abstract：:We report 17 cases of the classic type of Kaposi's sarcoma in Xinjiang, which is located in the north-western area of China surrounded by Mongolia in the east, Russia in the north and Kazakhstan in the west. Fifteen of the patients were of the Uygur people. All patients were male and did not have acquired immunodefici...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Dilnur P,Katano H,Wang ZH,Osakabe Y,Kudo M,Sata T,Ebihara Y

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-year-old woman complained of irregular menstruation. Abdominal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations revealed a cystic tumor in the left ovary. A histological examination of the resected ovary revealed that the lesion was a mature cystic teratoma. In this tumor, components such as skin with...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kuroda N,Hirano K,Inui Y,Yamasaki Y,Toi M,Nakayama H,Hiroi M,Enzan H

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection (CAEBV) is a syndrome that takes diverse clinical courses and is often associated with lymphoproliferative disorders of T/natural killer (NK)-cell lineage. We describe a patient with CAEBV associated with persistent pharyngeal ulcer, and with subsequent nasal T/NK-cell lymph...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Nagata H,Numata T,Konno A,Mikata I,Kurasawa K,Hara S,Nishimura M,Yamamoto K,Shimizu N

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Catenin has multiple functions both in intercellular adhesion and in signal transduction. As a signaling molecule, mutations in exon 3 of the beta-catenin gene stabilize this protein in the cytoplasm. Subsequently, accumulated beta-catenin protein translocates to nuclei with T-cell factor-4, and upregulates trans...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Miyake N,Maeta H,Horie S,Kitamura Y,Nanba E,Kobayashi K,Terada T

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of ovarian fibrosarcoma producing multiple cytokines is presented. The tumor occurred in the left ovary of a Japanese woman with epigastralgia, remittent fever, leukocytosis and slight thrombocytosis with moderate increase of mast cells in bone marrow, but lack of hormonal abnormality. The resected tumor of the...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Fukuda T,Yamaguchi T,Yamaki T,Suzuki T

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 9-year-old boy with fibrocartilaginous mesenchymoma located in the distal femur is presented. Fibrocartilaginous mesenchymoma is a rare tumor. There have been 17 cases reported since 1984. The presenting complaint was pain and local discomfort. Radiological examination showed lytic and sclerotic lesions lo...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Gedikoglu G,Aksoy MC,Ruacan S

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Senescence marker protein 30 (SMP 30) is preferentially expressed in the liver. One of its remarkable functions is the protection of cells against various injuries by enhancement of membrane calcium-pump activity. We analyzed the role of SMP 30 in hepatocyte proliferation. SMP 30 expression was decreased initially, th...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Ishigami T,Fujita T,Simbula G,Columbano A,Kikuchi K,Ishigami A,Shimosawa T,Arakawa Y,Maruyama N

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of intrarenal teratoma in a 6-year-old boy. Two years before his operation, multicystic masses had been found in the left side of his abdomen. In the operation, three main cystic masses were located in the upper and lower poles of the left kidney, which were removed in pieces. Histologically, the cyst...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Otani M,Tsujimoto S,Miura M,Nagashima Y

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BAT-26 instability, a sensitive marker for the high-frequency microsatellite instability (MSI-H) phenotype, was analyzed in samples of gastric cancer and in adjacent intestinal metaplastic mucosae. Although all MSI-H gastric cancer samples showed BAT-26 instability, as assessed using 12 dinucleotide microsatellite mar...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Jin Z,Tamura G,Satoh M,Meguro T,Miura T,Hayashi M,Osakabe M,Ohmura K,Ogata S,Endoh Y,Motoyama T

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) analogs can cause regression of hormone-dependent breast carcinomas via the specific GnRH receptor (GnRH-R). In an attempt to obtain a better understanding of GnRH actions in human breast carcinoma, the expression of GnRH-R was examined immunohistochemically in 58 invasive ductal ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Moriya T,Suzuki T,Pilichowska M,Ariga N,Kimura N,Ouchi N,Nagura H,Sasano H

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of uterine intravenous leiomyomatosis associated with multiple pulmonary metastases with bullae-like cystic change. A 53-year-old woman who had undergone hysterectomy 5 years previously underwent an operation for multiple pulmonary nodules with bullae formation. After resection of several large bulla...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Matsumoto K,Yamamoto T,Hisayoshi T,Asano G

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phyllodes tumor is a very rare neoplasm which accounts for 2.5% of all fibroepithelial lesions of the breast. The mesenchymal component of a malignant phyllodes tumor frequently contains heterologous components. We report a case of malignant phyllodes tumor. The patient was a 40-year-old woman with a lump on the left ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kuroda N,Sugimoto T,Ueda S,Takahashi T,Moriki T,Sonobe H,Miyazaki E,Hayashi Y,Toi M,Hiroi M,Enzan H

