Stereotactic brain biopsies: specimen preparation and evaluation.

abstract：:In a series of 342 bone marrow examinations from 314 patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection, 70 examinations (20%) detected opportunistic mycobacterial or fungal infections. One hundred eleven of the 314 patients had such infections, and, hence, 63% (70/111) were detected by bone marrow examination. Spec...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Nichols L,Florentine B,Lewis W,Sattler F,Rarick MU,Brynes RK

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical and postmortem findings in a newborn with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and pulmonary hypoplasia. The infant was found to have a massively enlarged thymus gland that apparently caused pulmonary hypoplasia and respiratory insufficiency. Massive hyperplasia of the thymus gland should be considered i...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Balcom RJ,Hakanson DO,Werner A,Gordon LP

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT.—:Amyloidosis is an uncommon but important entity. A protein-based classification of amyloidosis defines the underlying disease process, directing clinical management and providing prognostic information. However, in routine surgical pathology there often is no attempt to classify amyloid other than staining to...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Giannini G,Nast CC

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Dysregulation of mediators of apoptosis is associated with carcinogenesis. For biliary duct cancers, p53 gene mutation is an important contributor to carcinogenesis. Mutations in the p53 gene affect transcription of the Fas gene, resulting in lack of Fas expression on cell membrane. It has been previously shown...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Jhala NC,Vickers SM,Argani P,McDonald JM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Although the cytologic features of squamous cell carcinoma in ThinPrep specimens are well known, whether these features are different in cases that are easily identified than in cases that are more difficult to identify is not known. OBJECTIVE:To determine the cytologic features of squamous cell carcinoma in T...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Renshaw AA,Dubray-Benstein B,Cobb CJ,Lozano RL,Neal MH,Prey M,Schulte MA,Gynecologic Cytology Committee, College of American Pathologists.

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT.—:With increasing use and efficacy of antiretroviral therapy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, deaths from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining conditions have decreased. OBJECTIVE.—:To examine trends in the cause of death of HIV-infected patients who underwent autopsy at a major ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Nizami S,Morales C,Hu K,Holzman R,Rapkiewicz A

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four instances (8%) of inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP) with concomitant adenocarcinoma or adenoma, in the same area, were noted among 50 cases of IFP of the stomach. Adding two cases from other sources, four cases of gastric IFP concomitant with an adenocarcinoma and two of gastric IFP concomitant with an adenoma wer...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Mori M,Tamura S,Enjoji M,Sugimachi K

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I report a case of peripheral bronchial carcinoid tumor composed of bundles of large spindle cells, very much resembling cells of smooth muscle or neural tumors. Despite the unusual appearance, argyrophil staining and electron microscopic examination demonstrated small secretory granules of the type found in other per...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Churg A

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:- Current 2013 World Health Organization classification of tumors of soft tissue arranges these tumors into 12 groups according to their histogenesis. Tumor behavior is classified as benign, intermediate (locally aggressive), intermediate (rarely metastasizing), and malignant. In our practice, a general approac...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Wei S,Henderson-Jackson E,Qian X,Bui MM

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of rupture of a saccular pulmonary artery aneurysm with fatal hemopericardium in a 29-year-old man who also had persistent ductus arteriosus with severe pulmonary hypertension. Histologic examination of the pulmonary artery showed cystic medionecrosis similar to that observed in patients with ruptured...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Coard KC,Martin MP

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Assessment of accuracy and feasibility of whole slide imaging (WSI) for interinstitutional consultation in surgical pathology. OBJECTIVES:To train technical and pathologist staff in WSI technology, establish and evaluate a WSI workflow using training cases and second-opinion consultations, and assess diagnosti...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Jones NC,Nazarian RM,Duncan LM,Kamionek M,Lauwers GY,Tambouret RH,Wu CL,Nielsen GP,Brachtel EF,Mark EJ,Sadow PM,Grabbe JP,Wilbur DC

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histiocytes counted in smears made from the tracheobronchial washings of 208 patients with malignant melanomas were found to be 3.12 times more numerous than in a control group comparable in sex, age (decades), and smoking habit but without any type of prediagnosed malignant lesion. The discovery of this phenomenon ma...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Chalon J,Tang CK,Ramanathan S,Klein G,O'Meara JB,Turndorf H

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Case reports have described detection of candidemia by examination of peripheral blood smears. It is unclear whether this method has wider applicability for early detection of fungemia. OBJECTIVE:To determine the sensitivity of smear review for detecting candidemia. DESIGN:Normal and cytopenic blood was spike...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Branda JA,Ferraro MJ,Kratz A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Advances in RHD genotyping offer an opportunity to update policies and practices for testing weak D phenotypes and administration of Rh immune globulin to postpartum women. OBJECTIVES:To repeat questions from a 1999 College of American Pathologists proficiency test survey, to evaluate current practices for tes...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Sandler SG,Roseff SD,Domen RE,Shaz B,Gottschall JL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the role of sputum examination in the diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), we conducted a prospective study of 30 patients with AIDS or suspected AIDS. Sputum was obtained just prior to bronchoscopy by spontaneous cough (20 patients) or ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： del Rio C,Guarner J,Honig EG,Slade BA

