Characterization of tissue findings in bone marrow biopsy specimens with small monoclonal B-cell populations.

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：:A 49-year-old diabetic woman developed polymicrobial anaerobic meningitis secondary to a meningorectal fistula one year after receiving neutron beam therapy for a rectal adenocarcinoma. The meningitis was refractory to chloramphenicol and penicillin but responded to oral metronidazole. Sustained eradication of meningi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Walsh TJ,Weinstein RA,Malinoff H,Breyer MD,Berelowitz BA

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A parallel study of blood cultured conventionally and following processing in an Antimicrobial Removal Device (ARD) was conducted with patients suspected of being clinically bacteremic. Cultures yielded 205 isolates from 87 clinically bacteremic patients, of whom 28 were receiving antibiotics at the time their culture...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wright AJ,Thompson RL,McLimans CA,Wilson WR,Washington JA 2nd

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are described displaying a prominent microcystic pattern closely resembling microcystic adnexal carcinoma of the skin (MAC). The patients were 2 women and 1 man aged 72 to 83 years. Histologically, in addition to conventional SCC, all tumors showed striking microc...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Weissferdt A,Moran CA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) exhibit similar but distinct immunophenotypic profiles. Many cases can be diagnosed readily by flow cytometry (FCM) alone; however, ambiguous cases are frequently encountered and necessitate additional studies, including immunohistochemical staining for c...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Zare H,Bashashati A,Kridel R,Aghaeepour N,Haffari G,Connors JM,Gascoyne RD,Gupta A,Brinkman RR,Weng AP

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred seven mucinous breast carcinomas were morphologically classified into two different groups: pure mucinous carcinomas consisting only of areas with small epithelial islands of solid tumor floating in abundant extracellular mucin, and mixed carcinomas where the tumor contains large areas of mucin, as well as...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rasmussen BB,Rose C,Christensen IB

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terminal transferase (TdT) activity and antigen have been measured in 267 specimens of human bone marrow and peripheral blood by using a biochemical assay for enzymatic activity and an immunofluorescence test for antigen. Oligo p(dA)50 and dGTP were used as reagents in the biochemical assay and either rabbit anti-calf...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cibull ML,Coleman MS,Nelson O,Hutton JJ,Gordon D,Bollum FJ

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nodule of the liver was incidentally noted during left colectomy for a large villous adenoma in a 74-year-old man. Microscopic examination disclosed a granuloma of the liver containing numerous Enterobius vermicularis ova and a cross-section of the nematode. This is the fourth reported case of hepatic oxyuriasis and...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mondou EN,Gnepp DR

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood samples of 23 patients who had hairy cell leukemia were examined for leukocyte alkaline phosphatase scores. Leukocyte alkaline phosphatase levels were elevated in seventeen patients (74%), were normal in six (26%), and were not decreased in any patient. The mean leukocyte alkaline phosphatase score wa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Aiba M,Raffa PP,Katayama I

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performances of four instruments for counting platelets were evaluated in a side-by-side study: the Haema-Count MK-4/HC, an electronic impedance instrument that counts platelets in platelet-rich plasma; the Ultra-Flo 100, and the Coulter Counter Model S-Plus, electronic impedance instruments that count platelets i...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dalton WT Jr,Bollinger P,Drewinko B

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have developed an immunoalkaline phosphatase method and have applied it with success to the study of blood cells. They have now observed that macrophages in tissues and in serous effusions may be nonspecifically stained when immunoalkaline phosphatase methods are used. A systematic study of this endogenous...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Janckila AJ,Yam LT,Li CY

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urine cultures represent 40-50% of specimens processed by hospital clinical microbiology laboratories. An accurate rapid screening method to detect positive urine cultures could greatly improve laboratory efficiency. Three hundred eighty-two unselected urines were screened by nephelometry at 2, 4, and 5 hours of shaki...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Heinz T,Pezzlo M,Thrupp L

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic value of DNA ploidy and proliferative index (PI) are well established in many cancers, but their significance in childhood rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is unclear. We studied the DNA content and PI of 45 cases of childhood RMS obtained retrospectively. DNA histograms were hyperdiploid in 30 cases (67%), diplo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： San Miguel-Fraile P,Carrillo-Gijón R,Rodriguez-Peralto JL,Badiola IA

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of T-cell type occurring in a renal transplant recipient is described. This lymphoma was classified as large cell, immunoblastic type and presented as a mediastinal mass, although it was demonstrated to be disseminated at autopsy two weeks later. Lymphoma cells expressed the immunologi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Griffith RC,Saha BK,Janney CM,Ratner L,Brunt EM,Gajl-Peczalska KJ,Hanto DW

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three anti-Factor-VIII antibodies from hemophiliacs were reacted with samples of batches of Maws commerical bovine and porcine Factor VIII concentrates manufactured over a 12-year period. The apparent antibody concentrations varied widely with the different batches of concentrates. The variations are probably due to i...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Edson JR,Swinehart CD

