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Non-neoplastic Lesions of the Appendix
The vermiform appendix is often regarded as a rudimentary or vestigial organ in human beings. This view has been challenged time and again, and contrary to earlier considerations, its role in immunological su...
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Diagnostic Special Stains, Immunohistochemical Markers, and Special Techniques Used in Gastrointestinal Tract Pathology
The gastrointestinal pathology laboratory services involve an appreciable amount of workload predominantly comprising of luminal endoscopic biopsies and resection specimens. Along with samples soliciting histo...
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Benign Diseases of the Stomach
Inflammatory diseases of the stomach cover a broad spectrum of diseases ranging from erosions and hemorrhagic gastritis to the potential precursor lesions of gastric neoplasia. Among these, the predominant foc...
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Molecular Classifications of Gastrointestinal Tract Tumors
Gastrointestinal malignancies are increasing in most parts of the world. Gradually the distinctions of incidence and demography of these malignancies between the western world and Asian countries are becoming ...
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Pathology of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Its Mimickers, Immunodeficiency and Vascular Gastrointestinal Lesions, and Drug-Induced Bowel Pathologies
This chapter describes important acute and chronic inflammatory lesions of the intestine, along with immunodeficiency diseases and vascular and drug-induced lesions of the bowel. This chapter highlights the ep...
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Setting Up and Management of an Ideal GI Pathology Laboratory with Emphasis on Hospital Information System
The setup of a gastrointestinal (GI) pathology laboratory focuses on building the infrastructure, procurement, delivery of services through trained technical experts, efficient communication with the clinical ...
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Article
Meningeal osteochondroma simulating meningioma with metaplastic change: a rare golf-ball-like lesion of non-meningothelial mesenchymal origin
Non-meningothelial mesenchymal tumors of the central nervous system (CNS), including those originating from the meninges, histologically correspond to tumors of soft tissue or bone. These individual entities a...
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Medulloblastoma with focal divergent/teratoid differentiation
Medulloblastomas with myogenic differentiation, previously termed medullomyoblastomas, form rare variants of medulloblastomas. Occasional tumors showing combined myogenic differentiation and melanotic tubular ...
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Gliosarcoma with osseous tissue: an occasional metaplastic component
Glioosarcomas represent a rare entity of intrinsic CNS neoplasms consisting of glial and sarcomatous elements; they account for 2 % of glioblastomas. There have been few reports of metaplastic osseous transfor...