The detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherosclerotic plaques of Australian subjects.

abstract：:Lymphadenopathy associated with hemorrhage as a presenting feature of primary (AL) amyloidosis has not previously been described. We report two such cases one of whom had an acquired factor X and IX deficiency. The clinical presentations were characterized by sudden spontaneous enlargement of lymph nodes followed by p...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Hanley JP,MacLean FR,Evans JL,Colls BM,Robinson BA,Patton WN,Heaton DC

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histopathologists are encountering intra-lobular epithelial proliferations more frequently in core biopsies taken from lesions identified in mammographic breast screening programmes. In particular, columnar cell lesions are increasingly being seen in core biopsies taken for the histological assessment of mammographica...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Pinder SE,Provenzano E,Reis-Filho JS

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultimate goal of defining cancer specific precursors is to facilitate early detection and intervention before the development of invasive malignancy. Unlike other malignancies involving the female genital tract such as cervical or endometrial carcinomas, precursor lesions of ovarian carcinomas have not been well c...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Lim D,Oliva E

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of the study was to evaluate the role of Serpin B3/B4 in advanced idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients, mainly focusing on epithelial proliferation. METHODS:Lungs from 48 IPF patients (including cases with cancer or high-grade epithelial dysplasia) were studied and compared with other diffuse pare...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Calabrese F,Lunardi F,Balestro E,Marulli G,Perissinotto E,Loy M,Nannini N,Valente M,Saetta M,Agostini C,Rea F

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for the preparation of human renal biopsy specimens for scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is described. This involves glomerular isolation by fine needle dissection and the simultaneous processing of 10 or more specimens in a specially designed tissue cassette. The method is simple and reliable with minimal ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Ng W,So KF,So PC,Ngai HK

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Activation of β-catenin has been identified as a possible mechanism for the development of nephroblastomas. In our study we investigated whether this activation occurs already in precursor lesions of nephroblastomas, called nephrogenic rests (NRs). Inactivation of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) protein is an...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Grill C,Sunitsch S,Hatz M,Hauser-Kronberger C,Leuschner I,Hoefler G,Guertl B

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60 year old white male presented with atypical chest pain and exercise-induced myalgia. Physical examination revealed slight proximal limb muscle weakness and wasting. Serum creatine phosphokinase levels were persistently elevated and electromyography showed changes consistent with a mild myopathy. Light microscopic...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Byard RW,Lach B,Preston DN

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Pancreatic endocrine tumours (PET) containing ductules are an uncommon histological variant. Considerable conjecture surrounds the origin and histogenesis of the ductules. Opinions range from the ductules being an inherent part of the tumour, to others who feel they are merely entrapped. A study of 21 cases of thi...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Chetty R,Serra S,Asa SL,Volkan Adsay N

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Predicting the clinical behaviour of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) is difficult and criteria delineating benign from malignant cases are not firmly established. The aims of this study were to define the clinicopathological and molecular features of 66 GISTs, and to determine whether any specific paramet...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Koay MH,Goh YW,Iacopetta B,Grieu F,Segal A,Sterrett GF,Platten M,Spagnolo DV

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To demonstrate that Flinders Island spotted fever (FISF), a spotted fever group rickettsial infection caused by Rickettsia honei, is found not only on Flinders Island (Bass Strait), Tasmania, but elsewhere in south-east Australia. METHODS:Cases of FISF were identified by rickettsial serology, culture and the detec...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Unsworth NB,Stenos J,McGregor AR,Dyer JR,Graves SR

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 52 of 238 patients (22%) with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma presented with disease in a primary extranodal site. The gastrointestinal tract was the commonest site involved (50%) and diffuse large cell was the commonest histological sub-type of the lymphoma (64%). Survivorship analysis of these patients, treated pr...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Manoharan A,Smart RC,Pitney WR

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:CD146 is a potentially metastasis promoting cell adhesion molecule and its expression has been described in various solid tumours. We aimed to evaluate the expression of CD146 in prostate cancer by immunohistochemistry in a clinically characterised study cohort to evaluate its prognostic properties. METHODS:We ev...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Fritzsche FR,Wassermann K,Rabien A,Schicktanz H,Dankof A,Loening SA,Dietel M,Jung K,Kristiansen G

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary proliferations of the endometrium (PPEs) are uncommon lesions that are often associated with endometrial polyps. PPEs occasionally precede or co-exist with atypical endometrial hyperplasia or adenocarcinoma, but their pathogenesis and relationship to endometrial neoplasia is uncertain. In the present study 1...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Stewart CJR,Bigby S,Giardina T,Grieu-Iacopetta F,Amanuel B

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from 82 patients with acute or chronic hepatitis and 40 chronic carriers of hepatitis B were examined by ELISA and immunoblotting for reactivity with the glycolytic enzyme aldolase. The results of the ELISA tests, expressed as a percentage of a positive control, were compared to those obtained with sera from 39 p...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Brown C,Toh BH,Pedersen JS,Clarke FM,Mackay IR,Gust I

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An elderly woman had a cerebral gliosarcoma with a single pulmonary metastasis, together with a separate pulmonary adenoid-cystic carcinoma. Spontaneous extraneural metastases of primary intracranial neoplasms are exceedingly unusual; so far, only 8 proven cases are recorded in the English language medical literature....

