SECOND QUARTER OF 2024

RAS Family Gene Mutations, Clinicopathological Features, and Spread Patterns of Inverted Urothelial Papilloma of the Bladder, The American Journal of Surgical Pathology: 2024 Apr 1;48(4):458-464. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000002171 FREE LINK https://journals.lww.com/ajsp/fulltext/2024/04000/ras_family_gene_mutations,_clinicopathological.9.aspx Keiichiro Kitahama, Yasuyuki Shigematsu, Gulanbar Amori, Emiko Sugawara , Junji Yonese, Junji Shibahara, Kengo Takeuchi, Kentaro Inamura Reviewer: Oleksandr Kravtsov, MD Précis The authors conducted … Continue reading SECOND QUARTER OF 2024 →

FIRST QUARTER of 2024

Hybrid Oncocytic Tumors (HOTs) in Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome Patients—A Tale of Two Cities: Sequencing Analysis Reveals Dual Lineage Markers Capturing the 2 Cellular Populations of HOT Wang, Xiao-Ming; Mannan, Rahul; Zhang, Yuping; More The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 48(2):163-173, February 2024. FREE LINK (expires 4/22/24) <a https://journals.lww.com/ajsp/fulltext/2024/02000/hybrid_oncocytic_tumors__hots__in_birt_hogg_dub_.5.aspx Précis The authors evaluated the expression of the … Continue reading FIRST QUARTER of 2024 →

FOURTH QUARTER OF 2023

Positive GPNMB Immunostaining Differentiates Renal Cell Carcinoma With Fibromyomatous Stroma Associated With TSC1/2/MTOR Alterations From Others. Authors: Huili Li, Pedram Argani, Eitan Halper-Stromberg, Tamara L Lotan, Maria J Merino, Victor E Reuter, Andres Matoso The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 47(11):1267-1273, November 2023. FREE LINK (expires 1/22/24) <a https://journals.lww.com/ajsp/fulltext/2023/11000/positive_gpnmb_immunostaining_differentiates_renal.8.aspx Précis The authors conducted a study … Continue reading FOURTH QUARTER OF 2023 →

THIRD QUARTER OF 2023

FREE LINK Renal Neoplasia Occurring in Patients With PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome : Clinicopathologic Study of 12 Renal Cell Carcinomas From 9 Patients and Association With Intrarenal “Lipomas” Authors: Kozman, Diana; Kao, Chia-Sui; Nguyen, Jane K.; Smith, Steven C.; Kehr, Elizabeth L.; Tretiakova, Maria; Przybycin, Christopher G.; Williamson, Sean R.; Argani, Pedram; Eng, Charis; Campbell, … Continue reading THIRD QUARTER OF 2023 →

SECOND QUARTER OF 2023

Inflammatory and Nested Testicular Sex Cord Tumor A Novel Neoplasm With Aggressive Clinical Behavior and Frequent EWSR1::ATF1 Gene Fusions FREE LINK https://journals.lww.com/ajsp/Abstract/2023/04000/Inflammatory_and_Nested_Testicular_Sex_Cord_Tumor_.10.aspx Acosta, Andres M. MD*; Bridge, Julia A. MD†,‡; Dal Cin, Paola S. PhD*; Sholl, Lynette M. MD*; Cornejo, Kristine M. MD§; Fletcher, Christopher D.M. MD*; Ulbright, Thomas M. MD∥ The American Journal of … Continue reading SECOND QUARTER OF 2023 →

FIRST QUARTER OF 2023

Fibromyxoid Nephrogenic Adenoma A Series of 43 Cases Reassessing Predisposing Conditions, Clinical Presentation, and Morphology JAN. 2023 FREE LINK https://journals.lww.com/ajsp/Fulltext/2023/01000/Fibromyxoid_Nephrogenic_Adenoma__A_Series_of_43.4.aspx Li, Lin MD, PhD*; Williamson, Sean R. MD†; Castillo, Rosa P. MD‡,§; Delma, Katiana S. HT*; Gonzalgo, Mark L. MD, PhD§,∥; Epstein, Jonathan I. MD¶,#,**; Kryvenko, Oleksandr N. MD*,§,∥,†† The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. … Continue reading FIRST QUARTER OF 2023 →

FOURTH QUARTER OF 2022

The Clinical Significance of Either Extraprostatic Extension or Microscopic Bladder Neck Invasion Alone Versus Both in Men With pT3a Prostate Cancer Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy: A Proposal for a New pT3a Subclassification Teramoto, Yuki; Numbere, Numbereye; Wang, Ying; More FREE LINK The Clinical Significance of Either Extraprostatic Extension or Microscopic Bladder Neck Invasion Alone Versus Both … Continue reading FOURTH QUARTER OF 2022 →

SECOND QUARTER OF 2022

NF2-mutated Renal Carcinomas Have Common Morphologic Features Which Overlap With Biphasic Hyalinizing Psammomatous Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Comprehensive Study of 14 Cases, The American Journal of Surgical Pathology: May 2022 – Volume 46 – Issue 5 – p 617-627 doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001846 Paintal, Ajit MD*; Tjota, Melissa Y. MD, PhD†; Wang, Peng MD, PhD†; Fitzpatrick, Carrie … Continue reading SECOND QUARTER OF 2022 →

FIRST QUARTER OF 2022

Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma With Microcystic Architecture Is Strongly Associated With Extrarenal Invasion and Metastatic Disease, The American Journal of Surgical Pathology: March 2022 – Volume 46 – Issue 3 – p 392-403 doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001802 FREE LINK https://journals.lww.com/ajsp/Fulltext/2022/03000/Papillary_Renal_Neoplasm_With_Reverse_Polarity_Is.5.aspx Chan, Emily MD*; Stohr, Bradley A. MD, PhD*; Butler, Robert S. MS†; Cox, Roni M. MD‡; Myles, … Continue reading FIRST QUARTER OF 2022 →

Fourth Quarter of 2021

ISUP Journal Club: Publications on genito-urinary pathology in the American Journal of Surgical Pathology between September and December 2021: Publication, selected for review: Intraductal Carcinoma of the Prostate Extreme Nuclear Size Is Not a Diagnostic Parameter https://journals.lww.com/ajsp/Fulltext/2021/11000/Intraductal_Carcinoma_of_the_Prostate__Extreme.9.aspx (link to pdf) Samaratunga, Hemamali MBBS, FRCPA*,†; Delahunt, Brett MD, FRCPA*,‡; Yaxley, John W. MBBS, FRACS†,§; Johannsen, Shulammite … Continue reading Fourth Quarter of 2021 →