Spironolactone bodies. An immunoperoxidase study with biochemical correlation.

abstract：:We describe the development and testing of a novel pre-sign-out quality assurance tool for case diagnoses that allows for the random review of a percentage of cases by a second pathologist before case verification and release of the final report. The tool incorporates the ability to record and report levels of diagnos...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Owens SR,Dhir R,Yousem SA,Kelly SM,Piccoli A,Wiehagen L,Lassige K,Parwani AV

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the new screening and treatment guidelines and the prospect of human papillomavirus vaccination for adolescents, the current total volume of Papanicolaou (Pap) tests will be significantly reduced. We used available data to assess the current supply and demand in the cytotechnology labor market and how an expected...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Eltoum IA,Roberson J

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of rapid, simple tests to detect antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in urine could be valuable for several testing situations, such as in private offices, for epidemiologic surveys, and in developing countries. The authors evaluated the performance of the SUDS HIV type 1 test to detect antibody t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Constantine NT,Zhang X,Li L,Bansal J,Hyams KC,Smialek JE

更新日期：1994-02-01 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：:A unique case of intramural uterine tumor composed of malignant epithelium and benign smooth muscle, adipose tissue, and cartilage is reported. This tumor, which the authors designated "carcinomesenchymoma," apparently represents an example of a previously unreported variant of mixed müllerian tumor that is composed o...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chen KT,Vergon JM

更新日期：1981-05-01 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：:This study was undertaken to compare several methods of evaluating the common assumption that laboratory data may be treated as if they had been drawn from an underlying Gaussian distribution. As had been described earlier, the usual Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was found to be unsatisfactory due to its sensitivity to roun...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rossing RG,Hillis A,Chou DY

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This practice parameter, developed by the Practice Parameters and Outcomes Measurement Committee of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP), is a guideline for the development of reasonable stat lists. Stat testing lists vary according to practice setting. Furthermore, although stat lists exist, extenuati...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hilborne L,Lee H,Cathcart P

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic ulcerative granuloma with stromal eosinophilia (TUGSE) is a benign lesion of the oral mucosa of an unclear pathogenesis. We analyzed the profile of the inflammatory infiltrate in 12 cases of TUGSE by using immunohistochemical analysis and polymerase chain reaction-based repertoire analysis to detect T- and B...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hirshberg A,Amariglio N,Akrish S,Yahalom R,Rosenbaum H,Okon E,Kaplan I

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:The aims were to evaluate breast cancer (BC) tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) interobserver variability, heterogeneity, and the fidelity of scoring TILs in core needle biopsy (CNB). Methods:Matching CNB and two full-face sections (FFSs) of BC cases (n = 100) were independently reviewed by two pathologi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Khoury T,Peng X,Yan L,Wang D,Nagrale V

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In situ hybridization for the Y chromosome (Y-ISH) was used to identify residual host cells in the peripheral blood of 51 recipients of sex-mismatched allogeneic marrow not depleted of T cells following conditioning with high-dose cyclophosphamide and total body irradiation (TBI). One patient who rejected the graft sh...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Przepiorka D,Thomas ED,Durnam DM,Fisher L

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of genetic abnormalities have been detected in multiple myeloma (MM) using cytogenetic techniques. The prominent abnormalities are deletions of 13q and translocations affecting the IgH locus on 14q32. The recurrence of chromosomal abnormalities in MM suggests a specific role for them concerning its pathogenes...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tchinda J,Volpert S,Kropff M,Berdel WE,Kienast J,Meinhardt F,Horst J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vimentin has been regarded as the intermediate filament characteristic of normal and neoplastic mesenchymal cells and keratins as typical of epithelial cells and the neoplasms derived from them. However, many epithelial cells in tissue culture or in effusion, as well as cells in some solid epithelial neoplasms such as...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Azumi N,Battifora H

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An American black family in whom hemoglobin J Baltimore and beta (+)-thalassemia genes coexisted is described. The proposita is a 23-year-old woman with a hemoglobin (Hb) level of 11.5 g/dl, microcytic, hypochromic indices, increased values of Hbs A2 and F, and alpha/non-alpha synthetic ratio of 1.52. Hbs A and J Balt...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ballas SK,Atwater J,Theriault C,Kim HC,Propst M

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the prognostic utility of multifocal extraprostatic extension (EPE) on biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy. METHODS:We conducted retrospective analysis of biochemical recurrence and prognostic pathologic variables in 673 men with stage pT3a/pT3b prostate cancer from 2000 to 201...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Farchoukh L,Laframboise WA,Nelson JB,Bastacky S,Parwani AV,Dhir R

