Small cell carcinoma of the gall-bladder with intestinal metaplastic epithelium.

abstract：:A 35-year-old Japanese man who had experienced hoarseness for 10 years presented with a vocal cord lesion. A gross examination revealed a left vocal cord polyp occupying two-thirds of the vocal space. The endoscopically resected lesion contained scattered atypical fibroblastic, stellate, or ganglion-like cells with mu...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Yorita K,Togashi Y,Nakagawa H,Miyazaki K,Sakata S,Baba S,Takeuchi K,Hayashi Y,Murakami I,Kuroda N,Oda Y,Kohashi K,Yamada Y,Kiyozawa D,Michal M,Michal M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated the protein expression of double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase (PKR), which was identified by using a previous cDNA microarray study, to discover PKR's correlations with several pathological parameters and to elucidate its role in neoplastic transformation and progression of lung adeno...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Roh MS,Kwak JY,Kim SJ,Lee HW,Kwon HC,Hwang TH,Choi PJ,Hong YS

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of endometrial low-grade stromal sarcoma with ovarian sex cord-like differentiation occurring in a 39-year-old woman and a 42-year-old woman are presented. Both tumors, which were intramyometrial and measured 7.5 cm and 7.0 cm in greatest diameter, respectively, showed a multinodular, ill-demarcated, and yel...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Fukunaga M,Miyazawa Y,Ushigome S

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC), initially coexisting with invasive extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD), in the scrotum of an 84-year-old man. The patient initially had a rash and pruritus before presenting with a pedunculated scrotal mass surrounded by widespread erythema. He underwent to...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kitano A,Izumi M,Tamura K,Tonegawa M,Etou T,Kishida Y

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A complete spontaneous regression of diffuse large B cell lymphoma involving the right breast, confirmed by aspiration cytology, is reported. The patient visited a hospital due to the rapid growth of a tumor in the right breast. Five years previously she underwent a craniotomy for a brain tumor, diagnosed as B-cell ma...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Iihara K,Yamaguchi K,Nishimura Y,Iwasaki T,Suzuki K,Hirabayashi Y

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer patients have a generally increased risk of developing second cancers. The object of this study was to clarify the increased as well as decreased incidence of cancers in breast cancer patients using autopsy cases. 164 211 autopsy cases in the Annual of Pathological Autopsy Cases in Japan from 2002 to 201...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Shibahara Y,Sugawara Y,Miki Y,Hata S,Takahashi H,Nakamura Y,Suzuki T,Ohuchi N,Tsuji I,Sasano H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein is presented a case of carcinosarcoma of the pancreas in an 82-year-old woman, analyzed on immunohistochemistry and K-ras sequence. The tumor, which arose in the pancreas head, was removed on pancreaticoduodenectomy. The patient died, however, of disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome from postoperativ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Nakano T,Sonobe H,Usui T,Yamanaka K,Ishizuka T,Nishimura E,Hanazaki K

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myofibroblasts have ultrastructural and functional characteristics intermediate between fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells. Previous studies indicated that most myofibroblasts express actin and vimentin but not desmin immunophenotypes. Two benign intramuscular myofibroblastic tumors which displayed a desmin-positive ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Yang P,Hirose T,Seki K,Hasegawa T,Hizawa K,Sano T

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant transformation of ovarian mature cystic teratomas is reported to occur in about 1% of cases. The most common malignant evolution is that of squamous cell carcinoma and one of the least common is that of small cell carcinoma. We report a case of distant metastasis from a small cell carcinoma arising in a matu...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Lim SC,Choi SJ,Suh CH

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiomyolipoma (AML) is a mixed mesenchymal tumor belonging to the family of perivascular epithelioid cell tumors. Concurrent development of AML and adult renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is very rare. Herein is presented a unique case in which RCC arose within a previously detected AML tumor mass. A 40-year-old woman had b...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Inomoto C,Umemura S,Sasaki Y,Yasuda M,Terachi T,Osamura RY