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacteriology results of the CAP proficiency testing programs are reviewed for the years 1975-1981. Survey participants have shown a continuing and improving ability to isolate and identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis, nontuberculous mycobacteria, and to identify acid-fast bacteria in stain preparations. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dreskin RB,Sommers HM,Edson D

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two radioimmunoassay procedures (RIA-1 and RIA-2) were evaluated for the quantitation of prostatic acid phosphatase in serum and compared with the enzymatic method and counter immunoelectrophoresis method for their specificity and sensitivity. Sera from 168 patients were analyzed and these included: normals, 27; untre...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gupta MK,Rajaraman S,Gupta SK,Hewitt CB,Deodhar SD

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with acquired von Willebrand disease associated with multiple myeloma (IgG-lambda) is described. Mixture of his plasma or IgG fraction with washed control platelets resulted in the inhibition of aggregation with ristocetin, but mixture of control plasma or IgG fraction with washed patient platelets showed no...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mohri H,Noguchi T,Kodama F,Itoh A,Ohkubo T

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old previously healthy woman presented with acute meningitis. Cultures of the cerebrospinal fluid yielded a serotype 1/2a isolate of Listeria monocytogenes that was biochemically typical in all respects, other than the reproducible lack of catalase production. During therapy, the patient developed oculomotor...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Swartz MA,Welch DF,Narayanan RP,Greenfield RA

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of microcystic adenoma (glycogen-rich cystadenoma) of the exocrine pancreas in a 62-year-old white female presenting with adult-onset diabetes mellitus is reported. Clinical, histopathologic, and ultrastructural findings are discussed with particular emphasis on the presence of myoepithelial cells, a morphologi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nyongo A,Huntrakoon M

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although red blood cell (RBC) antigen typing by agglutination is generally useful, several situations exist where this approach is difficult or impossible. For example, following a massive transfusion, a patient's residual RBCs are mixed with transfused normal donor RBCs. In this case, typing by hemagglutination prima...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Eshleman JR,Shakin-Eshleman SH,Church A,Kant JA,Spitalnik SL

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis/cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (IPF/CFA) are rare and typically terminal events, but their relationship to underlying patterns of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias is unknown. We reviewed autopsy material from patients who died of diffuse alveolar damage in the c...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rice AJ,Wells AU,Bouros D,du Bois RM,Hansell DM,Polychronopoulos V,Vassilakis D,Kerr JR,Evans TW,Nicholson AG

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a three-year period, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were the organisms most commonly isolated from blood cultures of burned children. Microorganisms were considered to contribute to the cause of death in 17 of 20 patients who died from various complications of thermal injuries. Pseudomonas aer...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Smith RF,Linares HA,Jorgensen JH

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the March 2004 implementation of American Association of Blood Banks standards regarding platelet bacterial detection, we began quantitative glucose screening of whole blood-derived platelets (WB-P). The glucose level was measured immediately before component release--often storage day 4 or 5--using the Glucomet...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： McKane AV,Ward N,Senn C,Eubanks J,Wessels L,Bowman R

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The defined antigen substrate sphere system is a simple method for detecting antigen or antibody in the circulation. The technic is based on the coupling of antigen or antibody with Sepharose 4B beads that have been activated by cyanogen bromide. In this study the activated beads were exposed to dengue antigen in the ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Boonpucknavig S,Bunnag C,Vuttiviroj O,Nimmannitya S

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The metaplastic intestinal epithelium in Barrett esophagus (BE) occasionally contains Paneth cells; however, little is known regarding the prevalence and significance of Paneth cell metaplasia (PCM) in BE. METHODS:We evaluated 757 esophageal biopsy specimens with intestinal metaplasia (IM) for PCM. Outcome ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chen W,Frankel WL,Cronley KM,Yu L,Zhou X,Yearsley MM

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five consecutive renal biopsy specimens were evaluated by light histology using paraffin and glycol methacrylate embedding. The clarity of the renal structures was found to be much better, and the renal lesions better defined, using glycol methyacrylate embedding. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Agodoa LC,Striker GE,Chi E

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of variables thought to affect measurement of prothrombin time (PT) and partial thromboplastin time (PTT) were examined in an effort to determine more precisely their effects on these measurements. On the basis of these studies, it is proposed that blood specimens be anticoagulated with one part 3.8% (w./v.) ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Koepke JA,Rodgers JL,Ollivier MJ

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HER2 overexpression and amplification have been studied as a therapeutic and prognostic target in a number of human cancers, including esophageal, gastric, and colorectal adenocarcinomas. However, HER2 status has not been well investigated in primary small intestinal adenocarcinoma, probably because of its rarity. In ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chan OT,Chen ZM,Chung F,Kawachi K,Phan DC,Himmelfarb E,Lin F,Perry A,Wang HL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is the standard of care for the initial workup of thyroid nodules, but there is no consensus algorithm to manage patients with benign results. We examined performance characteristics of initial and repeat satisfactory FNAs for all 402 patients who underwent thyroid surgery during a recent ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Flanagan MB,Ohori NP,Carty SE,Hunt JL

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00