abstract：:Recent reports show that the sensitivity of endometrial carcinoma detection on liquid-based Papanicolaou (Pap) tests (88%) is considerably higher than that reported on conventional Pap smears (20%-30%), although few laboratories have corroborated these results. We performed a 5-year retrospective review of all liquid-...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sams SB,Currens HS,Raab SS

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) exhibit similar but distinct immunophenotypic profiles. Many cases can be diagnosed readily by flow cytometry (FCM) alone; however, ambiguous cases are frequently encountered and necessitate additional studies, including immunohistochemical staining for c...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Zare H,Bashashati A,Kridel R,Aghaeepour N,Haffari G,Connors JM,Gascoyne RD,Gupta A,Brinkman RR,Weng AP

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marfan syndrome is one of the most common connective tissue diseases and may manifest with a range of symptoms and pathologic changes. We present a retrospective series of 5 cases of patients with Marfan syndrome and pulmonary pathology. Patients were young to middle-aged adults with absent or minimal smoking historie...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dyhdalo K,Farver C

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most commonly used fixative in effusion cytology is formalin. In the present study, the immunocytochemical properties of formalin-fixed and alcohol-fixed specimens were compared to evaluate the usefulness of alcohol-fixed cytocentrifuged preparations for routine cytologic diagnosis. A total of 269 effusion samples...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ikeda K,Tate G,Suzuki T,Mitsuya T

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to evaluate the current standard practice of using volume and total nucleated cell (TNC) count for the selection of cord blood (CB) units for cryopreservation and further transplantation. Data on 794 CB units whose CD34+ cell content was determined by flow cytometry were analyzed by usin...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jaime-Pérez JC,Monreal-Robles R,Rodríguez-Romo LN,Mancías-Guerra C,Herrera-Garza JL,Gómez-Almaguer D

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multicentric osteosarcoma (M-OGS) is characterized by multicentricity of osseous osteosarcomas, either synchronous or metachronous, without visceral involvement. The study's purpose was to clinicopathologically and radiographically analyze 56 cases of M-OGS (22 synchronous and 34 metachronous). The distal femur was th...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Corradi D,Wenger DE,Bertoni F,Bacchini P,Bosio S,Goldoni M,Unni KK,Sim FH,Inwards CY

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ATHENA (Addressing THE Need for Advanced HPV Diagnostics) HPV study evaluated the clinical usefulness of the cobas HPV Test (Roche Molecular Systems, Pleasanton, CA) for high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) testing (14 HR types) and individual HPV-16/HPV-18 genotyping in women undergoing routine cervical cytolo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wright TC Jr,Stoler MH,Sharma A,Zhang G,Behrens C,Wright TL,ATHENA (Addressing THE Need for Advanced HPV Diagnostics) Study Group.

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 2 patient populations, using different elution strategies, were compared to evaluate eluate yields under more and less restrictive conditions. An informative eluate was defined as one in which an antibody that could be clinically significant was detected in the eluate but was not detectable in the plasm...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Veeraputhiran MK,Pesek GA,Blackall DP

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are described displaying a prominent microcystic pattern closely resembling microcystic adnexal carcinoma of the skin (MAC). The patients were 2 women and 1 man aged 72 to 83 years. Histologically, in addition to conventional SCC, all tumors showed striking microc...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Weissferdt A,Moran CA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterogeneous expression or amplification is a challenge to HER2 diagnostics. A guideline defines heterogeneity as the presence of between 5% and 50% cells with HER2/CEP17 ratios of more than 2.20. We audited the frequency of such cells and their clinical impact in the results from 2 pathology laboratories combined wi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bartlett AI,Starcyznski J,Robson T,Maclellan A,Campbell FM,van de Velde CJ,Hasenburg A,Markopoulos C,Seynaeve C,Rea D,Bartlett JM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because T-regulatory cells (Tregs) can harmfully impair HIV-specific responses or beneficially limit immune activation, we compared the number of Tregs in lymph nodes from 48 HIV+ patients and 106 HIV- subjects. By using a microscope counting grid, we found that the mean ± SD number of Tregs in lymph nodes was 3 times...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Arce J,Levin M,Xie Q,Albanese J,Ratech H

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Descriptive reports of liver histologic features in celiac disease (CD) are sparse, and the effect of a gluten-free diet (GFD) on the course of liver injury is poorly understood. We reviewed liver biopsy specimens in 30 patients with CD and performed immunostains for IgG, IgG4, IgM, and IgA. Subsequent liver biochemic...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mounajjed T,Oxentenko A,Shmidt E,Smyrk T

