Polymeric (presumed tetrameric) lambda Bence Jones proteinemia without proteinuria in a patient with multiple myeloma.

abstract：:Hematogones (HGs) comprise a B-lineage lymphoid precursor cell population in the bone marrow (BM) that may simulate acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphoma. Increased numbers of HGs have been noted in children, but few reports describe their occurrence in adults. We identified 13 adult patients with significant numbe...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Davis RE,Longacre TA,Cornbleet PJ

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Overuse of laboratory tests is a persistent issue. We examined the use and overuse of serum immunofixation electrophoresis and serum free light chain assays to develop an algorithm for optimizing utilization. METHODS:A retrospective review of all tests, for investigation of monoclonal gammopathies, for all ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Heaton C,Vyas SG,Singh G

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to study the expression and localization of the molecular components of enterocyte junctions in celiac disease together with the level of tyrosine phosphorylation, a phenomenon known to affect their cellular distribution and function, and to explore the influence of proinflammatory cytokines. Duodenal biopsy ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ciccocioppo R,Finamore A,Ara C,Di Sabatino A,Mengheri E,Corazza GR

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine high expression of tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 13 (TNFSF13), which is correlated with several malignancies. METHODS:TNFSF13 messenger RNA expression in tumor cells and fibroblasts in a cohort of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was analyzed by quantitative real...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Qian Z,Qingshan C,Chun J,Huijun Z,Feng L,Qiang W,Qiang X,Min Z

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present immunoperoxidase study attempted to localize aldosterone and cortisol in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded adrenal glands or tumors. Apparently, steroid substances are solubilized during routine tissue processing, and the cytoplasm of adrenal cortical cells is not stained by either antialdosterone or antico...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hsu SM,Raine L,Martin HF

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes four siblings affected with familial intrahepatic cholestasis detected in early infancy. In the two male siblings, biliary cirrhosis and fatal hepatocellular carcinoma later developed, whereas the female siblings have had persistent hepatomegaly and recurrent episodes of cholestasis. Sequential b...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ugarte N,Gonzalez-Crussi F

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Blood specimen hemolysis is a major cause of sample recollection in the neonatal intensive care unit. We aimed to reduce the hemolysis rate from 6.3% at baseline to less than 4% within the 9 months' duration of the study. METHODS:Intravenous infusion of lipid emulsion during sample collection, sample collec...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tolan NV,Kaleta EJ,Fang JL,Colby CE,Carey WA,Karon BS,Baumann NA

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To establish an objective, scientific, evidence-based process for planning statistical quality control (SQC) procedures based on quality required for a test, precision and bias observed for a measurement procedure, probabilities of error detection and false rejection for different control rules and numbers o...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Westgard JO,Westgard SA

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An atypical form of macrocytosis termed volumetric macrocytosis is described. In contrast to the macrocyte associated with megaloblastic anemia and the pseudomacrocyte caused by viscoelastic defects, the volumetric macrocyte is characterized by an increased mean corpuscular volume and a normal cell diameter. The volum...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Burns ER,Reed LJ,Wenz B

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical Path Method (CPM) and Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) are quantitative network planning strategies that facilitate management of projects with many interrelated activities. They determine the minimum time necessary to complete a project and identify which activities are critical to achieving th...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kost GJ

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 26-year-old woman who had undergone orthotopic heart transplantation because of dilative cardiomyopathy received a triple-drug immunosuppressive regimen (cyclosporine A, azathioprine, and prednisolone). During her relatively frequent episodes of acute rejection, she was treated with methylprednisolone and repeated a...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kemnitz J,Cremer J,Gebel M,Uysal A,Haverich A,Georgii A

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental computerized interactive morphometry system for the classification of lymphoid-rich effusions is presented. The relatively inexpensive microcomputer-based system was assembled in our laboratory with commercially available hardware and software. One hundred twenty-two effusions (86 benign lymphocytoses,...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Walts AE,Morimoto R,Marchevsky AM

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a sensitive and specific serum marker for monitoring disease activity in men with prostatic carcinoma. Despite reports of elevation of levels of this analyte in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia, no information is available correlating the serum levels with the actual prostatic a...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Brawer MK,Rennels MA,Nagle RB,Schifman R,Gaines JA

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gc allele frequencies were determined in Haitian immigrants, a group at high risk for AIDS. Gc2, an allele associated with disease resistance, is infrequent in this group; Gc1f is frequent. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wenk RE,Russo F

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the ability to diagnose and accurately classify hepatic mass lesions by ultrasound-guided biopsy using two different needle types: a 20 gauge needle that yielded primarily cytologic material and an 18 gauge automated core biopsy needle. Slides prepared from each of the needle types were separately ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dusenbery D,Ferris JV,Thaete FL,Carr BI

