Ultrastructural Pathology with Related Surgical and Molecular Pathology

Surgical and molecular pathology of pancreatic neoplasms

BACKGROUND Histologic characteristics have proven to be very useful for classifying different types of tumors of the pancreas. As a result, the major tumor types in the pancreas have long been classified based on their microscopic appearance. MAIN BODY Recent advances in whole exome sequencing, gene expression profiling, and knowledge of tumorigenic pathways have deepened our understanding of...

Surgical and Molecular Pathology of Barrett Esophagus.

BACKGROUND Patients with Barrett esophagus (BE) are predisposed to developing dysplasia and cancer. Adenocarcinoma, which is associated with BE, is the most common type of esophageal tumor and, typically, it has an aggressive clinical course and a high rate of mortality. METHODS The English-language literature relating to tumor epidemiology, etiology, and the pathogenesis of BE was reviewed a...

Surgical Pathology

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Surgical Pathology

Ultrastructural pathology of melanomalytic glaucoma.

A patient presented with a heavily pigmented ciliary body tumour accompanied by diffuse pigmentation of the iris and chamber angle and secondary open angle glaucoma. The case was diagnosed clinically as malignant melanoma and melanomalytic glaucoma, and the eye was enucleated. Routine histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and ultrastructural studies revealed the tumour as being of the spindle c...