abstract：AIMS:(i) To investigate and compare the numerical aberrations of chromosomes 7, 8, 11, 17 and Y in a series of 60 adenocarcinomas of the oesophagus, gastric cardia and gastric antrum; and (ii) to specify the sequence of chromosomal aberrations occurring during the neoplastic progression of Barrett's oesophagus. METHOD...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Beuzen F,Dubois S,Fléjou JF

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Central neurocytoma is a rare central nervous system tumour typically found in the lateral ventricles and at the septum pellucidum. Histologically, it resembles oligodendrogliomas and yet ultrastructurally, it shows neuronal differentiation. Its molecular oncogenesis is not known. The aim of this study was to exam...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Tong CY,Ng HK,Pang JC,Hu J,Hui AB,Poon WS

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We compared the immunohistochemical profiles of the rete ovarii and endometriosis in order to identify a panel which distinguishes between these structures. The immune profiles of the epoophoron, Fallopian tube and ovarian surface epithelium were also studied. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twenty-four women with no evide...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Russo L,Woolmough E,Heatley MK

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Three cases with features of so-called 'Warthin-like tumour' of the thyroid (WaLTT) are described, in order to evaluate its relationship with papillary carcinoma (PC). METHODS AND RESULTS:We performed an histological and immunohistochemical study with emphasis on RET/PTC expression. The most striking features are...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： D'Antonio A,De Chiara A,Santoro M,Chiappetta G,Losito NS

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muciphages (mucin-containing macrophages), first described in 1966 by Azzopardi & Evans, are a common feature of biopsies of large intestinal mucosa, even in the absence of other abnormalities such as active inflammation or evidence of chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Should they be mentioned in diagnostic reports?...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Shepherd NA

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of cytomorphological features, architectural patterns and stromal changes may be observed in malignant melanomas. Hence, melanomas may mimic carcinomas, sarcomas, benign stromal tumours, lymphomas, plasmacytomas and germ cell tumours. Melanomas may be composed of large pleomorphic cells, small cells, spindle...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Banerjee SS,Harris M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Recent analyses have suggested that Hodgkin's or Reed-Sternberg (HRS) cells in most cases of classic Hodgkin's disease are derived from germinal centre B-cells. However, there is controversy over which B-cell antigens are expressed in HRS cells. METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied 51 cases of classic Hodgkin's disease...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Watanabe K,Yamashita Y,Nakayama A,Hasegawa Y,Kojima H,Nagasawa T,Mori N

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We have previously shown that hypertrophic scar tissue from burn patients contains abnormally high amounts of the proteoglycans versican and biglycan and reduced amounts of decorin, in comparison with normal dermis or mature scar. The lack of decorin may account for the poor organization of collagen fibrils in the...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Sayani K,Dodd CM,Nedelec B,Shen YJ,Ghahary A,Tredget EE,Scott PG

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Cyclin D1 overexpression was examined in early gastric carcinomas and precursor lesions with the following aims; (1) to assess the chronology of cyclin D1 overexpression in various stages of gastric carcinogenesis, (2) to correlate cyclin D1 overexpression with the Lauren type, the grade of differentiation and the...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Blok P,Craanen ME,van Diest PJ,Dekker W,Tytgat GN

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Diversion colitis (DC) is a localized, relatively benign, iatrogenic condition which occurs in almost 100% of diverted colonic segments in patients who undergo ileostomy/colostomy for various reasons. The aim of this study was to establish histological features of DC in children. METHODS AND RESULTS:Twenty-three ...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Vujanić GM,Dojcinov SD

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To clarify the prognosis of melanotic schwannoma. This is a rare tumour which is generally considered as a benign lesion, reported in many cases with a short follow-up only. METHODS AND RESULTS:Five cases of spinal melanotic schwannoma were retrospectively studied. The tumours were examined using standard histolog...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Vallat-Decouvelaere AV,Wassef M,Lot G,Catala M,Moussalam M,Caruel N,Mikol J

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Achalasia is a disease of the oesophagus characterized by increased lower oesophageal sphincter (LOS) tone, absence of LOS relaxation with swallowing and aperistalsis of the body of the oesophagus. The aetiology and pathogenesis of idiopathic achalasia is still controversial. METHODS AND RESULTS:We examined 16 oes...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Raymond L,Lach B,Shamji FM

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The blastic variant of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL-BV) may develop through histological transformation of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). However, the clonal link between the tumour cells of MCL and transformed MCL-BV has not been established at the genetic level. To investigate this link longitudinal molecular genetic ...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： László T,Matolcsy A

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lobular carcinoma in situ and atypical lobular hyperplasia were first described over 50 years ago. Despite this long incubation period, the biological nature of the lesions remains controversial. They are generally regarded as 'risk indicators' of invasive cancer rather than true precursor lesions. When first describe...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Lishman SC,Lakhani SR

