Incidence of diagnostic change in colorectal polyp specimens after deeper sectioning at 2 different laboratories staffed by the same pathologists.

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：:One hundred fifty-two patients with amyloid in the tenosynovium who had carpal tunnel release were identified. Twenty-eight patients were excluded because of systemic amyloidosis: primary systemic amyloidosis (AL) in 24, secondary amyloidosis (AA) in 3, and familial amyloidosis (AF) in 1. The remaining 124 patients (8...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kyle RA,Eilers SG,Linscheid RL,Gaffey TA

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Leu-8 antigen is found on the surface of many hematologic cells, including many T- and B-lymphocytes. With the use of a frozen-section immunoperoxidase technic, 152 B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas were examined for Leu-8 expression. Of these lymphomas, 53% expressed Leu-8. Subclassification of the lymphomas with th...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Michie SA,Garcia CF,Strickler JG,Dailey MO,Rouse RV,Warnke RA

更新日期：1987-10-01 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

abstract：:The most commonly used fixative in effusion cytology is formalin. In the present study, the immunocytochemical properties of formalin-fixed and alcohol-fixed specimens were compared to evaluate the usefulness of alcohol-fixed cytocentrifuged preparations for routine cytologic diagnosis. A total of 269 effusion samples...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ikeda K,Tate G,Suzuki T,Mitsuya T

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunochemical characterization of the light chains of the mesangial immunoglobulin A (IgA) deposits were studied in 45 patients with IgA nephropathy. Kappa and lambda light chains were detected with direct immunofluorescence (IF) method, using monospecific rabbit anti-human anti-kappa and anti-lambda anti-sera. T...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lai KN,Chan KW,Mac-Moune F,Ho CP,Yan KW,Lam CW,Vallance-Owen J

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A critical limit protocol requiring that all point of care glucose meter readings > 22.2 mmol/L (400 mg/dL) and < 2.2 mmol/L (40 mg/dL) be immediately confirmed by the laboratory was assessed. A total of 193 (2%) of 9,523 glucose meter determinations (63 patients) were > 22.2 or < 2.2 mmol/L. One hundred twenty-two (6...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lum G

更新日期：1996-09-01 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：:The frequency with which blood gas measurements should be obtained is controversial because laboratory-based blood gas analyzers impose blood loss, delay, and cost on each measurement. Point-of-care analyzers eliminate the delay factor, but blood loss and cost factors remain. Optode microsensing can be adopted readily...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shapiro BA

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computer software package written in Dibol for a PDP 8/E computer is described that is designed for the needs of the cytology department of a moderate-sized private medical laboratory. Computerized accessioning of cases, report preparation and printing, historical filing, activity summary reports, and direct patient...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ashworth CT,McConnell TH,Ashworth RD,Nielsen CR,Sanford J

更新日期：1979-04-01 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：:Cultures from the gallbladder and blood of a 60-year-old man with acute cholecystitis grew Haemophilus aphrophilus. This organism, an unusual isolate in clinical specimens, is most frequently seen in patients with either endocarditis or brain abscesses. Haemophilus aphrophilus may be distinguished from Eikenella corro...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Huck W,Britt MR

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hairy cell populations of greater than 90 purity were prepared from six samples obtained from four patients with leukemic reticuloendotheliosis (LRE). These then were analyzed for surface immunoglobulin (SIg) and antigens specified by a panel of monoclonal antibodies. The hairy cells from all patients displayed SIg an...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Janckila AJ,Stelzer GT,Wallace JH,Yam LT

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lesions of the breast containing extravasated mucin span a continuum from benign mucoceles to invasive mucinous (colloid) carcinoma. It is well known that distinguishing benign from malignant mucinous lesions is difficult infine-needle aspiration material. Whether these lesions also are difficult to distinguish in cor...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Renshaw AA

