| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveCase Reports Melanotic medullary carcinoma of thyroid – report of a rare case with brief review of literature Kamaljeet Singh, Mehar C Sharma, Deepali Jain, and Rajinder Kumar Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 2. Published online 2008 January 11. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-2.PMCID: PMC2253502 Does "ichthyosis uteri" have malignant potential? : A case report of squamous cell carcinoma of endometrium associated with extensive ichthyosis uteri Kanchan Murhekar, Urmila Majhi, V Sridevi, and T Rajkumar Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 4. Published online 2008 January 31. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-4.PMCID: PMC2259312 Infiltrating myoepithelial carcinoma of the breast, a case report and cytologic-histologic correlation Daniel Lingamfelter, Yayan Chen, Kiyoe Kure, and Kamani Lankachandra Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 7. Published online 2008 February 8. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-7.PMCID: PMC2257926 Sickle cell nephropathy with diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis: a case report Kamal V Kanodia, Aruna V Vanikar, Kamal R Goplani, Sonia B Gupta, and Hargovind L Trivedi Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 9. Published online 2008 February 28. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-9.PMCID: PMC2275218 Pseudosarcomatous myofibroblastic lesion of the urinary bladder: A rare entity posing a diagnostic challenge and therapeutic dilemma Alexandros Lekas, Aikaterini Parasi, Thomas G Papathomas, Athanasios G Papatsoris, Maria Rozaria Mennonna, Michail Chrisofos, Charalambos Deliveliotis, and Andreas C Lazaris Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 11. Published online 2008 March 13. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-11.PMCID: PMC2292680 Cardiac fibrosis in the elderly, normotensive athlete: case report and review of the literature Shaheen E Lakhan and Lindsey Harle Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 12. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-12.PMCID: PMC2277381 A transient benign lymph node-based proliferation of T-cells simulating non-Hodgkin lymphoma in a patient with psoriasis treated with tumor necrosis factor alpha and CD11a antagonists M Yadira Hurley, Mary Noel George, Craig L Leonardi, and John L Frater Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 13. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-13.PMCID: PMC2291032 Rare extracranial localization of primary intracranial neoplasm Susan Arndt, Thorsten Wiech, Irina Mader, Antje Aschendorff, and Wolfgang Maier Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 14. Published online 2008 April 16. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-14.PMCID: PMC2330022 Pleomorphic liposarcoma of the foot: a case report Luka Brčić, Antonija Jakovčević, Lovorka Batelja Vuletić, Dubravko Orlić, and Sven Seiwerth Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 15. Published online 2008 April 16. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-15.PMCID: PMC2358876 Fatal parvoviral myocarditis: A case report and review of literature Fabio Tavora, Luis F Gonzalez-Cuyar, Jay S Dalal, Michael T O'Malley, Richard Zhao, Hong Q Peng, and Allen P Burke Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 21. Published online 2008 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-21.PMCID: PMC2396599 Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia developing in a patient with history of peripheral T-cell lymphoma: evidence for multicentric T-cell lymphoproliferative process Luis F Gonzalez-Cuyar, Fabio Tavora, X Frank Zhao, Guanghua Wang, Aaron Auerbach, Nadine Aguilera, and Allen P Burke Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 22. Published online 2008 May 29. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-22.PMCID: PMC2427016 Sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate) aspiration Luis F Gonzalez-Cuyar, Nathaniel B Cresswell, and Allen P Burke Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 27. Published online 2008 June 17. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-27.PMCID: PMC2441607 A diagnostic dilemma in breast pathology – benign fibroadenoma with multinucleated stromal giant cells Helen M Heneghan, Sean T Martin, Mary Casey, Igdam Tobbia, Fadel Benani, and Kevin M Barry Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 33. Published online 2008 August 1. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-33.PMCID: PMC2526983 Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia (adenosis) of the prostate: a case report with review of the literature Henry B Armah and Anil V Parwani Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 34. Published online 2008 August 12. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-34.PMCID: PMC2526076 Multicystic urothelial carcinoma of the bladder with gland-like lumina and with signet-ring cells. A case report Isabel Alvarado-Cabrero, Delia Pérez-Montiel, and Ondrej Hes Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 36. Published online 2008 September 3. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-36.PMCID: PMC2546369 Cytokeratin positivity in myxopapillary ependymoma – a potential diagnostic pitfall Sundus A Hussein and Monalisa Sur Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 40. Published online 2008 October 19. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-40.PMCID: PMC2584038 Mucinous breast carcinoma presenting as Paget's disease of the nipple in a man: A case report Dimitrios Peschos, Elena Tsanou, Pavlos Dallas, Konstantinos Charalabopoulos, Christos Kanaris, and Anna Batistatou Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 42. Published online 2008 October 24. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-42.PMCID: PMC2584629 Commentaries Ectopic pancreatic islets in Splenic hilum and peripancreatic fat Kirti Gupta and RK Vasishta Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 3. Published online 2008 January 29. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-3.PMCID: PMC2248161 The modern histopathologist: in the changing face of time Biman Saikia, Kirti Gupta, and Uma N Saikia Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 25. Published online 2008 June 6. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-25.PMCID: PMC2427017 Editorials Diagnostic Pathology – after two years Klaus Kayser Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 1. Published online 2008 January 4. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-1.PMCID: PMC2233613 Editorial: Diagnostic Pathology continues to rise Klaus Kayser Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 48. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-48.PMCID: PMC2615742 Methodology The role of immunohistochemistry in medullomyoblastoma – a case series highlighting divergent differentiation Man Updesh S Sachdeva, Mahesha Vankalakunti, Aruna Rangan, Bishan D Radotra, Rajesh Chhabra, and Rakesh K Vasishta Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 18. Published online 2008 April 25. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-18.PMCID: PMC2391140 Development of automated brightfield double In Situ hybridization (BDISH) application for HER2 gene and chromosome 17 centromere (CEN 17) for breast carcinomas and an assay performance comparison to manual dual color HER2 fluorescence In Situ hybridization (FISH) Hiroaki Nitta, Beatrice Hauss-Wegrzyniak, Megan Lehrkamp, Adrian E Murillo, Fabien Gaire, Michael Farrell, Eric Walk, Frederique Penault-Llorca, Masafumi Kurosumi, Manfred Dietel, Lin Wang, Margaret Loftus, James Pettay, Raymond R Tubbs, and Thomas M Grogan Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 41. Published online 2008 October 22. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-41.PMCID: PMC2577627 Research Application of CD56, P63 and CK19 immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid Dina El Demellawy, Ahmed Nasr, and Salem Alowami Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 5. Published online 2008 February 6. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-5.PMCID: PMC2267445 CD 56 staining in liver biopsies does not help in differentiating extrahepatic biliary atresia from other causes of neonatal cholestasis Fatemeh E Mahjoub, Reza Hadizadeh Khairkhah, Mehri Najafi Sani, Guiti Irvanloo, and Maryam Monajemzadeh Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 10. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-10.PMCID: PMC2292149 Dysregulated angiogenesis in B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Morphologic, immunohistochemical, and flow cytometric evidence John L Frater, Neil E Kay, Charles L Goolsby, Susan E Crawford, Gordon W Dewald, and LoAnn C Peterson Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 16. Published online 2008 April 18. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-16.PMCID: PMC2362108 Image standards in Tissue-Based Diagnosis (Diagnostic Surgical Pathology) Klaus Kayser, Jürgen Görtler, Torsten Goldmann, Ekkehard Vollmer, Peter Hufnagl, and Gian Kayser Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 17. Published online 2008 April 18. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-17.PMCID: PMC2362107 Detection of Epstein Barr Virus by Chromogenic In Situ Hybridization in cases of extra-hepatic biliary atresia Fatemeh Mahjoub, Reza Shahsiah, Farid Azmoudeh Ardalan, Guiti Iravanloo, Mehri Najafi Sani, Abdolmajid Zarei, Maryam Monajemzadeh, Fatemeh Farahmand, and Setareh Mamishi Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 19. Published online 2008 April 28. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-19.PMCID: PMC2424033 Is collagenase-3 (MMP-13) expression in chondrosarcoma of the jaws a true marker for tumor aggressiveness? Manal M Zyada and Ali A Shamaa Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 26. Published online 2008 June 13. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-26.PMCID: PMC2442587 Expression of CD56 isoforms in primary and relapsed adult granulosa cell tumors of the ovary Hans-Ullrich Völker, Sabine Engert, Andreas Cramer, Melanie Schmidt, Ulrike Kämmerer, Hans-Konrad Müller-Hermelink, and Stefan Gattenlöhner Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 29. Published online 2008 July 9. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-29.PMCID: PMC2474830 How do surgical pathologists evaluate critical diagnoses (critical values)? Masoud Mireskandari Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 30. Published online 2008 July 12. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-30.PMCID: PMC2481247 Losses of expression of the antigens A, Lea and Lex and over-expression of Ley in carcinomas and HG-SIL of the uterine cervix Ernesto Moro-Rodríguez and Emilio Álvarez-Fernández Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 38. Published online 2008 September 11. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-38.PMCID: PMC2551588 Virtual karyotyping with SNP microarrays reduces uncertainty in the diagnosis of renal epithelial tumors Jill M Hagenkord, Anil V Parwani, Maureen A Lyons-Weiler, Karla Alvarez, Robert Amato, Zoran Gatalica, Jose M Gonzalez-Berjon, Leif Peterson, Rajiv Dhir, and Federico A Monzon Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 44. Published online 2008 November 6. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-44.PMCID: PMC2588560 The significance of Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) & DNA Topoisomerase II alpha (DNA-Topo II alpha) immunoreactivity in normal oral mucosa, Oral Epithelial Dysplasia (OED) and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) Ali A Shamaa, Manal M Zyada, Mathias Wagner, Sally S Awad, Mohamed M Osman, and Ali A Abdel Azeem Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 45. Published online 2008 November 20. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-45.PMCID: PMC2611966 Reviews Endometrial Glandular Dysplasia (EmGD): morphologically and biologically distinctive putative precursor lesions of Type II endometrial cancers Oluwole Fadare and Wenxin Zheng Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 6. Published online 2008 February 8. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-6.PMCID: PMC2266702 Adamantinoma: A clinicopathological review and update Deepali Jain, Vijay K Jain, Rakesh K Vasishta, Prabhat Ranjan, and Yashwant Kumar Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 8. Published online 2008 February 15. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-8.PMCID: PMC2276480 Histological variants of cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma Wayne Grayson and Liron Pantanowitz Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 31. Published online 2008 July 25. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-31.PMCID: PMC2526984 Short Reports Solitary colonic polypoid ganglioneuroma Isabel Maria Mendez, Teresa Pereda, Francisco Javier Rodriguez, Rafael Funez, and Andres Sanchez Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 20. Published online 2008 April 29. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-20.PMCID: PMC2390510 Expression of nm23 in the spectrum of pre-invasive, invasive and metastatic breast lesions Amanjit Bal, Kusum Joshi, Rajesh Logasundaram, BD Radotra, and Rajinder Singh Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 23. Published online 2008 May 30. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-23.PMCID: PMC2423356 Intravascular lesions of the hand Liron Pantanowitz and Wayne H Duke Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 24. Published online 2008 May 30. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-24.PMCID: PMC2426672 Does the radiofrequency impedance-controlled endometrial ablation have any morphologic effects on uterine leiomyomata?: Report of 3 cases Oluwole Fadare, Sa A Wang, and Idris L Renshaw Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 28. Published online 2008 July 1. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-28.PMCID: PMC2491603 mtDNA sequence variants in subtypes of epithelial ovarian cancer stages in relation to ethnic and age difference Felix O Aikhionbare, Sharifeh Mehrabi, Winston Thompson, Xuebiao Yao, William Grizzle, and Edward Partridge Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 32. Published online 2008 July 28. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-32.PMCID: PMC2494992 TKTL1 is overexpressed in a large portion of non-small cell lung cancer specimens Holger Schultz, Daniel Kähler, Detlev Branscheid, Ekkehard Vollmer, Peter Zabel, and Torsten Goldmann Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 35. Published online 2008 August 12. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-35.PMCID: PMC2526982 The relative test performance characteristics of two commercial assays for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in paraffin-fixed human biopsy specimens Steven J Drews, AliReza Eshaghi, Daria Pyskir, Pam Chedore, Ernesto Lombos, George Broukhanski, Rachel Higgins, David N Fisman, Joanne Blair, and Frances Jamieson Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 37. Published online 2008 September 8. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-37.PMCID: PMC2546368 LED-FISH: Fluorescence microscopy based on light emitting diodes for the molecular analysis of Her-2/neu oncogene amplification Dagmar S Lang, Tobias Zeiser, Holger Schultz, Florian Stellmacher, Ekkehard Vollmer, Peter Zabel, and Torsten Goldmann Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 49. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-49.PMCID: PMC2615417 Software Clinicopathological features and the value of differential Cytokeratin 7 and 20 expression in resolving diagnostic dilemmas of ovarian involvement by colorectal adenocarcinoma and vice-versa Bharat Rekhi, Sophia George, Bhulaxmi Madur, RF Chinoy, Rajesh Dikshit, and Amita Maheshwari Diagn Pathol. 2008; 3: 39. Published online 2008 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-39.PMCID: PMC2556647 |