Dissecting aneurysm of the pulmonary trunk.

abstract：CONTEXT:Although high-grade vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN III) is a clinically significant lesion, it can be overlooked because of nonspecific clinical findings and the fact that its cytomorphologic features mimic those of mild cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN I). OBJECTIVE:To determine if there are cyt...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： August CZ,Ganji M,Froula E

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Revolutionary advances in technology have enhanced our understanding of the genetic changes that occur in cancer cells. This article summarizes some of the basic features of these techniques and describes their application to the identification of specific types of genetic alterations in cells. The emphasis is on thei...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Rowley JD,Aster JC,Sklar J

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Fine-needle aspiration has become an accepted and cost-effective procedure for rapid diagnosis of thyroid lesions. The routine use of fine-needle aspiration has reduced the rate of unnecessary surgery for thyroid nodules. OBJECTIVES:To determine the accuracy of fine-needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis and to di...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Amrikachi M,Ramzy I,Rubenfeld S,Wheeler TM

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human lymphocyte antigen (HLA) typing community was one of the early groups to adopt molecular testing. This action was borne out of the need to identify the many alleles of the highly polymorphic HLA system. Early paradigms used restriction fragment length polymorphism regimes, but the polymerase chain reaction m...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Gerlach JA

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rosai-Dorfman disease is an idiopathic histiocytic disorder of lymph nodes and extranodal sites. Central nervous system manifestations of this disease are rare, and to our knowledge only 16 cases of intracranial involvement have been reported previously. Intracranial Rosai-Dorfman disease clinically and radiologically...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Deodhare SS,Ang LC,Bilbao JM

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe herein a case of a mixed ductal-endocrine pancreatic carcinoma. Rare cases of mixed pancreatic tumors have been described, with endocrine and exocrine components each making up a significant proportion of the neoplasm; to our knowledge, only one case has been reported with a mixed liver metastasis. In our ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Leteurtre E,Brami F,Kerr-Conte J,Quandalle P,Lecomte-Houcke M

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in molecular genetics and cancer stem cell biology have shed some light on the molecular basis of melanomagenesis. In this review, we will focus on major genetic alterations in the melanoma, particularly pathways involved in cell proliferation, apoptosis, and tumor suppression. The potential role of me...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Kong Y,Kumar SM,Xu X

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciliated hepatic foregut cysts are rare congenital lesions derived from the embryologic foregut. They are considered benign, and a review of 64 published cases revealed no instances of malignant transformation. We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma arising in a ciliated hepatic foregut cyst in a 51-year-old man....

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Vick DJ,Goodman ZD,Ishak KG

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of the College of American Pathologists Microbiology Surveys subscriber laboratories to perform antimicrobial susceptibility testing accurately has improved slightly since 1984. Currently (1989 surveys), the accuracies for disk diffusion and minimum inhibitory concentration antimicrobial susceptibility tes...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Jones RN,Edson DC

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Methods to improve surgical pathology patient safety include measuring the frequency of error in specific steps of the surgical pathology testing process, root cause analysis of active and latent components, and implementation of quality improvement initiatives. OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency and cause o...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Smith ML,Raab SS

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand better the intracellular iron distribution and metabolic consequences of chronic hepatic iron overload, rats were given large doses of iron dextran or ferric citrate intraperitoneally. They accumulated large quantities of iron within Kupffer cells and hepatocytes. The relative subcellular iron distributi...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Bonkowsky HL,Carpenter SJ,Healey JF

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytogenetic studies from the peripheral blood of a patient with malignant lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis who was treated with intra-articular gold Au 198 revealed mosaicism with a normal female metaphase and a 43-chromosome metaphase. The abnormal cell line showed six missing normal chromosomes and three morphologi...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Goh K,Jacox RF,Anderson FW

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant DNA technology has already had a major impact on our understanding of microbiology, cell biology, and genetic diseases and it will certainly have extensive applications in laboratory medicine. The techniques of restriction endonuclease analysis of DNA, nucleic acid hybridization after electrophoretic separ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Rabson AB,Rabson AS

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:There are virtually no data in the literature regarding the incidence, patterns, and clinicopathologic characteristics of mucinous carcinomas (MCs) of the gallbladder (GB). OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence of mucinous differentiation in invasive GB carcinomas and the clinicopathologic characteristics of th...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Dursun N,Escalona OT,Roa JC,Basturk O,Bagci P,Cakir A,Cheng J,Sarmiento J,Losada H,Kong SY,Ducato L,Goodman M,Adsay NV

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven cases of clear cell hepatocellular carcinoma were evaluated for DNA ploidy by means of image analysis of Feulgen-stained tissue sections. The tumors displayed a trabecular or solid pattern and contained between 40% and 90% clear cells. Five tumors (45.4%) were diploid and six tumors (54.5%) were nondiploid (fou...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Orsatti G,Arnold MM,Paronetto F

