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Αλέξανδρος Γ. Σφακιανάκης
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Σάββατο 23 Μαρτίου 2019

Allergy

Association Between Fungal Spore Exposure in Inner-City Schools and Asthma Morbidity
Publication date: Available online 20 March 2019Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyAuthor(s): Sachin N. Baxi, William J. Sheehan, Joanne E. Sordillo, Michael L. Muilenberg, Christine A. Rogers, Jonathan M. Gaffin, Perdita Permaul, Peggy S. Lai, Margee Louisias, Carter R. Petty, Chunxia Fu, Diane R. Gold, Wanda Phipatanakul
Allergy
Thu Mar 21, 2019 16:41
Understanding Patient Experiences with Allergen Immunotherapy: "Living with Allergies Study"
Publication date: Available online 20 March 2019Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyAuthor(s): Brian Stone, Ellyn Charap, Heather L. Black
Allergy
Thu Mar 21, 2019 16:41
Sexual Intercourse as a Trigger of Inducible Urticaria
Publication date: Available online 20 March 2019Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyAuthor(s): Mario Geller
Allergy
Thu Mar 21, 2019 16:41
"Rituximab hypersensitivity and desensitization: A personalized approach to treat cancer and connective tissue diseases"
Publication date: Available online 16 March 2019Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyAuthor(s): Barbara C. Yang, Mariana C. Castells
Allergy
Sat Mar 16, 2019 15:43
Evaluating Penicillin Allergies in Children Using a Standard EMR-based Questionnaire
Publication date: Available online 13 March 2019Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyAuthor(s): Cathleen A. Collins, David Choe, Dylan Mochizuki, Christopher R. Cannavino
Allergy
Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:54
Venom Shortages: What's an Allergist to do? Part 1, The Issues
Publication date: Available online 13 March 2019Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyAuthor(s): J.Allen Meadows, David B.K. Golden, James Tracy, Erika Gonzalez Reyes, James Sublett
Allergy
Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:54
Venom Shortages: What's an Allergist to do? Part Two: Potential Solutions
Publication date: Available online 13 March 2019Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyAuthor(s): J.Allen Meadows, David B.K. Golden, James Tracy, Erika Gonzalez Reyes, James Sublett
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Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:54
Clinical standardization of two controlled allergen challenge facilities – The Environmental Exposure Unit and the Biogenics Research Chamber
Publication date: Available online 13 March 2019Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyAuthor(s): Anne K. Ellis, Robert L. Jacobs, Mark W. Tenn, Lisa M. Steacy, Daniel E. Adams, Terry J. Walker, Alkis G. Togias, Daniel A. Ramirez, Charles P. Andrews, Cynthia M. Visness, Robert L. James, Cynthia G. Rather
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Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:54
Delayed and Protracted Allergic Reaction to Oral Lidocaine
Publication date: Available online 13 March 2019Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyAuthor(s): Sanan Neha, Lee Jenny, Baxter Christina, Jeskey Jack, Hostoffer Robert
Allergy
Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:54
Challenges and safety of beta lactam desensitization during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Publication date: Available online 13 March 2019Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyAuthor(s): Dinah Foer, Kathleen Marquis, Natasha Romero, Mariana C. Castells
Allergy
Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:54
Asthma and Academic Performance in Urban Children
Publication date: Available online 11 March 2019Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyAuthor(s): Daphne Koinis-Mitchell, Sheryl J. Kopel, Michael L. Farrow, Elizabeth L. McQuaid, Jack H. Nassau
Allergy
Tue Mar 12, 2019 13:01
Diverse age-incidence patterns of atopic sensitisation in an unselected Finnish population up to 12 years
Publication date: Available online 8 March 2019Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyAuthor(s): Kaisa Pyrhönen, Petri Kulmala, Simo Näyhä, Esa Läärä
Allergy
Fri Mar 08, 2019 14:52
Childhood asthma from a health equity perspective: The case of Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication date: Available online 7 March 2019Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyAuthor(s): Arachu Castro
Allergy
Thu Mar 07, 2019 15:39
Experience in patch testing: A 6-year retrospective review from a single academic allergy practice
Publication date: Available online 6 March 2019Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyAuthor(s): Britta K. Sundquist, Barbara Yang, M. Ashgar Pasha
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Thu Mar 07, 2019 15:39

