An atypical gunshot wound from a home-made zip gun--the value of a thorough scene investigationClare H Cunliffe
Office of the Medical Examiner, Cook County, Chicago, IL, and Forensic Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
J Forensic Sci 53:216-8. 2008
..These findings, along with further police investigation and review of the past medical history, indicated that the manner of death was a suicide...
- State-of-the-art pathology: new WHO classification, implications, and new developments
Clare H Cunliffe
Office of the Medical Investigator, University of New Mexico, 700 Camino de Salud NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
Neuroimaging Clin N Am 20:259-71. 2010
..In this article, we discuss select new additions to the current classification, including new diagnostic tools, differential diagnoses, and management implications...
- A fatal complication of a vena caval filter associated with pulmonary thromboembolism
Clare H Cunliffe
Office of the Medical Examiner of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Am J Forensic Med Pathol 29:173-6. 2008
..A review of the types of vena caval filters in current use, and their complications, are discussed...
- Intracranial lesions mimicking neoplasms
Clare H Cunliffe
Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 133:101-23. 2009
..We give an overview of such diseases, which represent a potential pitfall for pathologists and other clinicians involved in patient care, and present selected cases from each category...
- Synchronous mixed germ cell tumor of the pineal gland and suprasellar region with a predominant angiomatous component: a diagnostic challenge
Clare H Cunliffe
Department of Pathology, New York University Medical Center, New York, 10016, USA
J Neurooncol 93:269-74. 2009
..In order to alert clinicians and pathologists to this rare entity, the case is discussed with particular reference to difficulties that were encountered in rendering an accurate diagnosis, and the associated management implications...
- Antiangiogenic therapy using bevacizumab in recurrent high-grade glioma: impact on local control and patient survival
Ashwatha Narayana
Department of Radiation Oncology, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
J Neurosurg 110:173-80. 2009
..However, it is not clear if the responses are related to vascular changes or due to antitumoral effects. The authors report the mature results of a clinical study of bevacizumab-based treatment of recurrent high-grade gliomas...
- Feasibility of using bevacizumab with radiation therapy and temozolomide in newly diagnosed high-grade glioma
Ashwatha Narayana
Department of Radiation Oncology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY 11016, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 72:383-9. 2008
..The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of using bevacizumab with chemoradiation in the primary management of high-grade glioma...
- High-grade glioma before and after treatment with radiation and Avastin: initial observations
Ingeborg Fischer
Department of Pathology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
Neuro Oncol 10:700-8. 2008
..While the phenomena we describe may not be specific to Avastin, they demonstrate the potential of tissue-based analysis for the discovery of clinically relevant treatment response biomarkers...
- Extraventricular subependymal giant cell tumor in a child with tuberous sclerosis complex
Robert J Bollo
Department of Neurosurgery, New York University School of Medicine and NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York 10016, USA
J Neurosurg Pediatr 4:85-90. 2009
..The tumor and surrounding tubers were excised, and clinical seizures resolved. This is the first report of an extraventricular SGCT in a child with TSC outside the neonatal period...
- Molecular tools: biology, prognosis, and therapeutic triage
Ingeborg Fischer
Department of Pathology, Unit 085, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Neuroimaging Clin N Am 20:273-82. 2010
..This content gives an overview of the current knowledge about the pathogenesis of adult diffuse gliomas, emphasizing new targeted treatment approaches...
- Glioma-like proliferation within tissues excised as tubers in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex
Ingeborg Fischer
Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Acta Neuropathol 116:67-77. 2008
..Genomic analysis with SNP arrays revealed copy number changes which may be associated with the pathogenesis of such infiltrates...
- Utility of chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH) for detection of EGFR amplification in glioblastoma: comparison with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)
Ingeborg Fischer
Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
Diagn Mol Pathol 17:227-30. 2008
..Detectable EGFR expression by IHC can occur in the absence of gene amplification, but is uncommon...
