Primary Ki-1 (anaplastic large cell) lymphoma of the brain and spinal cord.

abstract：:We retrospectively reviewed the immunophenotypic profile of 75 cases of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinemia (LPL/WM) analyzed by flow cytometry. All patients had monoclonal IgM (median, 2,100 mg/dL [21 g/L]) in serum and were considered clinically to have WM. The neoplastic cells, in all cases, ex...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Konoplev S,Medeiros LJ,Bueso-Ramos CE,Jorgensen JL,Lin P

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Southern blot (Oncor, Gaithersburg, MD) and dot blot (Life Technologies, Gaithersburg, MD) nucleic acid hybridization assays were compared for their ability to detect and type human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in 50 cervical swab specimens and 11 biopsy specimens. Overall agreement between the two methods was 78.7%. With...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bartholoma NY,Adelson MD,Forbes BA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic value of glypican 3 (GPC3) immunostaining on needle biopsy specimens has not been well assessed. In this study, 120 liver needle biopsy specimens, including 46 from cirrhotic livers and 74 hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs), were immunohistochemically examined for expression of GPC3. The results showed st...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Anatelli F,Chuang ST,Yang XJ,Wang HL

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-needle cytology (FNC) of 292 palpable orbital and eyelid tumors was performed with a 25-gauge (0.5-mm), 3-cm needle and compared with the histopathologic findings in 286 cases. Among these 286 cases, a concordant diagnosis of malignancy and type was achieved in 249 cases (87%). False positive diagnoses were made ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Zajdela A,Vielh P,Schlienger P,Haye C

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryostat sections from fully developed papular lesions of lymphomatoid papulosis (histologic subtype A or B) have been examined by immunoenzymatic staining with 24 monoclonal antibodies against lymphoid cells and their subsets. The lesions demonstrated essentially identical cellular compositions and consisted of T-lym...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ralfkiaer E,Stein H,Wantzin GL,Thomsen K,Ralfkiaer N,Mason DY

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine a system of quality assurance in which microscopic slides from all surgical cases were subject to peer review before completion of the final pathology report. Three thousand surgical pathology cases were evaluated and the diagnoses entered on preliminary diagnosis sheets. Micro...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Whitehead ME,Fitzwater JE,Lindley SK,Kern SB,Ulirsch RC,Winecoff WF 3rd

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transbronchoscopic biopsies of lung (transbronchial) or bronchus (endobronchial) have a high diagnostic of yield when performed by a single expert bronchoscopist or a small group of expert bronchoscopists. This procedure's diagnostic yield was evaluated in a general hospital where biopsies are performed by a diverse g...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jenkins R,Myerowitz RL,Kavic T,Slasky S

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe four cases of an uncommon type of acalculous cholecystitis/cholangitis characterized by increased intraepithelial lymphocytes within the biliary epithelium. METHODS:Cases were prospectively compiled during regular surgical pathology sign-out. Clinical information was obtained from the electronic...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jessurun J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the usefulness of the cytocentrifuge Gram stain as a urine screening test in the clinical microbiology laboratory for the elimination of culture for screen-negative specimens, we compared the results of the cytocentrifuge Gram stain to the results of culture for 1,171 urine specimens. The data were analyzed ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Winquist AG,Orrico MA,Peterson LR

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus epidermidis is among the most common organisms isolated from blood cultures. Conversely, it is rarely a well-documented cause of natural-valve endocarditis. However, several authors have reported series of patients with the clinical picture of endocarditis and S. epidermidis bacteremia. Most of these ca...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Littenberg B,Cooper B,Levitz R

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of congenital Pelger-Hüet anomaly of the peripheral blood cells is described. Electronmicroscopic examination of the blood cells revealed nuclear bridges and appendices in the polymorphonuclear leukocytes. The number of cytoplasmic granules was diminished, but the size of the secondary granules was markedly inc...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Djaldetti M,Weiss S,Gafter U

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using digital cell image analysis performed on Feulgen-stained nuclei, the nuclear characteristics of prostatic neoplasia, ranging from benign (benign prostatic hyperplasia [BPH]), through dysplastic (prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia [PIN] 1-3), to carcinoma were studied. Four histopathologic groups were studied: g...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Petein M,Michel P,van Velthoven R,Pasteels JL,Brawer MK,Davis JR,Nagle RB,Kiss R

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicians are often forced to make decisions about the use of laboratory resources without adequate access to earlier results and related supporting information. Less than optimal use of the laboratory may result. The authors developed and deployed a clinical workstation meant to provide ready access to laboratory in...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Connelly DP,Sielaff BH,Willard KE

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We further characterize the heterogeneous carcinomas of the papilla of Vater (CPVs) in relation to various clinicopathologic patient characteristics and patient survival. Of the 71 reevaluated CPVs, 32 were intestinal, 26 were pancreatobiliary, 6 were mixed, 4 were mucinous, and 3 were poorly differentiated carcinomas...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kohler I,Jacob D,Budzies J,Lehmann A,Weichert W,Schulz S,Neuhaus P,Röcken C