Allergology

<em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> in atopic dermatitis: Strain-specific cell wall proteins and skin immunity
Publication date: Available online 14 March 2019Source: Allergology InternationalAuthor(s): Kazumasa Iwamoto, Masaya Moriwaki, Ryu Miyake, Michihiro HideAbstractAtopic dermatitis (AD) is a common chronic skin disease. The presence of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is frequently detected on skin affected with AD. In this review, we focused on the characteristics of S. aureus strains isolated from AD skin, particularly the proteins on the cell surface that modulates the interactions...
Allergology International
Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:46
Severe asthma in Japan
Publication date: Available online 13 March 2019Source: Allergology InternationalAuthor(s): Hiroyuki NagaseAbstractThe characteristic phenotype of severe asthma in Japan seems to be distilled into the following two features: low incidence of obesity and high prevalence of patients with type 2 inflammation. Only 5–7% of Japanese severe asthma patients had a body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m2, and more than 80% of patients with severe asthma exhibited type 2 inflammation. Although the relationship between...
Allergology International
Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:46
Periostin as a predictor of prognosis in chronic bird-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Publication date: Available online 11 March 2019Source: Allergology InternationalAuthor(s): Yoshihisa Nukui, Yasunari Miyazaki, Masahiro Masuo, Tsukasa Okamoto, Haruhiko Furusawa, Tomoya Tateishi, Mitsuhiro Kishino, Ukihide Tateishi, Junya Ono, Shoichiro Ohta, Kenji Izuhara, Naohiko InaseAbstractBackgroundPeriostin is an established biomarker of Th2 immune response and fibrogenesis. Recent research has indicated that periostin plays an important role in the pathogenesis of idiopathic interstitial...
Allergology International
Tue Mar 12, 2019 13:00

Cancer, Anatomy, Pathology

Pathology International
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Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:13
  Tankyrase1 antisense oligodeoxynucleotides suppress the proliferation, migration and invasion through Hippo/YAP pathway in human osteosarcoma cells
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Publication date: Available online 5 March 2019

Source: Pathology - Research and Practice

Author(s): Yichi Zhou, Qi Jin, Wei Xiao, Chengjun Sun

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Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant tumor of bone with a high potential for metastasis and poor prognosis. This study intends to explore the effect of tankyrase1 (TANK1) in the development of osteosarcoma cells and the underlying mechanism. The osteosarcoma cell line MG-63 cells were cultured and transfected with tankyrase1 antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (TANK1-ASODN). Cell proliferation was detected with CCK-8 and immunofluorescence. Cell migration and invasion were examined by wound healing assay and Transwell assay, respectively. Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction was performed to detect the mRNA level of TANK1 and western blot was conducted to detect relative protein expression during the research. As a result, we demonstrated that TANK1 was upregulated in osteosarcoma. The TANK1-ASODN inhibited MG-63 cell proliferation, migration and invasion. The progress of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) was also suppressed in TANK1-ASODN transfected MG-63 cells compared to control group. Besides, the TANK1-ASODN activated and modulated the Hippo/YAP signaling which might be the pathway that TANK1 depended on. Overall, our finding supported that TANK1-ASODN slowed down the progress of osteosarcoma by suppressing cell proliferation, migration, invasion and EMT through Hippo/YAP pathway.

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Wed Mar 06, 2019 19:44
  Atypical ductal hyperplasia is a multipotent precursor of breast carcinoma
by Tanjina Kader, Prue Hill, Magnus Zethoven, David L. Goode, Kenneth Elder, Niko Thio, Maria Doyle, Timothy Semple, Wajiha Sufyan, David J. Byrne, Jia‐Min B. Pang, Anand Murugasu, Islam M Miligy, Andrew R Green, Emad A Rakha, Stephen B. Fox, G. Bruce Mann, Ian G. Campbell, Kylie L. Gorringe via The Journal of Pathology
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The current model for breast cancer progression proposes independent "low‐grade (LG) like" and "high‐grade (HG) like" pathways but lacks a known precursor to HG cancer. We applied low coverage whole genome sequencing to atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) with and without carcinoma to shed light on breast cancer progression. 14/20 isolated ADH cases harboured at least one copy number alteration (CNA), but had fewer aberrations than LG or HG ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). ADH carried more HG‐like CNA than LG DCIS (eg. 8q gain). Correspondingly, 64% (7/11) of ADH cases with synchronous HG carcinoma were clonally related, similar to LG carcinoma (67%, 6/9). This study represents a significant shift in our understanding of breast cancer progression, with ADH as a common precursor lesion to the independent "low‐grade like" and "high‐grade like" pathways. These data suggest that ADH can be a precursor of HG breast cancer and that LG and HG carcinomas can evolve from a similar ancestor lesion. We propose that although LG DCIS may be committed to a LG molecular pathway, ADH may remain multipotent, progressing to either LG or HG carcinoma. This multipotent nature suggests that some ADH could be more clinically significant than LG DCIS, requiring biomarkers for personalising management.

