Surgical Pathology
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Colorectal carcinoma is the third most common cancer in the United States. Proper and standardized pathologic staging is vital for prognostic assessment and impacts therapeutic decisions. The Tumor Node Metastasis (TNM) staging system was... more
The effectiveness of the long-term monitoring of errors detected by frozen section-permanent section correlation is unknown. To determine factors important in laboratory improvement in frozen section-permanent section discordant and... more
Treatment of soft tissue tumors in young patients relies on the diagnostic information conveyed in the pathology report. We examined pathology reports from Children's Oncology Group ARST0332 for inclusion of data elements required in... more
We present the second part of our review concerning the history of autopsy. During the development of medicine the role of autopsy was obviously changing. Concurrently with the progress in the anatomical knowledge, the anatomists observed... more
ObjectivesThe paper reviews the development of the application of telepathology in a department of surgical pathology between 1991 and 2003. The goal of the efforts during this time was to give up the concept of programming a single... more
This review extracts those studies from the CAP Q-PROBES and Q-TRACKS programs that have benchmarked and monitored the occurrence of errors in the practices of laboratory medicine and anatomic pathology. The outcomes of these studies... more
continuo descenso de estudios autópsicos a nivel mundial es una realidad y varias son las causas que lo explican, entre las que destacamos como prioritarias: la creciente carga de trabajo de biopsias y citologías de los patólogos que... more
In this paper, we review those pathologic entities that may mimic papillary thyroid carcinoma. These include specimen preparation and handling issues such as decalcification, frozen section, and artifacts occurring following fine-needle... more
The development of whole-slide imaging has paved the way for digitizing of glass slides that are the basis for surgical pathology. This transformative technology has changed the landscape in research applications and education but despite... more
A 54-year-old woman was hospitalized for flank pain and acute renal failure when imaging studies revealed a 5.2 cm mass in the left kidney. She was referred for fine needle aspiration of the lesion, which showed an epithelial tumor with... more
Surgical pathologists use a variety of phrases to communicate varying degrees of diagnostic certainty which have the potential to be interpreted differently than intended. This study sought to: (1) assess the setting, varieties and... more
Western-style medicine was introduced to Malaya by the Portuguese, Dutch and British between the 1500s and 1800s. Although the earliest pathology laboratories were developed within hospitals towards the end of the 19th Century,... more
Western-style medicine was introduced to Malaya by the Portuguese, Dutch and British between the 1500s and 1800s. Although the earliest pathology laboratories were developed within hospitals towards the end of the 19th Century,... more
Ewing’s sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor (ES/PNET) of the penis has been very rarely defined. We report a case of a 19-year-old patient with a tumor, localized in the dorsal side of penis, composed of small round cells with diffuse... more