The collection and handling of the blood alcohol specimen.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to find descriptors to identify chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), Sézary, granular, and villous lymphocytes among normal and abnormal lymphocytes in peripheral blood. METHODS:Image analysis was applied to 768 images from 15 different types of lymphoid cells and monocytes to determine four discrim...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Puigví L,Merino A,Alférez S,Boldú L,Acevedo A,Rodellar J

更新日期：2019-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-year-old previously healthy man developed cervical adenopathy associated with mild constitutional symptoms. Corynebacterium ovis was isolated in pure culture from lymph node tissue on two separate occasions, and small gram positive organisms were identified in both lymph nodes with tissue gram stain. Histopatholo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Goldberger AC,Lipsky BA,Plorde JJ

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter medium (CAMPY, Becton Dickinson [BD] Microbiology Systems, Cockeysville, MD) and Vancomycin Screen Agar (VSA, BD) were compared for their ability to screen for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) from primary plates. A microdilution minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) assay (Pasco, BD) served as t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shigei J,Tan G,Shiao A,de la Maza LM,Peterson EM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bleeding problems are symptomatic of platelet delta-storage pool diseases (SPDs) such as Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome. Although at present no cure is available for delta-SPD, early diagnosis is of great importance for prophylactic and supportive treatment. This study tested the usefulness of a flow cytometric assay for p...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Maurer-Spurej E,Pittendreigh C,Wu JK

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe 41 cases of myeloid neoplasms (MNs) secondary to plasma cell myeloma (PCM). The types of MN included myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in 34 (82.9%), acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in 4 (9.8%), and myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) or MDS/MPN in 3 (7.3%) cases. The latency from treatment to diagnosis of MN rang...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Reddi DM,Lu CM,Fedoriw G,Liu YC,Wang FF,Ely S,Boswell EL,Louissaint A Jr,Arcasoy MO,Goodman BK,Wang E

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:To determine non-American Society for Clinical Pathology pathology- and laboratory-related Choosing Wisely recommendations that drive effective test utilization in the laboratory. Methods:Data were collected via a two-part web-based survey distributed to a broad sample of pathologists and laboratory profess...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Waibel E,Garcia E,Kelly M,Soles R,Hilborne L

更新日期：2018-02-17 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：:Primary thymic epithelial neoplasms have been the subject of much controversy in recent years owing to the difficulties posed by these tumors for precise histopathologic typing and prognostication. A number of classification schemes using different terminology have been proposed, none of which has satisfactorily manag...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Suster S,Moran CA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Meningiomas usually can be readily diagnosed on H&E alone, although occasionally immunohistochemistry (IHC) confirmation is desirable. Studies exploring the diagnostic utility of either podoplanin (D2-40) or E-cadherin IHC in meningiomas have conflicted, and no studies exist in which the two IHCs have been u...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mrachek EK,Davis D,Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing is more sensitive for the detection of cervical precancer and cancer than cervical cytology. The increased sensitivity of HPV testing and cytology combined ("cotesting") compared to cytology alone permitted professional societies to recommend 3-year screening intervals among the cote...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kinney W,Stoler MH,Castle PE

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few cases of secondary CD5+ diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) that are not Richter syndrome have been reported previously. We report 9 cases of non-Richter syndrome secondary CD5+ DLBCL. Among 529 cases of DLBCL, 38 (7.2%) were CD5+ DLBCL, including 9 of secondary CD5+ DLBCL. Five cases gained CD5 expression durin...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Maeshima AM,Taniguchi H,Nomoto J,Maruyama D,Kim SW,Watanabe T,Kobayashi Y,Tobinai K,Matsuno Y

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe 11 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma arising in the nasal cavity or paranasal sinuses. Seven were men and four were women. The median age of the women was 76 years; the median age of the men was 45 years. The most common presenting symptoms were nasal obstruction and unilateral facial swelling....

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Frierson HF Jr,Mills SE,Innes DJ Jr

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five consecutive renal biopsy specimens were evaluated by light histology using paraffin and glycol methacrylate embedding. The clarity of the renal structures was found to be much better, and the renal lesions better defined, using glycol methyacrylate embedding. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Agodoa LC,Striker GE,Chi E

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:To evaluate the prognostic values of microRNAs (miRNAs) in glioblastoma, and to see if there is an association between miRNAs and MGMT promoter methylation status. Methods:We collected paraffin blocks from resection specimens from 114 glioblastoma patients who had received temozolomide treatment and radioth...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chen YY,Ho HL,Lin SC,Ho TD,Hsu CY

