abstract：BACKGROUND:In primary cutaneous melanoma, the sentinel node (SN) biopsy is an accurate method for the staging of the lymph nodes. Positron emission tomography (PET) has been suggested as a useful alternative. However, the sensitivity of PET may be too low to detect SN metastases, which are often small. AIM:To predict ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mijnhout GS,Hoekstra OS,van Lingen A,van Diest PJ,Adèr HJ,Lammertsma AA,Pijpers R,Meijer S,Teule GJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the value of squamous mucosal histology in the assessment of patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms. METHODS:Sixty six patients with reflux symptoms underwent endoscopy with oesophageal biopsy, manometry, and 24 hour oesophageal pH testing. The following histological features were assessed ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bowrey DJ,Williams GT,Clark GW

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the genetic differences among the strains of adenovirus type 8 (Ad8) circulating in Hiroshima city, Japan, and to study their circulation pattern. METHODS:One hundred and twenty nine strains of adenovirus type 8 (Ad8) were isolated in Hiroshima City over a 15 year period (1983-97) from patients wit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Adhikary AK,Numaga J,Kaburaki T,Kawashima H,Araie M,Ikeda Y,Ogino T,Suzuki E,Ushijima H,Mukoyama A,Matsuno S,Inada T,Okabe N

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a case of myelofibrosis presenting as spinal cord compression on account of extramedullary haemopoietic tissue encroaching upon the spinal cord from a large pelvic mass. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Horwood E,Dowson H,Gupta R,Kaczmarski R,Williamson M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary low grade marginal zone B cell lymphoma (MZL) of the breast and localised mammary amyloidosis are exceedingly rare entities. This report describes the case of a woman with long standing Sjögren's syndrome presenting with asymptomatic MZL of the breast showing plasmacytic differentiation, associated with local ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kambouchner M,Godmer P,Guillevin L,Raphaël M,Droz D,Martin A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study the incidence, investigation, and management of severe hyponatraemia (serum sodium < 120 mmol/litre) over a period of six months in a district general hospital. METHODS:The laboratory computer was used to identify all inpatients who had a serum sodium concentration of less than 120 mmol/litre over a six ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Saeed BO,Beaumont D,Handley GH,Weaver JU

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate two detailed step sectioning protocols for sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs). METHODS:After vital dye or combined dye and radiocolloid guided biopsy, SLNs were fixed in formalin and embedded in paraffin wax. In protocol A, SLNs from 123 patients were sectioned in steps of 50-100 micro m, whereas in protocol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cserni G

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 45-year-old female patient underwent right hemihepatectomy for metastatic rectal adenocarcinoma. Preoperative imaging demonstrated an area of focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) in segment VIII and metastatic carcinoma in segment VI of the liver. Gross and microscopic examination of the former lesion showed features typ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nisar PJ,Zaitoun AM,Damera A,Hodi Z,Tierney GM,Beckingham IJ

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Ultraviolet light (UV) is known to cause DNA damage in the epidermis. The damaged DNA is repaired or deleted by apoptosis to prevent the generation of cancer. It has been suggested that a deficient apoptotic mechanism may predispose individuals to skin cancer. Therefore, the response of normal controls and patients...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Murphy M,Mabruk MJ,Lenane P,Liew A,McCann P,Buckley A,O Flatharta C,Hevey D,Billet P,Robertson W,Javed S,Leader M,Kay E,Murphy GM

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 72 year old woman presented complaining of nasal obstruction, rhinorrea, and epistaxis. At examination, a polypoid mass on the right posterior choana was revealed and subsequently removed. Light microscopic findings consisted of a diffuse proliferation of spindle shaped, pleomorphic cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Vincenzi A,Rossi G,Monzani D,Longo L,Rivasi F

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the optimal method for the detection of campylobacters from stool samples by comparing selective culture with membrane filtration and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). METHODS:Three hundred and forty three stool samples were investigated by each of the three methods mentioned above. Selective cu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kulkarni SP,Lever S,Logan JM,Lawson AJ,Stanley J,Shafi MS

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with chronic granulomatous disease who was being treated with steroids was diagnosed with a soft tissue Scedosporium apiospermum infection. Despite extensive treatment with antifungals progression to involve solid tissue (bone) occurred. Treatment required an HLA matched bone marrow transplant, which led to ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gompels MM,Bethune CA,Jackson G,Spickett GP