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to assess the specificity of split renal basement membranes in hereditary nephritis (HN). Thirteen specimens from eight patients with HN were mixed in a random fashion with specimens from control patients with either idiopathic nephrotic syndrome or various forms of glomerulonephritis and wit...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Kohaut EC,Singer DB,Nevels BK,Hill LL

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 30-year-old woman who suddenly developed intense occipital headaches. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a cyst located ventrally to the brain stem at the pontomedullary junction. The lesion was resected. Histologically, it was lined by a pseudostratified, ciliated...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Albrecht S,Robertson DP,Goodman JC,Harper RL

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Lipochoristomas (lipomatous choristomas) are rare tumors of the acoustic nerve (cranial nerve VIII/vestibulocochlear nerve) within the internal acoustic canal and sometimes the cerebellopontine angle, and are histogenetically believed to be congenital malformations. Their clinically indolent behavior has recent...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Wu SS,Lo WW,Tschirhart DL,Slattery WH 3rd,Carberry JN,Brackmann DE

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroendocrine differentiation has been reported in both in situ and infiltrating breast cancers. The prognostic significance of neuroendocrine differentiation in mammary carcinoma is unclear. We report a case of infiltrating ductal carcinoma in which there was a morphologically conventional-appearing infiltrating duc...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： David O,Bhattacharjee M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical use of ionized calcium has increased since the recognition of its importance in cardiac and critical care medicine. However, more than half the general medical centers in the United States do not provide immediate testing of ionized calcium levels in patients in critical care settings, although indication...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Kost GJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Three levels of histologic sections are routinely prepared for small biopsies in many surgical pathology laboratories. The first level is superficial and may not be representative of the entire biopsy, and may therefore represent wasted resources and time for technologists and pathologists alike. OBJECTIVE:To ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Luo YV,Prihoda TJ,Sharkey FE

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe tubular antigen-positive immune-complex nephritis in a case of feline renal amyloidosis. Amyloid deposition was observed in mesangial area, and thickening of capillary walls was shown in the majority of the glomeruli. This case was also characterized with typical fluorescent granular depositions of cat IgG...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Saegusa S,Shimizu F,Nagase M,Kasegawa A

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Antibody-mediated humoral rejection in kidney and heart allografts is well recognized and is often associated with poor outcome. C4d deposition in allograft biopsy specimens occurs at sites of antibody-mediated complement activation and has become one of the histopathologic criteria for diagnosis of humoral rej...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Troxell ML,Higgins JP,Kambham N

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Bone marrow examination is essential for diagnosis and staging of hematologic disorders. Traditionally, the bone marrow biopsy and aspirate are obtained with 2 needles at 2 separate sites. This approach is associated with significant discomfort, procedural time, and occasionally, morbidity. Although previous ob...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Al-Ibraheemi A,Pham T,Chen L,Syklawer E,Quesada A,Wahed A,Nedelcu E,Nguyen AN

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a surgical procedure, black vertebrae were observed in a 42-year-old white woman. An undecalcified iliac crest bone biopsy specimen revealed intense fluorescence compatible with tetracycline labeling and osteoporosis. A urinary screening test was negative for amino acids. The patient had been treated with minoc...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Rumbak MJ,Pitcock JA,Palmieri GM,Robertson JT

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency (PiMZ phenotype), recovering from intraabdominal sepsis in association with gastric ulcer perforation, had portal hypertension. An operative liver biopsy specimen showed a distinctive elastosis of the portal tracts without cirrhosis. ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Lee FI,Kelly JK,Vasudev KS

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred twenty-seven arteries from 17 autopsy patients having a history of Kawasaki disease were studied histopathologically and immunohistologically. Forty-five arteries in four cases (duration of illness ranging from 23 to 33 days) showed an arterial lesion characterized by reactive proliferative change of the m...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Masuda H,Shozawa T,Naoe S,Tanaka N

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lymph nodes from 50 axillary node dissections were evaluated by light microscopy and immunohistochemistry for the presence of dermatopathic lymphadenitis-like histologic features. On the basis of hematoxylin-eosin-stained sections alone, a histologic continuum was observed ranging from minimal paracortical changes...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Gould E,Porto R,Albores-Saavedra J,Ibe MJ

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:- This review examines challenges and opportunities in preparing laboratories in a startup phase for accreditation by both the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 15189 in an international setting as it relates to our experience at Cleveland Clinic Abu...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： AbdelWareth LO,Pallinalakam F,Ibrahim F,Anderson P,Liaqat M,Palmer B,Harris J,Bashir S,Alatoom A,Algora M,Alduaij A,Mirza I

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Endometrial tissue specimens are commonly encountered in daily practice. It is well known that a number of problematic diagnostic scenarios occur relative to these specimens. OBJECTIVE:To emphasize practical aspects of endometrial specimen handling and reporting, with selected comments on common diagnostic pit...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Silverberg SG

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00