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  2. Extraneural metastasis of central nervous system tumors is generally rare and most often reported in glioblastomas and medulloblastomas, whereas oligodendrogliomas seem to have the lowest risk of extracranial ...

    Authors: Nour Kurdi, Attila Mokánszki, Ingrid Balogh, Anikó Ujfalusi, Sándor Szabó, Gábor Méhes and Judit Bedekovics
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:103
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  3. Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma) are a group of diseases with marked heterogeneity, including clinical, immunohistochemical, and molecular heterogeneity. T...

    Authors: Xiang Huang, Jiafei Zeng, Yuqing Luo, Shuai Luo, Yao Li and Jinjing Wang
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:102
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  4. There is currently scarcity of information on small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the nasopharynx (SCNEC-nasopharynx). It is believed that this type of cancer is not associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)...

    Authors: Ying Chen, Ning Zhou, Caijun Huang, Xin He, Xiaodong Wang, Hao Tang, Wenyan Wang, Jiashuang Wang, Tao Li and Deyu Guo
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:101
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  5. Acinic cell carcinoma (AciCC) of the breast is a rare subtype of breast cancer. It was considered a low-grade triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) with the potential to progress or transform into a high-grade ...

    Authors: Yunjie Ge, Xianping Wei, Jing-Nan Liu, Ping-Li Sun and Hongwen Gao
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:100
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  6. Bone marrow fibrosis (BMF) severely impacts both the quality of life and the efficacy of diagnostic procedures. However, the correlation between BMF and clinicopathological features, cytogenetic changes, and p...

    Authors: Xiumei Hu, Xiangyang Dai, Xinmeng Guo, Xingran Jiang, Yunlong Li, Hongying Zhao, Jun Lu, Xue Li and Mulan Jin
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:99
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  7. Rhabdomyosarcomas are aggressive tumors that comprise a group of morphologically similar but biologically diverse lesions. Owing to its rarity, Mixed pattern RMS (ARMS and ERMS) constitutes a diagnostic and th...

    Authors: Nehal K.H. Kamel and Eiman Adel Hasby
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:98
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  8. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is widely used in the management of patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) but still has many limitations in clinical practice. We analyzed the correlation of new bio...

    Authors: Shikang Qiu, Qiannan Wang, Huihui Jiang and Limin Feng
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:97
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  9. Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is an uncommon clinical pathogen, especially in the central nervous system (CNS), and carries a poor prognosis. MAC infections commonly present as immune reconstitution diseas...

    Authors: Mengyan Wang, Yahui Cui, Jinchuan Shi and Jun Yan
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:96
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  11. Uterine sarcoma is a rare and heterogeneous gynecological malignancy characterized by aggressive progression and poor prognosis. The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between clinicopathologi...

    Authors: Jin-feng Wang, Chen Li, Jing-yi Yang, Yue-ling Wang and Jing Ji
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:94
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  12. Cutaneous metastasis (CM) accounts for 5–30% of patients with breast cancer (BC) and presents unfavorable response to treatment and poor prognosis. A better understanding of the molecular alterations involved ...

    Authors: Yan Xu, Li Ding, Chao Li, Bin Hua, Sha Wang, Junli Zhang, Cuicui Liu, Rongyun Guo and YongQiang Zhang
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:93
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  14. Chordoma, a rare malignant tumor arising from notochordal tissue, usually occurs along the spinal axis. Only a few published reports of primary lung chordomas exist. Herein, we present a case of primary lung c...

    Authors: Naoko Shigeta, Tetsuya Isaka, Kyoko Ono, Mio Tanaka, Tomoyuki Yokose, Hiroyuki Adachi, Wataru Usuba and Hiroyuki Ito
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:91
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  15. Cerebral echinococcosis is relatively rare, and it is important to distinguish cerebral cystic echinococcosis (CCE) from cerebral alveolar echinococcosis (CAE) in terms of pathological diagnosis. We aim to des...

    Authors: Wenmei Ma, Zhiping Ma, Yi Shi, Xuelian Pang, Maiweilidan Yimingjiang, Zhe Dang, Wenli Cui, Renyong Lin and Wei Zhang
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:90
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  16. Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (WM) is defined as a lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (LPL) involving the bone marrow (BM) with presence of IgM monoclonal protein, and comprises > 95% of all LPL cases. Rituximab-bas...