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Collagenous spherulosis (CS) is a rare lesion which is an incidental finding in breast and salivary glands. It is characterized by fibrillar spherules exhibiting an intrinsic radiating or concentric pattern which are surrounded by myoepithelial cells. This entity can be misdiagnosed as adenoid cystic carcinoma and...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Treilleux I,Godeneche J,Duvillard P,Clement-Chassagne C,Suignard Y,Bailly C

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Small cell (neuroendocrine) carcinoma of the urinary bladder is clinically more aggressive than urothelial (transitional cell) carcinoma. We have investigated the immunohistochemical markers most useful in diagnosing small cell carcinoma in bladder. METHODS AND RESULTS:We evaluated the expression of chromogranin ...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Iczkowski KA,Shanks JH,Allsbrook WC,Lopez-Beltran A,Pantazis CG,Collins TR,Wetherington RW,Bostwick DG

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Five cases of a characteristic low-grade thymic epithelial tumour are described that we suggest calling metaplastic carcinoma of the thymus. METHODS AND RESULTS:The patients' ages ranged from 44 to 71 (mean 56.2) years. Four of the patients were male. Three of five tumours showed invasion into mediastinal fat or ...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Yoneda S,Marx A,Heimann S,Shirakusa T,Kikuchi M,Müller-Hermelink HK

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We describe the unusual association of fallopian tubal prolapse and herpetic infection, an occurrence not previously reported to our knowledge. METHODS AND RESULTS:A 37-year-old woman presented with a small polypoid mass of the vaginal vault, 3 months after abdominal hysterectomy and abdominoplasty. The vaginal ma...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Lefrancq T,Orain I,Michalak S,Hourseau M,Fetissof F

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Clear cell chondrosarcoma (CCC) is a rare malignant cartilaginous neoplasm of bone. CCC is characterized by clear cells (CCC cells), osteoclasts and osteoblasts. Many important questions concerning the varied histological features of CCC, and the interactions between CCC cells and coexisting osteoclasts and osteobl...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Masui F,Ushigome S,Fujii K

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We evaluated polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of specific immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) gene rearrangements as a means of demonstrating monoclonality during follow-up of conservatively treated gastric MALT lymphoma, and compared the reproducibility of PCR on sequential frozen and paraffin-embedded ...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Aiello A,Giardini R,Tondini C,Balzarotti M,Diss T,Peng H,Delia D,Pilotti S

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Primary pulmonary sarcoma is rare, and frequently creates diagnostic challenges. We describe two cases of primary pulmonary spindle cell sarcoma in which a molecular approach using archival paraffin-embedded tissue was proved to aid diagnosis. METHODS AND RESULTS:Both patients had huge masses replacing the upper ...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Hisaoka M,Hashimoto H,Iwamasa T,Ishikawa K,Aoki T

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Helicobacter pylori has been claimed to be an important aetiological factor which raises the risk of mucosa-associated tissue lymphoid (MALT) lymphoma. However, some studies on gastric MALT lymphoma revealed a low rate of H. pylori infection suggesting that not all gastric lymphomas are related to H. pylori infect...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Bouzourene H,Haefliger T,Delacretaz F,Saraga E

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We investigated the phenotypic and cytotoxic characteristics of different types of peripheral T-cell and NK-cell lymphomas and correlated the findings of cytotoxic phenotype with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) association. METHODS AND RESULTS:Eighty cases of peripheral T-cell and NK-cell lymphomas, classified according...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Chan AC,Ho JW,Chiang AK,Srivastava G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Rosette-forming malignant lymphoma is very rare. We report a blastic NK-cell lymphoma expressing terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) with formation of Homer-Wright type pseudorosettes. METHODS AND RESULTS:An 18-year-old boy presented with an enlarged inguinal lymph node. Histologically, the nodal architec...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Ko YH,Kim SH,Ree HJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:There have been several cell kinetic studies of thymoma, but the effectiveness of using Ki67 antibody as a tool to measure proliferative activity in this tumour was rarely evaluated. We carried out an immuno-histochemical study using this antibody to assess the clinicopathological correlation and the prognostic si...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Pan CC,Ho DM,Chen WY,Huang CW,Chiang H

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine the usefulness of Hep Par 1 together with selected antibodies in the separation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) from cholangiocarcinoma (CC), combined tumours (HCC-CC) and metastatic carcinoma. METHODS AND RESULTS:Antibodies to Hep Par 1, CK19, CK20 and factor XIIIa were applied to 32 HCCs, 27 CCs, f...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Leong AS,Sormunen RT,Tsui WM,Liew CT

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Malignant transformation of Warthin's tumour (WT) is a rare event. We present two cases of mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) arising in WT in the parotid gland. METHODS AND RESULTS:Two cases of MEC arising in WT, which were found in 185 cases of WT of the parotid gland, were investigated by light and electron micros...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Nagao T,Sugano I,Ishida Y,Tajima Y,Furuya N,Kondo Y,Nagao K