更新日期：1995-11-01 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：:Plasma samples from patients with severe classic hemophilia, suspected of having mild inhibitors not detected in the standard Bethesda inhibitor test, were examined in modified Bethesda tests and in a screening test based on the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT). The APTT test was more sensitive to mild inh...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ewing NP,Kasper CK

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of bcl-2, CD10, and CD20 was examined by multicolor flow cytometry in 78 samples including lymph node or other tissue biopsy specimens containing follicular lymphoma (FL; n = 17), reactive hyperplasia (RH; n = 28), or other malignant lymphomas (n = 20), as well as bone marrow aspirates (n = 13). The pre...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cook JR,Craig FE,Swerdlow SH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few studies that examine prevalence, quantity, and cellular proclivity of latent human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) in healthy populations. We examined 69 tonsils with paired blood specimens from children without evidence of acute infection. By polymerase chain reaction (PCR), HHV-6 was detected at low levels in 10...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Roush KS,Domiati-Saad RK,Margraf LR,Krisher K,Scheuermann RH,Rogers BB,Dawson DB

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report here a case of lymphoepithelial cystic lesion (LECL) of unknown origin in the mediastinum, which is closely related to a signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma. A 73-year-old man presented with a mass as revealed on a chest x-ray. During surgical operation, a solid, well-circumscribed and encapsulated 9 X ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ishimaru Y,Shibata Y,Ohkawara S,Ohshima H,Kihara S

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autopsy reports of 231 adult autopsies were examined for clinically unexpected diagnoses. Analysis of data showed that 97 of 188 autopsy diagnoses were clinically unexpected. The diagnosis of pulmonary embolism was clinically the most frequently missed diagnosis relative to its actual occurrence. Also noted was that t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rao MG,Rangwala AF

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five renal biopsies with amyloidosis were studied by light microscopy with Congo red staining and action of potassium permanganate and by immunofluorescence with antihuman tissue A component antiserum antilight and heavy chains of immunoglobulins antisera. The patients were classified on the basis of concordance...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Noel LH,Droz D,Ganeval D

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 23-year-old woman with a primary small cell carcinoma of the endometrium is reported. The light microscopic features were similar to those of small cell carcinoma of the lung and those of the uterine cervix. Electron microscopy revealed cytoplasmic neurosecretory type granules and indistinct cell junctio...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kumar NB

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor cells in the cerebrospinal fluid of an American child with Burkitt's lymphoma are described. The morphology of the cells was demonstrated better by use of the "millipore" technic and hematoxylin and eosin staining than by the Wright-stained smear. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fuchs HB,Rosan RC

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Bladder cancers invading the muscularis mucosae (MM) are treated differently from those invading the muscularis propria (MP). However, it may be difficult to determine the type of smooth muscle in transurethral resection (TUR) or biopsy specimens. We aimed to investigate the clinicopathologic features of bla...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hwang MJ,Kamat AM,Dinney CP,Czerniak B,Guo CC

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL)/beta(2)-glycoprotein I (beta2GPI) complexes have been implicated in atherogenesis. oxLDL/beta2GPI complexes were measured in 339 patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes. Approximately 68% had angiographically documented coronary artery disease (CAD) and significantly h...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Greco TP,Conti-Kelly AM,Anthony JR,Greco T Jr,Doyle R,Boisen M,Kojima K,Matsuura E,Lopez LR

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium leprae causes leprosy. M leprae strains collected worldwide have been genetically clonal, which poorly explains the varying severity and clinical features of the disease. We discovered a new Mycobacterium species from 2 patients who died of diffuse lepromatous leprosy (DLL). The Mycobacterium was purifie...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Han XY,Seo YH,Sizer KC,Schoberle T,May GS,Spencer JS,Li W,Nair RG

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni has recently been recognized as a significant cause of enteritis in humans. The organism has been previously postulated to cause illness by direct invasion of the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract, but this has not been documented. Reported is a case of Campylobacter enteritis ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Duffy MC,Benson JB,Rubin SJ

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the issue of clonality in Richter's syndrome, phenotypic, molecular genetic, and cytogenetic studies were performed on tumor tissue from a patient with concurrent chronic lymphocytic leukemia and diffuse large cell lymphoma in a single lymph node specimen. The tumor was biphenotypic for immunoglobulin (...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nakamine H,Masih AS,Sanger WG,Wickert RS,Mitchell DW,Armitage JO,Weisenburger DD

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemical analysis, the most efficient way of assaying for HER-2/neu overexpression in patients with invasive breast cancer, is subject to variation in sensitivity and evaluation when used in multiple laboratories. Cell lines with differing but constant levels of HER-2/neu expression have been advocated as s...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rhodes A,Borthwick D,Sykes R,Al-Sam S,Paradiso A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00