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Tue Mar 05, 2019 21:09
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Tue Mar 05, 2019 20:34
  Genomic landscape of inverted urothelial papilloma and urothelial papilloma of the bladder
by Sumit Isharwal, Wenhuo Hu, Judy Sarungbam, Ying‐bei Chen, Anuradha Gopalan, Samson W Fine, Satish K Tickoo, Sahussapont J. Sirintrapun, Sana Jadallah, Florence L. Loo, Eugene J Pietzak, Eugene K Cha, Bernard H Bochner, Michael F Berger, Gopa Iyer, David B Solit, Victor E Reuter, Hikmat Al‐Ahmadie via The Journal of Pathology
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Inverted urothelial papilloma (IUP) and urothelial papilloma (UP) are rare urothelial neoplasms that typically follow a benign clinical course. Oncogenic mutations in FGFR3, HRAS and the TERT promoter have been reported in these entities but no comprehensive molecular analysis has been performed. We sought to characterize the genomic landscape of IUP and UP using whole exome and targeted next generation sequencing. In IUP, 10 of 11 tumors harbored oncogenic hotspot mutations in HRAS and the remaining tumor had an oncogenic KRAS mutation. None of the IUP tumors harbored TERT promoter or FGFR3 mutations. In UP, 8 of 11 tumors had oncogenic KRAS mutations and 2 had oncogenic HRAS mutations. One UP tumor had oncogenic mutations in FGFR3, PIK3CA and the TERT promoter and arose in a patient with recurrent non‐invasive papillary urothelial carcinomas. In contrast to urothelial carcinoma, the APOBEC mutational signature was not present in any IUP and UP tumors and oncogenic alterations in chromatin remodeling genes were uncommon in both IUP and UP. The current study suggests that IUP and UP are driven primarily by RAS pathway activation and lack the more common genomic features of urothelial cancers.

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Tue Mar 05, 2019 19:59
  Why is Pancreatic Cancer so Deadly? The Pathologist's View
by Ralph H. Hruban, Matthias M. Gaida, Elizabeth Thompson, Seung‐Mo Hong, Michaël Nöe, Lodewijk A.A. Brosens, Martine Jongepier, G. Johan A. Offerhaus, Laura D. Wood via The Journal of Pathology
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The remarkable aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer has never been fully explained. Although clearly multifactorial, we postulate that venous invasion, a finding seen in most pancreatic cancers but not in most cancers of other organs, may be a significant, underappreciated, contributor to the aggressiveness of this disease.

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Cancer, Anatomy, Pathology

Cancer Cytopathology
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Clinical Anatomy
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CTO : Last 20 articles
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Pathology & Oncology Research
Sat Mar 09, 2019 02:00
  TRIM72 Immunohistochemical Expression Can Predict Relapse in Colorectal Carcinoma
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Large bowel adenocarcinoma is one of the most frequent human neoplasms and despite recent insights into the pathophysiology and molecular basis of this disease, mortality remains high in advanced and metastatic cases. Most guidelines recommend adjuvant chemotherapy for tumours involving lymph nodes, but not for patients with localized stage I or II disease. However, it is well known that approximately 20% of stage II colorectal carcinoma patients eventually recur, mainly with distant or peritoneal involvement and show bad prognosis. It would be important to predict which patients are at increased risk of recurrence to guide potential adjuvant therapy use in this controversial setting. In this sense, only microsatellite stability has been proposed as a predictive tool in some guidelines. The tripartite motif family protein 72 (TRIM72) is a ubiquitin ligase, involved in the cell membrane repair machinery and known to be associated to insulin resistance. Its potential role in colon cancer has recently been proposed. The aim of this study is to determine the potential predictive value of TRIM72 immunohistochemical expression in stage II colon carcinoma. We have retrospectively reviewed a series of 95 patients with stage II colon microsatellite stable carcinomas operated with a curative intent at a single large tertiary hospital in Madrid (Spain) between 2006 and 2012. None of the patients received adjuvant chemotherapy. We reviewed the histopathological slides and constructed a tissue microarray (TMA) of three representative areas to perform immunohistochemical staining for TRIM72. In our series 30 patients (31.7%) recurred after a median follow-up of 17.5 months. Lack of immunohistochemical expression of TRIM72 in the tumor was significantly and independently associated to recurrence. A recent report by Chen et al. has shown that TRIM72 can be measured in plasma for colon carcinoma detection as an alternative to CEA or CA19.9, with lower levels in patients with carcinoma. Our report is the first one to show that lower immunohistochemical expression of TRIM72 predicts recurrence in colon stage II carcinoma. We feel this predictive influence can be related to its crucial role as a central regulator in many signaling pathways (PI3K-AKT, ERK). As an ubiquitin ligase, the lack of TRIM72 could increase the levels of several potential oncogenic molecules and therefore lead to a more aggressive phenotype. It remains to be shown whether chemotherapy could change the clinical behaviour of this bad prognosis group. We propose TRIM72 immunohistochemical analysis as a potential tool to predict recurrence risk in stage II colon carcinoma patients. Our results should be confirmed in larger series, but could open the way to management strategies refinement in this early stage group of patients.