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidine phosphorylase (dThdPase)/platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor, is expressed at higher levels in tumor tissues compared to the adjacent normal tissues in a variety of human carcinomas. The higher expression is associated with an increase of intratumoral microvessel density (IMVD) and an unfavorable...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Okamoto E,Osaki M,Kase S,Adachi H,Kaibara N,Ito H

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An autopsy case of giant cell myocarditis (GCM) in a 74-year-old woman is presented. She suffered from hepatic dysfunction, skin eruption and disseminated intravascular coagulation due to the side-effects of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. After admission, heart failure progressed rapidly, and the patient died...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Adachi Y,Yasumizu R,Hashimoto F,Otsuka Y,Okamura A,Kato Y,Oyaizu H,Ikebukuro K,Fukuhara S,Nakai Y,Ikehara S

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the c-erbB-2 protein overexpression status detected by the HercepTestTM (DAKO A/S, Grostrup, Denmark) with another conventional immunohistochemistry system using an anti-c-erbB-2 rabbit polyclonal antibody (Nichirei Co., Tokyo, Japan) and with the c-erbB-2 gene amplification status detected by Southern blo...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Tsuda H,Tani Y,Hasegawa T,Fukutomi T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study attempted to clarify the significance of aberrant expression of beta-catenin protein and mutation of exon 3 of the beta-catenin gene in renal and urothelial carcinogenesis. beta-Catenin expression was examined immunohistochemically and mutation of the beta-catenin gene was analyzed by polymerase chai...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Zhu X,Kanai Y,Saito A,Kondo Y,Hirohashi S

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elastosis is the pathological finding of focal deposits of elastic fibers in abnormal amounts within tissue. It is well described in the case of infiltrating carcinoma of the breast, but elastosis in lung carcinoma has not been previously documented in detail. We investigated the characteristics of elastosis in lung c...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Fukushima M,Fukuda Y,Kawamoto M,Yamanaka N

更新日期：2000-12-01 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：:Several short forms of alternatively spliced Murine double minute 2 (MDM2) transcripts have recently been shown to correlate with high-grade malignancy in a number of human tumors. We examined the frequency of splice variants and their correlation with clinicopathological features in 60 cases of human breast cancer. S...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Hori M,Shimazaki J,Inagawa S,Itabashi M,Hori M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old man who suffered from panniculitis involving the entire left lower limb after exertional rhabdomyolysis is reported. A high fever (>39 degrees C) and leukocytosis (>20,000/microL) persisted for 1 week, and his general status deteriorated rapidly into pre-disseminated intravascular coagulation, complicat...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kanai Y,Iwaya K,Kuroda M,Harada M,Hirata F,Mukai K

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protective effect of Brazilian propolis and its extract Artepillin C against ferric nitrilotriacetate (Fe-NTA)-induced renal lipid peroxidation and carcinogenesis was studied in male ddY mice. Fe-NTA-induced renal lipid peroxidation leads to a high incidence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in mice. Administration of...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kimoto T,Koya S,Hino K,Yamamoto Y,Nomura Y,Micallef MJ,Hanaya T,Arai S,Ikeda M,Kurimoto M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of lymphoid hyperplasia arising in the large intestine of a 54-year-old woman is described. Barium enema X-ray and colonoscopic examination revealed multiple small polyps in the right side of the colon. Pathological findings from forceps biopsy revealed similar features to a mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (M...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Nagaoka S,Bandoh T,Takemura T

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy presenting early in childhood may be associated with a neurologically devastating clinical course and have significant implications for the child's development. There are limited published data regarding the clinicopathological features of patients who have undergone epilepsy surgery in the first year of life...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Prayson RA

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rare case of dedifferentiated liposarcoma with features resembling chondroblastic osteosarcoma in the dedifferentiated component. The tumor was removed from the left thigh in a 78-year-old male. It consisted of a well-differentiated liposarcoma and an anaplastic component that contained numerous osteoid ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Yamamoto T,Matsushita T,Marui T,Mizuno K,Minami R,Hayashi Y,Hanioka K

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of incidentally detected liver metastasis of follicular carcinoma of the thyroid, histologically mimicking ectopic thyroid, is described. The patient was a 48-year-old woman. A 2-cm mass was incidentally detected in the left lobe of the liver by abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan. Partial liver resection w...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kondo T,Katoh R,Omata K,Oyama T,Yagawa A,Kawaoi A

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 70-year-old man with metastatic liver tumors showed carcinoid syndrome with clinical symptoms of facial flushing, palpitation, dyspnea, and an itching sensation. Regurgitation of the tricuspid and aortic valves was observed by echocardiography. An elevated serum level of serotonin and a high urine excretion of serot...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Sakai D,Murakami M,Kawazoe K,Tsutsumi Y

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extremely rare case of unilateral gonadoblastoma with mixed germ cell tumor arising in the ovary of a 27-year-old woman with 46,XX karyotype and two successful pregnancies is reported. The mixed germ cell tumor was composed of choriocarcinoma, embryonal carcinoma, yolk sac tumor, immature teratoma and dysgerminoma....

