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Diagnostic Pathology

Issue 1/2017

Content (88 Articles)

Open Access Case Report

Case report: maternal mosaicism resulting in inheritance of a novel GATA6 mutation causing pancreatic agenesis and neonatal diabetes mellitus

Daphne Yau, Elisa De Franco, Sarah E. Flanagan, Sian Ellard, Miriam Blumenkrantz, John J. Mitchell

Open Access Research

Increased expression of Cks1 protein is associated with lymph node metastasis and poor prognosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Lina Xu, Songqing Fan, Jin Zhao, Peng Zhou, Shuzhou Chu, Jiadi Luo, Qiuyuan Wen, Lingjiao Chen, Sailan Wen, Li Wang, Lei Shi

Open Access Research

Double-hit lymphomas: clinical, morphological, immunohistochemical and cytogenetic study in a series of Brazilian patients with high-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Cristiano Claudino Oliveira, Helena Maciel-Guerra, Luan Kucko, Eric Jun Hirama, Américo Delgado Brilhante, Francisco Carlos Quevedo, Isabela Werneck da Cunha, Fernando Augusto Soares, Ligia Niero-Melo, Patrícia Pintor dos Reis, Maria Aparecida Custodio Domingues

Open Access Research

A transcriptome profile in hepatocellular carcinomas based on integrated analysis of microarray studies

Feifei Wang, Ruliang Wang, Qiuwen Li, Xueling Qu, Yixin Hao, Jingwen Yang, Huixia Zhao, Qian Wang, Guanghui Li, Fengyun Zhang, He Zhang, Xuan Zhou, Xioumei Peng, Yang Bian, Wenhua Xiao

Open Access Case Report

Primary mediastinal clear cell sarcoma: a case report and review of the literature

Long Jin, Yuxia Sui, Haili Zhu, Zhizhong Chen, Shuguang Liu

Open Access Case Report

Immunohistochemical features of giant cell ependymoma of the filum terminale with unusual clinical and radiological presentation

Fernando Candanedo-Gonzalez, Cindy Sharon Ortiz-Arce, Samuel Rosales-Perez, Ana Lilia Remirez-Castellanos, Candelaria Cordova-Uscanga, Armando Gamboa-Dominguez

Open Access Case Report

Clinicopathological study of 9 cases of prostate cancer involving the rectal wall

Tao Tang, Zhengduo Yang, Dan Zhang, Jie Qu, Guang Liu, Shiwu Zhang

Open Access Case Report

An unusual combined thymic carcinoma composed of squamous cell carcinoma and type AB thymoma: a rare case report

Yufeng Jiang, Yang Liu, Xiuying Shi, Xiaoyun Mao, Yang Zhao, Chuifeng Fan

Open Access Case Report

A primary pure pancreatic-type acinar cell carcinoma of the stomach: a case report

Kyoung Min Kim, Chan Young Kim, Seung-Mo Hong, Kyu Yun Jang

Open Access Research

ADAR1 overexpression is associated with cervical cancer progression and angiogenesis

Ying Chen, He Wang, Wenyi Lin, Ping Shuai

Open Access Research

SESN2 correlates with advantageous prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma

Shaosen Chen, Weigang Yan, Weiya Lang, Jing Yu, Li Xu, Xinyu Xu, Yunlong Liu, Hongguang Bao

Open Access Case Report

Anastomosing hemangioma: report of two renal cases and analysis of the literature

Marina Perdiki, Galateia Datseri, George Liapis, Nikolaos Chondros, Ioannis Anastasiou, Maria Tzardi, Johanna K. Delladetsima, Elias Drakos

Open Access Case Report

An unusual case of Epstein-Barr virus-positive large B-cell lymphoma lacking various B-cell markers

Shin-ichi Nakatsuka, Chikao Yutani, Masako Kurashige, Masaharu Kohara, Teruaki Nagano, Takayoshi Goto, Hiroyuki Takatsuka, Hidetaka Ifuku, Eiichi Morii

