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