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the independent prognostic value of apoptotic versus proliferative fractions in a series of 92 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL). METHODS AND RESULTS:Apoptotic fractions were quantified by use of the TdT (terminal deoxynucleotidyl-transferase)-mediated in-situ end-labelling technique (TUNEL)...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Korkolopoulou P,Angelopoulou MK,Kontopidou F,Tsenga A,Patsouris E,Thomas-Tsagli E,Kittas C,Pangalis GA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We report a case study to elucidate the pathogenesis of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) type vasculitis, a rare complication of familial mediterranean fever (FMF). METHODS AND RESULTS:A woman with amyloidosis complicating FMF underwent a cadaveric renal transplantation and 5 years later suffered an acute myocardial in...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Serrano R,Martínez MA,Andrés A,Morales JM,Samartin R

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study immunohistochemically a group of 28 primary lung cancers which demonstrated histological features reminiscent of those characteristic of regression in malignant melanoma, to determine the phenotype of their immune cell infiltrates. METHODS AND RESULTS:Using a standard s-ABC immunoperoxidase method then q...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Kerr KM,Johnson SK,King G,Kennedy MM,Weir J,Jeffrey R

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's disease (NSHD), the prognostic relevance of the histopathological grading in two subtypes NSI (low-grade) and NSII (high-grade) remains controversial. Analysis of follicular dendritic cells (FDC) may provide new prognostic parameters. METHODS AND RESULTS:Tumours from 59 patients wi...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Baur AS,Meugé-Moraw C,Michel G,Delacrétaz F

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Primary clear cell carcinoma of the pancreas resembling metastatic renal carcinoma has only rarely been described. To date it has been poorly characterized as a distinct tumour entity. METHODS AND RESULTS:We report a case of clear cell carcinoma in a 53-year-old man involving the head of the pancreas and which ha...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Lüttges J,Vogel I,Menke M,Henne-Bruns D,Kremer B,Klöppel G

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Conflicting data on c-erbB-2 overexpression in gastric carcinomas can be found in the literature with regard to overall prevalence, prognostic significance and the histological type according to Lauren. The majority of these studies have focused on advanced gastric carcinomas whereas data on c-erbB-2 overexpressio...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Blok P,Craanen ME,Dekker W,Offerhaus GJ,Tytgat GN

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Intraosseous jaw cysts with a solely orthokeratinized lining epithelium have been suggested to differ from the typical odontogenic keratocysts (OKC) by exhibiting a less aggressive behaviour. We report 15 cases of such cyst type under the term of 'orthokeratinized odontogenic cyst (OOC)' and compared their clinica...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Li TJ,Kitano M,Chen XM,Itoh T,Kawashima K,Sugihara K,Nozoe E,Mimura T

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The staining pattern of the recently described antibody melan-A was compared with those of S100 protein and HMB-45 in a variety of melanocytic lesions to assess the specificity and sensitivity of these antibodies. METHODS AND RESULTS:Immunohistochemical staining of paraffin sections of a range of melanocytic lesi...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Blessing K,Sanders DS,Grant JJ

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To establish the prevalence of CD44 protein expression in a large surgical series of Barrett's adenocarcinoma and associated preneoplastic lesions and to correlate this expression with clinicopathological data and prognosis. METHODS AND RESULTS:CD44H and variants (V4/V5, V6) expression was detected by immunohisto...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Lagorce-Pages C,Paraf F,Dubois S,Belghiti J,Fléjou JF

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study the expression of the epithelial adhesion molecule E-cadherin and its associated proteins alpha and beta catenin in paraffin sections of normal ovaries, benign cystadenomas and ovarian carcinomas, and in immortalized normal ovarian surface epithelial cells and ovarian carcinoma cells in culture. METHODS ...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Davies BR,Worsley SD,Ponder BA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the immunohistochemistry using an anti-mitochondria antibody in the investigation of various oncocytic lesions of the salivary glands. METHODS AND RESULTS:Ten cases of adenolymphoma (Warthin's tumour) and one case each of benign oncocytoma and oncocytic carcinoma of the salivary glands were examined. ...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Shintaku M,Honda T

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To describe a case of rhabdomyomatosis of the lung unassociated with other external or visceral malformations in a newborn infant. METHODS AND RESULTS:A 26 weeks gestation newborn male with no relevant medical or family history presented a well-circumscribed solid area in the posterior mediastinum occupying the u...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Hardisson D,García-Jiménez JA,Jiménez-Heffernan JA,Nistal M

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Adenoviral inclusions are commonly seen in appendices from infants with intussusception. They are associated with focal epithelial budding and less frequently with epithelial shedding. These morphological changes could depend on the opposing effects of adenoviral gene products on CD95-mediated apoptosis. METHODS ...

journal_title：Histopathology

authors： Larousserie F,Berrebi D,Florentin A,De Lagausie P,Aigrain Y,Peuchmaur M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00