Hepatic ALECT-2 amyloidosis causing portal hypertension and recurrent variceal bleeding: a case report and review of the literature.

abstract：:Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is the leading cause of mortality from transfusion therapy. Recipient, donor, and blood product risk factors may have important roles in the occurrence of TRALI. A case-control pilot study of 6 TRALI cases in which HLA-antibody concordance was found and 20 control subjects...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sanchez R,Bacchetti P,Toy P

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is by far the most common malignancy of the upper aerodigestive tract. Most conventional-type SCCs do not present the surgical pathologist with diagnostic difficulty. Certain variants, however, can histologically mimic benign and other malignant diseases. In such cases, correct diagnosis ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Stelow EB,Mills SE

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program has been in effect for 20 years. During the past 6 years, samples were distributed for screening, investigation, and identification of hemoglobinopathies to test laboratory proficiency. Six samples for hemoglobin (Hb) S screening were distributed to from 37 to 163 laboratorie...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lafferty J,Ali MA,Carstairs K,Crawford L

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uterine tumors with histologic resemblances to ovarian sex-cord tumors were encountered in 14 women in the fourth to sixth decades of life, most of whom had abnormal vaginal bleeding and enlarged uteri suggesting leiomyomas. The tumors in six cases (Group I) were identical to one or another form of well-recognized end...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Clement PB,Scully RE

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to determine whether the in vitro (or "spiked curve") method for the therapeutic heparin range is an accurate and valid method for heparin monitoring. Many laboratories use the in vitro method for determining the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)-based unfractionated heparin (UFH) therapeuti...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gausman JN,Marlar RA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A systematic review of the literature was performed to identify whether minimum formalin fixation time may be reduced for reliable immunohistochemical assessment of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). METHODS:PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochra...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kalkman S,Barentsz MW,van Diest PJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a consistent strategy for the analysis of oncogene expression at the cellular level is essential for understanding the roles of these genes in the development and progression of human neoplasia. Detection of the neu oncogene products in breast carcinoma was selected as a model for analysis of oncoge...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Naber SP,Tsutsumi Y,Yin S,Zolnay SA,Mobtaker H,Marks PJ,McKenzie SJ,DeLellis RA,Wolfe HJ

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are wide variations in the preparation of histologic sections from endoscopic esophageal biopsy specimens. We evaluated serial step sections from 261 esophageal or gastroesophageal junction biopsies at 4 levels to determine the first level at which goblet cell metaplasia (GCM) was detected. Deeper step sections ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chitkara YK,Eyre CL

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：: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：:In lung transplant recipients, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is mainly performed to detect infectious agents. However, in addition to microorganisms, epithelial cell atypia may be identified, and determination of its significance is necessary. Specimens obtained at BAL in lung and heart-lung transplant recipients (LTRs...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ohori NP

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, one a follicular mixed cell type and the other a diffuse large cell type (Working Formulation), appeared 7 and 12 years, respectively, after the initial histopathologic diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease (nodular sclerosis) in an elderly male. The clinicopathologic implications of non-Hodgkin'...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shimizu K,Hara K,Kunii A

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reducing the rate of avoidable errors is crucial to patient safety. Telephone calls with misunderstood critical results constitute one area in which opportunities for improvement exist. The aviation industry has dealt with this issue by requiring pilots to repeat instructions received from the air traffic controller. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Barenfanger J,Sautter RL,Lang DL,Collins SM,Hacek DM,Peterson LR

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 39-year-old woman with a primary carcinoid of the common bile duct is presented. The tumor showed argyrophilia; and, by immunohistochemical studies, chromogranin, serotonin, and somatostatin were demonstrated. The patient has no symptoms 42 months after surgical treatment. To the authors' knowledge, this is the firs...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Angeles-Angeles A,Quintanilla-Martínez L,Larriva-Sahd J

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mucinous cystic neoplasm of the liver is characterized by neoplastic mucinous and/or biliary epithelium surrounded by ovarian-type stroma. Immunohistochemical studies have shown that the ovarian-type stroma expresses estrogen receptor, suggesting potential hormonal responsiveness. The molecular biology of mu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Van Treeck BJ,Lotfalla M,Czeczok TW,Mounajjed T,Moreira RK,Allende DS,Reid MD,Naini BV,Westerhoff M,Adsay NV,Kerr SE,Rizvi SH,Smoot RL,Liu Y,Davila J,Graham RP

