abstract：AIMS:Strong thyroglobulin immunoreactivity within sinus histiocytes in a lymph node draining a papillary thyroid carcinoma was observed in a recent case. This prompted the investigation of whether thyroglobulin immunoreactivity is common in regional lymph nodes in cases of thyroid malignancy. METHODS:Eighty seven lymp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Venkatraman L,Maxwell P,McCluggage WG

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the sensitivity and staining pattern of the new immunohistochemical antibody to tyrosinase (T311) with S-100, HMB45, and the recently evaluated antibody to melan-A (A103) in a range of melanocytic lesions. METHOD:Archival, formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded sections from 50 benign and malignant melan...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Clarkson KS,Sturdgess IC,Molyneux AJ

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Solid and papillary epithelial neoplasm (SPEN) is an uncommon pancreatic tumour. Very rarely it has also been described outside the pancreas, usually arising from heterotopic pancreatic tissue. This report summarises all the published extrapancreatic SPENs and documents the sixth such case arising from heterotopic ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tornóczky T,Kálmán E,Jáksó P,Méhes G,Pajor L,Kajtár GG,Battyány I,Davidovics S,Sohail M,Krausz T

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the role of needle core biopsy (NCB) in the preoperative assessment of impalpable breast lesions, mainly derived from the NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) and to assess our own modifications to a suggested system for the classification of breast NCBs. METHODS:The NCB, fine needle aspiration ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ibrahim AE,Bateman AC,Theaker JM,Low JL,Addis B,Tidbury P,Rubin C,Briley M,Royle GT

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a recognised cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised individuals. This review will concentrate on recent advances in the understanding of the complex interplay between the host and parasite and the pathological consequences of perturbation of the host immune system. The classic v...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Emery VC

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate whether increasing the daily baseline of gut calcium can cause a gradual downregulation of the active intestinal transport of calcium via reduced parathyroid hormone (PTH) mediated activation of vitamin D, and to discuss why such a mechanism might prevent calcium oxalate rich stones. To demonstrate ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Williams CP,Child DF,Hudson PR,Davies GK,Davies MG,John R,Anandaram PS,De Bolla AR

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57 year old woman presented complaining of increasing abdominal swelling of six months duration. A mixed solid cystic left ovarian tumour measuring 24 cm in diameter was excised. Histology showed numerous cysts lined by benign mucinous epithelium blending imperceptibly into borderline clear cell and mucinous areas t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dutt N,Berney DM

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Mast cells, when activated, secrete a large number of fibrogenic factors and have been implicated in the development of fibrotic conditions of the liver, lung, and skin. There is evidence that renal fibrosis is closely linked with a chronic inflammatory cell infiltrate within the interstitium, but a pot...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Roberts IS,Brenchley PE

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Lymphocytic infiltration in the portal triads usually conceals the detection--in haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stained sections--of bile ducts in two liver diseases: chronic hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis. The aim was to assess the number and the characteristics of the bile ducts in those diseases with the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rubio CA

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pancreatic endocrine tumour arising within a serous cystadenoma is reported. A 49 year old woman was admitted with a history of epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss of two months duration. She had been diabetic for 12 years. An epigastric mass was palpated in the physical examination, and computed tomo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ustün MO,Tuğyan N,Tunakan M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate and compare the long term prognostic value of the WHO classification and the computerised multivariate morphometrical D score in endometrial hyperplasia. To test the reproducibility of the D score in two different centres. METHODS:Histopathological WHO classification and computerised morphometrical an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Orbo A,Baak JP,Kleivan I,Lysne S,Prytz PS,Broeckaert MA,Slappendel A,Tichelaar HJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of malignant melanoma has increased steadily over the past 30 years and this type of malignancy is the leading cause of death from cutaneous malignant disease. Cutaneous malignancies, including melanoma, can be detected at a very early stage and a cure is possible with prompt detection and treatment. In ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Calonje E

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biochemical assay for the oestrogen receptor has shown the clinical value of knowing the concentration of the receptor within tissue. The immunohistochemical assay is rapidly taking over from the biochemical assay. Therefore, it is vital to have an equivalent scoring system that will have the same predictive value...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Leake R,Barnes D,Pinder S,Ellis I,Anderson L,Anderson T,Adamson R,Rhodes T,Miller K,Walker R

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strokes are one of the most common causes of mortality and long term severe disability. There is evidence that lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a)) is a predictor of many forms of vascular disease, including premature coronary artery disease. Several studies have also evaluated the association between Lp(a) and ischaemic (thrombot...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Milionis HJ,Winder AF,Mikhailidis DP