    Authors: Shojiro Ichimata, Yukiko Hata, Kazuhiro Nomoto, Tsutomu Sato and Naoki Nishida
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:89
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  17. HER2-targeted therapies have recently emerged as an option in the management of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) overexpressing HER2. However, data regarding HER2 status in primary CRC and its corresponding...

    Authors: Flavia D’Angelo, Franck Monnien, Alexis Overs, Irvin Pem, Fanny Dor, Marine Abad, Sophie Felix, Zohair Selmani, Zaher Lakkis, Christophe Borg, Alexandre Doussot, Fréderic Bibeau and Chloé Molimard
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:88
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  18. Pulmonary hamartomas are benign lung lesions. Histopathologically, pulmonary hamartoma is composed of varying amounts of mesenchymal elements, including chondroid tissue, mature adipose tissue, fibrous stroma,...

    Authors: Xiaoming Fan, Barry Breaux, Laura Leonards and Rusella Mirza
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:87
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  19. Follicular lymphoma (FL) is characterized by t(14;18)(q32;q21) involving the IGH and BCL2 genes. However, 10–15% of FLs lack the BCL2 rearrangement. These BCL2-rearrangement−negative FLs are clinically, pathologi...

    Authors: Sojung Lim, Jiwon Koh, Jeong Mo Bae, Hongseok Yun, Cheol Lee, Jin Ho Paik, Tae Min Kim and Yoon Kyung Jeon
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:86
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  20. Human pulmonary dirofilariasis (HPD) is rare in Hungary, and it stems from Dirofilaria immitis, mainly transmitted through mosquito bites, with dogs as primary hosts. Despite its prevalence in veterinary settings...

    Authors: Levente Kuthi, Tamás Zombori, László Tiszlavicz, Fanni Hegedűs, Szintia Almási, Bence Baráth, Mohammed Almakrami, Mohammad Jamal EJ, Nikolett Barta, Zsuzsanna Ujfaludi, Tibor Pankotai, Adrienn Hajdu, József Furák and Anita Sejben
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:85
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  21. Psoriasis is a disease of overactive immune system. OVOL1 and Filaggrin have been associated with many inflammatory skin lesions. To the best of our knowledge, the correlation between OVOL1 and Filaggrin in ps...

    Authors: Aiat Shaban Hemida, Mostafa Ahmed Hammam, Aya Ahmed Swilam and Wafaa Ahmed Shehata
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:84
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  22. Catenin (Cadherin-Associated Protein), Beta 1 (CTNNB1) genomic alterations are rare in prostate cancer (PCa). Gain-of-function mutations lead to overexpression of β-catenin, with consequent hyperactivation of the...

    Authors: Dilara Akhoundova, Stefanie Fischer, Joanna Triscott, Marika Lehner, Phillip Thienger, Sina Maletti, Muriel Jacquet, Dinda S.H. Lubis, Lukas Bubendorf, Wolfram Jochum and Mark A. Rubin
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:83
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  23. Ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC), well known for its chemoresistance to platinum-based chemotherapy, exhibited a good response in clinical trials of anti–PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors. By assessing PD-L1 expression...

    Authors: Yike Gao, Boju Pan, Hongbao Jia, Yang Zhang, Shu Wang, Yuming Wang, Sumei Zhang, Mei Li, Anqi Wang, Xiaoxi Wang, Kun Zhao, Zixin Zhang, Jian Sun, Dan Guo and Zhiyong Liang
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:82
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  24. Neuroendocrine carcinoma arising from the urachus is extremely rare. We describe a case of a 33-year-old gentleman who presented with hematuria and diagnosed to have a composite adenocarcinoma and small cell n...

    Authors: Sarah Obiedat, Khaled Murshed, Lajos Szabados, Khaled Al Rumaihi and Issam Al Bozom
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:81
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  25. Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (IPEH) represents an uncommon reactive endothelial hyperplastic proliferation. A 46-year-old man experienced increased volume in the right maxilla, elevation of...

    Authors: Mateus José Dutra, Ana Lia Anbinder, Christyan Moretti Pereira, Beatriz Afonso Chiliti, André Caroli Rocha and Estela Kaminagakura
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:80
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  26. Osteosarcoma is a bone tumor that is characterized by high malignancy and a high mortality rate, and that originates from primitive osteoblastic mesenchymal cells and is most common in rapidly growing long bon...