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual disorder of liver development, which is to our knowledge not described in the literature, was observed in a female infant who died, at the age of 25 weeks, of the sequelae of portal hypertension. At the time of autopsy, the enlarged liver revealed multiple small nodules histologically composed of trabecular...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Zimmermann A,Aebi-Ochsner C,Hess MW

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Lipochoristomas (lipomatous choristomas) are rare tumors of the acoustic nerve (cranial nerve VIII/vestibulocochlear nerve) within the internal acoustic canal and sometimes the cerebellopontine angle, and are histogenetically believed to be congenital malformations. Their clinically indolent behavior has recent...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Wu SS,Lo WW,Tschirhart DL,Slattery WH 3rd,Carberry JN,Brackmann DE

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A full autopsy at our institution includes removal of the eyes for pathologic examination. To our knowledge, the rate of ophthalmic findings at autopsy has not been documented previously. DESIGN:We retrospectively reviewed 277 consecutive autopsies conducted between 1995 and 1999 in which the eyes were remo...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Butnor KJ,Proia AD

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:- Nonuterine high-grade serous carcinomas (HGSCs) are believed to arise most often from precursors in the fallopian tube referred to as serous tubal intraepithelial carcinomas (STICs). A designation of tubal origin has been suggested for all cases of nonuterine HGSC if a STIC is identified. OBJECTIVE:- To high...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Singh R,Cho KR

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interrelationship between lymphocytes and hepatocytes was examined by light and electron microscopy, using epoxy-resin embedded thick and thin sections of biopsy liver tissues from patients with chronic persistent hepatitis (CPH) and chronic active liver disease (CALD). Close apposition of lymphocytes with hepatoc...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Kawanishi H

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal biopsy specimens were examined from patients with connective-tissue diseases who had symptoms that were thought to represent early gastrointestinal involvement by the disease. Specimens from the small and large intestines contained eosinophils and mast cells, in close association with Meissner's and Auerbac...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： DeSchryver-Kecskemeti K,Clouse RE

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although atrial myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart, the synchronous occurrence of myxomas of the intestine and the heart has not been reported in the English literature. We report a case of a 47-year-old woman who presented with small bowel obstruction by a pedunculated mass that was found to be a my...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Wang Y,Sharkey FE

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:In 2006, the department of pathology at our institution established an intramural research funding mechanism to support anatomic pathology research projects for faculty and trainee development. A review committee consisting of faculty members with diverse academic interests evaluated applications; proposals wer...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： McDaniel A,Fullen DR,Cho KR,Lucas DR,Giordano TJ,Greenson J,Lieberman AP,Kunju LP,Myers JL,Roh MH

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer deaths in the United States and globally. The advent of targeted therapies has offered a new treatment paradigm for lung cancer, but currently validated and emerging drugs are effective in only a small minority of lung cancers, predominantly adenocarcinomas. Folate ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Cagle PT,Zhai QJ,Murphy L,Low PS

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Identification of patients is one of the first steps in ensuring the accuracy of laboratory results. In the United States, hospitalized patients wear wristbands to aid in their identification, but wristbands errors are frequently found. OBJECTIVE:To investigate if continuous monitoring of wristband errors by p...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Howanitz PJ,Renner SW,Walsh MK

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:-Small glandular proliferations of the breast encompass a variety of benign, atypical, and malignant lesions that show some overlapping morphologic features. Myoepithelial stains are frequently used in the workup of these lesions in order to rule out or establish a diagnosis of invasive carcinoma. Some benign l...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Ginter PS,Shin SJ,D'Alfonso TM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmission and scanning electron microscopic examinations were performed to evaluate the fine-structural differences in sinusoids of hepatocellular carcinoma, adenomatous hyperplasia of the liver, and fetal livers. In cancerous sinusoids, thickened endothelial cells with loss of sieve plates were conspicuous feature...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Haratake J,Hisaoka M,Yamamoto O,Horie A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied a woman who underwent a jejunoileal bypass for the treatment of morbid obesity and in whom severe jaundice and hepatic failure developed six months later; these developments prompted restoration of the normal continuity of the small bowel. Four serial wedge biopsy specimens of the liver were taken during a ...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Allam C,Bala'a M,Shamma'a M

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Casts were produced of the arterial networks of 25 human hearts obtained at autopsy from subjects who were not diagnosed as having cardiovascular disease. Many casts showed imprints of atherosclerotic plaques, remnants of calcified masses, and fine vascular meshes near the lumen of the major coronary arteries. Of 25 c...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Zamir M,Silver MD

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a rare entity characterized by subacute necrotizing lymphadenopathy and frequently associated with fever. Young adults of Asian ancestry are most commonly affected, but it has been reported worldwide. Despite many studies in the literature, the cause of KFD remains uncertain. Histolog...

journal_title：Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

authors： Perry AM,Choi SM

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00