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of carcinosarcoma of the esophagus are reported. Both were polypoid tumors occurring in the middle of the intrathoracic esophagus. The tumors were predominantly composed of spindle-shaped sarcoma cells with some squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). One tumor showed many bizarre giant cells with filamentous materi...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Taniyama K,Sasaki N,Mukai T,Uemura N,Miyoshi N,Nakai H,Nakayama H,Tahara E

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of primary small cell (oat cell) carcinoma of the breast in a 41-year-old woman is presented. The patient was alive and well without disease 16 months after modified radical mastectomy and subsequent chemotherapy. The tumor cells revealed morphologic similarity to oat cell carcinoma of the lung and immunohistoc...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Yamasaki T,Shimazaki H,Aida S,Tamai S,Tamaki K,Hiraide H,Mochizuki H,Matsubara O

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitral annular calcification (MAC) is a generally asymptomatic abnormality found commonly in aged hearts. Some clinical studies have suggested that MAC should be considered an independent risk factor for stroke; however, whether the abnormality is indeed a risk factor remains controversial. We report a case in which d...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Matsuyama TA,Ishibashi-Ueda H,Ikeda Y,Nagatsuka K,Miyashita K,Amaki M,Kanzaki H,Kitakaze M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a very rare case of combined thymic carcinomas: undifferentiated thymic carcinoma coexisting with type AB thymoma. The precise mechanism underlying the coexistence of these tumors remains unknown. Therefore, we used clonality analysis to ascertain whether the two tumors were clonally related. A 63-year-old w...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Karino F,Yokose T,Matsukuma S,Miyagi Y,Murakami S,Ito H,Nakayama H,Yamada K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58-year-old man with a 1 year history of progressive abdominal distension underwent a laparotomy for pseudomyxoma peritonei. The mucin was identified and characterized in the present study. Approximately 6 L of crude mucus in the sol (highly viscous) and gel (semisolid) phases was obtained from the patient's periton...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Mall AS,Chirwa N,Govender D,Lotz Z,Tyler M,Rodrigues J,Kahn D,Goldberg P

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We herein describe a rare case of low-grade endobronchial tumor that exhibited two distinct features of typical carcinoid and acinic cell carcinoma (ACC) by immunohistochemical and ultrastructure study. ACC was suspected on transbronchial biopsy. The resected specimen showed that the tumor surface comprised an acinic ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Watanabe H,Miyagawa-Hayashino A,Imabayashi T,Kishimoto M,Shimomura M,Honda K,Omatsu I,Shimada E,Inoue M,Takayama K,Konishi E

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is associated with pathogenesis of various cancers, including extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type (ENKL). ENKL tumor cells are positive for EBV-encoded RNA1 (EBER1), which is the most useful marker to identify ENKL tumor cells in histopathology. Currently, EBER1 in ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Ito Y,Makita S,Maeshima AM,Hatta S,Yuda S,Suzuki T,Fukuhara S,Munakata W,Taniguchi H,Suzuki T,Maruyama D,Izutsu K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinic cheilitis (AC) is an early keratocyte neoplasia with inflammation that occurs in the lip vermillion with the potential to develop into invasive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The expression of the intracellular enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) by antigen-presenting cells and/or tumor cells has been des...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： von Bubnoff D,Zahn S,Wenzel J,Wilms H,Bieber T,Lüftl M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituicytoma is a rare low-grade glial neoplasm that originates in the neurohypophysis or infundibulum. Because of its rare occurrence, the morphology and differentiation of pituicytoma have not been fully clarified. Here, we report a case of pituicytoma with unusual histological features mimicking ependymoma, but exhi...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kwon MJ,Suh YL

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple injections with a mouse monoclonal anti-rat Thy-1 antibody (five times, at weekly intervals) induced marked glomerular sclerotic lesions which are characterized by adhesion of glomerular capillaries to Bowman's capsule and persistent proteinuria in rats. Abnormal production of type I collagen and increased ac...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Yagi M,Yamamoto T,Kato S,Nagano N,Kihara I

