abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether antibiotics are prescribed appropriately for acute tonsillitis in an emergency department (ED). METHODS:Cross-sectional observational study in large district general hospital in London. Patients diagnosed and coded with 'acute tonsillitis' in the ED over a 3-month period in 2015. Medica...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kanji K,Saatci D,Rao GG,Khanna P,Bassett P,Williams B,Khan M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:PCR amplicon-based next-generation sequencing (NGS) panels are increasingly used for clinical diagnostic assays. Amplification bias is a well-known limitation of PCR amplicon-based approaches. We sought to characterise lower-performance amplicons in an off-the-shelf NGS panel (TruSight Myeloid Sequencing Panel) fo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yan B,Hu Y,Ng C,Ban KH,Tan TW,Huan PT,Lee PL,Chiu L,Seah E,Ng CH,Koay ES,Chng WJ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The incidence of RAS/RAF/PI3KA and TP53 gene mutations in colorectal cancer (CRC) is well established. Less information, however, is available on other components of the CRC genomic landscape, which are potential CRC prognostic/predictive markers. METHODS:Following a previous validation study, ion-semiconductor n...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Malapelle U,Pisapia P,Sgariglia R,Vigliar E,Biglietto M,Carlomagno C,Giuffrè G,Bellevicine C,Troncone G

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Soft tissue tumours are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms that can arise at almost every anatomical site. As they often show similar clinical and radiological findings, histology is the definitive diagnostic method and it is crucial that the surgical pathology report contains accurate, useful information for mana...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shah C,Wang J,Mubako T,Fisher C,Thway K

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Marked thrombocytosis is uncommon in chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) but may be associated with mutation of JAK2 V617F, calreticulin (CALR) and/or phospho-STAT5 (p-STAT5) activation in other myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), particularly essential thrombocythaemia (ET). We investigated the JAK2 V617F, CALR ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Turakhia SK,Murugesan G,Cotta CV,Theil KS

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The macroH2A histone variants are epigenetic marks for inactivated chromatin. In this study, we examined the expression of macroH2A2 in anal neoplasm from anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN) to anal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). METHODS:AIN and anal SCC samples were analysed for macroH2A2 expression, HIV and hu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hu WH,Miyai K,Sporn JC,Luo L,Wang JY,Cosman B,Ramamoorthy S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis plays a crucial role in melanoma metastasis and progression. In recent years, numerous studies have investigated the prognostic and clinical significance of this phenomenon, and the development of molecular techniques has enabled us to achieve a better understanding of angiogenesis in melanoma. Herein, we...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jour G,Ivan D,Aung PP

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The Royal College of Pathologists recommend that a median of at least 12 lymph nodes should be harvested during pathological staging of colorectal cancer. It is not always easy to harvest the required number, especially in patients with rectal cancer receiving neoadjuvant therapy. Lymph node revealing solutions, f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Horne J,Carr NJ,Bateman AC,Kandala N 2nd,Adams J,Silva S,Ryder I

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preoperative (neoadjuvant) chemoradiation therapy/treatment (NCRT) is emerging as an important treatment modality in borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). The constellation of histopathological changes secondary to chemoradiation is diverse and has been well documented, particularly in other g...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kalimuthu SN,Serra S,Dhani N,Chetty R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serine peptidase inhibitor Kazal type-1 (SPINK1), a trypsin kinase inhibitor, has well established associations with inflammation, cancer cell proliferation and carcinogenesis. However, the role of SPINK1 has not been investigated in stage IV colorectal cancer (CRC) patients receiving cetuximab based targete...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chen YT,Tsao SC,Tsai HP,Wang JY,Chai CY

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Hypomethylating agents (HMAs) exhibit clinical efficacy in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms (MDS/MPN). This study was performed to assess residual disease status by flow cytometry immunophenotyping (FCI) methods in patients with MDS or MDS/MPN treated w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Huang L,Garcia-Manero G,Jabbour E,Goswami M,Routbort MJ,Medeiros LJ,Jorgensen JL,Wang SA

更新日期：2016-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibrinogen plays a crucial role in the pathophysiology of tumour cell growth, invasion and metastasis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of pretreatment plasma fibrinogen levels in patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) METHODS: Data from 372 patients with DLBCL, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Troppan KT,Melchardt T,Wenzl K,Schlick K,Deutsch A,Bullock MD,Reitz D,Beham-Schmid C,Weiss L,Neureiter D,Tränkenschuh W,Greil R,Neumeister P,Egle A,Pichler M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of the present study was to immunohistochemically investigate the expression and prognostic significance of putative cancer stem cell markers CD117 (c-kit), CD34, CD20 and CD15 in a cohort of patients with primary choroidal and ciliary body melanoma. METHODS:The immunohistochemical expression of these mar...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lukenda A,Dotlic S,Vukojevic N,Saric B,Vranic S,Zarkovic K

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrations of ribosomal biogenesis have been implicated in several congenital bone marrow failure syndromes, such as Diamond-Blackfan anaemia, Shwachman-Diamond syndrome and Dyskeratosis Congenita. Recent studies have identified haploinsufficiency of RPS14 in the acquired bone marrow disease isolated 5q minus syndrom...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rinker EB,Dueber JC,Qualtieri J,Tedesco J,Erdogan B,Bosompem A,Kim AS

