Maryam Kazemi Aghdam

Pediatric Pathology Research Center, Research Institute for Children Health , Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Creatinine Phosphokinase (CPK) Elevation in the Coexistence of Wilson's Disease and Autoimmune Hepatitis with Atypical Presentation: A Diagnostic Dilemma

Background: Wilson's disease (WD) is a genetic disorder with various clinical presentations due to excessive accumulation of copper in the liver and other organs. It can present as acute/chronic hepatitis, liver failure, extrahepatic and neuromuscular manifestations. Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a necroinflammatory disease of the liver, which affects a lot of people particularly the children p...

[ 2 ] - Correlation between Gleason scores in needle biopsy and corresponding radical prostatectomy specimens. A twelve-year review.

Background: Presence of discordance between the Gleason score on needle biopsy and the score of radical prostatectomy specimen is common and universal. In this study, we determined the accuracy of Gleason grading of biopsies in predicting histological grading of radical prostatectomy specimens and the degree of overgrading and undergrading of prostatic adenocarcinoma i...

[ 3 ] - ارتباط ویروسهای DNA دار و لانگرهانس سل هیستیوسیتوزیس در کودکان ایرانی

سابقه و هدف: لانگرهانس هیستیوسیتوزیس یک بیماری نادر می باشد که بافت های مختلفی را در گیر میکند. از آنجائیکه ویروسها بعنوان عوامل احتمالی ایجاد لانگرهانس سل هیستیوسیتوزیس مطرح شده اند. لذا این مطالعه به منظور بررسی ارتباط ویروسهای DNA دار و لانگرهانس سل هیستیوسیتوزیس در کودکان ایرانی انجام شد. مواد و روش ها: در این مطالعه مورد-شاهدی، بلوک های پارافینی 48 بیمار با تشخیص بالینی و میکروسکپی لانگرها...

[ 4 ] - Diagnostic Value of Calretinin and S100 Immunohistochemistry in Hirschsprung's Disease

Background Rectal biopsy and its histopathological study with hematoxylin and eosin (HE) is the gold standard for Hirschsprung's disease (HD) diagnosis. However, there are some limitations in the diagnosis of ganglion cells in HE approach. Recently, it was reported that the utility of Calretinin is a reliable ancillary immunohistochemistry (IHC) test for HD diagn...

[ 5 ] - Absence of Human Papillomavirus in Benign and Malignant Breast Tissue

Background & Objective: Malignant breast tumors, which are one of the most important deadly cancers in women, like many other cancers, are proposed to be related to viruses etiologically. Proper management of breast carcinoma necessitates an identification of the etiological factors. Human Papillomavirus is considered to have an etiological role in breast carcinoma. We...