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present paper was to examine the level of apoptosis and the relationships among apoptosis, apoptosis-associated proteins, and proliferating potential in lymphoma tissues to clarify the characteristics of apoptosis in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL) of the central nervous system (CNS). The for...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Arai M,Sasaki A,Saito N,Nakazato Y

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of an inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver in a 75-year-old female with chronic hepatitis C whose radiologic features simulated that of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is presented. On imaging studies, hypervascularity by CO2 ultrasound (US) angiography, enhancement at an early phase and isodensity at a late ph...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kim SR,Hayashi Y,Kudo M,Matsuoka T,Imoto S,Sasaki K,Shintani S,Song KB,Park SY,Kim JH,Ando K,Koterazawa T,Kim KI,Ninomiya T

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC) is a rare malignant neoplasm of the head and neck regions. We elucidated the relationship between ASC and MUC molecule expression. We selected 14 cases of ASC in the head and neck, and examined them immunohistohcmically. Seven cases of tongue, 3 cases of larynx and 4 cases of hypopharynx ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kusafuka K,Muramatsu K,Iida Y,Mori K,Miki T,Suda T,Fuke T,Kamijo T,Onitsuka T,Nakajima T

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and fifteen patients with chronic hepatitis C were administered interferon (IFN) and classed into two groups: (i) complete responders (CR), HCV-RNA continuously negative 1 year after treatment; and (ii) non-responders (NR), positive 1 year after treatment. Multivariate analysis comprised eight variables: a...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kim SR,Hayashi Y,Yoon S,Taniguchi M,Yang MK,Kim KI,Kim MM,Saeki K,Nukata I,Imoto S

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytometrical image analyzing method for nuclear protein was established using WinROOF, a commercially available, inexpensive software, to determine the status of both estrogen and progesterone receptors. Immunohistochemical evaluation of estrogen receptors (ER) and progesterone receptors (PR) was performed with the ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Hatanaka Y,Hashizume K,Nitta K,Kato T,Itoh I,Tani Y

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of chemokines, especially CXCL10/interferon-gamma-inducible protein 10 kDa (IP-10), a chemokine to attract CXCR3(+) T-helper 1-type CD4(+) T cells, is largely unknown in the pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel disease; ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. The authors have earlier shown that IP-10 neutral...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Suzuki K,Kawauchi Y,Palaniyandi SS,Veeraveedu PT,Fujii M,Yamagiwa S,Yoneyama H,Han GD,Kawachi H,Okada Y,Ajioka Y,Watanabe K,Hosono M,Asakura H,Aoyagi Y,Narumi S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse pulmonary ossification (DPO) is a rare condition characterized by diffuse metaplastic bone formation in the lungs. Two patterns have been described: dendriform, with a coral-like network of bone spiculae along the alveolar septa; and nodular, with lobulated fragments in the alveolar spaces. Dendriform DPO is f...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Porzionato A,Macchi V,Da Broi U,Giraudo C,Miotto D,Rodriguez D,Moreschi C,De Caro R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming acidic coiled-coil containing protein 3 (TACC3) is known to be involved in the control of normal cell growth and differentiation and in mechanisms of unregulated growth leading to tumorigenesis. The aim of the present paper was to determine the rate of TACC3 expression in a non-small cell lung cancer (NSC...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Jung CK,Jung JH,Park GS,Lee A,Kang CS,Lee KY

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated gastric carcinoma (EBVGC) is defined as a neoplasm comprising monoclonal proliferation of EBV-infected gastric epithelial cells. Although the typical histology is gastric carcinoma with lymphoid stroma (GCLS), the histologic features of the tumor vary. We report herein the case of a...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Shimizu A,Takahashi T,Kushima R,Sentani K,Yasui W,Matsuno Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7-year-old boy presented with midline swelling in the neck. On fine-needle aspiration cytology it was diagnosed as papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. The patient underwent total thyroidectomy. Histopathological examination, immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy revealed the presence of two intermingled compo...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Goyal R,Nada R,Rao KL,Radotra BD

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00