abstract：:We describe a 44-year-old female with a known history of a solitary osteochondroma of the scapula followed on X-ray for five years. She then presented with a rapidly growing lump. Imaging studies confirmed the presence of an aggressive looking lesion. Excision was performed and pathology showed a dedifferentiated chon...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Radhi JM,Loewy J

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid rescreening was established in our laboratory in 1995, following the publication of several studies indicating improved sensitivity for the detection of abnormalities in cervical smears. During the study period, 285,841 negative smears (representing 89.09% of the total workload) were rapidly rescreened. A total ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Wright RG,Halford JA,Ditchmen EJ

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plexiform leiomyomas of the uterus are incidental findings in hysterectomy specimens. Histogenetically, these rare tumors are classified as a variant of epithelioid leiomyomas. Most of the plexiform leiomyomas reported range in size from microscopically small lesions to less than 1 cm in largest diameter, and they mac...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Nagel H,Brinck U,Lüthje D,Füzesi L

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E-cadherin mediated intercellular adhesion is regulated by a family of cytoplasmic proteins that include alpha-, beta- and gamma-catenin and p120cas. Changes in expression of E-cadherin are believed to be an early event in melanoma development. Recent studies have also drawn attention to the over-expression of beta-ca...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Zhang XD,Hersey P

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the application of flow cytometric techniques to the analysis and quantitation of mixed red cell populations. Such mixtures may arise in a variety of ways, for example: through transplacental hemorrhage during pregnancy or upon delivery; through iatrogenic procedures such as blood transfusion, bone ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Nelson M

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies that bind phospholipid (anti-phospholipid antibodies [APA]) are a focus of major interest to both clinical and laboratory personnel across a variety of disciplines because of the assortment of disorders with which they are reportedly associated. A solid phase assay using cardiolipin as the test phospholipid...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Favaloro EJ,Silvestrini R,Mohammed A

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An epidemiological study of childhood cancer in New Zealand identified 409 children aged 0 to 14 years with malignant neoplasms newly diagnosed between 1990 and 1993 inclusive. The original microscopic material on which the diagnoses were based was reviewed in 398 cases and the neoplasms were allocated into the 12 maj...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Becroft DM,Dockerty JD,Berkeley BB,Chan YF,Lewis ME,Skeen JE,Synek BJ,Teague LR

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with unusual venous and arterial thromboses in association with the common thermolabile methyltetrahydrofolate (MTHFR) variant. The patient responded directly to folate supplementation. To our knowledge, this is the first report describing hyperhomocysteinemia in association with this type of throm...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Hall TN,Ramakrishnan LL,Leahy MF

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) occurring in a fibroadenoma diagnosed by fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology. The cytological features comprised a small population of pleomorphic cells admixed with a dominant population of bland epithelial cells showing features consistent with those of a fibro...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Psarianos T,Kench JG,Ung OA,Bilous AM

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) are a consequence of the immunosuppressive therapy following organ transplant. We describe a patient who developed PTLD seven years after liver transplant and while receiving cyclosporine and prednisone. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a paraspinal mass exte...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Grosso LE,Bee CS

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphology of livers of Wistar rats treated with beta-carotene (BC), vitamin A (VA, retinol acetate) or corn oil (CO, controls) and submitted to the resistant hepatocyte model of carcinogenesis was studied. Preneoplastic lesions (PNL) were smaller and less numerous in the BC group. The latter group also presented ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Dagli ML,Guerra JL,Sinhorini IL,Wu TS,Rizzi MB,Penteado MV,Moreno FS

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penile metastases from prostate cancer are rare and are usually a manifestation of wide-spread cancer dissemination. Isolated urethral metastases form a small fraction of these cases, have a longer survival rate and may represent spread by implantation following instrumentation. We report a case of prostatic carcinoma...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Taylor GB,McNeal JE,Cohen RJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study evaluated 15,377 sets of BacT/Alert blood cultures to determine incubation time for blood cultures. Ninety-six per cent (1476) of total isolates signalled positive within five days and 56 isolates turned positive in five to seven days. Of the 56 organisms recovered between five and seven days,...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Mukerjee C,Heron LG,Varettas K