    Authors: Jiabin Lai, Weike Kong, Qiangchang Fu, Zhaochang Jiang, Bohao Sun, Xin Ye, Jing Kong, Shumei Wei and Lifeng Jiang
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:79
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  27. Inflammatory rhabdomyoblastic tumors are relatively recently recognized soft tissue tumors with a low malignant potential. Here, we present a case of concurrent inflammatory rhabdomyoblastic tumor (IRMT), adre...

    Authors: Otto Jokelainen, Heidi Myllykangas, Katri Rajala, Jarkko Marttila and Reijo Sironen
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:78
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  29. CIC-rearranged sarcomas (CRS) represent a new entity of undifferentiated small round cell sarcoma belonging to the Ewing-like sarcomas family. CRS are the most common type. Fusion partners for the CIC gene includ...

    Authors: Lina Zhao, Huihua He, Jiacai Ren, Yabing Huang, Honglin Yan and Jingping Yuan
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:76
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  30. Tumor grade determines prognosis in urothelial carcinoma. The classification of low and high grade is based on nuclear morphological features that include nuclear size, hyperchromasia and pleomorphism. These f...

    Authors: Ibrahim Fahoum, Shlomo Tsuriel, Daniel Rattner, Ariel Greenberg, Asia Zubkov, Rabab Naamneh, Orli Greenberg, Valentina Zemser-Werner, Gilad Gitstein, Rami Hagege and Dov Hershkovitz
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:75
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  31. Polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome is a rare plasma cell (PC) neoplasm with associated paraneoplastic syndrome. According to the current diagnostic crite...

    Authors: Han-Yue Xue, Lin Zhou, Qin-Zhao Yuan, Yang Zhang, Yi-Qun Hao, Shao-Wei Chen, Hong-Kun Wang and Fang Wei
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:74
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  33. Primary testicular lymphoma (PTL) is relatively rare. The contralateral testis is a common site of PTL relapse; therefore, once complete remission is achieved, radiation therapy (RT) is administered to the con...

    Authors: Naoya Ishibashi, Yoko Nakanishi, Toshiya Maebayashi, Katsuhiro Miura, Sumie Ohni, Shinobu Masuda, Yasuo Amano and Masahiro Okada
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:72
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  34. Current diagnostic criteria of adrenocortical neoplasms are mostly based on morphology. The utility of immunohistochemistry (IHC) and histochemistry is limited.

    Authors: Wenting Gan, Xue Han, Yuxi Gong, Yefan Yang, Cong Wang and Zhihong Zhang
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:71
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  35. IDH1 and IDH2 mutational status is a critical biomarker with diagnostic, prognostic, and treatment implications in glioma. Although IDH1 p.R132H-specific immunohistochemistry is available, it is unable to identif...

    Authors: James P. Solomon, Carlos Munoz-Zuluaga, Cheyanne Slocum, Alicia Dillard, Lin Cong, Jiajing Wang, Neal Lindeman, Michael Kluk, Benjamin Liechty, David Pisapia, Hanna Rennert and Priya D. Velu
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:70
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  37. Primary malignant hepatic vascular tumors with various malignant potentials include epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) and angiosarcoma (AS), which may overlap pathologically. This study aimed to compare t...

    Authors: Youngeun Yoo, Jinho Shin, Eunsung Jun, Eun-Young Koh, Hwa Jeong Shin and Hyo Jeong Kang
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:68
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  38. Prostate cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death and the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among men in Uganda and most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The TMPRSS2-ERG fusion gene is the...

    Authors: Yekosani Mitala, Brian Ssenkumba, Abraham Birungi, Ritah Kiconco, Marvin Mwesigwa Mutakooha and Raymond Atwine
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:67
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  39. TFEB/6p21/VEGFA-amplified renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is rare and difficult to diagnose, with diverse histological patterns and immunohistochemical and poorly defined molecular genetic characteristics.

    Authors: Ruiqi Zhang, Meili Ding, Xingyao Zhu, Xiang Li, Qi Hu, Lin Tao, Wenhao Hu and Hong Zou
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:66
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  40. MEIS1::NCOA2 is a rare fusion gene that has been recently described in a subset of spindle cell rhabdomyosarcomas and multiple low-grade undifferentiated spindle cell sarcomas predominantly arising in the genitou...