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With lymph node enlargement, the possibility of a malignant process such as metastatic carcinoma or lymphoma needs to be excluded. This report describes a 47 year old woman with inguinal lymph node enlargement initially suspicious for lymphoma. Fine needle aspiration findings favoured reactive hyperplasia, but a malig...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Péoc'h M,Duprez D,Grice G,Fabre-Bocquentin B,Gressin R,Pasquier B

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taking a kidney biopsy is not a trivial procedure. The sample is almost invariably smaller than the pathologist would like. Investigation usually requires division into even smaller samples to permit the application of specialist techniques. In some cases the biopsy is taken not for diagnosis, but to assess the extent...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Furness PN

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the clinical usefulness of three commercially available assays for Her-2/neu oncogene and protein measurements. The Her-2/neu protein is overexpressed, mostly as a result of gene amplification, in 20-30% of human breast cancers, and has been shown to have prognostic and predictive value for treatment wi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wang S,Saboorian MH,Frenkel E,Hynan L,Gokaslan ST,Ashfaq R

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the association of cagA positivity and non-opsonic neutrophil activation capacity in wild-type Helicobacter pylori strains with peptic ulcer disease or chronic gastritis only. METHODS:Helicobacter pylori were isolated from antral biopsies of 53 consecutive patients with chronic antral gastritis, of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Danielsson D,Farmery SM,Blomberg B,Perry S,Rautelin H,Crabtree JE

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess A103 (melan-A) immunoreactivity in a range of ovarian sex cord stromal tumours and to evaluate it for the differential diagnosis of other neoplasms. METHODS:Paraffin embedded tissue sections from 45 sex cord stromal tumours and 44 potential histological mimics were examined immunohistochemically using t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Stewart CJ,Nandini CL,Richmond JA

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the frequency of skip lesions in an unselected series of temporal artery biopsies and compare the results with other series. METHODS:The study was a retrospective review of 102 consecutive temporal artery biopsies taken in a five year period (1992-1997) in one large hospital. RESULTS:35 cases (34.3%)...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Poller DN,van Wyk Q,Jeffrey MJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether there is loss of the p27Kip1 protein in developing cervical cancer and whether p27Kip1 immunoreactivity has any relation to the proliferative indicator Ki-67. METHODS:The expression of p27Kip1 and Ki-67 was assessed by immunohistochemistry in serial sections from normal epithelium (13), low ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Troncone G,Vetrani A,de Rosa G,Gerbasio D,Palombini L

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis is described in an HIV negative patient with undiagnosed systemic sarcoidosis. The patient presented with signs of meningitis together with generalised lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly. Cryptococcal meningitis was diagnosed on lumbar puncture. She was treated with int...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Botha RJ,Wessels E

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether the pattern of involvement of the gastric mucosa in lymphocytic gastritis is predictive of the presence or absence of duodenal pathology. METHODS:50 cases (M:F, 26:24; median age 57 years) diagnosed as lymphocytic gastritis between 1986 and 1998 with concurrent duodenal (D2) biopsies were iden...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hayat M,Arora DS,Wyatt JI,O'Mahony S,Dixon MF

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Raised plasma ferritin concentrations occur unexpectedly during iron studies done by primary care physicians. Plasma ferritin concentration has been positively associated with alcohol use among men. AIM:To determine the post-test probability that men in the community with raised plasma ferritin concentratio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Peach HG,Bath NE

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autoreactive humoral and cellular immune responses may be involved in the pathogenesis of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC). Certain human leucocyte antigens (HLA) could also be linked to the development of IDC. AIM:To determine whether various markers of autoimmunity are present in the final phase of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： de Leeuw N,Melchers WJ,Ruiter DJ,Caforio AL,Balk AH,de Jonge N,Galama JM

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60 year old woman with disseminated ductal carcinoma of the breast developed non-islet cell tumour induced hypoglycaemia (NICTH). The concentrations of the two insulin-like growth factors, IGF-I and IGF-II, were < 2 nmol/l and 94.1 nmol/l, respectively. The IGF-II to IGF-I ratio was > 47 (normal < 10). Insulin (< 3 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bessell EM,Selby C,Ellis IO

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To test the hypothesis that a correct qualitative assessment of axillary nodal status can be established by examining only a limited number of lymph nodes. METHODS:Slides from 499 pN1 or pN0 axillary dissection specimens relating to symptomatic breast cancer cases operated on at our institution between 1991 and 1...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cserni G

