abstract：AIM:1) To determine the prevalence of hepatitis B in Sydney autopsies and 2) to determine the relationship between seroprevalence, hepatitis B risk factors and histological changes in the liver. METHODS:One hundred autopsy subjects were studied for evidence of past or present hepatitis B infection, using RIA to detect...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Ashwell MJ,Cossart YE

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma-like organisms (MLO) are non-cultivated intracellular cell wall deficient pathogenic bacteria with a distinctive ultrastructural appearance. Diagnosis of MLO disease rests on finding the organisms in parasitized cells using a transmission electron microscope. MLO are a well studied cause of transmissible ch...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Johnson L,Wirostko E,Wirostko B

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathological findings in a retrospective review of 100 consecutive intracranial stereotactic biopsies are presented. Definite diagnosis could be established in the majority (89) of cases and included 85 neoplasms (69 primary cerebral tumors, 10 non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and 6 metastases) and 4 non-neoplastic process...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Robbins PD,Yu LL,Lee M,Stokes BA,Thomas GW,Watson P,Wong G

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven cases of lower respiratory tract infection due to Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum are described. Lower respiratory tract infections with C. pseudodiphtheriticum in immunocompetent patients are usually associated with pre-existing chronic pulmonary disease, and are sometimes associated with endotracheal intu...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Freeman JD,Smith HJ,Haines HG,Hellyar AG

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results are presented of a study comparing cerbB2 (neu or Her2) expression as assessed immunohistochemically in breast neoplasia using a panel of 6 commercially available antibodies. The antibodies were examined utilizing conventional formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue, and compared with molecular analysis of gen...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Busmanis I,Feleppa F,Jones A,McGrath KM,Reed R,Collins J,Russell I,Begley CG

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We counted apoptotic thymic cortical lymphocytes in semi-thin plastic sections of 266 human autopsy thymuses. The decreased patients included in the study were all aged less than 40 yrs and all died within 72 hrs of the onset of symptoms. Based on published data on animal and human material it was anticipated that ind...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Middleton G,Reid LE,Harmon BV

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first 2 exchange transfusions in Australia for Rhesus-induced erythroblastosis (hemolytic disease of the newborn) were conducted in the 9 mth period from December 1945 to August 1946. These pioneering endeavours in medical research were undertaken by 3 transfusionists who were, or had been, directors of the Red Cr...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Pearn JH

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examination of routinely stained haematoxylin and eosin sections may sometimes prove inadequate in differentiating partial hydatidiform moles (PHM) from complete hydatidiform moles (CHM). While cytogenetic analysis can aid in the distinction, such facilities are not always available. The possibility of using immunohis...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Cheah PL,Looi LM

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient initially treated for iron deficiency anemia was later found to have myelofibrosis. She developed increasing splenomegaly and then a mass in the right iliac fossa for which a right hemicolectomy was performed. Histopathology demonstrated extramedullary hemopoiesis in the spleen and cecum. The patient subsequ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Sunderland K,Barratt J,Pidcock M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main controversy about nerve sheath tumors (NSTs) has been their histogenesis. A Schwann cell origin has been proposed by many investigators for both schwannomas and neurofibromas. However Erlandson and Woodruff observed that while schwannomas appeared to be composed predominantly of Schwann cells, neurofibromas c...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Kharbanda K,Dinda AK,Sarkar C,Karak AK,Mathur M,Roy S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytological examination of the pleural effusion fluid obtained from a 66-yr-old Chinese lady showed numerous intra- and extracytoplasmic colourless refractile non-birefringent crystals. X-ray analysis of the crystals identified barium salts. On further inquiry, it was learnt that the fluid obtained had been placed in ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Chan AC,Collins RJ,Cheung TK

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreased neutrophil alkaline phosphatase (NAP) synthesis is a classical feature of Philadelphia (Ph) positive chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Whether this aberration is an integral leukemic property of the cell or results from mediation by other factors is unclear. During alpha-interferon (alpha-IFN) ba...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Taylor DL,Kerwick AM,Elliott SL,Rodwell RL,Wright SJ,Marlton PV,Veleba AR,Taylor KM

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variant of gelatinous transformation of marrow was described in leukemic patients post-chemotherapy. This lesion was found in 8 out of 1833 post-chemotherapy bone marrows from 429 patients with leukemia. Histologically, this variant form was identical to the classical gelatinous transformation except for the absence...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Feng CS