Open Access Research

TP53 mutation-mediated genomic instability induces the evolution of chemoresistance and recurrence in epithelial ovarian cancer

Meiying Zhang, Guanglei Zhuang, Xiangjun Sun, Yanying Shen, Wenjing Wang, Qing Li, Wen Di

Open Access Research

Loss of chromosome 13 material in cellular angiofibromas indicates pathogenetic similarity with spindle cell lipomas

Ioannis Panagopoulos, Ludmila Gorunova, Bodil Bjerkehagen, Kristin Andersen, Marius Lund-Iversen, Sverre Heim

Open Access Research

Immunohistochemistry of sarcolemmal membrane-associated proteins in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded skeletal muscle tissue: a promising tool for the diagnostic evaluation of common muscular dystrophies

Chinnawut Suriyonplengsaeng, Charungthai Dejthevaporn, Chaiyos Khongkhatithum, Suda Sanpapant, Nattha Tubthong, Koset Pinpradap, Nippa Srinark, Jariya Waisayarat

Open Access Research

Ki-67 as a controversial predictive and prognostic marker in breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Balázs Ács, Veronika Zámbó, Laura Vízkeleti, A. Marcell Szász, Lilla Madaras, Gyöngyvér Szentmártoni, Tímea Tőkés, Béla Á. Molnár, István Artúr Molnár, Stefan Vári-Kakas, Janina Kulka, Anna-Mária Tőkés

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Quality of sweat test (ST) based on the proportion of sweat sodium (Na) and sweat chloride (Cl) as diagnostic parameter of cystic fibrosis: are we on the right way?

Alethéa Guimarães Faria, Fernando Augusto Lima Marson, Carla Cristina de Souza Gomez, Maria Ângela Gonçalves de Oliveira Ribeiro, Lucas Brioschi Morais, Maria de Fátima Servidoni, Carmen Sílvia Bertuzzo, Eulália Sakano, Maura Goto, Ilma Aparecida Paschoal, Mônica Corso Pereira, Gabriel Hessel, Carlos Emílio Levy, Adyléia Aparecida Dalbo Contrera Toro, Andressa Oliveira Peixoto, Maria Cristina Ribeiro Simões, Elizete Aparecida Lomazi, Roberto José Negrão Nogueira, Antônio Fernando Ribeiro, José Dirceu Ribeiro

Open Access Research

Evaluation of the correlation of vasculogenic mimicry, ALDH1, KiSS-1, and MACC1 in the prediction of metastasis and prognosis in ovarian carcinoma

Lan Yu, Bo Zhu, Shiwu Wu, Lei Zhou, Wenqing Song, Xiaomeng Gong, Danna Wang

Open Access Review

Molecular genetics of microsatellite-unstable colorectal cancer for pathologists

Wei Chen, Benjamin J. Swanson, Wendy L. Frankel

Open Access Research

Implication of overexpression of dishevelled-associated activator of morphogenesis 1 (Daam-1) for the pathogenesis of human Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (IPAH)

Shun Yanai, Megumi Wakayama, Haruo Nakayama, Minoru Shinozaki, Hisayuki Tsukuma, Naobumi Tochigi, Tetsuo Nemoto, Tsutomu Saji, Kazutoshi Shibuya

Open Access Case Report

Uterine epithelioid leiomyosarcoma with c-kit expression and YWHAE gene rearrangement: a case report of a diagnostic pitfall of uterine sarcoma

Terufumi Kubo, Shintaro Sugita, Ryuichi Wada, Noriaki Kikuchi, Masahiro Iwasaki, Yumika Ito, Taro Sugawara, Hiromi Fujita, Makoto Emori, Ryoichi Tanaka, Hiroshi Hirano, Tsuyoshi Saito, Tadashi Hasegawa

Open Access Research

Diagnostic accuracy of oral cancer cytology in a pilot study

Joji Sekine, Eiji Nakatani, Katsumi Hideshima, Teruaki Iwahashi, Hiroshi Sasaki

Open Access Case Report

Cerebellar ependymoma with overlapping features of clear-cell and tanycytic variants mimicking hemangioblastoma: a case report and literature review

