abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is an autoimmune liver disease characterised by the presence of various laboratory abnormalities but the precise role of laboratory staff in initiating clinical referral and subsequent biopsy is not clear. OBJECTIVE:To examine the impact of laboratory abnormalities in the inv...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sinclair D,Spedding A,Young R

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression profiling has been extensively applied to the study of breast cancer and undoubtedly is changing the way breast cancer is perceived. Over the past few years, several groups have described prognostic "signatures" (gene lists) that are purported to be more accurate prognostic factors than well established cli...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Reis-Filho JS,Westbury C,Pierga JY

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Pim-1 is a serine/threonine kinase that has been shown to play an integral role in the development of a number of human cancers, such as haematolymphoid malignancies. Recently, evidence has shown Pim-1 to be important in prostatic carcinogenesis. In order to further our understanding of its role in prostate cancer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cibull TL,Jones TD,Li L,Eble JN,Ann Baldridge L,Malott SR,Luo Y,Cheng L

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To evaluate the need for routine histopathological analysis of enucleated/eviscerated eyes and changes in indications for eye removal. METHODS:Retrospective review of all enucleation/evisceration histopathology reports over 20 years. Clinical history was correlated with pathological findings. Two 10 ye...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Saeed MU,Chang BY,Khandwala M,Shivane AG,Chakrabarty A

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Venous invasion (VI) is an important prognosis predictor after colorectal carcinoma (CRC) resection, enabling more accurate staging and influencing postoperative management. AIMS:To assess/compare various tissue block types (perpendicular, tangential, across mesentery (AM), from major vessels or lymph nodes...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sternberg A,Mizrahi A,Amar M,Groisman G

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To analyse the entity specific incidence and disease specific survival (DSS) of non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs) in Tyrol/Austria, 1991-2000. METHODS:Data from 1307 NHLs (excluding primary cutaneous lymphomas and monoclonal gammopathies of undetermined significance) were obtained. Current status was available for all...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mitterlechner T,Fiegl M,Mühlböck H,Oberaigner W,Dirnhofer S,Tzankov A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) is a high grade type of neuroendocrine tumour with an aggressive clinical course. This report describes the first case of LCNEC combined with an adenocarcinoma component in the common bile duct. A 68 year old man presented with jaundice. Severe stenosis of the bile duct was ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sato K,Waseda R,Tatsuzawa Y,Fujinaga H,Wakabayashi T,Ueda Y,Katsuda S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superficial inflammatory dermatoses are very common and comprise a wide, complex variety of clinical conditions. Accurate histological diagnosis, although it can sometimes be difficult to establish, is essential for clinical management. Knowledge of the microanatomy of the skin is important to recognise the variable h...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Alsaad KO,Ghazarian D

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microscopic examination of scalp hair can provide important diagnostic information in a range of paediatric conditions. It is a non-invasive and cost effective investigation, which is not widely performed. AIMS:To examine retrospectively the value of hair examination by light microscopy, including polarisin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Smith VV,Anderson G,Malone M,Sebire NJ

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sclerochoroidal calcification is an uncommon condition. Metabolic evaluation and clinical examination are important to exclude associated systemic conditions such as the Bartter and Gitelman syndromes. It has been suggested that the lesions seen in sclerochoroidal calcification are calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crys...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gupta R,Hu V,Reynolds T,Harrison R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subgroups of breast cancer that have an impaired response to endocrine treatment, despite hormone receptor positivity, are still poorly defined. Breast cancer can be subdivided according to standard pathological parameters including histological type, grade, and assessment of proliferation. These parameters ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jirström K,Rydén L,Anagnostaki L,Nordenskjöld B,Stål O,Thorstenson S,Chebil G,Jönsson PE,Fernö M,Landberg G

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori associated gastric cancer arises via a multistage process, with atrophic gastritis being the precursor lesion. Helicobacter pylori is typically acquired in childhood, yet little is known of the prevalence of atrophic gastritis in childhood. AIM:To study atrophic gastritis among children ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ricuarte O,Gutierrez O,Cardona H,Kim JG,Graham DY,El-Zimaity HM

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastric mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is a low grade B cell lymphoma histologically characterised by neoplastic B cells surrounding follicles in a marginal zone pattern and selectively infiltrating epithelium to form characteristic lymphoepithelial lesions. AIMS:To identify solitary epit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sutak J,Stoddard C,Smith ME

