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A Resected Primary Angiosarcoma of the Pancreas Presenting Aggressive Metastatic Liver Recurrence with Uncontrollable Intra-abdominal Bleeding: a Case Report
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Open AccessEndogenous reference RNAs for microRNA quantitation in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded lymph node tissue
Lymph node metastasis is one of the most important factors for tumor dissemination. Quantifying microRNA (miRNA) expression using real-time PCR in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) lymph node can provid...
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Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma originating from the chest wall with rib metastases
An asymptomatic 39-year-old woman was referred to us for an abnormal nodular opacity detected on the chest X-ray. Histopathological and further examinations revealed findings consistent with epithelioid heman...
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Open AccessLaminin-5 is a biomarker of invasiveness in cervical adenocarcinoma
Glandular lesions are often problematic for diagnostic cervical pathology. The survival of patients with adenocarcinoma is significantly poorer than that of patient with squamous cell carcinoma. One reason for...
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Expression of the GA733 gene family and its relationship to prognosis in pulmonary adenocarcinoma
The GA733 gene family is composed of GA733-1 (TROP2) and GA733-2 (Ep-CAM), whose expression has been examined in various carcinomas and reported to be significantly associated with prognosis. The aim of this s...
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Overexpression of Dickkopf 3 in hepatoblastomas and hepatocellular carcinomas
Dickkopf 3 (Dkk3) is a protein expressed at a very early stage of hepatogenesis. In this study, we examined whether Dkk3 was related to a premature or dedifferentiated nature in hepatoblastomas (HBLs) and hepa...
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Establishment of hepatic stem-like cell lines from normal adult porcine liver in a poly-D-lysine-coated dish with nair-1 medium
The existence, origin, and bipotency of the hepatic stem cell (HeSC) have been investigated. However, the isolation and culture of HeSCs from adult liver tissue is not yet well established, and the mechanism b...
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Esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis (diffuse type)
superinfection, but no evidence of neoplasm. Cellular local immune reactions, as a consequence of chronic inflammation, and possibly abnormal motor activity in the narrowed esophagus, may explain the etiologi...
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Transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF α)-producing gastric carcinoma with acanthosis nigricans: An endocrine effect of TGF α in the pathogenesis of cutaneous paraneoplastic syndrome and epithelial hyperplasia of the esophagus
A case of well-differentiated adenocarcinoma (Borrmann type 3) of the stomach in a 76-year-old man associated with the typical skin manifestations of acanthosis nigricans and with multiple protruding lesions s...
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A pathological and immunohistological case report of fatal infectious mononucleosis, Epstein-Barr virus infection, demonstrated by in situ and Southern blot hybridization
We present an autopsy case of 20-month-old boy who had a fulminant course of infectious mononucleosis, with severe hepatic failure. Autopsy revealed marked infiltration of immunoblasts in the lymph nodes, live...
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Expression of MHC class II antigens in human lung cancer cells
Surgical specimens of lung cancers were examined immunopathologically for the expression of major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) antigens in the tumor cells and their relationship to the lymphocy...
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Pulmonary blastoma with a topographic transition from blastic to more differentiated areas
In order to investigate the probable embryonic nature of pulmonary blastoma, immunohistochemical studies were performed using stage-specific embryonic antigens (Ley, Lex, sialyl Lex-i) in a case of pulmonary blas...
