Ultrastructural examination of urinary sediment. Value in renal amyloidosis.

abstract：:The cytologic features of fine-needle aspiration specimens from 16 breast carcinomas that closely simulated benign lesions were analyzed and compared to smears from fibroadenomas and fibrocystic change. No combination of features was found that accurately separated all benign and malignant cases. Many nuclei with disc...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rogers LA,Lee KR

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myofibromatosis generally is regarded as a fibrous proliferative disease of neonates and children that, even when multicentric, has an excellent prognosis and a propensity for spontaneous involution. Reported is a case of solitary, locally recurrent myofibromatosis in the ear canal of an adult patient. It was initiall...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hogan SF,Salassa JR

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastomycosis generally results from inhalation of Blastomyces dermatitidis conidia following exposure to contaminated soil in an endemic area. Primary infections commonly involve the lungs, although secondary dissemination to other body sites may occur. We describe 2 cases of osseous blastomycosis in people living ou...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Veligandla SR,Hinrichs SH,Rupp ME,Lien EA,Neff JR,Iwen PC

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with essential thrombocythemia showed a marked decrease in ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation in addition to other aggregation defects during routine aggregation studies for prolonged bleeding times. Further investigation revealed type I von Willebrand's disease (vWD) in one patient and a variant of ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Raman BK,Sawdyk M,Saeed SM

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demonstration of prostate-specific acid phosphatase by immunologic methods in tissue sections or in plasma necessitates a monospecific antiserum. This is produced by immunizing rabbits with pure prostate-specific acid phosphatase antigen, prepared from seminal fluid. The ejaculate is centrifuged, dialyzed against a ci...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： de Vries GP,Slob AW,Jöbsis AC,Meijer AE,Sanders GT

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly, all automated blood counts are not accompanied by a microscopic white blood cell differential. A popular strategy is to obtain a manual differential if any part of the automated blood count and differential is outside specified limits (the "diff-if" strategy). The authors compared two sets of criteria to...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： McClure S,Bates JE,Harrison R,Gilmer PR,Bessman JD

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports show that the sensitivity of endometrial carcinoma detection on liquid-based Papanicolaou (Pap) tests (88%) is considerably higher than that reported on conventional Pap smears (20%-30%), although few laboratories have corroborated these results. We performed a 5-year retrospective review of all liquid-...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sams SB,Currens HS,Raab SS

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present report is that of a civilian episode of fatal, fulminant group Y meningococcemia in a previously healthy adolescent, who denied prior vaccination against group C meningococcus. The patient suffered abrupt onset of purpura, hypotension and cardiopulmonary arrest. A detailed clinical and pathologic report is...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bernad PG,Snyder DA,Levey M

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited giant platelet disorders are extremely rare. The aim of this article is to review the clinical and laboratory features of this heterogeneous group and to arrive at a working classification. We conducted our literature search using the National Library of Medicine database. A total of 12 clinical entities wer...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mhawech P,Saleem A

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the value in cervical cytology of a recently developed technique by which it is possible to remove thick tissue specimens, called microbiopsies, from cervical smears and to process them for histologic examination. In 12 (48%) of 25 cervical smears in which microbiopsies were found, the histologic sections ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mravunac M,Verbeek DH,Sanders-Eras M,Besseling R,Wijnen-Dubbers C,Smedts F

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Increased frequency of hyperamylasemia has previously been reported in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients, but studies determined total amylase activity and were performed before the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). We evaluated the frequency of pancreatic hyper...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Szőke D,Ridolfo A,Valente C,Galli M,Panteghini M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the grading and staging of transurethral resection of the bladder (TURB) and cystectomy specimens for 105 patients who underwent radical cystectomy for urothelial carcinoma between 1980 and 1984. Of 105 patients, 96% underwent cystectomy within 100 days of TURB (median interval, 10 days). Grading was perfo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cheng L,Neumann RM,Weaver AL,Cheville JC,Leibovich BC,Ramnani DM,Scherer BG,Nehra A,Zincke H,Bostwick DG

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied methylation of 2 tumor suppressor genes (p14, p16) and 4 MINT (methylated in tumor) clones (MINT1, MINT2, MINT25, MINT31) among 51 fundic gland polyps (FGPs) and 27 normal gastric body biopsy samples using bisulfite treatment of genomic DNA followed by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction. Thirty-...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Abraham SC,Park SJ,Cruz-Correa M,Houlihan PS,Half EE,Lynch PM,Wu TT

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quality management program in the Division of Transfusion Medicine at our institution had evolved to the point that the program generally was perceived to be the sole responsibility of our Quality Unit (which was administratively independent of day-to-day operations). It became clear that this administrative model...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Foss ML,Moore SB

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Sysmex R-3000 (TOA Medical Electronics, Kobe, Japan) evaluates maturation of reticulocytes by quantitating the fraction of reticulocytes within low-, middle-, and high-fluorescence intensity regions. We defined the immature reticulocyte fraction (IRF) as the sum of the fraction of high-fluorescence intensity regio...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chang CC,Kass L

