abstract：:Pathologists are required to integrate data from multiple sources when making a diagnosis. Furthermore, whole slide imaging (WSI) and next generation sequencing will escalate data size and complexity. Development of well-designed databases that can allow efficient navigation between multiple data types is necessary fo...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Yagi Y,Riedlinger G,Xu X,Nakamura A,Levy B,Iafrate AJ,Mino-Kenudson M,Klepeis VE

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebellar hypoplasia (CH) is one of the congenital abnormalities of the central nervous system and is seen in several diseases and syndromes. This study was conducted in order to examine methods for evaluating CH in fetus and neonate because CH has been diagnosed without any morphometric criteria at autopsy. We sampl...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Murakami A,Tanaka M,Ijiri R,Kato K,Yamashita S,Kurosawa K,Arai N,Aoki I,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schwarz and Benditt found clustering of replicating cells in aortic endothelium in 1976 and discussed how homeostasis of the arterial wall is maintained through this nonrandom distribution of replicating cells. However, it is still unclear how cells of vascular walls turnover. In order to address this issue, we evalua...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Takahashi M,Masuda H,Yoshida M,Ito Y,Nanjo H,Sugiyama T,Maeda D,Goto A

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy related acute lymphoblastic leukemia (t-ALL) of B cell origin is rare and constitutes approximately 2% of all ALL. Previously compiled data on the complete cytogenetic analysis of 48 t-B-ALL cases suggested that MLL rearrangement at 11q23 gene locus is the most common abnormality. Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Matnani R,Parekh V,Borate U,Brazelton J,Reddy V,Peker D

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infantile myofibromatosis (IM) is a rare disorder present at birth or in early infancy with a biphasic histological pattern. We present a neonatal-onset case of generalized IM with visceral (central nervous system, heart, lungs, liver, spleen, small intestine, kidneys and bones) and placental involvement, showing a mo...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Iwafuchi H,Tsuzuki T,Ito R,Miyake H,Okita H,Hamazaki M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) classification for stomach tumors was published in the second edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumors in 1974 and was followed by additional editions up to the seventh edition published in 2010. In the Buffalo Meeting 2008 a harmonization between the Eastern (Japan...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Wittekind C

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the extensive molecular alterations of endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma (EEA) using a crypt isolation method. We analyzed copy number variation (CNV) using a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array, genetic mutations (KRAS, BRAF, p53, PIK3CA), DNA methylation and microsatellite instability (MSI) s...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Suga Y,Sugai T,Uesugi N,Kawasaki T,Fukagawa T,Yamamoto E,Ishida K,Suzuki H,Sugiyama T

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The factors conferring the increased malignancy on lung adenocarcinoma with micropapillary component (AC-MPC) remain to be elucidated. On proteomics based on 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis, 19 proteins differentially expressed by more than 1.5-fold between AC-MPC and conventional adenocarcinoma (CAC); in particular...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Nakashima H,Jiang SX,Sato Y,Hoshi K,Matsumoto T,Nagashio R,Kobayashi M,Matsuo Y,Shiomi K,Hayakawa K,Saegusa M,Satoh Y

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma-cell neoplasm that can cause renal disorders. Renal lesions in MM can present with a very rare pathological manifestation involving a specific monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig). We report the case of a 33-year-old woman who had edema, fatigue, elevated serum creatinine levels, hypoalbumi...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Watanabe H,Osawa Y,Goto S,Habuka M,Imai N,Ito Y,Hirose T,Chou T,Ohashi R,Shimizu A,Ehara T,Shimotori T,Narita I

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Morphologic features and neoplastic potentials of bile duct adenoma (BDA) and von Meyenburg complex (VMC)-like duct arising in chronic liver disease were unknown. Thirty-five BDAs and 12 VMC-like duct lesions were observed in 39 cases with chronic liver disease. BDAs were divided into the EMA-cytoplasmic type (n = 14)...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Aishima S,Tanaka Y,Kubo Y,Shirabe K,Maehara Y,Oda Y

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The great majority of the cases clinically diagnosed as primary aldosteronism (PA) have been caused by aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) or idiopathic hyperaldosteronism (IHA). The differential diagnosis of both subtypes of PA is important due to the different therapeutic modes but clinically it is sometimes difficu...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Nakamura Y,Felizola SJ,Satoh F,Konosu-Fukaya S,Sasano H