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over 90% of Ewing's sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumour (ES/PNET) cases have the t(11;22) chromosomal rearrangement, which is also found in other small round cell tumours, including desmoplastic small round cell tumour (DSRCT) and clear cell sarcoma (CCS). Although this rearrangement can be analysed by ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yamaguchi U,Hasegawa T,Morimoto Y,Tateishi U,Endo M,Nakatani F,Kawai A,Chuman H,Beppu Y,Endo M,Kurotaki H,Furuta K

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION/METHODS:After the recognition of contaminating algae on histopathological sections stained by periodic acid Schiff (PAS) and Grocott methods, a detailed audit was undertaken to assess the extent of contamination and its possible source. RESULTS:The contaminating organism was a member of the staurastrum ge...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Agarwal A,Helliwell TR

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mitogenic kinin peptides formed by the serine protease, tissue kallikrein (TK1), stimulate the proliferation of tumour cells and, by increasing vascular permeability, enhance metastasis. Oesophageal mucosal epithelial cells are derived from the epithelial cell germ layer, which expresses the kallikrein-k...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dlamini Z,Bhoola KD

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To establish a three dimensional reconstruction of an invasive breast carcinoma using basic laboratory equipment to evaluate and characterise the spatial arrangement of the parenchymal cells of the breast. METHODS:One hundred and twenty eight sequential 4 microm sections (20 microm apart) of the tumour were stain...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kurien T,Boyce RW,Paish EC,Ronan J,Maddison J,Rakha EA,Green AR,Ellis IO

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is important in the evaluation of patients with calcium metabolism disorders and/or chronic renal disease. AIMS:To assess the differences between serum and plasma PTH measurements using the Advia Centaur. METHODS:Twenty six paired serum and edetate samples from patients with chron...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Twomey PJ,Whitlock T,Pledger DR

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:In the natural history of gastric cancer, non-invasive neoplasia (NiN) precedes invasive carcinoma. A histological classification of gastric NiN has recently been proposed by a World Health Organisation international panel of experts. Genetic instability is known to be among the molecular pathways invol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rugge M,Bersani G,Bertorelle R,Pennelli G,Russo VM,Farinati F,Bartolini D,Cassaro M,Alvisi V

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A genetic component to the development of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) has been proposed, and a possible association between human leucocyte antigen (HLA) class II antigens and chronic fatigue immune dysfunction has been shown in some, but not all, studies. AIMS:To investigate the role of HLA class II ant...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Smith J,Fritz EL,Kerr JR,Cleare AJ,Wessely S,Mattey DL

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) increases after radical prostatectomy are thought to indicate recurrent disease, although some suggest they result from benign prostatic epithelial tissue left at surgical margins. AIMS:To investigate whether presence, location, and extent of benign prostatic tissue at ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kernek KM,Koch MO,Daggy JK,Juliar BE,Cheng L

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the breast is a rare tumour with less than 30 cases reported in the literature. The clinicopathological findings of three cases of primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the breast and a review of the pertinent literature are presented. The morphological and immunohistochemical patt...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Adegbola T,Connolly CE,Mortimer G

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nitric oxide synthase (NOS), particularly endothelial and inducible forms (e/i-NOS), are expressed in various cancers, including breast cancer. In mammary fibroepithelial lesions, NOS expression in stromal cells has been reported to be lower in fibroadenomas than in phyllodes tumours. AIMS:To investigate NO...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tse GM,Wong FC,Tsang AK,Lee CS,Lui PC,Lo AW,Law BK,Scolyer RA,Karim RZ,Putti TC

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thymidine phosphorylase (TP) is the key enzyme for capecitabine activation in tumour cells. AIMS:To examine whether TP expression in tumour cells and stroma is predictive of the tumour response to capecitabine plus docetaxel chemotherapy in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Han JY,Hong EK,Lee SY,Yoon SM,Lee DH,Lee JS

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is increasing in Indonesia and other developing countries. Germline mutations in the BRCA1/2 genes are most strongly associated with a high risk for breast cancer development. There have been no reports on BRCA1/2 gene mutations in the Indonesian population. Genetic research yielding insight in...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Purnomosari D,Paramita DK,Aryandono T,Pals G,van Diest PJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the occurrence of diagnostic delay in primary antibody deficiency in the period 1989-2002, since a similar study in 1989, and to assess the impact of UK national guidelines communicated in 1995. METHODS:A retrospective case note review was performed of 89 consecutive patients with antibody deficiency re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Seymour B,Miles J,Haeney M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To detect cells bearing BRAF mutations in colorectal tumour samples and peritoneal washings, using a mismatch ligation assay (MLA). METHODS:DNA from 46 colorectal tumours was studied. Part of exon 15 of the BRAF gene was amplified using the polymerase chain reaction, and T-->A mutations at codon 600 were detected...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Busby K,Morris A

