OBJECTIVE To identify Hodgkin's and Reed Sternberg like cells by a single Immunomarker (Ki-1; CD-30) and to highlight diagnostic specificity of these cells in Hodgkin's disease, as these cells are frequently encountered in other lymphoproliferative disorders on H&E sections. METHODOLOGY Seventy-nine histologically diagnosed cases of lymph node biopsies (59 cases of Hodgkin's disease, 15 cases...

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a rare, benign disorder that typically follows a self-limiting natural course and was initially described in young females of Asian descent. Its clinical presentation may mimic lymphoproliferative disorders, connective tissue disorders, and chronic infections. This often leads to misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment. The exact cause of this condition remain...

We report this case of a 33-year-old African American woman who presented to the clinic with preauricular and submandibular masses that she had noticed 6 weeks earlier. She gave a remote history of noticing bilateral cervical masses 3 years prior to this presentation that had not been investigated at the time and resolved spontaneously. Excisional biopsies of the cervical lymph nodes showed mor...

Kikuchi’s disease is usually a self limiting illness characterised by pyrexia, neutropenia, and cervical lymphadenopathy particularly in young women of Asian descent. This often leads to an initial misdiagnosis of lymphoma. A case of a young Asian woman who presented with pyrexia of unknown origin is described. (Postgrad Med J 2000;76:655–656)

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Cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis (CHP) was first described in 1980. It classically presents with intermittent recurrent episodes of pyrexia subcutaneous nodules, pancytopenia and liver dysfunction, but most patients have in addition a multitude of other manifestations which confuse the clinical picture. Despite the variable clinical course, the disease is often fatal. Diagnosis is based on h...

BACKGROUND We examined the role of aerosol transmission of influenza in an acute ward setting. METHODS We investigated a seasonal influenza A outbreak that occurred in our general medical ward (with open bay ward layout) in 2008. Clinical and epidemiological information was collected in real time during the outbreak. Spatiotemporal analysis was performed to estimate the infection risk among p...

The objective of this study was to determine risk factors associated with mortality in patients with nosocomial Escherichia coli bacteremia from January 2009 to January 2011. In a retrospective study the medical records of 88 patients over 18 years with nosocomial bacteremia caused by E. coli were analyzed. In univariate analysis several risk factors, including chronic renal failure, altered me...

Most cases of nosocomial bacteremia are catheter related, and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are the microorganisms most frequently associated with these infections. Subtle morphological differences are frequently found among CoNS colonies cultured from infected catheters. The aim of this study was to analyze the significance of the morphological heterogeneity observed in these CoNS po...