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the natural history of patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis by means of a prospective histological study. METHODS:One thousand five hundred and seventy one patients underwent liver biopsy at the Western Infirmary in Glasgow during the 10 year period 1985 to 1994. All biopsies were reported by...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Evans CD,Oien KA,MacSween RN,Mills PR

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine important factors influencing recurrence after local excision of duct carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The extent (size) in millimetres, classification (by cytonuclear grade (NHSBSP system), by extent of necrosis, and by the Van Nuys system), and excision margins of 115 c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Douglas-Jones AG,Logan J,Morgan JM,Johnson R,Williams R

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the frequency and cause of incidental (non-metastatic) lymph node pathology discovered before or at radical prostatectomy. METHODS:Eight hundred and fifty four consecutive lymphadenectomies received between 1988 and 2001 were reviewed. All had been processed and stained routinely. Additional techniques,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Winstanley AM,Sandison A,Bott SR,Dogan A,Parkinson MC

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:As part of the UK antimicrobial resistance strategy and action plan, the Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) is required to collect antibiotic susceptibility data so that resistance trends and patterns can be monitored. Most laboratories report urine Gram negative isolates, as "coliforms" according to morpholo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fallon D,Andrews N,Frodsham D,Gee B,Howe S,Iliffe A,Nye KJ,Warren RE

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a case of mucinous carcinoma and Müllerian metaplasia arising within an appendiceal duplication cyst found incidentally during an emergency Caesarian section. Intestinal duplication cysts are rare and although there are occasional reports of malignant transformation, this is the first case where ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sington JD,Warren BF,Manek S

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe practical experiences in the sharing of very large digital data bases of histopathological imagery via the Internet, by investigators working in Europe, North America, and South America. MATERIALS:Experiences derived from medium power (sampling density 2.4 pixels/microm) and high power (6 pixels/...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Montironi R,Thompson D,Scarpelli M,Bartels HG,Hamilton PW,da Silva VD,Sakr WA,Weyn B,van Daele A,Bartels PH

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In the gastric antrum and body, foveolar hyperplasia is a feature of reactive gastritis resulting from--for example, duodenogastric bile reflux and the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). The aim of this study was to examine the occurrence and clinical relevance of gastric cardiac foveolar hyper...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Voutilainen M,Juhola M,Färkkilä M,Sipponen P

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An increase in intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) is mandatory for the histological diagnosis of coeliac disease (CD). Currently, duodenal biopsies are used almost exclusively to establish the diagnosis, yet published work continues to cite an upper limit of 40 lymphocytes/100 epithelial cells, a figure deri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hayat M,Cairns A,Dixon MF,O'Mahony S

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To ascertain the effect of enhanced surveillance following an outbreak of waterborne cryptosporidiosis on the number of faecal specimens submitted to the local microbiology laboratory and the number positive for common enteric pathogens. The outbreak provided an opportunity to estimate the extent of routine under ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Qamruddin AO,Keaney MG,McCann R,Chadwick PR

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine whether variations in pathology test requesting between different general practices can be accounted for by sociodemographic or other descriptive indicators of the practice. METHOD:This was a comparative analysis of requesting patterns across a range of pathology tests representing 95% of those request...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Smellie WS,Galloway MJ,Chinn D,Gedling P

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:It has been suggested that adenocarcinomas of the lower oesophagus and gastric cardia should be reclassified as oesophagogastric junction (OGJ) cancers. This study aimed to define the frequency of OGJ cancers in a geographically defined population of 4.3 million people. METHODS:All cases of oesophageal and gastri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Byrne JP,Mathers JM,Parry JM,Attwood SE,Bancewicz J,Woodman CB

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the prognostic usefulness of the Nottingham histological grade (NHG) and its components in a series of 270 patients with stage pT1N0M0 breast cancer with a median follow up of 12.5 years. METHODS:Microscopic slides were re-examined and the degree of tubule formation, nuclear pleomorphism, and mitotic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Frkovic-Grazio S,Bracko M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Lymphocytic colitis is a clinicopathological entity characterised by protracted watery diarrhoea and an increased number of intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) in the surface epithelium of the colonic mucosa. This report describes two patients with symptoms similar to those of lymphocytic colitis and an ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rubio CA,Lindholm J

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Traditionally, advanced stage ovarian carcinoma is treated by debulking surgery followed by chemotherapy. However, in some circumstances preoperative chemotherapy may be given before optimal surgical debulking. This study aims to describe the morphological features found in ovarian carcinoma after chemotherapy bec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： McCluggage WG,Lyness RW,Atkinson RJ,Dobbs SP,Harley I,McClelland HR,Price JH