Xiu-Peng Zhang, Yang Liu, Di Zhang, Qin Zheng, Chen Wang, Liang Wang, Qing-Chang Li, Xue-Shan Qiu, En-Hua Wang

Open Access Case Report

Malignant gastrointestinal neuroectodermal tumor: a case report and review of the literature

Mohammed J. Alyousef, Jumana A. Alratroot, Tarek ElSharkawy, Mohamed A. Shawarby, Mohammad A. Al hamad, Tarek M. Hashem, Ahmed Alsayyah

Open Access Case Report

Case report: a case of eruptive collagenoma occurring in esophagus and intestine

Ping Gao, Lili Jing, Hai Huang, Cuiping Zhang, Junmei Hao

Open Access Research

Targeted sequencing may facilitate differential diagnostics of pulmonary tumours: a case series

Kajsa Ericson-Lindquist, Anna Johansson, Per Levéen, Göran Elmberger, Göran Jönsson, Johan Staaf, Hans Brunnström

Open Access Review

Role of tumour-associated macrophages in oral squamous cells carcinoma progression: an update on current knowledge

Maria Noel Marzano Rodrigues Petruzzi, Karen Cherubini, Fernanda Gonçalves Salum, Maria Antonia Zancanaro de Figueiredo

Open Access Research

N-myc downstream-regulated gene 2 (NDRG2) promoter methylation and expression in pituitary adenoma

Paulina Vaitkiene, Indre Valiulyte, Brigita Glebauskiene, Rasa Liutkeviciene

Open Access Case Report

Case report: ACTH-secreting pituitary carcinoma metastatic to the liver in a patient with a history of atypical pituitary adenoma and Cushing’s disease

Amy S. Joehlin-Price, Douglas A. Hardesty, Christina A. Arnold, Lawrence S. Kirschner, Daniel M. Prevedello, Norman L. Lehman

Open Access Case Report

Primary follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of the urinary bladder: the first case report and potential diagnostic pitfalls

Guang-Jie Duan, You-Li Wu, Hui Sun, Lang Lang, Zhi-Wen Chen, Xiao-Chu Yan

Open Access Case Report

Primary extragenital endometrial stromal sarcoma of the lung: first reported case and review of literature

Lara Alessandrini, Francesco Sopracordevole, Giulio Bertola, Simona Scalone, Martina Urbani, Gianmaria Miolo, Tiziana Perin, Fabrizio Italia, Vincenzo Canzonieri

Open Access Case Report

Primary Ewing’s sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the ileum: case report of a 16-year-old Chinese female and literature review

Teng Li, Fang Zhang, Yarui Cao, Shoubin Ning, Yongmin Bi, Weicheng Xue, Li Ren

Open Access Case Report

Rapid development of metastatic pulmonary calcifications in primary hyperparathyroidism: a case report and literature review

Hui-ming Sun, Fei Chen, Hong-lin Yin, Xiao-yong Xu, Hong-bing Liu, Bei-lei Zhao

Open Access Case Report

Intestinal differentiated mucinous adenocarcinoma of the endometrium with sporadic MSI high status: a case report

Mafalda Trippel, Sara Imboden, Andrea Papadia, Michael D. Mueller, Nando Mertineit, Kirsi Härmä, Alina Nicolae, Erik Vassella, Tilman T. Rau

Open Access Research

Tumor containing fragment number influences immunohistochemistry positive rate of HER2 in biopsy specimens of gastric cancer

Chen Xu, Yalan Liu, Xiaowen Ge, Dongxian Jiang, Ying Zhang, Yuan Ji, Jun Hou, Jie Huang, Jieakesu Su, Haiying Zeng, Jing Qin, Yingyong Hou

Open Access Research

Expression of signaling adaptor proteins predicts poor prognosis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Lili Wang, Junliang Lu, Huanwen Wu, Li Wang, Xiaolong Liang, Zhiyong Liang, Tonghua Liu

