the clinical and histological feature of 52 years old woman with erythema induratum are discribed the characteristic cutaneous lesions on the legs of middle-aged woman were violaceous, indurated nodules, 1 to 2 cm in diameter which were painful, occasionally ulcerated and could heal with scarring. the diagnosis was confirmed by a strongly positive tuberculin test, histologic feature and by clea...

Executive Summary Objectives Participants Evidence Validation Key Messages Introduction Rationale for a Change in the Approach to Classification of Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias Development of a New Classification of Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia Current Classification of IIP New ATS/ERS Classification Principles Guiding the Assessment of Patients with Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia...

Background: Melanoma is a malignant neoplasia that shows high mortality when diagnosed in advanced stages. Early identification of high-risk patients for the development of melanoma metastases is the main strategy to reduce mortality. oBjective: To assess the influence of eight epidemiological and histopathologic features on the development of metastases in patients diagnosed with primary cutan...

Executive Summary Objectives Participants Evidence Validation Key Messages Introduction Rationale for a Change in the Approach to Classification of Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias Development of a New Classification of Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia Current Classification of IIP New ATS/ERS Classification Principles Guiding the Assessment of Patients with Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To establish a histologic diagnosis of pneumonia by consensus of a panel of pathologists, to test the interobserver and intraobserver variation in the histologic diagnosis of pneumonia, to compare the diagnostic accuracy of diagnosing pneumonia with and without preselected histologic criteria, and to establish more specific histologic criteria for the diagnosis of pneumonia. M...

PURPOSE Mandibular condylar hyperplasia (CH) is a rare entity that causes overdevelopment of the mandible, creating functional and esthetic problems. The aim of this article was to describe demographic and clinical characteristics of CH, analyze histopathologic features and their association with scintigraphic and clinical findings, and evaluate esthetic and functional results after treatment b...

background and objectives: breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women in the world. the aim of this study was to assess estrogen receptor (er), progesterone receptor (pr) and her-2/neu of infiltrating ductal carcinoma (idc) with tumor size, histologic grade, lymph node metastasis and age. methods: this study was carried out on 300 tissue blocks ofpatients with idc who underwent mas...