Cheng-Hsiang Hsiao

..Our study indicates that it is important to recognize this ulcerative colon T-cell lymphoma and to differentiate it from inflammatory bowel disease because of its much more aggressive clinical behavior...

..We evaluated clonal T-cell receptor (TCR) gamma gene rearrangement by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as a surrogate to histologic diagnosis in early MF...

..To evaluate the effectiveness of conjunctival resection combined with Tenon layer excision in treating superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis (SLK) and the involvement of mast cells in SLK...

..The objectives of the study were to investigate the HPV prevalence of anal squamous proliferative lesion in Taiwan...

..The skin was the most common site of extranodal involvement, with about two-thirds of patients presenting with cutaneous lesions. There was no evidence of bacterial, mycobacterial or HHV infection in this series...

..Valvuloplasty was also performed due to irreversible damage of the mitral valve, although long-term oral anticongestive medications were also needed...

..The relationship between pulmonary gangrene and necrotizing pneumonia was unclear in the remaining one. In conclusion, necrotizing pneumococcal pneumonia may be infrequently associated with pulmonary gangrene in children...

..The peak level of serum TNF-alpha tends to be higher in patients who die of SARS than in those who survive. Our results indicate that CRP and TNF-alpha might be used as prognostic markers of SARS...

..In the patient who had symptoms of diarrhea, SARS-CoV staining was also identified in the mucosal epithelium of the colon...

..In addition, two seronegative patients with skin biopsy showed one IHC (+) and one IHC (-). CONCLUSION: IHC can contribute to the etiologic diagnosis of B. henselaelymphadenopathy when serology and molecular techniques are not available...

..Immunosuppressants such as methotrexate and corticosteroids might cause multiple eruptive DFs...

..Coexistence of these two rare entities in a patient has never been reported, and this fact suggests that there might be a common mechanism contributing to the formation of these two types of lesions...

..CONCLUSION: Thin-section CT scores correlated with clinical and laboratory parameters in patients after SARS. Although ground-glass opacity and interstitial opacity resolve over time, air trapping persists...

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..The findings suggest that long-term arsenic exposure may increase the chromosome abnormality in TCC, and 17p loss plays an important role in arsenic-induced urinary carcinogenesis...

..It is important for pathologists to recognize this unusual manifestation of mycobacterial infection in immunocompromised patients and avoid mistaking the lesion for a mesenchymal neoplasm...

..Both of our patients underwent surgery before or during the development of NSF, indicating that the surgical procedure may be a contributing factor...

..Only a few studies using RT-PCR with formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue sections to detect the specific transcript have been reported...

..To report a case of acute bilateral corneal opacity related to bacterial blepharoconjunctivitis...

..The similarity of the histological picture of the tumor to metastatic carcinoma may lead to misdiagnosis. It is therefore important for the pathologist to be aware of the distinguishing features of this unusual entity...

..No specific pathological change was seen in the gastrointestinal tract and kidneys. SARS-CoV genome was detected in the nasopharyngeal aspirate and the autopsy lung specimen...

..The patient was followed up for 3 1/2 years without any new lesions developing. The clinical significance of this residual malignant T-cell clone in mycosis fungoides remains to be elucidated...

..capsulatum isolate recovered from biopsied lung tissue and of the extracted fungal DNA from the laryngeal lesion were identical, indicating the recurrent nature of infection...

..Demonstration of the fat component within a well-defined cystic mass in the thyroid region allows accurate diagnosis of teratoma, localization of the tumor extent before operation, and adequate treatment...

..Herein, we report a dynamic transformation between both tumors within a single patient, which suggests they are two variants of the same vascular tumor...

..The most important criteria for PSNPC are vesicular nuclei, syncytial pattern, spindle cells, and absence of necrosis...

..These techniques represent valuable laboratory diagnostic modalities and provide insights into the pathogenesis of this emerging infection...