更新日期：2020-03-09 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：:A survey to determine the need for training in medical mycology was sent to 605 US laboratories. Training needs were determined by comparing actual laboratory mycology practices with recommended practices, documenting the extent of mycology training reported by employees, and asking respondents to specify the fungi th...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rosner ER,Reiss E,Warren NG,Shadomy HJ,Lipman HB

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of carcinoma of the prostate with metastases is described. the prostate and the metastases showed adenocarcinoma with carcinoid-like areas. A tumor with the same histologic features was found at the tip of the appendix and proved to be metastatic. The possibility of primary carcinoid of the prostate wa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ansari MA,Pintozzi RL,Choi YS,Ladove RF

更新日期：1981-07-01 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：:Thirteen cases of disseminated Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI), representing a total of 27 bone marrow specimens, were studied. The patients ranged from 25 to 46 years of age and included ten immunocompromised and three immunocompetent hosts. Peripheral blood findings included anemia in all patients, leukopen...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Farhi DC,Mason UG 3rd,Horsburgh CR Jr

更新日期：1985-04-01 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：:The hematologic status of 265 patients with rheumatoid arthritis was assessed. In the group as a whole, a mild depression in the hemoglobin concentration and mean cell volume (MCV) was associated with an increase in the red blood cell distribution width (RDW), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and platelet count. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Baynes RD,Bothwell TH,Bezwoda WR,Gear AJ,Atkinson P

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program has been in effect for 20 years. During the past 6 years, samples were distributed for screening, investigation, and identification of hemoglobinopathies to test laboratory proficiency. Six samples for hemoglobin (Hb) S screening were distributed to from 37 to 163 laboratorie...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lafferty J,Ali MA,Carstairs K,Crawford L

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Sentinel lymph node (SLN)-based diagnosis in gastric cancers has shown varied sensitivities and false-negative rates in several studies. Application of the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in SLN diagnosis has recently been proposed. METHODS:A total of 155 SLNs from 65 patients with ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kwak Y,Nam SK,Shin E,Ahn SH,Lee HE,Park do J,Kim WH,Kim HH,Lee HS

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the thymus, the relationship between lymphofollicular hyperplasia and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT)-type lymphoma is uncertain. We analyzed 14 cases with a diagnosis of thymic follicular hyperplasia in patients with connective tissue disease (n = 2), myasthenia gravis (n = 11), or both (n = 1). In 11 cas...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Parrens M,Dubus P,Danjoux M,Jougon J,Brousset P,Velly JF,de Mascarel A,Merlio JP

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to inhibit the release reaction was found to correlate well with the ability to inhibit aggregation in washed human platelets exposed to antilymphocyte serum (ALS). However, the primary mechanism that contributes to ALS-induced aggregation in unwashed platelets appeared to be different from that found in w...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wang TY,Hussey CV,Hause LL,Fobian JE

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet factor 4 (PF4)/heparin antibody, typically associated with heparin therapy, is reported in some heparin-naive people. Seroprevalence in the general population, however, remains unclear. We prospectively evaluated PF4/heparin antibody in approximately 4,000 blood bank donors using a commercial enzyme-linked im...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hursting MJ,Pai PJ,McCracken JE,Hwang F,Suvarna S,Lokhnygina Y,Bandarenko N,Arepally GM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study evaluated the origin of endothelial and epithelial cells, as well as of lymphocytes and macrophages, after lung transplantation. Biopsy specimens from patients who underwent lung and heart-lung transplantation and received organs of sex-mismatched donors were studied by means of nonisotopic in situ h...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bittmann I,Dose T,Baretton GB,Müller C,Schwaiblmair M,Kur F,Löhrs U

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemical study of smooth muscle myosin, a protein distinct from skeletal, cardiac, or nonmyogenous myosins in paraffin-embedded normal tissues and benign and malignant mesenchymal tumors revealed its strong expression in normal smooth muscle, capillary endothelium, and pericytes. All benign smooth muscle tu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Donner L,de Lanerolle P,Costa J

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The demonstration of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in serum and in tissue sections may be of value in diagnosis and follow-up of several malignant tumors. Anti-CEA sera, however, cross-react with normal antigens, also present in tumors. The staining patterns of three commercially produced anti-CEA sera were investiga...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nap M,ten Hoor KA,Fleuren GJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00