectrum, ranging from isolated skin or bone lesions to a disseminated disease that can involve nearly any organ. LCH is generally regarded as a sporadic disease that occurs predominantly in the paediatric p...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： El Demellawy D,Young JL,de Nanassy J,Chernetsova E,Nasr A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulomatous (lobular) mastitis is a rare inflammatory breast disease affecting parous reproductive-aged women. Once considered idiopathic, there is growing evidence of an association with corynebacteria infection, especially in the setting of a distinct histological pattern termed cystic neutrophilic granulomatous m...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Johnstone KJ,Robson J,Cherian SG,Wan Sai Cheong J,Kerr K,Bligh JF

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We counted apoptotic thymic cortical lymphocytes in semi-thin plastic sections of 266 human autopsy thymuses. The decreased patients included in the study were all aged less than 40 yrs and all died within 72 hrs of the onset of symptoms. Based on published data on animal and human material it was anticipated that ind...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Middleton G,Reid LE,Harmon BV

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral cancer is a serious public health problem, with over 200,000 new cases reported annually worldwide, two-thirds of which occur in developing countries. The overall mortality rate for intra-oral cancer remains high at approximately 50%, even with modern medical services, probably due to the advanced stage of the di...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Walker DM,Boey G,McDonald LA

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey conducted by the Australian Association of Clinical Biochemists Porphyrin Working Party on urinary porphobilinogen screening showed good sensitivity (75-97.5%). This is contrary to reports in the literature and to our own observations. We therefore assessed a widely used screening method (Watson-Schwartz) and...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Buttery JE,Carrera AM,Pannall PR

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to assess the value of specimen radiographs of stereotactic core biopsy, the usefulness of measuring size of calcifications on tissue sections, whether demonstration of calcifications in tissue sections alters the pathological diagnosis when specimen radiograph demonstrates calcifications, ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Dahlstrom JE,Jain S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A diptheria immunoglobulin has been prepared from selected blood donations to the Australian Red Cross Transfusion Services. A dose of 250 I.U. has been demonstrated to raise the titre of diptheria antitoxin in non-immune subjects to protective levels within 24 h, and these levels remain protective for at least 5 wk. ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Hartman LJ

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60 year old white male presented with atypical chest pain and exercise-induced myalgia. Physical examination revealed slight proximal limb muscle weakness and wasting. Serum creatine phosphokinase levels were persistently elevated and electromyography showed changes consistent with a mild myopathy. Light microscopic...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Byard RW,Lach B,Preston DN

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of glucose point of care testing (PoCT) in hospitals has been a contentious subject for many years. No information is available regarding the extent to which glucose PoCT is used within the Australian hospital system and whether such testing is fit for its intended purpose. The aim of this study was to...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Sharp L,Farrance I,Greaves RF

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To demonstrate that Flinders Island spotted fever (FISF), a spotted fever group rickettsial infection caused by Rickettsia honei, is found not only on Flinders Island (Bass Strait), Tasmania, but elsewhere in south-east Australia. METHODS:Cases of FISF were identified by rickettsial serology, culture and the detec...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Unsworth NB,Stenos J,McGregor AR,Dyer JR,Graves SR

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the use of 2 independent techniques, circulating monomeric and oligomeric IgM were detected in the majority of 29 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). In contrast it was detected only in trace quantities in a minority of healthy subjects. In the CLL group no significant correlation was observed betwe...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Xu HJ,Roberts-Thomson PJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred and ten thyroid nodules, 127 breast lumps and 43 lymph nodes were sampled and analyzed to compare the classical aspiration (ASP) technique with the non aspiration needle jab (NASP) technique. The adequacy of cellularity, significant blood staining and the discomfort felt by the patient were assessed and s...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Kumarasinghe MP,Sheriffdeen AH

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical course and biopsy findings of twenty-one patients with IgA nephropathy, followed up for a mean period of 37.4 mth (range 24-54 mth) after diagnosis, were reviewed retrospectively to determine whether the clinical presentations, the laboratory findings or histopathologic changes have prognostic implication...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Ng WL,Loke SL,Yeung CK,Kwan S,Chan KW,Chan MK

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex cord-stromal tumours (SCSTs) consist of a heterogeneous group of neoplasms with diverse clinicopathological features and biological behaviour. They often present as a diagnostic challenge as they have varied and occasionally overlapping histomorphology and some may even mimic non-SCSTs. An accurate diagnosis is im...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Lim D,Oliva E

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00