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Zhao S,Kato N,Endoh Y,Jin Z,Ajioka Y,Motoyama T

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alopecia was induced in male and female neonatal C57BL mice by a single intraperitoneal injection of 60 mg/kg N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU). MNU administration was most effective in the 8-day-old mice and less effective in the 5-day-old mice (at active and early anagen stages of the first hair cycle, respectively). No ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Yoshizawa K,Nambu H,Yamamoto D,Yang J,Kiyozuka Y,Shikata N,Tsubura A

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The juxtaglomerular cell tumor (JGCT) of the kidney is a rare neoplasm which commonly secretes renin. This tumor often occurs in teenagers. This paper documents the 14th adult-onset (over 30-years-old) case with a giant JGCT which measured 9.0 x 8.0 x 7.5 cm. Histologically, this tumor was composed of both vascular an...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kuroda N,Moriki T,Komatsu F,Miyazaki E,Hayashi Y,Naruse K,Nakayama H,Kiyoku H,Hiroi M,Shuin T,Enzan H

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative model was devised for the purpose of evaluating interobserver agreement in the judgment of the nuclear atypia score of cancer cells in protocol studies. In this model, the mean nuclear atypia score (mu) among observers was considered to approximate the 'true' nuclear atypia score of the tumor, and with ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Tsuda H,Akiyama F,Kurosumi M,Sakamoto G,Watanabe T

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a rare distinctive variant of infiltrating ductal carcinoma characterized by sebaceous differentiation of tumor cells. The neoplasm was identified in a lumpectomy specimen from a 45-year-old woman with extensive metastatic disease. In addition to conventional in situ and invasive ductal components, approx...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Varga Z,Kolb SA,Flury R,Burkhard R,Caduff R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A report of a 65-year-old male with a tumor arising from synovial tissue of the radio-ulnar joint. On magnetic resonance imaging, the tumor was demonstrated as a heterogeneous and lobulated mass with a low signal intensity both in T1- and T2-weighted images. Histological findings of the tumor were identical to those o...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Misawa A,Okada K,Hirano Y,Sageshima M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although mucinous carcinoma (MC) of the breast is considered to originate from ductal carcinoma, it is not known whether mucinous growth begins in the intraductal carcinoma or later in the invasive carcinoma. In this study, 33 MC (16 pure without any ductal components, 10 mixed Type I with an intraductal component, se...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Kato N,Endo Y,Tamura G,Katayama Y,Motoyama T

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:So-called 'hybrid' lesion of ameloblastoma, which is composed of desmoplastic ameloblastoma and conventional follicular/plexiform ameloblastoma, is an unusual variant of ameloblastoma and only eight cases of 'hybrid' lesion have been published in the English literature. To enhance knowledge of this interesting tumor, ...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Takata T,Miyauchi M,Ogawa I,Zhao M,Kudo Y,Sato S,Takekoshi T,Nikai H,Tanimoto K

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many reports have suggested a strong correlation between certain lectin-binding patterns and biological behavior in various tumors. To clarify a relationship between lectin-binding reactivity and survival of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (B-DLCL), 57 cases with B-DLCL were analyzed by lectin histochemist...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Suzuki O,Nozawa Y,Kawaguchi T,Abe M

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemical and clinicopathological features of 58 gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) were studied. One occurred in the esophagus, 41 in the stomach, nine in the small intestine, and seven in the large intestine. By using indirect immunoperoxidase staining for Cajal cell markers (c-kit protein and CD34), s...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Tazawa K,Tsukada K,Makuuchi H,Tsutsumi Y

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：:In papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in cytological and surgical specimens, fine chromatin, nuclear grooves and nuclear pseudoinclusions are the hallmarks of diagnosis. We investigated the significance of these nuclear changes in neoplastic non-PTC lesions. Fine needle aspiration biopsies (FNAB) of thyroid lesions wer...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Mai KT,Yazdi HM,Commons AS,Perkins DG,MacDonald L

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 57-year-old man who developed a fibrosclerosing lesion in the submandibular gland and idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRF) involving the unilateral periureteral region within a year. Both lesions were resected surgically because of the suspicion of neoplasm. Pathologic examination revealed s...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Sekine S,Nagata M,Watanabe T

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the striking microscopic appearances of breast carcinoma is malignant transformation of the epithelium of an entire lobule, although the lobular architecture is still preserved. We termed this pathological feature 'lobular involvement'. An investigation was carried out to determine whether lobular involvement w...

journal_title：Pathology international

authors： Ishige H,Kondo Y,Yagata H,Onoki J,Suzuki M,Oshida M,Nagashima T,Hashimoto H,Nakajima N

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00