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Ojeda VJ,Sterrett GF

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We aimed to evaluate the effects of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) on lithium (Li)-induced lung toxicity. METHODS:Twenty-two adult male Wistar albino rats weighing between 280 and 300 g were used. The rats were randomly divided into three groups: control, Li and Li+CAPE groups. Li and CAPE were co-administer...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Sahin O,Sulak O,Yavuz Y,Uz E,Eren I,Ramazan Yilmaz H,Malas MA,Altuntas I,Songur A

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cerebral neuroblastoma was studied by light microscopy, tissue culture and electron microscopy. Synapse-like structures were found within tumour cells. This supports the neuroectodermal origin of this neoplasm. ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Ojeda VJ,Jacobsen PF,Papadimitriou JM

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene targeting ('knock-out') technology is now widely used in the basic science of all disciplines of pathology and particularly auto-immune and inflammatory disease. Gene targeting is the wilful introduction of precise mutations into the genome of an animal, usually a mouse, affecting the function of a single gene or...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Riminton DS

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:It is routine practice to prolong the incubation period of blood cultures from patients with suspected subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE) or fungal infection. The protocol in this laboratory required 28 days incubation with weekly subcultures. Following the introduction of automated continuously monitored blood ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Varettas K,Taylor PC,Mukerjee C

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fatal case of multiple sulfatase deficiency in a 10-year-old girl is reported. In this rare disease, which is inherited as an autosomal recessive, features of metachromatic leukodystrophy and of mucopolysaccharidoses occur together. The white matter suffers progressive destruction with sulfatides accumulating in mac...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Kepes JJ,Berry A 3rd,Zacharias DL

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypercalcemia is a common biochemical abnormality. It is usually possible to make a presumptive diagnosis of its cause by relatively simple means. In a large majority of cases this involves differentiating between primary hyperparathyroidism and malignancy-associated hypercalcemia. Clinical evaluation and parathyroid ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Mason RS

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-immunoassay has been developed for rapid isotyping of murine monoclonal antibodies. This assay has several advantages over the commonly used typing methods. It does not require the presence of specific antigen. Typing plates can be prepared in advance and stored frozen. Unequivocal results can be obtained in...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Gardner ID

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid technique suitable for routine laboratory use for determining the percentage of large platelets in the peripheral blood is described. In 50 haematologically normal subjects, megathrombocytes (platelets with a volume of 16-33 fl) constituted 3.0-16.6% (mean +/- 2 SD) of the platelet count. Of the 10 patients ex...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Hunt FA

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common viral infection of squamous epithelial tissues, but its importance has only recently been recognised by the medical community. HPVs are now realised to consist of many genotypes and are associated with a diverse spectrum of clinical manifestations. Within the genital tract, some ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Garland SM

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intimal thickness of the coronary arteries of humans less than 20 years of age was compared with that 9 other species. It was found that humans were unique amongst the species studied in showing substantial intimal thickening at an early age. The intimal thickening was associated with defects of the internal elast...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Sims FH

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Only a small number of mesenchymal tumours have been previously evaluated for hTERT expression. We hypothesised that hTERT expression would be frequently present in sarcomas, but not in benign tumours. METHODS:Sections from 143 bone/soft tissue tumours were immunostained for hTERT (44F12, 1:20; Novocastra) using ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Patel RM,Folpe AL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent controversies both in Australia and overseas have focused public attention on autopsy practice. It has become apparent that there is an increasing expectation amongst the public for more detailed information concerning autopsy procedures and, in particular, tissue retention. This article attempts to review the ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Lynch MJ

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel grading system based on the counting of poorly differentiated clusters (PDC) of neoplastic cells at the invasive margin and in the tumour stroma was recently introduced among the histological parameters predictive of adverse clinical outcome in colorectal cancer (CRC). The aim of this study was to correlate th...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Barresi V,Bonetti LR,Bettelli S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients with Aeromonas species septicemia were seen at Westmead Hospital between 1983 and 1987. In 10 patients (77%) septicemia was caused by A. sobria, and in 3 (23%) by A. hydrophila, A. caviae was not isolated. Chronic underlying illness was present in 10 patients (77%), hematological malignancy being the...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Dryden M,Munro R

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dense fine speckled (DFS) pattern is an antinuclear antibody (ANA) pattern that has recently become of interest. This particular pattern has not been associated with systemic autoimmune rheumatic disorders (SARD) but has been associated with other inflammatory conditions such as interstitial nephritis, autoimmune ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Broadfoot A,Sivertsen T,Baumgart K

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00