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is one of the most potent mitogenic, highly specific tumor angiogenic factors, which acts via binding to 2 specific tyrosine kinase receptors. There are few studies analyzing VEGF receptor expression in prostate cancer cells, and results are contradictory. In an immunohistoche...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Köllermann J,Helpap B

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied the performance of four measures of laboratory turnaround time: the mean, median, 90th percentile, and proportion of tests reported within a predetermined cut-off interval (proportion of acceptable tests [PAT]). Measures were examined with the use of turnaround time data from 11,070 stat partial th...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Valenstein PN,Emancipator K

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay using oligonucleotide primers to detect mecA and 16S ribosomal RNA gene was developed to aid in identification of methicillin-resistant staphylococci. Validation included 99 isolates of staphylococcus grouped into one of five categories: methicillin-susceptible coagula...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Salisbury SM,Sabatini LM,Spiegel CA

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For quality-control purposes, federal regulations require cytology laboratories to compare Papanicolaou smear and cervical biopsy reports, if available, and determine the cause of any discrepancies. The authors reviewed 56,497 cervicovaginal smears, of which 1,582 (2.8%) had a subsequent cervical biopsy or endocervica...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Joste NE,Crum CP,Cibas ES

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-three laboratories participated in an interlaboratory testing program offered by the College of American Pathologists for the radioimmunoassay (RIA) of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). Thirty correctly reported a sample with 1.9 ng of endogenous CEA per ml as less than 2.5 ng. For samples with added exogenous CEA...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Reynoso G,Keane M,Konopka S

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four cases of a lesion characterized by unlined spaces in the colorectal lamina propria are presented. While lesions such as this have been reported previously as "lipomatosis" of the colon, histochemical and ultrastructural examination reveals that they are not, in fact, composed of adipocytes. It appears that...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Snover DC,Sandstad J,Hutton S

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported is a case of lymphoma which was preceded for nine years by an apparently reactive lymphadenopathy. Original slides of the multiple lymphoid tissue samples are reviewed, with emphasis on the gradually increasing numbers of mitoses, atypical histiocytes, and eosinophils, suggestive of malignant transformation. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hyland CH,Murad TM,Dismukes WE

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Fundic gland polyps (FGPs) occur in two clinical settings, sporadic and syndromic. Epithelial dysplasia is rare in sporadic FGPs, and progression data from large series are lacking. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical, morphologic, and immunohistochemical features in a large series of sporadic...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Levy MD,Bhattacharya B

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to evaluate the precision and sensitivity of three different commercial APTT reagents containing the activators kaolin, micronized silica, or ellagic acid. These reagents varied greatly in their ability to detect mild coagulopathies. The ellagic acid reagent was able to detect the mildest def...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Marlar RA,Bauer PJ,Endres-Brooks JL,Montgomery RR,Miller CM,Schanen MM

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lean methodologies have been applied in many industries to reduce waste. We applied Lean techniques to redesign laboratory workstations with the aim of reducing the number of times employees must leave their workstations to complete their tasks. At baseline in 68 workflows (aggregates or sequence of process steps) stu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yerian LM,Seestadt JA,Gomez ER,Marchant KK

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of anti-Rh29 by erythrocytic stroma in feces was devised as a specific test for fecal occult blood. The sensitivity of this test was equivalent to that of a standard Hemoccult test, namely, 10(8) erythrocytes/g feces. Comparison of results of this test with results of Hemoccult tests of random stool specime...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rosenfield RE,Kochwa S,Kaczera Z,Maimon J

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-volume (200 ml) platelet concentrates prepared by discontinuous-flow centrifugation, with counts as high as ca. 2.0 x 10(12)/l, were stored in either 600 ml-capacity polyvinylchloride bags or 800-ml capacity polyethylene bags. Both polyvinylchloride and polyethylene bags appeared adequate for 24-hour storage of p...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rosenstein R,Lawe JE,North JG

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the usefulness of calretinin as an immunohistochemistry marker in the diagnosis of cardiac myxoma (CM) and the origin of myxoma cells, we examined 24 CMs and 9 fetal hearts with immunohistochemical methods on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues. We compared 24 CMs with 10 mural thrombi, 6 jaw myxomas, an...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Terracciano LM,Mhawech P,Suess K,D'Armiento M,Lehmann FS,Jundt G,Moch H,Sauter G,Mihatsch MJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and c-ERBB2 (HER2/neu) are therapeutically and prognostically important markers in the management of breast carcinoma. They are not always analyzed in distant metastatic and locally recurrent breast cancers. We compared immunohistochemical expression in a series of p...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Idirisinghe PK,Thike AA,Cheok PY,Tse GM,Lui PC,Fook-Chong S,Wong NS,Tan PH

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Early and accurate diagnosis remains crucial in the therapeutic management of invasive central nervous system fungal infections. Different molds have intrinsic resistance to antifungal agents; thus, morphologic differentiation is helpful to clinicians. Methods:Using three examples, we present a guide on how...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chavez JA,Brat DJ,Hunter SB,Velazquez Vega J,Guarner J

更新日期：2018-01-29 00:00:00