Open Access Research

HNF4A expression as a potential diagnostic tool to discriminate primary gastric cancer from breast cancer metastasis in a Brazilian cohort

Patrícia Chaves de Freitas Campos Jucá, Stephany Corrêa, Giselle Maria Vignal, Maria Theresa de Souza Accioly, Suzana Angélica Silva Lustosa, Eliana Abdelhay, Delcio Matos

Open Access Research

Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is expressed in a significant number of the uterine cervical carcinomas

Opal L. Reddy, Peter I. Shintaku, Neda A. Moatamed

Open Access Case Report

Aggressive natural killer cell leukemia or extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma? a case with nasal involvement

Xiaoke Jin, Youhai Xu, Jun Zhang, Guangxi Li, Dongping Huang, Yuqiong Yang, Hesheng He

Open Access Research

Identification and in silico characterization of p.G380R substitution in FGFR3, associated with achondroplasia in a non-consanguineous Pakistani family

Muhammad Ajmal, Asif Mir, Muhammad Shoaib, Salman Akbar Malik, Muhammad Nasir

Open Access Case Report

A rare case of malignant solitary fibrous tumor in prostate with review of the literature

Andrea Ronchi, Elvira La Mantia, Vincenzo Gigantino, Sisto Perdonà, Marco De Sio, Gaetano Facchini, Renato Franco, Annarosaria De Chiara

Open Access Research

GATA3 is a sensitive marker for primary genital extramammary paget disease: an immunohistochemical study of 72 cases with comparison to gross cystic disease fluid protein 15

Ming Zhao, Lixin Zhou, Li Sun, Yan Song, Yunquan Guo, Xun Zhang, Feng Zhao, Peng Wang, Junqiu Yue, Dongfeng Niu, Zhongwu Li, Xiaozheng Huang, Qiang Kang, Lin Jia, Jinping Lai, Dengfeng Cao

Open Access Case Report

Pancreatic metastasis from invasive pleomorphic lobular carcinoma of the breast: a rare case report

Xiangjie Sun, Ke Zuo, Dan Huang, Baohua Yu, Yufan Cheng, Wentao Yang

Open Access Research

Level of mitoses in non-muscle invasive papillary urothelial carcinomas (pTa and pT1) at initial bladder biopsy is a simple and powerful predictor of clinical outcome: a multi-center study in South Korea

Ji Eun Kwon, Nam Hoon Cho, Yeong-Jin Choi, So Dug Lim, Yong Mee Cho, Sun Young Jun, Sanghui Park, Young A. Kim, Sung-Sun Kim, Mi Sun Choe, Jung-dong Lee, Dae Yong Kang, Jae Y. Ro, Hyun-Jung Kim

Open Access Methodology

Detection of 22 common leukemic fusion genes using a single-step multiplex qRT-PCR-based assay

Xiaodong Lyu, Xianwei Wang, Lina Zhang, Zhenzhu Chen, Yu Zhao, Jieying Hu, Ruihua Fan, Yongping Song

Open Access Research

Variation of stemness markers expression in tumor nodules from synchronous multi-focal hepatocellular carcinoma – an immunohistochemical study

Regina Cheuk-lam Lo, Carmen Oi-ning Leung, Kenneth Siu-ho Chok, Irene Oi-lin Ng

Open Access Case Report

Pancreatic gangliocytic paraganglioma harboring lymph node metastasis: a case report and literature review

Keisuke Nonaka, Yoko Matsuda, Akira Okaniwa, Atsuko Kasajima, Hironobu Sasano, Tomio Arai

Open Access Case Report

Localized amyloidosis of the epididymis: a previously unreported phenomenon

Lucio Díaz-Flores, Ricardo Gutiérrez, Ma. del Pino García, Manuel Jose Gayoso, Jose Luis Carrasco, Lucio Díaz-Flores Jr, Hugo Álvarez-Argüelles

Open Access Research

Gene expression profiling in uveal melanoma: technical reliability and correlation of molecular class with pathologic characteristics

