Histological subtypes and characteristic structures of HPV-associated oropharyngeal carcinoma: study with Japanese cases.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isolated hypothalamic-pituitary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (HPLCH) is very rare. We investigated the clinicopathological characteristics, endocrine function changes, BRAFV600E mutations and treatments of isolated HPLCH. METHODS:We identified seven patients with isolated HPLCH by reviewing the clinical an...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Huo Z,Lu T,Liang Z,Ping F,Shen J,Lu J,Ma W,Zhao D,Zhong D

更新日期：2016-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gliomas are aggressive tumors of the central nervous system that rely on production of growth factors for tumor progression. Interleukin 8 (IL-8) is up-regulated in gliomas to promote angiogenesis and proliferation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of the IL-8 -251 T/A and +781 C/T polym...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Liu H,Mao P,Xie C,Xie W,Wang M,Jiang H

更新日期：2015-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ki67 is currently the proliferation biomarker of choice, with both prognostic and predictive value in breast cancer. A lack of consensus regarding Ki67 use in pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical practice may hinder its formal acceptance in the clinical setting. METHODS:One hundred breast cancer s...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Romero Q,Bendahl PO,Fernö M,Grabau D,Borgquist S

更新日期：2014-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rhabdoid colorectal tumor (RCT) is a rare, highly aggressive neoplasm recurrent in elderly patients, commonly at the caecum. The molecular mechanisms underlying RCT pathogenesis remain poorly elucidated. The differential diagnosis is with the malignant rhabdoid tumors of infancy characterized by genetic inac...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Pancione M,Remo A,Sabatino L,Zanella C,Votino C,Fucci A,Di Blasi A,Lepore G,Daniele B,Fenizia F,Molinari E,Normanno N,Manfrin E,Vendraminelli R,Colantuoni V

更新日期：2013-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After introduction of the concept of critical value (CV) in laboratory medicine, some efforts were performed to define possible critical values in surgical pathology. Critical diagnosis (critical value) is a concept recently established in surgical pathology and is a challenging issue among pathologists and ...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Mireskandari M

更新日期：2008-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to analyze the frequency of Thyroid Transcription Factor (TTF)-1 expression in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and its value for the diagnosis of SCLC, the response to first line treatment as well as the prognostic impact on overall survival (OS). METHODS:We analyzed a total of 294 p...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Misch D,Blum T,Boch C,Weiss T,Crolow C,Griff S,Mairinger T,Bauer TT,Kollmeier J

更新日期：2015-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:70-80% of sporadic endometrial carcinomas are defined as endometrioid carcinoma (EC). Early-stage, well differentiated endometrial carcinomas usually retain expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors (ER and PR, respectively), as advanced stage, poorly differentiated tumors often lack one or both of t...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Kreizman-Shefer H,Pricop J,Goldman S,Elmalah I,Shalev E

更新日期：2014-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The polymorphism Pro12Ala in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ2 gene (PPARγ2) has been reported to be associated with diabetic nephropathy (DN) in some studies, though the results remain inconclusive. To explore this relationship between PPARγ2 Pro12Ala polymorphism and the susceptibility for DN, ...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Wang L,Teng Z,Cai S,Wang D,Zhao X,Yu K

更新日期：2013-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two studies recently reported around 10% of EGFR activating mutations in triple negative breast cancers from Asian patients. However, we did not find any EGFR activating mutation in a series of 229 breast tumor samples from European patients. Like in lung cancer, the EGFR mutation profiles seem to be related to the et...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Lamy PJ,Jacot W

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The outbreak of a novel coronavirus since December 2019, became an emergency of major international concern. As of June 21, 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has caused 8,769,844 confirmed infections with 463,745 fatal cases worldwide. The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak is a major challenge for clinicians. In our clinic, w...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Zhai P,Ding Y,Li Y