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The IHC4+C score combines assessment of oestrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PgR), HER2 and Ki67 with clinicopathological parameters to identify the risk of distant disease recurrence in patients with breast cancer, so, aiding treatment decision-making on adjuvant chemotherapy. Despite low cost and wide...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dodson A,Zabaglo L,Yeo B,Miller K,Smith I,Dowsett M

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This is a qualitative study of the perceived learning needs of trainees for graded responsibility in histopathological training in the UK. METHODS:A focus group with trainees and interviews with consultants was carried out. Participants were asked 'What do you perceive are the learning needs of histopathology tra...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Finall A,Allery L

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast fibroepithelial lesions, including fibroadenomas and phyllodes tumours, are commonly encountered in clinical practice. As histological differences between these two related entities may be subtle, resulting in a challenging differential diagnosis, pathological techniques to assist the differential diagnosis of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tan WJ,Yan J,Xu S,Thike AA,Bay BH,Yu H,Tan MH,Tan PH

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte-depleted classical Hodgkin lymphoma (LDCHL) is the rarest entity among the classical Hodgkin lymphoma (CHL) subtypes, accounting for <1% of CHL cases in Western countries. Similarly, primary splenic Hodgkin lymphoma is a rare diagnosis among all cases of lymphomatous involvement of spleen. Representing a co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Parekh V,Peker D

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The chemokine receptor CXCR7 is found on glioma cells and glioma-associated vessels and dependent upon its localisation on tumour or endothelial cells the CXCR7 receptor can mediate glioma cell invasion and tumour angiogenesis. Its expression predicts survival in several types of cancers. METHODS:We immunohistoch...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Birner P,Tchorbanov A,Natchev S,Tuettenberg J,Guentchev M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the protein expression of connexin 43 (Cx43) in primary urothelial bladder cancer and test its association with the histopathological characteristics and clinical outcome. METHODS:A tissue microarray containing 348 tissue samples from 174 patients with primary urothelial carcinomas of the bladde...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Poyet C,Buser L,Roudnicky F,Detmar M,Hermanns T,Mannhard D,Höhn A,Rüschoff J,Zhong Q,Sulser T,Moch H,Wild PJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The miR-9 family microRNAs (miRNAs) are tumour suppressor miRNAs implicated in carcinogenesis. We postulated that miR-9-1, miR-9-2 and miR-9-3 may be inactivated by aberrant promoter methylation in multiple myeloma (MM). METHODS:Methylation of miR-9-1, miR-9-2 and miR-9-3 was studied by methylation-specific PCR (...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Zhang Q,Wang LQ,Wong KY,Li ZY,Chim CS

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is an aggressive and potentially fatal disease. Prediction of risk of relapse is based on clinical markers. There is a need for more accurate biomarkers to select patients for more aggressive first-line treatments. Peroxiredoxins (Prxs) are a family of potent antioxidant prote...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kuusisto ME,Haapasaari KM,Turpeenniemi-Hujanen T,Jantunen E,Soini Y,Peroja P,Bloigu R,Karihtala P,Kuittinen O

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Cryptogenic organising pneumonia (COP) and acute fibrinous and organising pneumonia (AFOP) are recognised patterns of organising pneumonia (OP), a condition that resembles pneumonia but is not caused by infection. We have recognised granulomatous organising pneumonia (GOP) to be a similar histopathological entity ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Feinstein MB,DeSouza SA,Moreira AL,Stover DE,Heelan RT,Iyriboz TA,Taur Y,Travis WD

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite advances in therapy, lung cancer is still the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the world. Further prognostic tools are warranted for risk-adapted therapeutic decisions. We analysed a cohort of primary surgically treated non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) to determine the prognostic role ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Augustin F,Fiegl M,Schmid T,Pomme G,Sterlacci W,Tzankov A

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Personalised breast cancer therapy requires pathological characterisation of tumours. The proliferative index, based on Ki67, is pivotal, but a standard method has not been established. Here we look for an easy and practical way to evaluate Ki67. METHODS:Immunohistochemical staining of estrogen receptors, progest...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hida AI,Bando K,Sugita A,Maeda T,Ueda N,Matsukage S,Nakanishi M,Kito K,Miyazaki T,Ohtsuki Y,Oshiro Y,Inoue H,Kawaguchi H,Yamashita N,Aogi K,Moriya T

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous Cushing's syndrome is a rare endocrine disorder that incurs significant cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, due to glucocorticoid excess. It comprises adrenal (20%) and non-adrenal (80%) aetiologies. While the majority of cases are attributed to pituitary or ectopic corticotropin (ACTH) overproduction, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Duan K,Gomez Hernandez K,Mete O

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This cross-sectional study investigated the association between eight herpesviruses and the bacterial community profiles from the oral cavity of children with and without leukaemia. METHODS:Sixty participants (aged 3-13), divided into the leukaemia group (LG) and healthy group (HG), were evaluated. Collection of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bezerra TM,Ferreira DC,Carmo FL,Pinheiro R,Leite DC,Cavalcante FS,Belinho RA,Peixoto RS,Rosado AS,dos Santos KR,Castro GF

