Primary cardiac synovial sarcoma is an extremely rare entity. The clinical and pathologic characteristics are still poorly understood, and prognostic factors influencing overall survival are still unknown. In the present study, all characteristics of reported patients, including sex, age, clinical presentations, laboratory tests, electrocardiogram, imaging findings, pathology, location, therapy...

BACKGROUND The 2004 World Health Organization classification introduced atypical pituitary adenoma (aPA), which was equivocally defined as invasion with increased mitotic activity that had a Ki-67 labeling index (LI) greater than 3%, and extensive p53 immunoreactivity. However, aPAs that exhibit all of these features are rare and the predictive value for recurrence in pituitary adenomas (PAs) r...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Studies of patients with benign pathologic lesions who underwent laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) with preoperative suspicion of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma are lacking. The aim of this retrospective cross-sectional study was to evaluate the incidence of benign pathologic lesions on laparoscopic RNU for upper urinary tract tumors that are pres...

We reviewed clinical and pathologic characteristics of 18 cases of malignant histiocytosis including 2 autopsy cases with special interest on their immunohistochemical characteristics. We report 3 cases of unusual immunohistochemical finding and postulate these cases may be a supportive evidence of the view that dendritic cells share common precursor with those of mononuclear phagocytic system....

In this paper, we present recent developments in the characterizat ion of healthy and pathologic cries of newborns. We have identified and quantified acoustic characteristics that appear the most relevant in differentiating between pathological and healthy cries; such as fundamental frequency (F0), irregularity of F0 and presence of hyper-phonic modes. The results obtained are very encouraging,...

eorge M. Peavy niversity of California, Irvine eckman Laser Institute 002 Health Sciences Road Abstract. An estimated 1.3 million people in the United States suffer from rheumatoid arthritis RA . RA causes profound changes in the synovial membrane of joints, and without early diagnosis and intervention, progresses to permanent alterations in joint structure and function. The purpose of this stu...