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Sat Mar 09, 2019 02:00
  Epstein-Barr Virus MicroRNAs in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
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Sat Mar 09, 2019 02:00
  Overexpression of Pyruvate Kinase M2 in Tumor Tissues Is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignant tumors, with a high degree of malignancy and a poor prognosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between expression of pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) and prognosis in patients with HCC. The expression levels of PKM2 and PKM1 in 86 cases of HCC were detected by immunohistochemistry. An H score was used to evaluate the expression of PKM, and all patients were further divided into PKM high-expression and PKM low-expression groups. The relationship between PKM2 expression and the clinicopathological parameters and prognosis of patients were subsequently analyzed. Our data suggested that the expression level of PKM2 was significantly higher in HCC tissues than in adjacent tissues and the negatively expression of PKM1 in HCC tissues. Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that PKM2 expression was strongly associated with survival in HCC patients (P = 0.001). The patients in the PKM2 high-expression group had significantly shorter survival times than the patients in the PKM2 low-expression group (hazard ratio for death, 2.358; 95% confidence interval [1.156, 4.812]; P = 0.018). In conclusion, these data indicate that PKM2 expression in HCC tissue samples can be used as a prognostic factor for patients with HCC and that high PKM2 expression is correlated with a poor prognosis in HCC patients.

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Thu Mar 07, 2019 02:00
  Real-World Data of the Correlation between EGFR Determination by Liquid Biopsy in Non-squamous Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) and the EGFR Profile in Tumor Biopsy
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EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has significant improved outcomes when treated with EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI). Thus, EGFR-mutational status should be assessed at diagnosis and in the course of treatment with TKI. However, tissue samples are not always evaluable, and molecular profiling has been increasingly performed in cell-free tumor DNA (ctDNA) from blood samples. Our objective is to evaluate the reliability of ctDNA profiling in plasma samples in a real-world setting. We retrospectively analyzed the patients diagnosed with non-squamous NSCLC from May 2016 to December 2017 at Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset who had been tested for EGFR mutations in tissue and plasma samples. Both samples were sent to an external laboratory to perform the analysis by the cobas® EGFR assay. Percentage of agreement and concordance were calculated by kappa statistic. Of 102 patients reviewed, 89 were eligible. The overall EGFR mutation frequency was 18.6% for the evaluable tissue samples and 19.6% for evaluable plasma samples. Mutation status concordance between matched samples was 87.4%. Cohen's kappa index (κ) = 0.6 (sensitivity 70.6%, specificity 91.7%, positive predictive value 66.7%, negative predictive value 93%). When concordance was stablished only in stage IV tumors κ = 0.7, suggesting a higher agreement in advanced disease. This real-world data suggest that plasma is a feasible sample for ctDNA EGFR mutation assessment. Results of ctDNA molecular profiling are reliable when using a validated technique such as the cobas® EGFR assay, especially in patients that cannot undergo a tissue biopsy.

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Wed Mar 06, 2019 02:00
  Relative and Absolute Expression Analysis of MicroRNAs Associated with Luminal A Breast Cancer– A Comparison
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MicroRNAs, as small non-coding regulatory RNAs, play crucial roles in various aspects of breast cancer biology. They have prognostic and diagnostic value, which makes them very interesting molecules to investigate. Reverse transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) is the gold standard method to analyse miRNA expression in breast cancer patients. This study investigated two RT-qPCR methods (absolute and relative) to determine the expression of ten miRNAs in whole blood samples obtained from luminal A breast cancer patients compared to healthy controls. Whole blood samples were collected from 38 luminal A breast cancer patients and 20 healthy controls in Paxgene blood RNA tubes. Total RNA was extracted and analysed by relative and absolute RT-qPCR. For relative RT-qPCR, miR-16 was used as an endogenous control. For absolute RT-qPCR, standard curves were generated using synthetic miRNA oligonucleotides to determine the absolute copy number of each miRNA. Of the ten miRNAs that were analysed, the absolute RT-qPCR method identified six miRNAs (miR-16, miR-145, miR-155, miR-451a, miR-21 and miR-486) that were upregulated and one miRNA (miR-195) that was downregulated. ROC curve and AUC analysis of the data found that the combination of three miRNAs (miR-145, miR-195 and miR-486) had the best diagnostic value for luminal A breast cancer with an AUC of 0.875, with 76% sensitivity and 81% specificity. On the other hand, the relative RT-qPCR method identified two miRNAs (miR-155 and miR-486) that were upregulated and miR-195, which was downregulated. Using this approach, the combination of three miRNAs (miR-155, miR-195 and miR-486) was showed to have an AUC of 0.657 with 65% sensitivity and 69% specificity. We conclude that miR-16 is not a suitable normalizer for the relative expression profiling of miRNAs in luminal A breast cancer patients. Compared to relative quantification, absolute quantification assay is a better method to determine the expression level of circulating miRNAs in Luminal A breast cancer.

