Thymolipoma in association with myasthenia gravis.

abstract：:The significance of an elevated free thyroxine index (FTI) as an indicator of hyperthyroidism was studied while screening 651 elderly nursing home residents. Eleven subjects had FTI elevations. Most of these patients were chronically ill and/or malnourished. Clinical assessment, repeated FTI determinations, and subseq...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Drinka PJ,Nolten WE,Voeks S,Langer E,Carlson IH

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A spectrum of changes that range from crypt basophilia through varying degrees of dysplasia and carcinoma in situ have been observed in the flat, nonraised mucosa of the rectum in patient who received pelvic irradiation for carcinoma of the cervix. This case demonstrates (1) the morphological evidence of the relations...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Shamsuddin AK,Elias EG

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Identification of patients is one of the first steps in ensuring the accuracy of laboratory results. In the United States, hospitalized patients wear wristbands to aid in their identification, but wristbands errors are frequently found. OBJECTIVE:To investigate if continuous monitoring of wristband errors by p...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Howanitz PJ,Renner SW,Walsh MK

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here 2 separate cases in which patients with known low-grade B-cell lymphomas presented with transformed lesions that were CD30⁺, CD4⁺, Epstein-Barr virus negative, and negative or focally weak for a wide range of B-cell, T-cell, and histiocytic/dendritic cell markers. In each case the transformed lymphoma p...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Shaver AC,Ma L,Vnencak-Jones C,Schwarting RS,Fasig KJ,Kim AS

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:More than 25 years ago, John G. Azzopardi described a distinctive intraepithelial neoplastic breast lesion, which he designated "clinging carcinoma in situ"; he considered it as another variant of ductal carcinoma in situ, an early lesion that can easily be missed because the changes are mainly cytologic rather...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Moinfar F

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A commercially available enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for the detection of Clostridium difficile toxin A (Premier Toxin A EIA, Meridian Diagnostics, Cincinnati, Ohio) was compared with tissue culture cytotoxicity assay, enterotoxigenic culture, and latex agglutination test for the laboratory diagnosis of C difficile-assoc...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Gilligan PH,Walden TP,Kelly WF,Wait KJ,Kraft JA,Willis DH

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 52-year-old man, suffering for years from malabsorption due to endemic sprue, developed progressive bowel dysfunction, ie, recurrent ileus and intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Because of partial volvulus formation, ileocecal resection was performed. Histopathologic examination of the resected specimen revealed signs o...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Ruchti C,Eisele S,Kaufmann M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracic manifestations of rheumatic disease (RD) are increasingly recognized as a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Rheumatologic underpinnings have been identified in a significant proportion of patients with interstitial lung disease. The 5 RDs most frequently associated with pleuropulmonary d...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Schneider F,Gruden J,Tazelaar HD,Leslie KO

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:-Small glandular proliferations of the breast encompass a variety of benign, atypical, and malignant lesions that show some overlapping morphologic features. Myoepithelial stains are frequently used in the workup of these lesions in order to rule out or establish a diagnosis of invasive carcinoma. Some benign l...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Ginter PS,Shin SJ,D'Alfonso TM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary leiomyosarcoma of bone is extremely rare. A 60-year-old woman had a mass in the right femur that was studied immunohistochemically and by electron microscopy. Human smooth-muscle actomyosin was detected in tumor cells, but human skeletal-muscle myoglobin and lysozyme (muramidase) were not. Electron microscopy ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Kawai T,Suzuki M,Mukai M,Hiroshima K,Shinmei M

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two of three patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria showed pigment deposits with typical red porphyrin fluorescence on liver biopsy specimens. Birefringence of this pigment by polarized light is due to its crystalline nature, as demonstrated by electron microscopy. There was slight portal inflammation in these ca...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Bruguera M,Esquerda JE,Mascaró JM,Piñol J

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe 20 adult patients with malignant lymphoma with primary presentation in the spleen. The most common presenting symptoms were fever, malaise, and weight loss. Physical examination revealed prominent splenomegaly without palpable lymphadenopathy. Small lymphocytic lymphoma was the most frequent histologic typ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Spier CM,Kjeldsberg CR,Eyre HJ,Behm FG

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The autopsy is receiving renewed emphasis as a tool for quality assurance in clinical medicine. Postmortem blood cultures frequently are taken during the autopsy but are costly and of unclear diagnostic utility. To assess whether postmortem blood cultures contribute any useful information not already known from antemo...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Wilson SJ,Wilson ML,Reller LB

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The development of targeted therapies in the treatment of lung carcinoma is a rapidly growing area that requires a precise histologic classification of lung carcinomas and the implementation into clinical practice of testing for predictive biomarkers of therapy response. Molecular testing has added another laye...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Dacic S

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Localized aggregates of amyloid and chronic inflammatory cells are well known to occur in conjunctiva and usually are not associated with systemic disease. This study reports one such case in a healthy young man. In this lesion, the plasma cell infiltrate was shown by immunofluorescence to contain IgD lambda. The amyl...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Schaldenbrand JD,Keren DF