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently established a high-speed, label-free, spectral imaging method based on stimulated Raman scattering (SRS). This method enables examination of cellular features within relatively short periods, thus enabling new imaging applications in pathology. Previously, we reported on label-free visualization of mouse t...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Satoh S,Otsuka Y,Ozeki Y,Itoh K,Hashiguchi A,Yamazaki K,Hashimoto H,Sakamoto M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old Japanese woman was referred with a gallbladder tumor. Based on the results of the computed tomography scan, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, a mucin-producing neoplasm of the gallbladder associated with pancreaticobiliary maljunction was dia...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Meguro Y,Fukushima N,Koizumi M,Kasahara N,Hydo M,Morishima K,Sata N,Lefor AT,Yasuda Y

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies imply that cancer cells possess the ability to reversibly change their properties between a drug sensitive state and a drug resistant state accompanied by epigenetic changes. This evidence indicates that better understanding of cancer epigenetics is important for efficient cancer therapies. Nevertheless...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Matsuda Y,Semi K,Yamada Y

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenosing flexor tenosynovitis, trigger finger, is a common clinical disorder causing painful locking or contracture of the involved digits, and most instances are idiopathic. This problem is generally caused by a size mismatch between the swollen flexor tendon and the thickened first annular pulley. Although hypertro...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Uchihashi K,Tsuruta T,Mine H,Aoki S,Nishijima-Matsunobu A,Yamamoto M,Kuraoka A,Toda S

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:Nestin is an intermediate filament that was first identified in neural progenitor cells. It is expressed in various cell types in the nervous system as well as in other systems. In the present study, we investigated nestin expression in non-neoplastic salivary gland tissue and in salivary gland tumors. In non-neoplast...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Yanai H,Sato Y,Nagatsuka H,Yoshino T

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are multi-functional cytokines, which belong to the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) family. In some cancer tissues, aberrant expression of various BMP signal components has been detected. Here, we describe the divergent roles of BMPs during the progression of cancer. BMPs exhibi...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Ehata S,Yokoyama Y,Takahashi K,Miyazono K

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs), usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) and diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) usually have poor prognoses. The prognoses of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) are usually more favorable. Although several reports have described n...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Takahashi M,Kunugi S,Terasaki Y,Terasaki M,Urushiyama H,Kuwahara N,Wakamatsu K,Nakayama T,Fukuda Y

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigates whether lymphatic vessel invasion (LVI) detected by D2-40 staining is a prognostic factor for stage I adenocarcinoma of the lung. We retrospectively reviewed 124 patients who underwent complete resection for stage I adenocarcinoma of the lung from January 1983 to June 2003. LVI was micro...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Shimizu K,Funai K,Sugimura H,Sekihara K,Kawase A,Shiiya N

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BRN2 is a developmental neural cell-specific POU domain transcription factor and is crucial for cell lineage determination. We investigated the importance of BRN2 in the expression of the lineage-specific transcription factors (achaete-scute homolog-like 1 (ASCL1) and NeuroD1 (ND1)) and neural/neuroendocrine marker mo...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Ishii J,Sato H,Sakaeda M,Shishido-Hara Y,Hiramatsu C,Kamma H,Shimoyamada H,Fujiwara M,Endo T,Aoki I,Yazawa T

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of the rare neoplasm histiocytic sarcoma (HS) relies on morphology and the presence of immunophenotypic features of histiocytic lineage. More than 57 cases, including 16 cases involving the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, have been described since the World Health Organization issued its classification syst...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Miyazaki T,Arihiro S,Mitobe J,Aoki Y,Takikawa S,Saruta M,Matsuoka M,Koike K,Kato T,Kashiwagi H,Ikegami M,Tajiri H

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tight junctions are intercellular junctions adjacent to the apical ends of paracellular spaces. They have two classical functions, the barrier function and the fence function. The former regulates the passage of ions, water and various molecules through paracellular spaces, and is thus related to edema, jaundice, diar...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Sawada N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is caused by genetic mutations of the gene encoding fibrocystin, and is characterized by the collecting duct cysts and congenital hepatic fibrosis. We report an autopsy-proven case of ARPKD in a 77-year-old male who presented with rapidly progressive renal and live...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Taneda S,Honda K,Aoki A,Nitta K,Tamura T,Yoshioka Y,Oda H

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary papillary adenoma is a rare tumor. We analyzed a tumor which appeared in a 16-year-old Japanese woman. The tumor histologically showed papillary proliferation of one-layered tumor cells coating inflammatory fibrovascular cores. At the periphery of the tumor, the tumor cells grew in a lepidic fashion. The tum...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Masunaga A,Nagashio R,Iwamoto S,Takeyama N,Sato Y,Miyazaki A,Mitsuya T