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate whether cholesterol and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) measurements in fluids are more sensitive and specific markers for differentiating between exudates and transudates, as confirmed clinically, than the measurement of fluid total protein concentrations alone. PATIENTS/METHODS:Serum, pleural fluid, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Paramothayan NS,Barron J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To identify the amyloid protein in a patient with amyloidosis localised to the urinary bladder, and to see whether subtyping of the protein by sequence analysis increases the understanding of the selection of the urinary bladder as the site of amyloid deposition. METHODS:A patient with gross haematuria and a cong...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Livneh A,Shtrasburg S,Martin BM,Baniel J,Gal R,Pras M

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a left adrenal tumour in a 16 year old Chinese girl who presented with fever of unknown origin. The histological and ultrastructural features of the adrenal tumour were those of a primitive small round cell tumour with neuroendocrine differentiation. Cytogenetic analysis of cultured tumour cells ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lam KY,Lo CY,Shek TW,Ma ES,Au WY,Chan GC

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyse whether the mean nuclear area of the 10 largest nuclei (MNA-10), the mitotic activity index (MAI), and Ki-67 immunoquantitative features have additional value to discriminate different grades of T(A,1) transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the urinary bladder. MATERIALS/METHODS:One hundred and fifty of 2...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bol MG,Baak JP,de Bruin PC,Rep S,Marx W,Bos S,Kisman O

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood cultures drawn from a patient with clinically diagnosed invasive meningococcal disease, who had been previously administered benzylpenicillin, had beta-lactamases added to increase the probability of recovery of the causative organism. The blood cultures subsequently yielded Neisseria meningitidis but direct sus...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Weightman NC

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To set up a network for remote consultation using static imaging telepathology via Internet connection between pathologists in different European countries, and to collect some numerical and subjective impressions on the usefulness of this form of telepathology. METHODS:A static image remote consultation network ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tucker JH,Busch C,Spatz A,Wells C,Brugal G

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5 month old girl had typical clinical features of acute myocarditis just after the febrile period of exanthem subitum and died immediately. She had been healthy, with normal development, and there was no family history of particular note. Myocardial postmortem findings were compatible with acute myocarditis. Althoug...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yoshikawa T,Ihira M,Suzuki K,Suga S,Kito H,Iwasaki T,Kurata T,Tanaka T,Saito Y,Asano Y

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumour associated antigens recognised by cellular or humoral effectors of the immune system are potential targets for antigen specific cancer immunotherapy. Different categories of cancer antigens have been identified that induce cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses in vitro and in vivo, namely: (1) "cancer testis" ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jäger D,Jäger E,Knuth A

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most common serious primary immunodeficiency. This paper describes the immunological consequences of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in a patient with familial CVID subsequently treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). METHODS:Serial me...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jolles S,Tyrer M,Johnson M,Webster D

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare the expression of immunohistochemical variables between benign and malignant components of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST) arising within neurofibroma. METHODS:Eight cases of MPNST arising within a neurofibroma, associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), were studied. The areas of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Watanabe T,Oda Y,Tamiya S,Masuda K,Tsuneyoshi M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade, cellular immunophenotyping has become a new discipline in diagnostic haematology and immunology, and is invaluable in the rapid diagnosis of leukaemia and monitoring disease progression in human immunodeficiency virus infected individuals. The introduction of bench top flow cytometers has meant tha...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Reilly JT,Barnett D

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Scottish Meningococcus and Pneumococcus Reference Laboratory provides a national service for the laboratory confirmation of meningococcal and pneumococcal disease in Scotland. The main tests used for the laboratory confirmation of meningococcal disease are culture, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), antibody tes...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Clarke SC,Diggle MA,Reid JA,Thom L,Edwards GF

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatic fibrosis is one of the main consequences of liver disease. Both fibrosis and steatosis may be seen in some patients with chronic hepatitis C and alcoholic liver disease (ALD). AIMS:To quantitate fibrosis and steatosis by stereological and morphometric techniques in patients with chronic hepatitis C ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Zaitoun AM,Al Mardini H,Awad S,Ukabam S,Makadisi S,Record CO

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the expression of catenins (alpha, beta, and gamma) in non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) and its relation to clinicopathological factors and prognosis. METHODS:The expression of catenins was analysed immunohistochemically in 261 patients with resected NSCLC, diagnosed between 1978 and 1996 in e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Pirinen RT,Hirvikoski P,Johansson RT,Hollmén S,Kosma VM

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00