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 59 yr old male presented with abdominal pain and jaundice. CT scan showed a tumor in the pancreas with secondaries in the liver, peri-pancreatic lymph nodes, vertebral bone marrow and subcutaneous tissue of the neck together with a cervical lymph node. The patient died after 2 wks and autopsy revealed complete repla...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Chetty R,Clark SP,Pitson GA

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the case of a 63 yr old male with an enlarging lesion on the left cheek. Excision biopsy showed a squamous cell carcinoma arising from an eccrine hidrocystoma. The eccrine hidrocystoma showed foci of squamous metaplasia and the sequence of squamous metaplasia complicated by squamous carcinoma is ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Theocharous C,Jaworski RC

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonic mucosal biopsies from patients with melanosis coli were examined by electron microscopy. They showed apoptosis of colonic surface epithelial cells and phagocytosis of resulting apoptotic bodies by intraepithelial macrophages. The latter migrated to the lamina propria where intracellular degradation of the apop...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Walker NI,Smith MM,Smithers BM

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ulex europaeus agglutinin-1 (UEA-1) binds specifically to alpha-L-fucose, the terminal sugar of blood group substances H2 and Ley the expression of which is confined mainly to the proximal colon. The aim of the study was to determine whether there is neo-expression of alpha-L-fucose in the normal appearing mucosa of t...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Jass JR,Allison LJ,Stewart SM,Lane MR

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the use of 2 independent techniques, circulating monomeric and oligomeric IgM were detected in the majority of 29 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). In contrast it was detected only in trace quantities in a minority of healthy subjects. In the CLL group no significant correlation was observed betwe...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Xu HJ,Roberts-Thomson PJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of complement-fixing (CF) antibody against the AG-4 early antigen of herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 2 (HSV-2) was determined in patients with culture confirmed HSV-2 genital herpes and control groups using a commercial HSV-2 early antigen (Simplex-2; Gene Link Australia Ltd). Eighty seven per cent of 3...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Field PR,Ho DW,Cunningham AL

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitogenic and chemotactic potency of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) has linked this polypeptide to the pathogenesis of several disease states including atherosclerosis and neoplasia. We have reviewed the recent literature on aspects relating to the structure, distribution and biology of PDGF and its high-af...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Khachigian LM,Chesterman CN

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 14 yr old girl presented with a large cystic mass in the transverse mesocolon which was completely excised. Cystic lymphangioma was diagnosed, based on the specific histologic, immunoperoxidase and ultrastructural findings. ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Yuen ST,Ng IO,Ho J,Ma L

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here on the usefulness of the 14C-serotonin release assay for the laboratory confirmation of the clinical diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia syndrome (HITS). Over the past 3 yrs, some 140 individual serum samples have been tested in our laboratory for heparin-associated anti-platelet activity ('he...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Favaloro EJ,Bernal-Hoyos E,Exner T,Koutts J

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As autopsy rates in general hospitals decline, interest in the perinatal autopsy continues to rise, reflecting the emergence of a vigorous specialty growing in parallel with fetal medicine, prenatal diagnosis and clinical genetics. Perinatal autopsies are best carried out in tertiary centres which provide these servic...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Chambers HM

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A "collision" tumor between a serous papillary adenocarcinoma and a steroid cell tumor of the ovary is described. No similar combination has been reported in the literature. The steroid cell component secreted testosterone, resulted in considerable virilization of the patient, and appears to have preceded the carcinom...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Nirenberg A,Ostör AG,Quinn MA

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) synovial membranes were examined by single and dual immunohistological techniques with a number of monoclonal antibodies against lymphocyte and macrophage related antigens. CD4 positive T lymphocytes frequently expressed MHC Class II antigens and were found in sublining collections in close a...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Smith MD,O'Donnell J,Highton J,Palmer DG,Rozenbilds M,Roberts-Thomson PJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Associations between histologically defined proliferative, but benign, epithelial disorders of the breast and risk factors for breast carcinoma were examined in 568 patients whose breast biopsies were submitted consecutively to the laboratory. Some disorders were associated with multiparity. Blunt duct adenosis was as...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Cook MG,Rohan TE