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to establish the diagnostic utility of p53 immunohistochemistry in Barrett's esophagus. Three pathologists reviewed endoscopic biopsy specimens and one surgical specimen derived from 102 subjects in a prospective follow-up series. Dysplasia was graded as negative, indefinite, low grade and hi...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Khan S,Do KA,Kuhnert P,Pillay SP,Papadimos D,Conrad R,Jass JR

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical confirmation of the identity of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Singapore previously relied on the API 20NE panel of tests. After introducing an alternative proprietary biochemical panel, the Microbact 24E (MedVet, Adelaide, Australia), we noted that the API panel identified some presumptive B. pseudomallei i...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Inglis TJ,Chiang D,Lee GS,Chor-Kiang L

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 25-year-old man who presented with a large rectal bleed and positive Meckel's scan followed by surgical excision of a Meckel's diverticulum. The diverticulum was lined by gastric body type mucosa showing evidence of active chronic gastritis associated with the presence of Helicobacter pylori orga...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Hill P,Rode J

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is described of a mediastinal soft tissue sarcoma, in a 76-year-old man, characterized microscopically by the intimate combined features of liposarcoma and leiomyosarcoma. The lipomatous component consisted of well differentiated liposarcoma with myxoid areas. The smooth muscle component was characterized by fa...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Gómez-Román JJ,Val-Bernal JF

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appropriate investigation of a patient with suspected von Willebrand's disease (VWD) involves a clinical assessment of the patient followed by laboratory testing. A variety of laboratory assays may be performed, not necessarily restricted to an assessment of von Willebrand factor (VWF). Due to the limitations of each ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Favaloro EJ,Koutts J

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) often exhibit clonal chromosomal abnormalities. Using a probe for the centromeric region of chromosome 8, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) on interphase cells was used to detect trisomy 8 in an AML patient whose leukemia was characte...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： White DL,Hutchins CJ,Turczynowicz S,Suttle J,Haylock DN,Hughes TP,Juttner CA,To LB

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sclerosing adenosis (SA) of the breast if a disease associated with an increase relative risk of malignancy. The exact incidence and factors influencing malignant transformation in association with SA are not well established. Two counts of the AgNOR silver staining technique have been correlated with ploidy and proli...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Mourad WA

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent updated models of the coagulation mechanism suggest that factor VII/thromboplastin complex is the main initiator or trigger of coagulation. Factor VII activation of factor IX is likely to be an important activation pathway. Inhibition of factor VII by tissue factor pathway inhibitor may have a regulatory role i...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Wei DC,Wong RW,Robertson EP

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor cell-platelet interactions have been shown to be involved in the process of metastasis. This study characterizes the aggregation of washed platelets induced by the human uterine carcinosarcoma Colo 526. Ultrastructural studies revealed a two-stage process in which the earliest events were the adhesion and degran...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Bradley CJ,Dauer RJ,Thurlow PJ,Connellan JM

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AxI, Dtk and Mer are recently described receptors that constitute a new receptor tyrosine kinase subfamily. They bind the vitamin K-dependent protein growth-arrest-specific gene 6 (Gas6) that is structurally related to the anticoagulation factor protein S. Studies suggest a role for these receptors in developmental pr...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Crosier KE,Crosier PS

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory pseudotumor (IP) is an uncommon tumor-like lesion of unknown etiology. Two cases of IP of the epididymis were identified in our hospital file. Having read a recent report on finding Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in some cases of IP in lymph node, spleen and liver, the two cases of epididymal IP were tested for...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Chan KW,Chan KL,Lam KY

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staining for iron showed previously overlooked intra-alveolar siderophages widely distributed in the lungs of two pairs of siblings, all of whom had hospital admissions for apparent life-threatening events (ALTEs) before dying suddenly at home. A mother and babysitter were convicted of their murder and manslaughter re...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Becroft DM,Lockett BK

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five cases of intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) of the pancreas are here described. This group of tumors represents a distinct clinicopathological entity with characteristic endoscopic, radiological, gross and microscopic appearances. Our five cases all showed marked dilatation of the main pancreatic duct...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Kench JG,Eckstein RP,Smith RC

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contamination of cell cultures for virus isolation has been increasingly encountered. By reviewing and changing the antimicrobials incorporated in cell culture media, we aim to control this problem. Contaminated cell culture fluids were inoculated for bacterial and fungal isolation, identification and antibacterial su...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Lo JY,Lim WW,Tam BK,Lai MY

