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Reflectance Confocal Microscopy for the Diagnosis of Eosinophilic Esophagitis: a Pilot Study Conducted on Biopsy Specimens
(Elsevier BV, 2011)
Background: Diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) currently requires endoscopic biopsy and histopathologic analysis of the biopsy specimens to count intraepithelial eosinophils. Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) ...
Gallbladder Lesions Identified on Ultrasound. Lessons from the Last 10 Years
(Springer Nature, 2011)
Background: Possible mass lesions identified on ultrasound (US) of the gallbladder may prompt an aggressive surgical intervention due to the possibility of a malignant neoplasm. Aim: This study aims to utilize a large ...
Clinical and pathological analysis of colonic Crohn's disease, including a subgroup with ulcerative colitis-like features
(Springer Nature, 2011)
Little is known regarding the clinical and, in particular, pathological manifestations of patients with isolated colonic Crohn's disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical and pathological features of ...
Lymph node metastasis from intestinal-type early gastric cancer: experience in a single institution and reassessment of the extended criteria for endoscopic submucosal dissection
(Elsevier BV, 2010)
BACKGROUND:
Given the increasing use of endoscopic resection as a therapeutic modality for cases of early gastric cancer (EGC), it is very important to define strict criteria for the use of endoscopic mucosal resection ...
The Rectal Tonsil: A Reactive Lymphoid Proliferation That May Mimic Lymphoma
(Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2008)
The rectal tonsil (RT), a localized reactive proliferation of lymphoid tissue occurring in the rectum, can cause diagnostic difficulty; and awareness of this entity can prevent a misdiagnosis of lymphoma. A clinicopathologic ...
Focally Enhanced Gastritis in Newly Diagnosed Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
(Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2013)
Although the significance of focally enhanced gastritis (FEG) as a marker of Crohn disease (CD) in adults has been contested, several studies suggest that it may be more specific of CD in pediatric patients. This study ...
The "Retinoic Acid Syndrome" in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
(American College of Physicians, 1992)
OBJECTIVE: To describe a novel complication of therapy with all-trans retinoic acid in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia. DESIGN: Case series. SETTING:
Comprehensive cancer center. PATIENTS: Consecutive patients ...
A Phase II Trial of Carboplatin in Patients with Advanced APUD Tumors
(Wiley-Blackwell, 1993)
Background. Chemotherapy remains inadequate for patients with carcinoid tumors, islet cell tumors, and medullary carcinomas of the thyroid. Carboplatin has shown activity in oat cell carcinoma of the lung, another tumor ...
Nativity, Complications, Pathology are Determinants of Surgical Results for Gastric Cancer
(American Cancer Society, 1994)
Background. About half the patients involved in the current study were born outside of the United States. Epidemiologic and histologic features and survival estimates were compared with persons born in the United States. ...
Differential Effects of Sorafenib on Liver Versus Tumor Fibrosis Mediated by Stromal-Derived Factor 1 alpha/C-X-C Receptor Type 4 Axis and Myeloid Differentiation Antigen-Positive Myeloid Cell Infiltration in Mice
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2014)
Sorafenib—a broad kinase inhibitor—is a standard therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and has been shown to exert antifibrotic effects in liver cirrhosis, a precursor of HCC. However, the effects of sorafenib ...