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Blast phase of PV is often associated with a complex karyotype (CK) and bilineage dysplasia. We hypothesized that BM morphologic abnormalities detected in the Chronic phase (CP) can identify patients with an increased risk of developing blast phase (BP). We also compared cases of BP PV to a group of acute myeloid leukemia cases with JAK2 mutation (AML-JAK2mut).

 Ring sideroblasts in chronic phase of polycythemia vera identifies a subset of patients with an increased risk of progression to blast phase

Publication date: Available online 19 March 2019

Source: Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Author(s): Juliana E. Hidalgo-Lopez, Rashmi Kanagal-Shamanna, Steven Reyes, Chong Zhao, L. Jeffrey Medeiros, Carlos E. Bueso-Ramos

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Blast phase of PV is often associated with a complex karyotype (CK) and bilineage dysplasia. We hypothesized that BM morphologic abnormalities detected in the Chronic phase (CP) can identify patients with an increased risk of developing blast phase (BP). We also compared cases of BP PV to a group of acute myeloid leukemia cases with JAK2 mutation (AML-JAK2mut).

We collected morphological, cytogenetics (CG), and molecular information at the time of diagnosis and at time of diagnosis of BP. We evaluate the presence of splicing factor mutations at BP.

A total of 60/477 (12.5%) patients with diagnosis of BP of PV were identified, 17 of them had BM sample available during CP. Ten patients with PV CP were used as control group. We found that dyserythropoiesis during evolution were more frequent in patients who develop BP than in patients who remain in CP (13/17 vs. 3/10; P = .0402). Similarly, ring sideroblast (RS) increase during CP were more frequent in patients who develop BP (8/16 vs. 0/10. P = .0095). By ELN risk stratification for CG risk in BP all patients had adverse or intermediate risk; in AML-JAK2mut 2/11 patients (18%) had favorable as risk category. TP53 mutations were significantly more frequent in BP than in AML-JAK2mut (7/14 vs. 1/11, P = .0421). Mutation analysis for splicing factor at BP was performed on 13 patients. Only 2 patients with >15% RS had SRSF2 (2 patients) and SF3B1 (1 patient) mutations. The other patients were wild type.

Dyserythropoiesis and the acquisition of RS precede other markers of disease progression to BP. CK and TP53 mutation are more frequent in BP than in AML-JAK2mut. SF3B1 mutations are rare in BP.

Diagnostic Pathology

Clear cell carcinoma of testis: A review
Publication date: Available online 20 March 2019Source: Annals of Diagnostic PathologyAuthor(s): Michelle Lin, Hazel Awalt, Alberto G. Ayala, Jae Y. RoAbstractClear cell Mullerian-type adenocarcinoma of the testis is an exceedingly rare entity, and its histogenesis and clinical behavior are still poorly understood. We discuss three cases of clear cell carcinoma of the testis, compiled from a review of the literature and our personal experience. Microscopically, the tumors closely resembled clear...
Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Wed Mar 20, 2019 13:11
Ring sideroblasts in chronic phase of polycythemia vera identifies a subset of patients with an increased risk of progression to blast phase
Publication date: Available online 19 March 2019Source: Annals of Diagnostic PathologyAuthor(s): Juliana E. Hidalgo-Lopez, Rashmi Kanagal-Shamanna, Steven Reyes, Chong Zhao, L. Jeffrey Medeiros, Carlos E. Bueso-RamosAbstractBlast phase of PV is often associated with a complex karyotype (CK) and bilineage dysplasia. We hypothesized that BM morphologic abnormalities detected in the Chronic phase (CP) can identify patients with an increased risk of developing blast phase (BP). We also compared cases...
Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Wed Mar 20, 2019 13:11