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In various tumor types dentritic cell, infiltration and the presence of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes have been associated with an improved clinical outcome. In the uterine cervix these immunocompetent cells have been associated with improved prognosis in high stage disease. The current study examines the significanc...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Bethwaite PB,Holloway LJ,Thornton A,Delahunt B

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty four ventilated premature infants from three Neonatal Intensive Care Units around Melbourne were evaluated prospectively for evidence of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the respiratory tract. No C. trachomatis was found and this probably reflects the low prevalence of genital carria...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Garland SM,Bowman ED

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight histologically-confirmed cases of clear cell sarcoma of the kidney (CCSK) were studied for possible mutations in the p53 tumor suppressor gene by the immunohistochemical demonstration of mutant p53 proteins using a monoclonal (DO7: Dako) and a polyclonal (AB565: Chemicon) antibody to p53 protein. All cases exhib...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Cheah PL,Looi LM

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of bilateral primary seminal vesicle carcinoma in a 73 yr old Australian man. To our knowledge this case report is the 48th histologically confirmed case of primary seminal vesicle neoplasia and only the fourth reported case of primary bilateral seminal vesicle carcinoma. Macroscopically the tumo...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Ormsby AH,Haskell R,Ruthven SE,Mylne GE

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron tablets are widely used in the community. Severe, sometimes lethal, damage to the gastrointestinal tract following overdose is well known, but there is less appreciation of the damage that can be caused by therapeutic dosage. In this histological study of three esophageal lesions and six gastric lesions (includin...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Eckstein RP,Symons P

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of simultaneous infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis in men and women in Eastern Sydney was examined prospectively over a 21 month period in patients from whom appropriate specimens were obtained. In men gonococcal disease (113 cases) and chlamydial infections (124 cases) occurr...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Tapsall JW,Kinchington M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of coronial records was performed for 179 adult decedents who came to coronial autopsy in 1990 and who had been living in the Top End of the Northern Territory at the time of death. The directly standardized rate of autopsy-examined sudden death was 7.4 times higher for Aboriginal people than fo...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Weeramanthri TS,Powers JR,Collier JW

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of multiple hepatic abscesses due to Yersinia enterocolitica in a 58 yr old male. This case is typical of the other 39 cases reported in the literature in that the patient had alcoholism, malnutrition, iron overload and a subsequently diagnosed malignancy. Ultrasound showed multiple hypoechoic areas i...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Strungs I,Farrell DJ,Matar LD,Dekker L,Franz RJ

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred and ten thyroid nodules, 127 breast lumps and 43 lymph nodes were sampled and analyzed to compare the classical aspiration (ASP) technique with the non aspiration needle jab (NASP) technique. The adequacy of cellularity, significant blood staining and the discomfort felt by the patient were assessed and s...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Kumarasinghe MP,Sheriffdeen AH

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal biopsies were obtained from 23 patients at the time of orthotopic liver transplantation. Twelve biopsies showed minor glomerular abnormalities, 2 exhibited IgA nephropathy and one showed mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis type I. The remaining 8 patients had glomerular lesions diagnosed as hepatic glomeruloscl...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Axelsen RA,Crawford DH,Endre ZH,Lynch SV,Balderson GA,Strong RW,Fleming SJ

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichostrongylus infection, an uncommonly reported zoonosis in Australia, is common in parts of the world where there is close human contact with herbivorous animals. We report 5 cases diagnosed in our laboratory since 1992. Over this period the laboratory has conducted over 46,000 parasitological examinations on fece...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Boreham RE,McCowan MJ,Ryan AE,Allworth AM,Robson JM

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one patients aged over 60 yrs and with lupus anticoagulant (LA) were reviewed for their drug intake. Twenty-three (73%) were taking cinchona alkaloids, 10 (32%) quinine for night cramps, 11 (35%) quinidine for cardiac arrhythmia and 2 (6%) were taking both. These frequencies of drugs usage differed significantl...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Bird MR,O'Neill AI,Buchanan RR,Ibrahim KM,Des Parkin J

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tru-cut biopsy post mortems were compared with the standard full autopsy at a large city mortuary. Subjects consisted of coronial cases excluding suspicious deaths, obvious trauma cases and children under the age of 14 yrs. The following comparisons were made: the ability to collect tissue from each of the organs; any...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Foroudi F,Cheung K,Duflou J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00