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to determine whether the in vitro (or "spiked curve") method for the therapeutic heparin range is an accurate and valid method for heparin monitoring. Many laboratories use the in vitro method for determining the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)-based unfractionated heparin (UFH) therapeuti...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gausman JN,Marlar RA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue repositories maintained by pathology departments represent an abundant resource of clinically annotated human specimens. The storage expenses associated with pathology archives are known to administrators of most pathology departments. However, such basic repository characteristics as the quality of stored mate...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Smith MA,Barnes EL,Chiosea SI

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSCC) and carcinosarcoma of the esophagus are rare entities, making up fewer than 2% of esophageal malignancies. Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) in 1 case of BSCC and 2 cases of carcinosarcoma and subsequent array CGH in 1 case each of BSCC and carcinosarcoma revealed common c...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Schaefer IM,Enders C,Polten A,Haller F,Frölich AM,Cameron S,Schüler P,Schweiger P,Gunawan B,Beham A,Füzesi L

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell counter-based formulas have been used in the differential diagnosis of microcytic anemia. The measurement of RBC subpopulations is now available on the Sysmex XE 5000 analyzer (Sysmex, Kobe, Japan). We describe the new formulas: % microcytic - % hypochromic; and % microcytic - % hypochromic - red cell distributio...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Urrechaga E,Borque L,Escanero JF

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the Affirm VPIII molecular test (Becton Dickinson, Burlington, NC) with morphologic identification used in routine Papanicolaou (Pap) test screening in the detection and identification of Candida species, Trichomonas vaginalis, and Gardnerella vaginalis, we identified 431 cases with a concomitant Pap test a...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Levi AW,Harigopal M,Hui P,Schofield K,Chhieng DC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We further characterize the heterogeneous carcinomas of the papilla of Vater (CPVs) in relation to various clinicopathologic patient characteristics and patient survival. Of the 71 reevaluated CPVs, 32 were intestinal, 26 were pancreatobiliary, 6 were mixed, 4 were mucinous, and 3 were poorly differentiated carcinomas...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kohler I,Jacob D,Budzies J,Lehmann A,Weichert W,Schulz S,Neuhaus P,Röcken C

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudo-Pelger-Huët anomaly (PPHA) has been documented in association with transplant medications and other drugs. This iatrogenic neutrophilic dysplasia is reversible with cessation or adjustment of medications but is frequently confused with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) based on the conventional concept that PPHA i...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wang E,Boswell E,Siddiqi I,Lu CM,Sebastian S,Rehder C,Huang Q

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the observation that blood type B might be a marker for longevity, we reviewed the records and determined the ABO blood types of all patients who died in our hospital in 2004. Age was stratified by decade of death, and linear regressions were calculated by ABO percentage. ABO survival curves were compared. I...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Brecher ME,Hay SN

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HER2 overexpression and amplification have been studied as a therapeutic and prognostic target in a number of human cancers, including esophageal, gastric, and colorectal adenocarcinomas. However, HER2 status has not been well investigated in primary small intestinal adenocarcinoma, probably because of its rarity. In ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chan OT,Chen ZM,Chung F,Kawachi K,Phan DC,Himmelfarb E,Lin F,Perry A,Wang HL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet function testing is important for the diagnostic evaluation of common and rare bleeding disorders. Our study goals were to promote best practices and reduce unnecessary testing variances by developing North American guidelines on platelet function testing. Guidelines were developed by consensus for expert rec...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hayward CP,Moffat KA,Raby A,Israels S,Plumhoff E,Flynn G,Zehnder JL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet factor 4 (PF4)/heparin antibody, typically associated with heparin therapy, is reported in some heparin-naive people. Seroprevalence in the general population, however, remains unclear. We prospectively evaluated PF4/heparin antibody in approximately 4,000 blood bank donors using a commercial enzyme-linked im...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hursting MJ,Pai PJ,McCracken JE,Hwang F,Suvarna S,Lokhnygina Y,Bandarenko N,Arepally GM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is said that HER2/neu expression by immunohistochemical analysis varies with the time of fixation. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the impact of the length of fixation in 10% buffered formalin on the expression of HER2/neu by immunohistochemical analysis. We studied tissue samples from 10 invasive ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ibarra JA,Rogers LW

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RhD determination in pregnant women is critical to facilitate Rh immune globulin prophylaxis for RhD-negative women. A single amino acid change in the RhD antigen can cause epitope loss, giving rise to "partial D" variants. Women with some partial D variants may develop anti-D against the missing epitope after pregnan...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wang D,Lane C,Quillen K

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing is more sensitive for the detection of cervical precancer and cancer than cervical cytology. The increased sensitivity of HPV testing and cytology combined ("cotesting") compared to cytology alone permitted professional societies to recommend 3-year screening intervals among the cote...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kinney W,Stoler MH,Castle PE

