Atypical Ductal Lesions of the Breast: Criteria, Significance, and Laboratory Updates.

abstract：CONTEXT:- The Ki-67 index is strongly prognostic and is used as a surrogate marker to distinguish luminal A from luminal B breast cancer types. OBJECTIVE:- To investigate differences in Ki-67 index between core needle biopsy samples and matched surgical samples in breast cancer. DESIGN:- We included patients with inv...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Ahn S,Lee J,Cho MS,Park S,Sung SH

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membranoproliferative (mesangio-capillary) glomerulonephritis (MPGN) has been divided into two types: type 1, MPGN with subendothelial deposits; type 2, MPGN with intramembranous dense deposits. Although the types are clinically similar, the light, immunofluorescent, and electron microscopical data differ. The cause i...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Jones DB

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Despite the widespread practice of pathologist review of blood and body fluid smears, little is known about its impact on improving patient care. OBJECTIVE:To assess the clinical usefulness of pathologist review of blood and body fluid smears. DESIGN:Survey study. Pathology residents contacted the ordering ph...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Sandhaus LM,Wald DN,Sauder KJ,Steele EL,Meyerson HJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：: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：:The demands for information retrieval, processing, and synthesis placed on all providers of health care have increased dramatically in the last several decades. Although systems have been developed to capture charge-related data in support of cost reimbursement, there has been a conspicuous lack of attention paid to i...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Korpman RA

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic marrow transplants from genotypically HLA-identical siblings have become lifesaving therapy for patients with various congenital and acquired diseases of the immune and hematopoietic systems. Unfortunately, less than 30% of patients in the United States have an HLA-identical sibling; therefore, many are den...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Anasetti C

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Recent changes in pathology residency education have included a decrease in the program length (from 5 years to 4 years for combined anatomic and clinical pathology training) and a national mandate for programs to assess 6 general competencies of trainees. These have undoubtedly led to changes in program curric...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Lagwinski N,Hunt JL

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Distinguishing intraductal papilloma from papillary carcinoma of the breast can be difficult using histologic criteria. Since cyclin D1, a G1 cell-cycle regulatory protein, is detectable immunohistochemically in a subset of breast carcinomas but not in benign breast tissues, we hypothesized that cyclin D1 im...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Saddik M,Lai R,Medeiros LJ,McCourty A,Brynes RK

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive sclerosing orbital pseudotumors are a subset of usually primary and localized idiopathic fibroinflammatory disorders. We report on a 66-year-old man who developed this condition along the facial tissue planes with extension into the orbit and preferential involvement of the periorbital membrane. Fibrocolla...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Mehta M,Jakobiec F,Fay A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levamisole-induced vasculitis is a characteristic cutaneous vasculitis syndrome associated with the use of levamisole-adulterated cocaine. Patients will typically present with a painful, purpuric rash in a retiform or stellate pattern with or without central necrosis involving the extremities, trunk, nasal tip, digits...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Roberts JA,Chévez-Barrios P

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Canalicular adenomas are benign neoplasms that arise from salivary glands and often present as painless enlarging nodules. They have a predilection for upper lip but can be found throughout the oropharynx. To our knowledge, canalicular adenoma arising in the esophagus has never been described in the English literature...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Grimm EE,Rulyak SJ,Sekijima JH,Yeh MM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The costs of producing quality medical care and the proper allocation of resources to assure quality are major contemporary concerns. Minimalists attempt to improve quality and lower costs through the application of the theory, "less is more." Bureaucracies make the same attempt through the denial of payments for "unn...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Lambird PA

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a 31-week fetus who died in utero with an invasive retroperitoneal kaposiform hemangioendothelioma. This rare vascular neoplasm usually presents as a localized violaceous skin lesion in infants and behaves in a benign fashion; however, kaposiform hemangioendothelioma may present as an invasive ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Martinez AE,Robinson MJ,Alexis JB

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A premature male neonate, born at the 25th gestational week, developed pneumonia six days after delivery and died. Postmortem examination of the lungs revealed giant cell pneumonia with intranuclear inclusion bodies; varicella zoster infection was confirmed by immunoperoxidase stain using monoclonal antibody to varice...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Saito F,Yutani C,Imakita M,Ishibashi-Ueda H,Kanzaki T,Chiba Y

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Expert opinion is often used as a gold standard for gynecologic cytology in the evaluation of new technologies, in the legal setting, and in the validation of cases for use in educational programs and proficiency testing. However, the reliability of expert opinion alone in selecting slides of a specific cytodia...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Renshaw AA,Wang E,Mody DR,Wilbur DC,Davey DD,Colgan TJ,Cytopathology Resource Committee, College of American Pathologists.