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3680-g term male neonate developed bilateral bronchopneumonia at 9 days of age. The labor, delivery, and immediate postnatal period had been unremarkable. Despite standard antibiotic therapy, the patient progressed to respiratory failure and died 4 days later. Adenovirus particles were found in oropharyngeal secreti...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Pinto A,Beck R,Jadavji T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The differential diagnoses of prostatic carcinoma and bladder epithelial neoplasms include several histologic mimics that should be known to avoid misdiagnosis. OBJECTIVE:To discuss pseudoneoplastic lesions of the prostate and bladder that could potentially be confused with prostatic carcinoma and bladder epit...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Hameed O,Humphrey PA

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified large histiocytes as a prominent feature in the choroid of eyes obtained at autopsy in seven of nine patients who died of leukemia. The eyes of four of the seven patients affected had leukemic choroidal infiltrates, and a majority had similar-appearing histiocytes identified in spleen or bone marrow. The...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Campbell RA,Bouldin TW,Peiffer RL

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovulation induction protocols for oocyte retrieval have evolved from clomiphene citrate/human menopausal gonadotropins (menotropins) to human menopausal gonadotropins alone and, finally, to a combination of human menopausal gonadotropins and an agonist of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH-a). The almost abandonment...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Meldrum DR

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the anion gap (calculated as the sodium concentration minus the sum of the chloride and total carbon dioxide concentrations) reference interval for three automated chemistry analyzers. DESIGN:We measured serum sodium, chloride, and total carbon dioxide on aliquoted specimens using three commercial...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Roberts WL,Johnson RD

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Multiphoton microscopy (MPM) is a nonlinear imaging approach, providing cellular and subcellular details from fresh (unprocessed) tissue by exciting intrinsic tissue emissions. With miniaturization and substantially decreased cost on the horizon, MPM is an emerging imaging technique with many potential clinical...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Jain M,Robinson BD,Scherr DS,Sterling J,Lee MM,Wysock J,Rubin MA,Maxfield FR,Zipfel WR,Webb WW,Mukherjee S

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coccidioidomycosis has been reported in almost every tissue of the human body. The gastrointestinal tract and breast have been uniquely spared from this fungal infection. Despite the exceedingly large number of screening mammographies that are performed every year, to our knowledge subcutaneous breast tissue involveme...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Bocian JJ,Fahmy RN,Michas CA

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bowen disease is a variant of squamous cell carcinoma in situ. In some cases a pagetoid growth pattern can be observed with cytologically atypical clear cells arranged singly and in nests. The differential diagnosis of pagetoid Bowen disease includes primarily Paget disease and malignant melanoma in situ, as well as o...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Williamson JD,Colome MI,Sahin A,Ayala AG,Medeiros LJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign heterotopic epithelial inclusions in axillary lymph nodes are an extremely rare condition that must be differentiated from metastatic carcinoma. We describe 2 histologically different examples of benign epithelial inclusions in nonsentinel axillary lymph nodes, each with an unusual clinical presentation. ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Resetkova E,Hoda SA,Clarke JL,Rosen PP

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Several developments in genitourinary pathology are likely to change our understanding and management of some genitourinary cancers considerably. OBJECTIVE:To review 5 stories in genitourinary pathology: (1) fusion in the ETS (E26) gene family in prostatic adenocarcinoma; (2) insulin-like growth factor II mess...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Zhou AG,Owens CL,Cosar EF,Jiang Z

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of therapeutic digoxin antibodies in the treatment of digoxin toxicity has resulted in spurious results in the many assays of cardioglycoside in serum of patients receiving this therapy. An evaluation of currently used assay methods was incorporated into a pilot Ligand Assay Survey Program of the Coll...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Hansell JR

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the expression of thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1) and cytokeratin 20 (CK20) in pulmonary small cell carcinomas, extrapulmonary small cell carcinomas, and Merkel cell carcinomas, and thereby determine whether these markers are helpful in distinguishing these 3 groups of small cell neuroendocrin...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Cheuk W,Kwan MY,Suster S,Chan JK

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of primary Wilms' tumor of the endocervix in a 13-year-old girl. The tumor was polypoid, filled the vagina, and was attached to the endocervix by a stalk. Microscopic examination disclosed blastematous, epithelial, and stromal elements characteristic of Wilms' tumor. The patient's kidneys were normal ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Bell DA,Shimm DS,Gang DL

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic angiomyolipoma is a rare, benign, hepatic mesenchymal neoplasm found in both males and females, and most commonly in adult females. Angiomyolipoma occurs most commonly in the kidneys. The liver represents the second most frequent site of involvement. Hepatic angiomyolipomas are composed of varying amounts of s...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Petrolla AA,Xin W

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To delineate changes that occur in various parameters of automated complete blood cell count (CBC) and differential leukocyte count (differential) on prolonged storage of blood at room temperature. DESIGN:A CBC and an automated differential were performed on the Coulter Gen.S on 40 K(3) (tripotassium ethylen...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Gulati GL,Hyland LJ,Kocher W,Schwarting R

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00