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the occurrence of JAK2(V617F) and JAK2 exon 12 mutations in a clinical cohort of polycythemia vera (PV) in Taiwan. Of 22 patients with PV, 17 (77%) had the V617F mutation, and all 5 V617F-negative patients (23%) had the exon 12 mutation. We found 3 different exon 12 mutations: 3 N542-E543del, 1 F537-K539de...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Yeh YM,Chen YL,Cheng HY,Su WC,Chow NH,Chen TY,Ho CL

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of thyroid bed (TB) lesions is a common diagnostic modality in monitoring patients for recurrent cancer after a thyroidectomy. To elucidate the value of TB FNA, we reviewed our experience at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. We identified 57 TB FNA specimens from 50 patients. Of t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bishop JA,Owens CL,Shum CH,Ali SZ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The JAK2(V617F)mutation is recurrent in polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia, which are myeloproliferative neoplasms frequently associated with arterial and venous thromboembolism. It has also been reported as a marker for occult myeloproliferative disorder (MPD) in patients with splanchnic venous thrombosi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Shetty S,Kulkarni B,Pai N,Mukundan P,Kasatkar P,Ghosh K

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared an automated quantitative heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP) assay with other cardiac-marker assays to examine its usefulness as an early diagnostic marker of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Serum samples for cardiac troponin T (cTnT), creatine kinase-MB isozyme (CK-MB), myoglobin, and H-FAB...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kim Y,Kim H,Kim SY,Lee HK,Kwon HJ,Kim YG,Lee J,Kim HM,So BH

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the development and testing of a novel pre-sign-out quality assurance tool for case diagnoses that allows for the random review of a percentage of cases by a second pathologist before case verification and release of the final report. The tool incorporates the ability to record and report levels of diagnos...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Owens SR,Dhir R,Yousem SA,Kelly SM,Piccoli A,Wiehagen L,Lassige K,Parwani AV

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD163, a hemoglobin scavenger receptor, is expressed in monocytes and macrophages. Recent work has shown that this marker is specific for neoplasms of histiocytic differentiation. Our aim was to test the ability of CD163 to separate cutaneous histiocytomas from their morphologic mimics. We tested the expression of CD1...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sachdev R,Robbins J,Kohler S,Vanchinathan V,Schwartz EJ,Sundram UN

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL)/beta(2)-glycoprotein I (beta2GPI) complexes have been implicated in atherogenesis. oxLDL/beta2GPI complexes were measured in 339 patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes. Approximately 68% had angiographically documented coronary artery disease (CAD) and significantly h...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Greco TP,Conti-Kelly AM,Anthony JR,Greco T Jr,Doyle R,Boisen M,Kojima K,Matsuura E,Lopez LR

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With various methods, BRAF mutations have been detected in 73.4% to 87.1% of papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs) in Korea. We assessed the ability of allele-specific polymerase chain reaction using a dual priming oligonucleotide system, compared with direct sequencing and pyrosequencing, to detect BRAF mutations in fi...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lee HJ,Choi J,Hwang TS,Shong YK,Hong SJ,Gong G

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA of Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes extracted by ammonium hydroxide was used as the template for nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the species-specific 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA). The primers were those well known to be specific for signature sequence amplification of the B burgdorferi sens...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lee SH,Vigliotti VS,Vigliotti JS,Jones W,Pappu S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies suggest that low prostate weight is a significant negative prognostic factor for prostate cancer. In the current study, the data for 431 men who underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy between 1990 and 1998 were analyzed for association between prostate weight and various clinical and pathologic pa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Davidson DD,Koch MO,Lin H,Jones TD,Biermann K,Cheng L

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and c-ERBB2 (HER2/neu) are therapeutically and prognostically important markers in the management of breast carcinoma. They are not always analyzed in distant metastatic and locally recurrent breast cancers. We compared immunohistochemical expression in a series of p...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Idirisinghe PK,Thike AA,Cheok PY,Tse GM,Lui PC,Fook-Chong S,Wong NS,Tan PH

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the pathologic significance of ductular reactions in chronic liver diseases with respect to cellular senescence. The expression of senescence-associated markers (p16(INK4a) and p21(WAF1/Cip1)), cell proliferation, cell cycle markers (cyclin D and cyclin A), and neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) was ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sasaki M,Ikeda H,Yamaguchi J,Miyakoshi M,Sato Y,Nakanuma Y

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported 24 cases of marrow fibrin-ring granuloma (FRG) encountered in 1 institution and concluded that, contrary to previous studies showing marrow FRG as a diagnostic marker for Q fever, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was the most common proven cause of such FRG. The present study characterized patients with...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chung HJ,Chi HS,Jang S,Park CJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemizygous TP53 gene deletion is the most important adverse risk factor in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), but its relationship with p53 protein expression is unclear. We investigated 110 CLL cases and correlated nuclear p53 protein immunoreactivity with TP53 gene deletion status and other CLL-associated genetic r...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chang H,Jiang AM,Qi CX

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00