更新日期：2018-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Bull's algorithm has been evaluated by computer simulation studies. Varying amounts of systematic analytic error were simulated in either hemoglobin (Hgb), red blood cell count (RBC), or mean corpuscular volume (MCV) with the resulting red blood cell indices averaged in batches of 20 using Bull's algorithm. The number...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cembrowski GS,Westgard JO

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactivity of eight preferential B-cell (L26, 4KB5, and KiB3) and T-cell (polyclonal CD3, Leu22, MT-1, UCHL-1, and OPD4) antibodies which detect paraffin-resistant antigens was examined by a three-step immunoperoxidase technique in 111 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded diffuse aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (N...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chadburn A,Knowles DM

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typical yeast-phase cells of Blastomyces dermatitidis have a characteristic appearance in tissue sections. Fungal morphologic variation occurs infrequently in the lesions of blastomycosis, yet it can complicate the differential diagnosis, particularly if fresh tissue is not available for microbiologic culture. The aut...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Watts JC,Chandler FW,Mihalov ML,Kammeyer PL,Armin AR

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cases of 20 patients, each of whom has a positive lupus erythematosus cell preparation and a negative antinuclear factor test, are presented. The concept of a false-positive lupus erythematosus preparation is suggested. Five common mechanisms causing a false-negative antinuclear factor test are discussed and evalu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Koller SR,Johnston CL Jr,Moncure CW

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is the standard of care for the initial workup of thyroid nodules, but there is no consensus algorithm to manage patients with benign results. We examined performance characteristics of initial and repeat satisfactory FNAs for all 402 patients who underwent thyroid surgery during a recent ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Flanagan MB,Ohori NP,Carty SE,Hunt JL

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the frequency of systemic mastocytosis (SM) in a large series of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with t(8;21)(q22;q22). METHODS:We retrospectively characterized 40 bone marrow aspirate smears and biopsy specimens from patients with AML with t(8;21) for the presence of SM. Cases were assessed for mast...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Johnson RC,Savage NM,Chiang T,Gotlib JR,Cherry AM,Arber DA,George TI

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:Patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) are at increased risk for myocardial events that are difficult to evaluate due to atypical symptoms and chronically elevated protein markers of cardiac damage. This study evaluated cardiac troponin T (cTnT), a sensitive marker of cardiac injury, in patients with CRF without my...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Frankel WL,Herold DA,Ziegler TW,Fitzgerald RL

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：:Mucocele-like tumors of the breast originally were reported by Rosen in 1986 as benign lesions that histologically resembled colloid carcinoma of the breast. The authors document two cases of mucocele-like tumors to illustrate the difficulty in separating these lesions from colloid carcinoma on the basis of fine-needl...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bhargava V,Miller TR,Cohen MB

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aggressive visceral form of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) has been reported in immunosuppressed populations, most notably in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). This presentation contrasts from the indolent skin lesions on the extremities of older males and is distinct enough in the young adult America...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Berman MA,Nalesnik MA,Kapadia SB,Rinaldo CR Jr,Jensen F

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interest in the role of mononuclear phagocytes in glomerulonephritis (GN) and in defining markers of renal neoplasms led the authors to study alpha-naphthyl acetate/butyrate esterase (ANAE/ANBE), alkaline phosphatase (AlkP), acid phosphatase (AcP), 5'-nucleotidase (5'N), and ATPase (ATP) activity in paraformaldehyde-f...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Alpers CE,Beckstead JH

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Preanalytical factors, such as hemolysis, affect many components of a test panel. Machine learning can be used to recognize these patterns, alerting clinicians and laboratories to potentially erroneous results. In particular, machine learning might identify which cases of elevated potassium from a point-of-c...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Benirschke RC,Gniadek TJ

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need for a simple, sensitive, specific, and inexpensive test for immunoglobulin M antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc IgM). A solid phase passive hemagglutination test (SP-PHA) was developed for this purpose and compared with the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test. Hepatitis B core an...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Petchclai B,Khupulsup K,Kurathong S

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the clinicopathologic features of extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTL) not preceded by another Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-related disorder in children and adolescents. METHODS:A series of 17 cases of ENKTL not preceded by another EBV-related disorder in children and adolescents in ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Huang Y,Xie J,Ding Y,Zhou X

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to compare Multiplate impedance platelet aggregometry (IPA) with light transmission aggregometry (LTA) and the PFA-100 for determining the prevalence of residual platelet reactivity (RPR) by the Multiplate IPA in 297 patients with acute coronary syndrome receiving dual antiplatelet therapy. Aggregati...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Paniccia R,Antonucci E,Maggini N,Romano E,Gori AM,Marcucci R,Prisco D,Abbate R

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00