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Sentinel lymph node (SLN)-based diagnosis in gastric cancers has shown varied sensitivities and false-negative rates in several studies. Application of the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in SLN diagnosis has recently been proposed. METHODS:A total of 155 SLNs from 65 patients with ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kwak Y,Nam SK,Shin E,Ahn SH,Lee HE,Park do J,Kim WH,Kim HH,Lee HS

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the impact of implementing the dual interpretation of atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (ASC-H) and low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) after the Bethesda System 2014 and to compare it with other indeterminate interpretations. METHODS...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Goyal A,Patel AP,Dilcher TL,Alperstein SA

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In 2001, the University of New Mexico Hospitals implemented a rapid screening tool for the triage of suspected hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome based on peripheral blood smear morphology. Five criteria guided clinical decisions: thrombocytopenia, hemoconcentration, granulocytic left shift, absence of toxi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dvorscak L,Czuchlewski DR

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL)/beta(2)-glycoprotein I (beta2GPI) complexes have been implicated in atherogenesis. oxLDL/beta2GPI complexes were measured in 339 patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes. Approximately 68% had angiographically documented coronary artery disease (CAD) and significantly h...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Greco TP,Conti-Kelly AM,Anthony JR,Greco T Jr,Doyle R,Boisen M,Kojima K,Matsuura E,Lopez LR

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This, to authors' knowledge, is the first report in the United States of Tinea pedis caused by Trichophyton violaceum in a recent Southeast Asian immigrant. Because of the recent entry into this country of refugees from an area of the world where T. violaceum is endemic, this anthropophilic dermatophyte may become a s...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fusaro RM,Miller NG,Kelly D

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet aggregation studies are usually performed in either electrical impedance or optical systems and the release reaction assessed by quantitating adenosine triphosphate (ATP) from luminesence produced by the firefly luciferin-luciferase system. In evaluating the results of such studies, attention is paid to a var...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sweeney JD,Labuzetta JW,Fitzpatrick JE

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With various methods, BRAF mutations have been detected in 73.4% to 87.1% of papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs) in Korea. We assessed the ability of allele-specific polymerase chain reaction using a dual priming oligonucleotide system, compared with direct sequencing and pyrosequencing, to detect BRAF mutations in fi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lee HJ,Choi J,Hwang TS,Shong YK,Hong SJ,Gong G

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clotting tests based upon the activated partial thromboplastin time are disturbed by heparin. This brief communication shows that Factor XII clotting activity in plasma samples heparinized in vitro and in vivo can be measured accurately by means of an aPTT-test using congenitally deficient substrate plasma when the pl...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lämmle B,Tran TH,Duckert F

更新日期：1983-10-01 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：:"Chondroid chordoma" is a controversial and confusing entity that was originally described by Heffelfinger and colleagues as a biphasic malignant neoplasm possessing elements of both chordoma and cartilaginous tissue. Because the premise for this distinction was based strictly on histomorphologic criteria, the light m...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jeffrey PB,Biava CG,Davis RL

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of HLA class I antigens in testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs) was studied by the immunoperoxidase technique. In the normal testicle, the interstitial cells of Leydig as well as most of the germ cells were significantly stained. In typical seminoma, 75% of the tumor cells in stage I and 30% in stage II ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Klein B,Klein T,Konichezky M,Nyska A,Livini E,Levine I,Zamir R,Kooperman O,Lurie H

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific esterase activity, a property generally ascribed to cells of granulocytic origin, was found in abnormal erythroid precursors obtained from the bone marrows of six patients with untreated erythroleukemia. These erythroblasts also showed nonspecific esterase activity. Neither specific nor nonspecific esterase a...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kass L

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To verify their clinical usefulness in diagnosis and early response to therapy of sideropenic anemia, we compared the behavior of the reticulocyte parameter (RET-Y), a raw measure dependent on size and content of the cell, generated by the Sysmex XE 2100, with the mean reticulocyte volume (MCVr) and mean reticulocyte ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Buttarello M,Temporin V,Ceravolo R,Farina G,Bulian P

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) developed blast crisis that morphologically appeared to be the microgranular variant of acute promyelocytic leukemia. This represented 8% of CML patients developing blast crisis from 1984 to 1993. Cytogenetic studies revealed translocation 15;17 in addition to trans...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rosenthal NS,Knapp D,Farhi DC

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ideal method of heparinization should achieve therapeutic concentrations (0.2-0.5 IU/mL) in the artificial kidney and the least possible amount of heparin in the patient. Total heparinization using a bolus dose (8400 IU) followed by continuous infusion of heparin (20 IU/min), initially showed 1.4-2.4 IU/mL in the ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Talstad I,Kjelby K

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00