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred serum samples were tested with two assays for rapid detection of cytomegalovirus (CMV) antibodies. The assays were CMV Scan, a two-step latex particle agglutination assay for CMV IgG and IgM antibodies, and TranSTAT-CMV, a newly available six-step solid-phase enzyme immunoassay for CMV IgG antibodies. Comp...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Roseff SD,Campos JM

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The participant performances on the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Urine Survey specimens distributed during 1979 and 1980 for pregnancy testing are reviewed. Almost all the reagent methods used by the participants performed well on the negative specimens. Prominent differences in results on the positive speci...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Biesecker JL,Rippey JH

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 39-year-old woman with a primary carcinoid of the common bile duct is presented. The tumor showed argyrophilia; and, by immunohistochemical studies, chromogranin, serotonin, and somatostatin were demonstrated. The patient has no symptoms 42 months after surgical treatment. To the authors' knowledge, this is the firs...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Angeles-Angeles A,Quintanilla-Martínez L,Larriva-Sahd J

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Special AT-rich binding protein 2 (SATB2) immunohistochemistry (IHC) has high sensitivity and specificity for colorectal adenocarcinoma (CRC), but data on its expression in specific subsets of pulmonary, gastric, small bowel, and pancreatobiliary adenocarcinomas (ADCAs) are relatively limited or discordant. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： De Michele S,Remotti HE,Del Portillo A,Lagana SM,Szabolcs M,Saqi A

更新日期：2021-01-04 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：:Platelet-derived growth factors (PDGFs) exert their biologic function by binding to 3 different tyrosine kinase receptor isoforms. Especially the PDGF-alpha alpha receptor binds PDGF proteins with high specificity, which results in growth stimulation. The expression of the receptor and its ligand was studied in human ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sulzbacher I,Birner P,Träxler M,Marberger M,Haitel A

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty cases of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) were studied; 19 involved the lung and 1 the esophagus only. The patients' ages ranged from 3 to 72 years. There were 9 males and 11 females. Involvement of a bronchus was seen in one case and of mediastinal structures in four. Chest pain and dyspnea were common...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Pettinato G,Manivel JC,De Rosa N,Dehner LP

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty drugs used primarily in critical care and hospital settings were tested in vitro to observe interference on glucose measurements with 6 hand-held glucose meters and a portable glucose analyzer. Paired differences of glucose measurements between drug-spiked samples and unspiked control samples were calculated to...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tang Z,Du X,Louie RF,Kost GJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Hemolyzed blood samples commonly occur in hospital emergency departments (EDs). Our objective was to determine whether replacing standard large-volume/high-vacuum sample tubes with low-volume/low-vacuum tubes would significantly affect ED hemolysis. Methods:This was a prospective intervention of the use of ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Phelan MP,Reineks EZ,Berriochoa JP,Schold JD,Hustey FM,Chamberlin J,Kovach A

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe an unusual variant of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) discovered in a patient with a 90-fold increase in serum ALP. The variant ALP was indistinguishable from the bone isoenzyme when subjected to chemical inhibition, heat inactivation, lectin precipitation, and routine electrophoresis. However, treatme...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Schreiber WE,Gorecki T,Bernstein V

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assessment of the infrequently performed protein-bound iodine determinations (PBI) and thyroxine (T4) determinations by column chromatography is presented after analysis of data contributed by participants in the 1976 College of American Pathologists Chemistry Survey Programs. The two technics yield comparable mean...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Thiessen MM,Batsakis JG,Neuhoff J,Thomas BP

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of HER-2/neu oncogene amplification has become clinically important in the present management of breast cancer and may have important applications in other areas of clinical oncology and scientific research. In situ hybridization is an extremely accurate and sensitive technique for assessing amplificatio...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gupta D,Middleton LP,Whitaker MJ,Abrams J

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the predictive value of growth patterns in patients undergoing sorafenib treatment for metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinomas (CCRCCs). METHODS:Forty-eight patients were analyzed, each of whom underwent nephrectomy and received sorafenib treatment for metastatic CCRCC. Progression-free surv...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Araki H,Tsuzuki T,Kimura T,Tanaka K,Yamada S,Sassa N,Yoshino Y,Hattori R,Gotoh M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to assess the loss of E-cadherin (EC) as a diagnostic marker or a predictor of prognosis. We stained 276 breast carcinomas with monoclonal antibodies to EC (invasive lobular carcinomas [ILC] and variants, 59; invasive ductal carcinoma and ductal special types [IDC], 204; tubulolobular carcinoma [TLC]...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Qureshi HS,Linden MD,Divine G,Raju UB

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with a polymicrobial bacteremia due to Nocardia asteroides and Escherichia coli is presented. Rapid overgrowth of all cultures with the E. coli necessitated the use of selective media containing antimicrobial agents to which the E. coli was sensitive. Only five previous cases of N. asteroides bacteremia have...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ruebush TK 2nd,Goodman JS

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To calculate the incidence of nondiagnostic (ND) colorectal (CR) polyp cases in which deeper tissue sectioning rendered new diagnostic information--particularly adenomas--in 2 laboratories staffed by the same pathologists. METHODS:After initial diagnosis, 100 ND CR polyps from each laboratory were reexamine...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nielsen JA,Lager DJ,Lewin M,Weber JJ,Roberts CA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00