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Species | A E WaltsSummaryAffiliation: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Root cause analysis of problems in the frozen section diagnosis of in situ, minimally invasive, and invasive adenocarcinoma of the lungAnn E Walts
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 136:1515-21. 2012..Frozen sections can help determine the extent of surgery by distinguishing in situ, minimally invasive, and invasive adenocarcinoma of the lung...- Limited role of Ki-67 proliferative index in predicting overall short-term survival in patients with typical and atypical pulmonary carcinoid tumorsAnn E Walts
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Mod Pathol 25:1258-64. 2012..These findings do not provide best evidence for the routine use of Ki-67 index to prognosticate overall short-term survival in patients with pulmonary carcinoid tumors... - Low cost-effectiveness of CD3/CD20 immunostains for initial triage of lymphoid-rich effusions: an evidence-based review of the utility of these stains in selecting cases for full hematopathologic workupAnn E Walts
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 40:565-9. 2012..Our findings underscore the feasibility of applying evidence-based principles to develop guidelines for the cost-effective utilization of immunostains in cytology... - A simplified Bethesda System for reporting thyroid cytopathology using only four categories improves intra- and inter-observer diagnostic agreement and provides non-overlapping estimates of malignancy risksAnn E Walts
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 40:E62-8. 2012.... - Is the expression pattern of BD ProExC the same as Ki-67? A comparative analysis in cervical biopsiesAnn E Walts
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 18:262-7. 2010..Fourteen cases were ProExC+ (7 of which were strongly p16+) and 11 were Ki-67+ (6 of which were strongly p16+)... - p16, Ki-67, and BD ProExC immunostaining: a practical approach for diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasiaAnn E Walts
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Hum Pathol 40:957-64. 2009..Performing p16 and BD ProExC initially followed by Ki-67 only when p16 and BD ProExC yielded discordant results provided similar diagnostic accuracy at reduced cost because only one third of the cases required the additional stain... - BD ProEx C immunostaining in extramammary Paget's disease and perineal melanomaAnn E Walts
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Mod Pathol 22:246-51. 2009..Currently neither of these lesions is known to be HPV related although according to the literature the possibility of a role for HPV in melanoma is still unsettled. Relevant literature is reviewed... 
Pseudallescheria: an underdiagnosed fungus?A E Walts
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 25:153-7. 2001..Features helpful in the diagnosis of Pseudallescheria in cytologic material are presented...- Endometrial cells and the AutoPap System for primary screening of cervicovaginal Pap smearsAnn E Walts
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 27:232-7. 2002.... - Fine-needle aspiration of a paraesophageal diverticulum masquerading as a thyroid noduleAnn E Walts
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 34:843-5. 2006..We describe FNA of a paraesophageal diverticulum that had been reported as a thyroid nodule on ultrasound. Cytologists should be familiar with this entity and suggest the diagnosis when appropriate... - P16 and Ki67 immunostaining is a useful adjunct in the assessment of biopsies for HPV-associated anal intraepithelial neoplasiaAnn E Walts
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 30:795-801. 2006..One was positive for high-risk HPV DNA. We conclude that when used together and evaluated in conjunction with H&E stained sections, p16 and Ki67 immunoexpression is a useful adjunct in the diagnosis and grading of AIN... - Correlation of manual screening and automated (AutoPap 300) analysis of conventional cervicovaginal smears with HPV typing using Digene HC II assayAnn E Walts
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 29:256-61. 2003..These findings emphasize that high-risk HPV DNA is an indication of risk for HGSIL, not the equivalent for it... - Anal cytology: is there a role for reflex HPV DNA testing?A E Walts
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 33:152-6. 2005..Our findings suggest that reflex HPV DNA testing would be helpful in triaging patients diagnosed with ASC-US. However, patients diagnosed with LSIL or above should go directly to ansocopic biopsy... - Predictors of invasive adenocarcinoma after conization for cervical adenocarcinoma in situW M Elmasri
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Gynecol Oncol 125:589-93. 2012..We sought to identify patients who can be safely managed with an extrafascial hysterectomy based on predictors of invasion in the conization specimen... - Evidence-based evaluation of the risks of malignancy predicted by thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsiesA M Marchevsky
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA90048, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 38:252-9. 2010..Relative risk and 95% CI calculations suggested that the NCI classification could be simplified into three categories: "benign," "FLUS + neoplasm," and "suspicious + malignant.".. - BRCA-mutation-associated fallopian tube carcinoma: a distinct clinical phenotype?Ilana Cass
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Los Angeles, Cedars Sinai Medical Centers, CA 90048, USA
Obstet Gynecol 106:1327-34. 2005..To compare clinical and histologic features between fallopian tube cancers in women with germline BRCA mutations and sporadic cases... - BD ProEx C: a sensitive and specific marker of HPV-associated squamous lesions of the cervixRiem E Badr
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 32:899-906. 2008..ProEx C may also have a potential role in triaging patients with low-grade CIN. ProEx C expression patterns are similar to those for p16 and Ki67 with most discrepancies occurring in the CIN I category... - High-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma presenting as an abscess: diagnosis by fine needle aspiration and review of the literatureJonathon B Herbst
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 36:670-3. 2008..Here, we report the FNA diagnosis of a high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma presenting as an abscess of the axilla/chest wall in a 68-year-old man and review the pertinent literature...