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Endotoxin detection assays are not validated for use in end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). We investigated the accuracy and precision of the kinetic turbidimetric Limulus amoebocyte lysate (LAL) assay to detect endotoxin in plasma from patients with ESKD. Optimisation of endotoxin recovery from plasma using the dete...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wong J,Jeraj H,Vilar E,Viljoen A,Farrington K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:KRAS mutation status predicts response to anti-EGFR therapy in colorectal cancer patients. Here we report an interesting case of discordant KRAS mutation status in a patient with two separate tumour foci. Tumour A in sigmoid colon invaded through muscularis propria into the subserosal fat with metastatic disease in re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Li X,Pezeshkpour G,Phan RT

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Immunohistochemical stains have greatly improved the diagnostic accuracy of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) for primary and distant tumours. We evaluate a marker that has recently been incorporated in clinical practice, PAX-8, in primary and metastatic RCCs. METHODS:Two distinct tissue microarrays were used, one consi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Barr ML,Jilaveanu LB,Camp RL,Adeniran AJ,Kluger HM,Shuch B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Experience in the use of whole slide imaging (WSI) for primary diagnosis in pathology is very limited. We aimed to determine the accuracy of interpretation of WSI compared with conventional light microscopy (CLM) in the diagnosis of routine gynaecological biopsies. METHODS:All gynaecological specimens (n=452) rec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ordi J,Castillo P,Saco A,Del Pino M,Ordi O,Rodríguez-Carunchio L,Ramírez J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We aimed to assess the one step nucleic acid amplification (OSNA) assay as an intraoperative method in comparison with frozen sections (FS) for detection of metastasis in sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) of breast cancer. METHOD:100 SLNs from patients with breast carcinoma were enrolled within a 3-month period. Alterna...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jara-Lazaro AR,Hussain IH,Thike AA,Wong CY,Ho GH,Yong WS,Ong KW,Madhukumar P,Tan BK,Oey CL,Hwang JS,Tan PH

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate assessment of invasive breast cancer grade on needle core biopsy (NCB) is important as it guides treatment. AIM:To assess the agreement between grade of invasive cancer on NCB and excision and determine whether altering the mitotic count score threshold on NCB improves it. METHODS:Pathology slides...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dhaliwal CA,Graham C,Loane J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoma-associated fibroblast (CAF) as prominent cell type of the tumour microenvironment has complex interaction with both the cancer cells and other non-neoplastic surrounding cells. The CAF-derived regulators and extracellular matrix proteins can support cancer progression by providing a protective microenvironme...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Valcz G,Sipos F,Tulassay Z,Molnar B,Yagi Y

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The only method currently available to perform Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial susceptibility testing (Ng-AST) requires a viable organism obtained by culture. Reports of in vitro resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins, the treatment of choice for gonorrhoea, coupled with increasing gonorrhoea diagnoses is ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jain A,Cole MJ,Planche T,Ison CA

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubulocystic carcinoma (TCC) is a very rare renal tumour with unique gross and microscopic features, alternatively considered as low-grade collecting duct carcinoma. Recent studies favoured distinction of TCC from collecting duct carcinoma, and some cases of TCC synchronously coexisting with other renal cell tumour su...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chen N,Nie L,Gong J,Chen X,Xu M,Chen M,Zhou Q

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foveolar dysplasia is an uncommon form of dysplasia that is encountered in the stomach and oesophagus in the context of Barrett’s oesophagus. Glands displaying foveolar dysplasia also show architectural abnormalities that are similar to those encountered in adenomatous dysplasia. However, from a cytological point of v...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Serra S,Chetty R

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and drug resistance of Ureaplasma species and Mycoplasma hominis in outpatients with genital manifestation from 2005 to 2013 in Hangzhou, China. METHODS:A total of 2689 female and 2336 male patients with various genital symptoms were included in this study. Speci...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Song T,Ye A,Xie X,Huang J,Ruan Z,Kong Y,Song J,Wang Y,Chen J,Zhang J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To identify molecular characteristics to hepatitis C virus (HCV)-associated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) through a comprehensive miRNAs expression profiling. METHODS:In this study, miRNA profiles were obtained from 37 patients with DLBCLs and 60 patients with reactive lymph nodes, equally distributed acc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Augello C,Gianelli U,Savi F,Moro A,Bonoldi E,Gambacorta M,Vaira V,Baldini L,Bosari S

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study is to explore DNA hypermethylation analysis in sputum and exhaled breath analysis for their complementary, non-invasive diagnostic capacity in lung cancer. METHODS:Sputum samples and exhaled breath were prospectively collected from 20 lung cancer patients and 31 COPD controls (Set 1). An add...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hubers AJ,Brinkman P,Boksem RJ,Rhodius RJ,Witte BI,Zwinderman AH,Heideman DA,Duin S,Koning R,Steenbergen RD,Snijders PJ,Smit EF,Sterk PJ,Thunnissen E

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00