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine how epithelial and stromal thymidine phosphorylase expression affects angiogenesis, rapid tumour growth, and decreased apoptotic activity in cervical cancer at varying stages of progression. METHODS:Epithelial and stromal thymidine phosphorylase expression, the microvessel count (reflected by factor ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fujiwaki R,Hata K,Iida K,Maede Y,Koike M,Miyazaki K

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the reliability of international normalised ratio (INR) measurement in primary care by practice nurses using near patient testing (NPT), in comparison with results obtained within hospital laboratories by varied methods. METHODS:As part of an MRC funded study into primary care oral anticoagulation man...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hobbs FD,Fitzmaurice DA,Murray ET,Holder R,Rose PE,Roper JL

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The separation of mesothelial hyperplasia from early malignant mesothelioma remains one of the most difficult problems in histopathology. Inconclusive cases are termed "atypical mesothelial hyperplasia" and treated expectantly. A 49 year old male pipeline engineer was diagnosed as having atypical mesothelial hyperplas...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Scurry J,Duggan MA

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To validate a method of assessment of low hepatic iron concentration based on a biochemical colorimetric assay plus histological scoring. METHODS:The within-day and day to day precision of the iron colorimetric assay was determined on frozen rat liver. The coefficient of variation (CV) of iron measurement in two ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Imbert-Bismut F,Charlotte F,Turlin B,Khalil L,Piton A,Brissot P,Le Charpentier Y,Delattre J,Opolon P,Deugnier Y,Poynard T

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera can produce nuclear or perinuclear immunofluorescence staining in neutrophils which may be caused by antibodies with differing antigenic specificities. These include perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (P-ANCA), granulocyte specific antinuclear antibody (GS-ANA), and antinuclear antibody (ANA). Ther...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chowdhury SM,Broomhead V,Spickett GP,Wilkinson R

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal cell proliferation plays an important role in the maintenance of the integrity of the gastrointestinal system. The study of gastrointestinal proliferation kinetics allows a better understanding of the complexity of the system, and also has important implications for the study of gastrointestinal carci...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wong WM,Wright NA

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare the efficacy of and tolerance to oral fluconazole and intraconazole in preventing fungal infection in neutropenic patients with haematological malignancies. PATIENTS:213 consecutive, afebrile adult patients treated with or without autologous stem cell transplantation for haematological malignancies. M...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Huijgens PC,Simoons-Smit AM,van Loenen AC,Prooy E,van Tinteren H,Ossenkoppele GJ,Jonkhoff AR

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate whether endometrial pathology is more likely to be diagnosed in gynaecologically symptomatic rather than in gynaecologically asymptomatic postmenopausal breast cancer patients with tamoxifen treatment; and to evaluate the possible influence of various clinical factors on the incidence of endometrial pa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cohen I,Perel E,Flex D,Tepper R,Altaras MM,Cordoba M,Beyth Y

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the possible role of hypoxia in the formation of axonal bulbs. METHODS:Study material comprised sections from 28 brains showing evidence of cerebral hypoxia with no history of head injury, four with a history of head trauma but no evidence of hypoxic change, eight with a history of head trauma and hypox...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kaur B,Rutty GN,Timperley WR

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The "classical" antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (C-ANCA) pattern seen on indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) is characterised by granular cytoplasmic staining showing central or interlobular accentuation, and is strongly associated with antiproteinase-3 antibodies (PR3-ANCA) and Wegener's granulomatosis. H...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wong RC,Silvestrini RA,Savige JA,Fulcher DA,Benson EM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the clinical value of malignancy grading systems compared with nuclear DNA content, protein p53, and angiogenesis for predicting recurrence of stage I (UICC, 1987) tongue carcinomas. METHODS:Histopathological malignancy grading according to Jakobsson and tumour front grading according to Bryne et al were...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Högmo A,Kuylenstierna R,Lindholm J,Munck-Wikland E

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the topographical relation between gastric glands, using the minimum spanning tree (MST), to derive both a model of neighbourhood and quantitative representation of the tissue's architecture, to assess the characteristic features of gastric atrophy, and to assess the grades of gastric atrophy. METHODS:Ha...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Zaitoun AM,al Mardini H,Record CO

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of nodular regenerative hyperplasia (NRH) of the liver is described in association with exposure to the radiographic contrast medium Thorotrast. This is the first case in which the pathological findings have been fully documented. It is suggested that NRH may have developed through Thorotrast induced damage to ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Beer TW,Carr NJ,Buxton PJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00