更新日期：2020-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ALCAM (activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule, CD166, MEMD) is a transmembrane protein of immunoglobulin superfamily (Ig-SF) and plays an important role in human malignant melanoma progression and formation of locoregional and distant metastases. The study using melanoma cell lines showed that overexpres...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Donizy P,Zietek M,Halon A,Leskiewicz M,Kozyra C,Matkowski R

更新日期：2015-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Automated image analysis enables quantitative measurement of steatosis in histological images. However, spatial heterogeneity of steatosis can make quantitative steatosis scores unreliable. To improve the reliability, we have developed novel scores that are "focused" on steatotic tissue areas. METHODS:Focus...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Homeyer A,Hammad S,Schwen LO,Dahmen U,Höfener H,Gao Y,Dooley S,Schenk A

更新日期：2018-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This review provides a comprehensive overview of the broad clinicopathologic spectrum of cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma (KS) lesions. Variants discussed include: usual KS lesions associated with disease progression (i.e. patch, plaque and nodular stage); morphologic subtypes alluded to in the older literature such as anapla...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Grayson W,Pantanowitz L

更新日期：2008-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malignant melanoma is the most lethal form of skin cancer with a variable clinical course even in patients with thin melanomas and localized disease. Despite increasing insights into melanoma biology, no prognostic biomarkers have yet been incorporated into clinical protocols. Reduced expression of the RNA b...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Nodin B,Fridberg M,Jonsson L,Bergman J,Uhlén M,Jirström K

更新日期：2012-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The occurrence of malignant lymphoma after delivery is an extremely rare event. Although several cases of Hodgkin lymphoma and B cell lymphoma and a few cases of peripheral T cell lymphoma (PTCL) after delivery have been reported, there are no report of autopsy cases of PTCL in the puerperal period. CASE PR...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Mizutani K,Yamada S,Guo X,Futatsuya C,Kumagai M,Shioya A,Aikawa A,Nakada S,Kurose N,Minato H,Nojima T

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma is an extremely uncommon and invariably fatal tumor with the current therapy. Less than 25% of patients present with evidence of cutaneous metastasis. CASE PRESENTATION:We report a case of congenital alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma in an 18-month-old male who presented with a ...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Vankalakunti M,Das A,Rao NK

更新日期：2006-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Cutaneous mast cell tumours (MCTs) are the most common skin tumours in dogs. Due to the prevalence of canine MCTs and the variable biologic behavior of this disease, accurate prognostication and a thorough understanding of MCT biology are critical for the treatment of this disease. A cytologic diagnosis of m...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Hosseini E,Pedram B,Bahrami AM,Moghaddam MH,Javanbakht J,Ghomi FE,Moghaddam NJ,Koohestani M,Shafiee R

更新日期：2014-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tubular adenoma of the breast is a rare benign epithelial tumor and only a few literatures have been reported; so far, no cases of tubular adenoma occurred in the accessory breast have been reported in the English literature. Clinical presentation and management of our patient are discussed along with a revi...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Huang Y,Zhang H,Zhou Q,Ling L,Wang S

更新日期：2015-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epithelioid schwannoma as a rare variant poses a challenge to all pathologists, as this uncommon entity is extremely difficult to conclusively diagnose by morphological analyses on a resected sample alone owing to its unique histopathological features. However, few papers have described the detailed clinicop...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Yamada S,Kirishima M,Hiraki T,Higashi M,Hatanaka K,Tanimoto A

更新日期：2017-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with pathologic stage (p-Stage) IA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have a good survival rate because of possible curative resection. However, up to 10% of these patients relapse postoperatively. To identify unfavorable prognostic factors, we retrospectively analyzed the clinicopathological featur...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Hamanaka R,Yokose T,Sakuma Y,Tsuboi M,Ito H,Nakayama H,Yamada K,Masuda R,Iwazaki M

更新日期：2015-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intestinal metaplasia (IM) of the gastric mucosa is classified as complete (Type I) and incomplete IM (Type II and III) subtypes, which showed significantly different risk for developing to gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC). GCRG213, a variant of L1-endonuclease (L1-EN), first identified in our lab, was upregulat...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Duan X,Lian H,Li J,Wu B,Wang W,Wu T,Wang C,Dou Y,Zhou Z,Wang B,Xue L,Wang G