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eccrine syringofibroadenoma is a rare benign tumor of the skin arising from the acrosyringeal portion of the eccrine duct. The tumor was first described by Mascaro in 1963, and since then only 8 case reports in 6 publications have been documented. This lesion is likely to be misdiagnosed both clinically and histologic...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Billson VR,Dyall-Smith DJ

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A glossary of terms commonly used in molecular genetics and cytogenetics has been prepared to assist pathologists. The emphasis is on clinically relevant examples. ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Trent RJ,Smith A

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case is reported of a woman aged 60 yrs who presented with systemic symptoms and who was found to have proteinuria of 3.5 g per day. A renal biopsy revealed numerous neoplastic cells filling many of the glomerular capillary lumina. Immunoperoxidase stains revealed that the phenotype of the malignant cells was LCA+...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Axelsen RA,Laird PP,Horn M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40 year old Chinese woman presented with anasarca and later developed features of POEMS syndrome. These are peripheral neuropathy (P), organomegaly (O), endocrine dysfunction (E), monoclonal gammopathy (M), and skin changes (S) which are usually associated with plasma cell dyscrasia. In our patient, monoclonal gammo...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Leung NW,Lam CW,Pang JC

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present conventional methods for determination of Hemoglobin (Hb) concentration in whole blood depend on the direct colorimetric measurement of chemically modified Hb following its release from red cells by lysis. This paper examines an alternative, indirect method which does not require initial red cell lysis, co...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Kalache GR,Sartor MM,Hughes WG

更新日期：1991-04-01 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：:A genetic variant of antithrombin with impaired heparin cofactor activity was identified in 4 members of a French family. Both the variant and normal antithrombin component were purified by affinity chromatography on heparin Sepharose. Reverse phase peptide mapping revealed a single altered peak when tryptic digests o...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Brennan SO,Borg JY,Shaw GJ,Caen J,George PM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique complication of florid xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis with cholecystoduodenal fistula formation is described in a 6 yr old male. The patient, who had a short gut syndrome, had been maintained on lifelong total parenteral nutrition (TPN) following extensive neonatal ischemic bowel necrosis secondary to gast...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Byard RW,Thorner PS,Cutz E,Filler RM,Durie P

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey conducted by the Australian Association of Clinical Biochemists Porphyrin Working Party on urinary porphobilinogen screening showed good sensitivity (75-97.5%). This is contrary to reports in the literature and to our own observations. We therefore assessed a widely used screening method (Watson-Schwartz) and...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Buttery JE,Carrera AM,Pannall PR

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and two cases of benign nerve sheath tumors (NSTs) were studied with a combined approach using routine light microscopy (LM), immunohistochemistry (IH) for myelin basic protein (MBP) and S-100 protein as well as transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with the aim of obtaining greater insight into the true ...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Sharma S,Sarkar C,Mathur M,Dinda AK,Roy S

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal diagnoses of the genetic disorders alpha, beta thalassemia, HbS, Hb Lepore, hemophilia and cystic fibrosis were sought in 88 cases. Six unsuccessful attempts at diagnosis resulted from DNA polymorphisms which were only 50% informative (four cases) and prenatal diagnoses which had been undertaken before it was...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Trent RJ,Volpato F,Wallace RC,Lindeman R,Yakas J

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lupus anticoagulant (LA) phenomenon created world-wide interest recently. Various tests have been devised to identify LA in plasma, but none of these methods have been universally accepted. In this study 16 cases labelled LA positive by a prior kaolin clotting time (KCT) test were reassessed by four other methods,...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Stark RA,Gordon S

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve thromboplastins were tested against a secondary reference thromboplastin (human brain CRM BCR No. 147) or a tertiary house standard (human brain thromboplastin) with plasmas from normal healthy individuals and patients on oral anticoagulant therapy. The relationship between the prothrombin ratios of the thrombo...

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Moriarty HT,Lam-Po-Tang PR,Anastas N

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the diagnostic problem caused by an atypical immunoglobulin-bound creatine kinase isoenzyme in a patient who had a myocardial infarction. In the presence of this atypical isoenzyme, creatine kinase isoenzyme electrophoresis was of no help in determining whether myocardial infarction had occurred....

journal_title：Pathology

authors： Campbell BG,Jones BW,Burnet J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00