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoinfective strongyloidiasis is often fatal in immunosuppressed patients or in immunocomprised hosts. An interesting case of Strongyloides stercolaris hyperinfection was seen in an immunocompetent patient. This report describes a case of fatal strogyloidiasis in a 79 year old man, who had suffered gastrointestinal d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mayayo E,Gomez-Aracil V,Azua-Blanco J,Azua-Romeo J,Capilla J,Mayayo R

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To develop a quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (Q-RT-PCR) for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) detection and explore the potential of using glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) mRNA as an internal control to exclude false negative results. METHODS:SAR...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wong SC,Chan JK,Lee KC,Lo ES,Tsang DN

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the problems involved in undertaking immunohistochemistry (IHC) and nuclear morphometry using Bouin's fixed prostate biopsies. METHODS:Archival Bouin's fixed and formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded prostatic biopsies were immunostained for three nuclear biomarkers (minichromosome maintenance prot...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ananthanarayanan V,Pins MR,Meyer RE,Gann PH

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiovascular system is a common target of amyloidosis. This review presents the current clinical and diagnostic approach to amyloidosis, with the emphasis on cardiovascular involvement. It summarises recent nomenclature, classification, and pathogenesis of amyloidosis. In addition, non-invasive possibilities are...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kholová I,Niessen HW

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:CD10 (CALLA) has recently been reported to be expressed in spindle cell neoplasia, and has been used to differentiate endometrial stromal sarcoma from leiomyoma and leiomyosarcoma. In the breast, myoepithelial cells express CD10, but there are few studies of the expression of CD10 in mammary fibroepithe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tse GM,Tsang AK,Putti TC,Scolyer RA,Lui PC,Law BK,Karim RZ,Lee CS

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Evidence suggests that the presence of tumour necrosis is an adverse prognostic factor in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). However, it has also been shown that tumour regression, a microscopic feature associated with necrosis, may be a favourable short term prognostic factor in RCC. METHODS:Pathology reports of 253 RC...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Foria V,Surendra T,Poller DN

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA typing was requested to investigate a presumptive cancer diagnosis error by confirming whether benign and cancerous prostatic tissue in the same presurgical haematoxylin and eosin stained slide belonged to the same person. After independent histological re-examination of the slide by a pathologist, manual slide di...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Alonso A,Alves C,Suárez-Mier MP,Albarrán C,Pereira L,Fernández de Simón L,Martín P,García O,Gusmão L,Sancho M,Amorim A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aneuploidy is frequently noted in malignant tumours. There is much controversy about its cause and effect in relation to malignant tumours. Failure of the spindle checkpoint caused by mutation of the responsible genes may be one of the important factors for the development of aneuploidy. Telomere dysfunction may also ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dey P

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The perforin mediated pathway is the major pathway of cytotoxicity induced by activated T cells and natural killer cells, and may be involved in the development of pulmonary fibrosis. METHODS:Perforin and granzyme B expression were examined in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by means of immunohistochemistry, and pe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Miyazaki H,Kuwano K,Yoshida K,Maeyama T,Yoshimi M,Fujita M,Hagimoto N,Yoshida R,Nakanishi Y

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with chronic renal failure, blood samples for laboratory analysis are often taken via dialysis catheters. This report describes a case of gross spurious hypernatraemia in a blood sample collected from a patient undergoing haemodialysis. After centrifugation of the blood sample in question, the separator ge...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Srivastava R,Murphy MJ,Card J,Severn A,Fraser CG

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histological assessment of melanocytic naevi constitutes a substantial proportion of a dermatopathologist's daily workload. Although they may be excised for cosmetic reasons, most lesions encountered are clinically atypical and are biopsied or excised to exclude melanoma. Although dysplastic naevi are most often encou...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Culpepper KS,Granter SR,McKee PH

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To analyse the expression of proteins involved in DNA double strand break detection and repair in the luminal and myoepithelial compartments of benign breast lesions and malignant breast tumours with myoepithelial differentiation. METHODS:Expression of the ataxia telangiectasia (ATM) and p53 proteins was immunohi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Angèle S,Jones C,Reis Filho JS,Fulford LG,Treilleux I,Lakhani SR,Hall J

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a patient with a gastric biopsy specimen showing histomorphological and immunohistochemical appearances indistinguishable from those usually present in lymphocytic gastritis, a rare condition of unknown aetiology with a distinctive phenotype. The patient had a history of a biopsy confirmed T cell...

journal_title：Journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nga ME,Tan SH,Teh M,Koay ES,Chong SM,Putti TC,Salto-Tellez M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00