Microscopic anthracotic pigment (MAP) is frequently observed in endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) specimen in non-small cell lung cancer, but its clinical interpretation is not well-known. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical implication of MAP in mediastinal staging of non-small cell lung cancer. From May 2010 to July 2011, consecutive p...

The mammary gland is a common site of neoplasms in the female cat. All the malignant tumors metastasize to a lesser or a greater extent through the lymphatic system. However, the anatomical knowledge of this system is not sufficiently well known in cats to develop a reasoned model for the extirpation of these glands in case of malignant tumors. A study of the lymph drainage in 50 female cats wa...

Aim: De Ritis ratio (aspartate transaminase/alanine transaminase) may be a useful prognostic biomarker for certain malignant tumors. However, the predictive value of before treatment in preoperative staging patients with breast cancer is unknown. This study aimed to evaluate benign and diseases investigate it cancer. 
 Methods: Retrospective analysis was made clinicopathological data 301 d...

ymphoid interstitial pneumonia (LIP) is one of a sedes of parenchymal pulmonary diseases discovered in the last few years. LIP has the histologic features of benign pseudolymphoma but it is more diffuse.' In LIP there is a predominance of mature lymphocytes in the interstitiurn of the lung which at times forms germinal centers. The process surrounds, but does not invade, structures normally pre...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to explore the diagnostic value of sonoelastography for the differentiation between benign and malignant superficial lymph nodes of the neck. In this respect the utility of an original scoring system was explored. MATERIAL AND METHOD Over a period of 30 months the patients examined routinely for the assessment of superficial lymph nodes of the neck were reco...

The term lymphoma is used to describe those primary malignant diseases of lymphoreticular tissue which usually arise in lymph nodes, the diagnosis being made by microscopic examination of biopsy material. The precise histological type is important and a simple classification on which treatment is based is shown in table I. Several diseases have been omitted, such as macroglobu-linaemia, because...

A novel glycoprotein (gp) expressed by stromal cells of peripheral lymphoid tissue has been characterized immunohistochemically, biochemically, and at the molecular level. This molecule, gp38, was identified with a monoclonal antibody (mAb) (clone 8.1.1) previously shown to react with a subpopulation of thymic epithelium. This mAb generated a reticular labeling pattern in medullary and paracort...

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is an extremely rare disease with a worldwide distribution and higher prevalence in Asians. It is a benign and self-limiting disorder, characterized by regional cervical lymphadenopathy accompanied with mild fever and night sweats. Lymph node histopathology is diagnostic and treating physicians should be aware of this entity as it may mimic other systemic diseases...