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that detection of desmoplastic reaction (DR) in pretreatment biopsy specimens was useful for predicting the depth of submucosal invasion (SM depth) in nonpedunculated early colorectal cancers (ECRCs) in a retrospective study. Here, we performed a prospective multicenter study for verification of...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kimura R,Fujimori T,Ichikawa K,Ajioka Y,Ueno H,Ohkura Y,Kashida H,Togashi K,Yao T,Wada R,Watanabe T,Ochiai A,Sugai T,Sugihara K,Igarashi Y

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：:This report describes a case of an immunocompetent 77-year-old male with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive lymphoproliferative disorder associated with calcified chronic subdural hematoma (CSH). On the day prior to consultation in our outpatient clinic, the patient fell from his bed, striking his frontal head on the f...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Sugita Y,Ohta M,Ohshima K,Niino D,Nakamura Y,Okada Y,Nakashima S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The RET finger protein (RFP) is a transcription factor belonging to the TRIM (tripartite motif) superfamily of proteins. RFP is expressed in a variety of human and rodent tumor cell lines and in several kinds of human cancer. Expression of RFP is associated with prognosis of colon and endometrial cancers. In the prese...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Iwakoshi A,Murakumo Y,Kato T,Kitamura A,Mii S,Saito S,Yatabe Y,Takahashi M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate diagnosis of lymphoma includes the assessment of lineage-specific markers. Hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues express PAX5 exclusively in pro-B-cell to mature B-cell stages. However, some mature PAX5+ T-cell lymphomas have been reported. We report three cases of primary cutaneous CD30+ T-cell lymphoproliferat...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Hagiwara M,Tomita A,Takata K,Shimoyama Y,Yoshino T,Tomita Y,Nakamura S

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of glomerular cystic kidney disease (GCKD) associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) in a neonate. The patient displayed progressive abdominal enlargement attributed to GCKD associated with TSC. After birth, the right kidney was resected because it compressed his liver and right lung, and possi...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Murakami A,Gomi K,Tanaka M,Ohyama M,Itani Y,Ishikawa H,Aida N,Furuya M,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：:For the detection of chromosome translocations/chimeric genes and specific genetic abnormalities in soft tissue tumors, we conducted fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis on 280 cases of soft tissue and other tumors using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections. The detection rate of the FISH spl...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Miura Y,Keira Y,Ogino J,Nakanishi K,Noguchi H,Inoue T,Hasegawa T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive micropapillary carcinoma (IMP) of the breast is a rare variant of invasive breast carcinoma and most cases of IMP are associated with nodal metastasis and lymphatic invasion. Lesions composed of an IMP component alone are rare and almost always coexist with other pathological components. However, few reports ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Ide Y,Horii R,Osako T,Ogura K,Yoshida R,Iwase T,Akiyama F

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the stomach mimicking extragastrointestinal origin. The tumor presented as a large isolated mass in the transverse mesocolon with a minor adhesion to the stomach. Microscopic examination revealed c-kit gene protein product (KIT)-positive tumor cells with epi...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Nakajima T,Saito S,Sugiyama T,Murata K,Fukushima J,Horiuchi H

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：:Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare condition in which pulmonary macrophages fail to clear surfactant, resulting in the alveolar accumulation of lipoproteinaceous debris. The histopathology of PAP is typified by diffuse filling of terminal airways with eosinophilic, PAS/diastase (PAS/D)-positive acellular m...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Nishino M,Medoff BD,Mark EJ,Matsubara O,O'Donnell WJ,Currier PF,Kradin RL

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We established a dedifferentiated liposarcoma cell line (NDDLS-1) that produces interleukin-6 (IL-6) and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF). The parental tumor showed high leukemoid reactions. The NDDLS-1 cell line was established from a pleural effusion associated with a lung metastasis. Pleomorphic tumor ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Ariizumi T,Ogose A,Kawashima H,Hotta T,Li G,Xu Y,Hirose T,Endo N

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the relationship between the scavenger receptor A (SRA) index (the number of SRA+ cells observed in 10 high power fields of peripheral blood (PB) smear samples; normal upper limit <30) and coronary thrombus, 389 thrombi obtained from 393 patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction were examined. ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Emura I,Usuda H,Fujita T,Ebe K,Nagai T

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00