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：: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：:In view of their reported reciprocal effects on apoptosis, the expression of p53 and bcl-2 proteins was studied in 46 cases of Hodgkin's disease by immunocytochemical labeling. We found p53 protein in Reed-Sternberg cells and their mononuclear variants in 16 of the 46 cases (34.7%) of Hodgkin's disease, mainly in a nu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Doussis IA,Pezzella F,Lane DP,Gatter KC,Mason DY

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aggressive visceral form of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) has been reported in immunosuppressed populations, most notably in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). This presentation contrasts from the indolent skin lesions on the extremities of older males and is distinct enough in the young adult America...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Berman MA,Nalesnik MA,Kapadia SB,Rinaldo CR Jr,Jensen F

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An evaluation of the change in the former close relationship between the patient and his physician, and the contribution of the pathologist to its development, is presented. The effect of these changes on the interest in and care of the patient by all in the hospital in this changing medical scene is decried; the pati...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Angrist AA

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive nonpleomorphic invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC), which has rarely been addressed. METHODS:Clinicopathologic characteristics and follow-up of HER2-positive nonpleomorphic ILCs were collected and compared to those of HER2-negative counter...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Zhang H,Moisini I,Ajabnoor RM,Turner BM,D'aguiar M,Cai X,Gao S,Yang Q,Wang X,Schiffhauer L,Hicks DG

更新日期：2020-04-15 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：:A structure resembling a sulfur granule found in histologic sections of endometrium from patients with intrauterine contraceptive devices is described. It is distinguished from a true sulfur granule on morphologic grounds and is further characterized as a foreign substance, most probably fragments of the synthetic con...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： O'Brien PK,Roth-Moyo LA,Davis BA

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We tried to describe cellular immune response (tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs), lymphoid aggregates, tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs)) in neoplastic microenvironment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) with or without associated microinvasion. METHODS:The histopathologic parameters of 177 DCIS and 2...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kim A,Heo SH,Kim YA,Gong G,Jin Lee H

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amount of trapped plasma in the microhematocrit red blood cell column of samples from 25 normal individuals and 102 patients was investigated. The mean value for the normal individuals was 1.53%, and the mean values for the samples from the patient groups ranged from 1.41% to 1.82%. These groups included patients ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Pearson TC,Guthrie DL

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 23-year-old woman with a primary small cell carcinoma of the endometrium is reported. The light microscopic features were similar to those of small cell carcinoma of the lung and those of the uterine cervix. Electron microscopy revealed cytoplasmic neurosecretory type granules and indistinct cell junctio...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kumar NB

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：:An immunohistochemical study was conducted of 108 papillary carcinoma cases, including 48 cases with intratumoral heterotopic ossification (IHO). In 48 cases, papillary carcinoma with IHO was accompanied by nodular fibrosis. Cases of papillary carcinoma with IHO or nodular fibrosis showed higher incidences of lymph no...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Takeda M,Mikami T,Numata Y,Okamoto M,Okayasu I

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A man was hospitalized with bacteremic Achromobacter xylosoxidans type IIIa pneumonia. The authors are aware of no previously reported similar infections caused by this bacterium. A clinical cure was achieved with a combination of carbenicillin and kanamycin therapy. Microtiter susceptibility testing revealed that car...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dworzack DL,Murray CM,Hodges GR,Barnes WG

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of acute myelofibrosis are contrasted to three cases of acute megakaryocytic leukemia. The cases were clinically indistinguishable. Light microscopic examination of hematoxylin and eosin-stained bone marrow biopsy specimens from the cases of acute myelofibrosis showed a trilinear proliferation of mature and...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hruban RH,Kuhajda FP,Mann RB

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of genetic abnormalities have been detected in multiple myeloma (MM) using cytogenetic techniques. The prominent abnormalities are deletions of 13q and translocations affecting the IgH locus on 14q32. The recurrence of chromosomal abnormalities in MM suggests a specific role for them concerning its pathogenes...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tchinda J,Volpert S,Kropff M,Berdel WE,Kienast J,Meinhardt F,Horst J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00