Suzuko Moritani

..We suggest that intraoperative squash cytologic examination be viewed as a useful initial approach in the diagnosis of metastatic brain tumor...

..Stromal p16 expression might be a reflection of p16-induced cellular senescence, which has been documented in several benign mesenchymal neoplasms...

..To examine the histopathological features of 24 surgically resected carcinoma in situ (CIS) involving sclerosing adenosis (SA), with special reference to the topographical relationship between CIS and SA...

..Passive congestion secondary to metastatic colon cancer in the hilar region may have contributed to the pathogenesis of this lesion...

..Although this tumor might be classified to at least WHO grade III from the histology and aggressive behavior, the exact grading is still controversial because of the rarity of such cases...

..However, the immunohistochemical study suggests that lipid-rich carcinomas are closely related to apocrine carcinomas...

..Most of the endometrial changes characterized by cytoplasmic eosinophilia may be subtypes of immature mucinous metaplasia which express a mucin core protein but are not fully glycosylated...

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..The patient died of uncontrolled tumor 58 months after the initial operation. In this case radiation may have played some role in the tumorigenesis, progression, and dedifferentiation of the SFT...

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..05). These findings indicate that CD109 is a useful diagnostic marker for BLC and that CD109 expression may affect biological properties of cancer cells...

..However, the availability of GCDFP-15 is limited because of the low positive rate of GCDFP-15 in invasive micropapillary carcinomas...

..The present data suggest that the double immunostaining with the two popular antibodies p63 and HMWCK is a useful tool for reproducible classification of papillary breast lesions...

..To report the clinicopathological characteristics of patients with ocular adnexal marginal zone B cell lymphoma (MZBL) with IgG4-positive plasma cells...

..The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic yield of EBUS-TBNA and TBLB through a flexible bronchoscope in patients with stage I and II sarcoidosis...

..If the biomarker status is included, 5 of 12 cases of DCIS with equivocal cytology categories would be upgraded. Further clinicopathological validation is necessary before applying this new approach to the clinical setting...

..Combination of CD10 and SMA will provide more sophisticated information about presence or absence of myoepithelial cells in confusing breast lesions...

..It remains undetermined whether the nodal papilloma was derived from the papilloma of the mastectomy or if it arose de novo from the breast tissue inclusion of the sentinel node...

..We report a case of an enlarged metastatic mediastinal lymph node from an unidentified primary papillary thyroid carcinoma that was accurately diagnosed by histological and immunohistochemical examination of tissue obtained by EBUS-TBNA...

..The purpose of this study was to elucidate and compare the respective histologic specimen retrieval yields of EBUS-TBNA using 21-gauge and 22-gauge needles...

..CD109 expression was negative in examined breast ductal carcinomas and prostate adenocarcinomas. These findings indicate that CD109 is a useful marker for the diagnosis of invasive breast and prostate carcinomas...

..To determine the clinicopathological characteristics of patients with infiltration of IgG4-positive plasma cells into the ocular adnexa...

..Peritoneal fluid cytology with these findings may be helpful to suggest the probable preoperative diagnosis of endosalpingiosis or benign glandular inclusions involving the pelvic peritoneum...

..CONCLUSION: The polygon method is superior to the conventional inked margin method in sensitivity. Furthermore, it covered all the peripheral margins and pinpointed the positive sites...

..1982) 91 342]. In carcinoma, both epithelial and soft tissue elements are malignant. In the context of previous reports, we discuss a case of carcinosarcoma of the submandibular gland including the results of postmortem examination...

..The role of p53 in tumour development seems to be smaller in EBER-positive than in -negative gastric carcinomas...

..MI and AI are not helpful in the differential diagnosis between minimal deviation adenocarcinoma and its benign mimics...

..To determine the characteristics of patients with primary ocular adnexal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma associated with polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia...

..The patient underwent distal gastrectomy, but died of recurrence 1 year later. Very few cases of primary MM of the stomach have been reported. Thus, we report this case, followed by a review of the literature...

..Cellular features of PFT of the bladder are exceedingly rare. We describe the urinary cytology in a PFT patient who displayed numerous papillary fragments that suggested a malignant tumor...

..This case report suggests that enzyme histochemistry was useful to assess the effect of MCT, enabling us to distinguish fixed cells from viable cells...

..Systemic steroid therapy decreases the size of the lesions, but relapse often occurs when systemic steroid therapy is discontinued...

..However, few studies have addressed its role in the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. The aim of the present study was to assess the utility of EBUS-TBNA in confirming a pathological diagnosis of sarcoidosis...

..To determine the incidence of autoimmune disease in Japanese patients with ocular adnexal lymphoid proliferations...

..The evaluation of these responses may be helpful in the diagnosis of endoscopically negative GERD...

..Application of our scoring scheme will bring uniformity to the diagnosis of noninvasive endocervical glandular lesions and allow the study of a precursor to endocervical adenocarcinoma..

..The use of this scheme will result in more consistency of data in series from different institutions and will allow uniformity on the issue of adenocarcinoma in situ precursor lesions...

..Although she discharged from hospital uneventfully, she died 11 months later of multiple liver metastases and peritoneal dissemination. This case showed the high malignant potential of this tumor...