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatal measles (rubeola) pneumonia, confirmed by viral culture and electron microscopy, occurred in a previously healthy 19-year-old man. Autopsy disclosed measles pneumonia but no recognizable disease that would predispose to such an infection. However, the prolonged course of the measles infection and very low levels...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Sobonya RE,Hiller FC,Pingleton W,Watanabe I

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult rhabdomyoma is a benign, highly differentiated tumor of skeletal muscle. We observed transverse tubules and triads beside myofilaments in a rhabdomyoma from the submandibular area of a 66-year-old woman. Several types of muscle cells were present. In one, mitochondria abounded; in another, muscle filaments predo...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Warner TF,Goell W,Sundharadas M,Falk VS

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma arising in the ampulla of Vater. The patient, a 74-year-old woman, presented with a 3-cm ulcerated mass located in the ampullary region. She died of disease 8 months after surgery. Microscopically, the tumor was extensively necrotic. It was composed of islands and trabec...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Cavazza A,Gallo M,Valcavi R,De Marco L,Gardini G

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary ostial stenosis is a cause of angina pectoris and sudden death. It is due mainly to atherosclerosis, syphilis, and iatrogenic disease. The last is of growing importance because of the frequency of coronary arteriography and surgical procedures on the aortic valve. Since both may cause stenosis of the coronary...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Knutson EL,Smith JC

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the ability of the Vitek GPS-TB card with disk diffusion testing for determining the susceptibility of enterococci to vancomycin. DESIGN:Vitek susceptibility testing was performed using the GPS-TB card and software version R05.03. Disk diffusion susceptibility testing was performed according to Na...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Williams-Bouyer N,Reisner BS,Woodmansee CE,Falk PS,Mayhall CG

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histochemical staining of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in fresh-frozen muscle tissue may be performed using a beta-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (beta-NAD) reduced-dehydrogenase tetrazolium-reductase linked reaction. The phosphate-buffered incubating medium contains glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate,...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Brumback RA,Susag ME,Gerst JW

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to improve physicians' laboratory practice behavior, the Department of Hospital Laboratories at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center developed a rotation for first year housestaff. Medical interns were chosen for this pilot program because they are the most frequent users of our laboratory faci...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Griffiths EB,Pechet L,Snyder LM

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine by review of their histogenesis whether papillomas of the nose and paranasal sinuses are three distinct entities or, as has been favored in the literature, three variations of a single entity. METHODS AND PATIENTS:We examined biopsy sections from 191 patients with sinonasal papillomas. Biopsy se...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Michaels L,Young M

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with inherited or acquired immunodeficiency disorders are vulnerable to a broad spectrum of opportunistic infectious diseases, but a narrow spectrum of malignancies. These malignancies--B-cell lymphomas, Kaposi's sarcomas, and squamous cell carcinomas--are likely due to failure of immune surveillance to recog...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Purtilo DT

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT.—:Pathologist interobserver discordance is significant in grading of prostate cancer, limiting reliability. Diagnostic reproducibility may be improved with digital images, but adoption faces workflow, cost, and quality challenges. A novel digital method using an alternative tissue processing approach and novel ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Torres R,Olson E,Homer R,Martin DT,Levene MJ,Perincheri S,Sprenkle PC,Humphrey PA

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The prune belly syndrome is a well-recognized entity consisting of deficient abdominal musculature, cryptorchid testes, and urinary tract abnormalities most consistent with an obstructive phenomenon. However, an obstructive lesion has not been consistently identified in previously reported cases. Retrospective review ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Hoagland MH,Hutchins GM

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a neoplastic proliferation of Langerhans cells that occurs in a range of nodal and extranodal sites. Scattered reports of LCH within the thymus exist, typically among children within the setting of multifocal, multisystem disease. Rare cases of isolated LCH involving the thymus h...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Lee BH,George S,Kutok JL

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic valve vegetation were studied in rabbits before and after intravenous injection of streptococcus mitis. Uninfected vegetation sections revealed compact eosinophilic masses with smooth-appearing edges and scattered polymorphonuclear leukocytes inside and on the surface. Scanning electron microscopic views demons...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Carrizosa J,Kaye K,Kobasa W

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Krukenberg tumor is an uncommon metastatic tumor of the ovary. This article provides an overview of the major pathologic manifestations of Krukenberg tumor, patient characteristics, clinical and laboratory features of the disease, prognostic factors, and current knowledge about its pathogenesis. Pathologists have to b...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Al-Agha OM,Nicastri AD

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00