    Authors: Zachary Coty-Fattal, Bianca Carter, Michael J. Volek and Farres Obeidin
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:65
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  41. A rare case of neuroendocrine cell tumor (NET) having both conventional and mucinous components was reported. Mucinous NET is rarely encountered in the pathological diagnosis of gastrointestinal (GI) tumors. H...

    Authors: Tamotus Sugai, Noriyuki Uesugi, Masamichi Suzuki, Nobuyasu Suzuki, Michitaka Honda, Tsuyoshi Abe and Naoki Yanagawa
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:64
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  42. Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the dorsum of the tongue is extremely rare, and it clinically resembles various benign lesions. Somatic mutations in TP53 and some driver genes were implicated in the development ...

    Authors: Sawako Ono, Katsutoshi Hirose, Shintaro Sukegawa, Kyoichi Obata, Masanori Masui, Kazuaki Hasegawa, Ai Fujimura, Katsumitsu Shimada, Satoko Nakamura, Akari Teramoto, Yumiko Hori, Eiichi Morii, Daisuke Motooka, Takuro Igawa, Takehiro Tanaka, Hitoshi Nagatsuka…
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:63
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  43. Alveolar soft part sarcoma is a rare tumour of soft tissues, mostly localized in muscles or deep soft tissues of the extremities. In rare occasions, this tumour develops in deep tissues of the abdomen or pelvis.

    Authors: René Guérin, Anne-Lise Menard, Emilie Angot, Nicolas Piton, Pierre Vera, Lilian Schwarz, Jean-Christophe Sabourin, Marick Laé and Pierre-Alain Thiébaut
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:62
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  44. EBUS-TBNA has emerged as an important minimally invasive procedure for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of different specimen preparation from aspirates on the...

    Authors: Hansheng Wang, Jiankun Wang, Yan Liu, Yunyun Wang, Yanhui Zhou, Dan Yu, Hui You, Tao Ren, Yijun Tang and Meifang Wang
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:61
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  45. MNDA (myeloid nuclear differentiation antigen) has been considered as a potential diagnostic marker for marginal zone lymphoma (MZL), but its utility in distinguishing MZL from other B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphom...

    Authors: Li-Fen Zhang, Yan Zhang, Rou-Hong Shui, Hong-Fen Lu, Wen-Hua Jiang, Xu Cai, Xiao-Qiu Li and Bao-Hua Yu
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:60
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  46. PEComa is a mesenchymal tumor that can occur in various organs including the uterus and soft tissues. PEComas are composed of perivascular epithelioid cells, and angiomyolipoma (AML), clear cell sugar tumor (C...

    Authors: Hikaru Tsukita, Kei Koyama, Takahiro Ishinari, Ayana Takahashi, Ken Miyabe, Michinobu Umakoshi, Makoto Yoshida, Yukitsugu Kudo-Asabe, Akiko Nishida, Naohiko Otsuka, Ouki Yasui, Ikuma Kato, Noriyoshi Fukushima and Akiteru Goto
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:59
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  47. Crizotinib, an oral first-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), is superior to systemic chemotherapy for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with positive rearrangement of anaplastic lymp...

    Authors: Peng Zhang, JiaHua Xu, Qing Wu, Jianxin Qian and Song Wang
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:58
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  48. Cementoblastoma is a rare odontogenic tumor characterized by the formation of osteocementum-like tissue on a tooth root directly by neoplastic cementoblasts. Although it is categorized as benign, it has a high...

    Authors: Kaori Oya, Akinori Takeshita, Kanta Wakamori, Misa Song, Hayato Kimura, Katsutoshi Hirose, Hiroaki Shimamoto, Sunao Sato, Kazuhide Matsunaga, Narikazu Uzawa and Satoru Toyosawa
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:57
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  50. Colorectal cancer (CRC) frequently involves mutations in the KRAS gene, impacting therapeutic strategies and prognosis. The occurrence of KRAS mutations typically precludes the presence of RET fusions, with curre...

    Authors: Tillmann Bedau, Carina Heydt, Udo Siebolts, Thomas Zander, Max Kraemer, Heike Loeser, Reinhard Buettner and Alexander Quaas
    Citation: Diagnostic Pathology 2024 19:55
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