Kristen M. Plasseraud, Jeff K. Wilkinson, Kristen M. Oelschlager, Trisha M. Poteet, Robert W. Cook, John F. Stone, Federico A. Monzon

Open Access Review

Pleural epithelioid angiosarcoma with lymphatic differentiation arisen after radiometabolic therapy for thyroid carcinoma: immunohistochemical findings and review of the literature

Daniela Cabibi, Giulia Pipitone, Rossana Porcasi, Sabrina Ingrao, Ignazio Benza, Calogero Porrello, Massimo Cajozzo, Antonino Giulio Giannone

Open Access Case Report

Abernethy malformation associated with Caroli’s syndrome in a patient with a PKHD1 mutation: a case report

Xiao-xiao Mi, Xiao-guang Li, Zi-rong Wang, Ling Lin, Chun-hai Xu, Jun-ping Shi

Open Access Research

Ciliated muconodular papillary tumors of the lung with KRAS/BRAF/AKT1 mutation

Emiko Udo, Bungo Furusato, Kazuko Sakai, Leah M Prentice, Tomonori Tanaka, Yuka Kitamura, Tomoshi Tsuchiya, Naoya Yamasaki, Takeshi Nagayasu, Kazuto Nishio, Junya Fukuoka

Open Access Case Report

Mesonephric adenocarcinoma of the uterine corpus with intracystic growth completely confined to the myometrium: a case report and literature review

Hiroka Ando, Yuko Watanabe, Minori Ogawa, Hiromi Tamura, Tomomi Deguchi, Kayo Ikeda, Mayumi Fujitani, Mitsunori Shioji, Tomoko Tsujie, Reiko Doi, Akinori Wakimoto, Shiro Adachi

Open Access Case Report

A case of intravascular large B cell lymphoma presenting as nodular goiter

Bo Luo, Jia-mei Chen, Jie Liu, Wen-he Li, Yu-xiang Shi, Pan Zeng, Yong-hui Xie, Hong-feng Zhang

Open Access Methodology

Computer-assisted stereology and automated image analysis for quantification of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in colon cancer

Ann C. Eriksen, Johnnie B. Andersen, Martin Kristensson, René dePont Christensen, Torben F. Hansen, Sanne Kjær-Frifeldt, Flemming B. Sørensen

Open Access Research

Immunohistochemical staining with non-phospho β-catenin as a diagnostic and prognostic tool of COX-2 inhibitor therapy for patients with extra-peritoneal desmoid-type fibromatosis

Tomohisa Sakai, Yoshihiro Nishida, Shunsuke Hamada, Hiroshi Koike, Kunihiro Ikuta, Takehiro Ota, Naoki Ishiguro

Open Access Retraction Note

Retraction Note: Astragalus saponins affect proliferation, invasion and apoptosis of gastric cancer BGC-823 cells

Tao Wang, Xiaoyan Xuan, Min Li, Ping Gao, Yuling Zheng, Wenqiao Zang, Guoqiang Zhao

Open Access Research

Data integration from pathology slides for quantitative imaging of multiple cell types within the tumor immune cell infiltrate

Zhaoxuan Ma, Stephen L. Shiao, Emi J. Yoshida, Steven Swartwood, Fangjin Huang, Michael E. Doche, Alice P. Chung, Beatrice S. Knudsen, Arkadiusz Gertych

Open Access Case Report

Primary paranasal sinus hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma: a case report

Batool M. AlAli, Mohammed J. Alyousef, Ahmad Salah Kamel, Mohammad A. Al hamad, Mohammad H. Al-Bar, Roaa M. Algowiez

Open Access Research

cMYC expression in thyroid follicular cell-derived carcinomas: a role in thyroid tumorigenesis

Hany I. Sakr, Deborah J. Chute, Christian Nasr, Charles D. Sturgis

Open Access Research

PD-L1 and PD-1 expression are correlated with distinctive clinicopathological features in papillary thyroid carcinoma