更新日期：2019-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glomus tumors typically occur in the subcutaneous tissue of distal extremities, but rarely in visceral organs. Most glomus tumors are benign, while others have been reported to have malignant potential. Herein, a unique case of a liver glomus tumor with atypical histological features is reported. CASE PRESE...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Hirose K,Matsui T,Nagano H,Eguchi H,Marubashi S,Wada H,Morii E

更新日期：2015-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement C4d component deposition in kidney allograft biopsies is an established marker of antibody-mediated rejection. In the Banff 07 classification of renal allograft pathology, semi-quantitative evaluation of the proportion of C4d-positive peritubular capilaries (PTC) is used. We aimed to explore the potential o...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Brazdziute E,Laurinavicius A

更新日期：2011-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:As rare condition, mucoepidermoid carcinoma may occur in liver although its etiology and pathogenesis is still unclear. We report here a case of intrahepatic mucoepidermoid carcinoma misdiagnosed as cholangiocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma by preoperative radiologic and intraoperative histological exam...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Guo XQ,Li B,Li Y,Tian XY,Li Z

更新日期：2014-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute promyelocytic leukemia is a cytogenetically well defined entity. Nevertheless, some features observed at diagnosis are related to a worse outcome of the patients. METHODS:In a prospective study, we analyzed peripheral (PB) leukocyte count, immunophenotype, methylation status of CDKN2B, CDKN2A and TP73...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： De Mello MR,Albuquerque DM,Pereira-Cunha FG,Albanez KB,Pagnano KB,Costa FF,Metze K,Lorand-Metze I

更新日期：2012-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Histologic grade is the most important predictor of the clinical outcome of non-muscle invasive (Ta, T1) papillary urothelial carcinoma (NMIPUCa), but its ambiguous criteria diminish its power to predict recurrence/progression for individual patients. We attempted to find an objective and reproducible histol...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Kwon JE,Cho NH,Choi YJ,Lim SD,Cho YM,Jun SY,Park S,Kim YA,Kim SS,Choe MS,Lee JD,Kang DY,Ro JY,Kim HJ

更新日期：2017-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The tumor transformation mechanism of a plasmacytoid urothelial carcinoma remains unexplained. We describe the case of a plasmacytoid urothelial carcinoma of the renal pelvis in which the expression of zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox 1 (ZEB1), a key nuclear transcription factor in an epithelial-mesenchyma...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Takada-Owada A,Nozawa Y,Onozaki M,Noda S,Jamiyan T,Tokura Y,Nakazato Y,Kamai T,Ishida K

更新日期：2020-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary central nervous system (CNS) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a rare intracranial tumor, defined as DLBCL arising from the brain, spinal cord, leptomeninges and eye, with an overall annual incidence of 5 cases per million. The primary CNS anaplastic variant of DLBCL (A-DLBCL) is even less com...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Xu T,Jia Q,Wang Y,Liu Y,Han D,Li P,Ma J,Fan L,Yan Q,Guo S,Li M,Wang Z

更新日期：2019-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is characterized by recurrent coma, ventricular tachycardias and the replacement of the myocardium with fatty and fibrous tissue. We described a 42-year-old female patient without clinical arrhythmias which was diagnosed as ARVC by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： Wei J,Tang J,Xia L,Chen X,Wang DW

更新日期：2012-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary neoplasms of the mesentery are very rare. They are usually of mesenchymal origin and include desmoid tumor, lipoma, liposarcoma, and fibrosarcoma. Metastatic carcinomas and lymphoma are more common. We report a rare case of localized mesenteric Castleman's disease, presenting as intestinal obstruction. Clinica...

journal_title：Diagnostic pathology

authors： El Demellawy D,Herath C,Truong F,Nasr A,Alowami S

更新日期：2009-12-04 00:00:00