Yanhua Bai, Dongfeng Niu, Xiaozheng Huang, Ling Jia, Qiang Kang, Fangyuan Dou, Xinqiang Ji, Weicheng Xue, Yiqiang Liu, Zhongwu Li, Qin Feng, Dongmei Lin, Kennichi Kakudo

Open Access Case Report

Spontaneous isolated dissection of the superior mesenteric artery and aneurysm formation resulting from segmental arterial mediolysis: a case report

Nobuhiro Akuzawa, Makoto Kurabayashi, Tsukasa Suzuki, Daisuke Yoshinari, Mitsunobu Kobayashi, Yoshifumi Tanahashi, Fujio Makita, Ryusei Saito

Open Access Case report

Renal cell -like carcinoma of the nasal cavity: a case report and review of the literature

Zhenwei-Chen, Zhaoming-Wang, Hongqi-Shi, Qinwei-Liu

Open Access Case Report

Complete mimicry: a case of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma masquerading as acute leukemia

Osamu Imataki, Makiko Uemura, Shumpei Uchida, Shigeyuki Yokokura, Akihiro Takeuchi, Ryo Ishikawa, Akihiro Kondo, Kayoko Seo, Norimitsu Kadowaki

Open Access Research

Composite intestinal adenoma-microcarcinoid in the colon and rectum: a case series and historical review

Mi-Jung Kim, Eun-Jung Lee, Do Sun Kim, Doo Han Lee, Eui Gon Youk, Hyun-Jung Kim

Open Access Case Report

Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen in a patient with Maffucci syndrome: a case report and review of literature

Xiao-Dan Huang, Hao-Sen Jiao, Zheng Yang, Chuang-Qi Chen, Yu-Long He, Xin-Hua Zhang

Open Access Research

Automated quantification of steatosis: agreement with stereological point counting

André Homeyer, Patrik Nasr, Christiane Engel, Stergios Kechagias, Peter Lundberg, Mattias Ekstedt, Henning Kost, Nick Weiss, Tim Palmer, Horst Karl Hahn, Darren Treanor, Claes Lundström

Open Access Case Report

A novel GIT2-BRAF fusion in pilocytic astrocytoma

Jeffrey Helgager, Hart G. Lidov, Navin R. Mahadevan, Mark W. Kieran, Keith L. Ligon, Sanda Alexandrescu

Open Access Case Report

Unusual presentation of plasmablastic lymphoma involving ovarian mature cystic teratoma: a case report

Ita Hadžisejdić, Emina Babarović, Luka Vranić, Antica Duletić Načinović, Ksenija Lučin, Maja Krašević, Nives Jonjić

Open Access Research

Is hematoxylin-eosin staining in rectal mucosal and submucosal biopsies still useful for the diagnosis of Hirschsprung disease?

Suellen Serafini, Maria Mercês Santos, Ana Cristina Aoun Tannuri, Maria Claudia Nogueira Zerbini, Maria Cecília de Mendonça Coelho, Josiane de Oliveira Gonçalves, Uenis Tannuri

Open Access Case Report

Composite neuroendocrine tumor and adenocarcinoma of the rectum

Hiromi Kanno-Okada, Tomoko Mitsuhashi, Katsuhiro Mabe, Tadakazu Shimoda, Yoshihiro Matsuno

Open Access Case Report

Malignant rhabdoid tumor in the renal allograft of an adult transplant recipient: a unique case of a rare tumor

Jing Xiong, Tiefen Su, Pengcheng Zhu, Qilin Ao, Qiurong Ruan, Guoping Wang

Open Access Research

Low frequency of BRAF and KRAS mutations in Chinese patients with low-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary

Yan Xu, Rui Bi, Yaoxing Xiao, Xiaoyu Tu, Ming Li, Anqi Li, Ling Shan, Shuling Zhou, Wentao Yang

Open Access Research

Nucleoli cytomorphology in cutaneous melanoma cells – a new prognostic approach to an old concept

Piotr Donizy, Przemyslaw Biecek, Agnieszka Halon, Adam Maciejczyk, Rafal Matkowski