{"title":"An Approach to the Bone Marrow Workup and Diagnosis of Eosinophilia and Mast Cell Disorders.","authors":"Kaaren K Reichard, Tracy I George, Daniel A Arber","doi":"10.1097/PAP.0000000000000486","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PAP.0000000000000486","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The approach to eosinophilia and mast cell disorders in the bone marrow is diverse and depends on multiple factors including access to ancillary testing, resources to support testing, type of practice setting (eg, community, remote, tertiary care center or specialized referral center for these disorders) and whether there are options for clinical trial enrollment. That said, while there are some basic principles to the workup that we can all likely agree upon, individual practice habits will need to be tailored to suit an individual setting. As such, the approach presented in this manuscript is meant to serve as a practical guide and not as dogma per se. Importantly, an in-depth discussion of individual diseases and International Consensus Classification diagnostic criteria will not be covered, as the main focus of this article is the approach to these disorders. The reader is referred to a comprehensive discussion of these diseases and diagnostic criteria in several excellent articles. While there are clear areas of overlap between eosinophilia and mast cell conditions (eg, systemic mastocytosis associated with eosinophilia, myeloid neoplasm with eosinophilia, and tyrosine kinase rearrangements), it is the authors' opinion that it is perhaps easier to navigate these entities separately (eg, eosinophilia as one broad topic and mast cell conditions as another) and to recognize the settings in which overlap may exist and what testing might be considered. Eosinophilia and mast cell conditions will be discussed separately supplemented by generous use of figures and tables to highlight key points.</p>","PeriodicalId":7305,"journal":{"name":"Advances In Anatomic Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"259-271"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143717682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current Concepts in Histiocytic Neoplasms.","authors":"Neval Ozkaya, Elaine S Jaffe","doi":"10.1097/PAP.0000000000000499","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PAP.0000000000000499","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Histiocytic neoplasms are a diverse group of disorders arising from macrophages, dendritic cells, and monocytes of the mononuclear phagocyte system. These neoplasms encompass a clinical spectrum from indolent, self-limited, and localized conditions to highly aggressive malignancies. Since the publication of the Revised Fourth Edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) classification, advances in molecular diagnostics have improved our understanding of the pathogenesis and classification of these disorders. In contrast to the Revised Fourth Edition, the International Consensus Classification (ICC) now recognizes Rosai-Dorfman-Destombes disease as a neoplastic disorder and introduces ALK-positive histiocytosis as a distinct entity. This manuscript reviews the current concepts regarding histiocytic neoplasms, focusing on the diagnostic criteria recommended by the ICC based on histopathology, immunophenotype, molecular alterations, as well as clinical and imaging characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":7305,"journal":{"name":"Advances In Anatomic Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"272-283"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143962453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Classification of Hematopoietic Neoplasms: The Why, How, and Who?","authors":"Daniel A Arber, James R Cook","doi":"10.1097/PAP.0000000000000503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PAP.0000000000000503","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7305,"journal":{"name":"Advances In Anatomic Pathology","volume":"32 4","pages":"257-258"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144232860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diagnostic Approach to Myeloproliferative Neoplasms and Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms.","authors":"Sonam Prakash, Attilio Orazi","doi":"10.1097/PAP.0000000000000493","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PAP.0000000000000493","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The International Consensus Classification (ICC) updated in 2022 the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of hematopoietic tumors (2016 revision of the 4th edition WHO classification). Although the major categories of myeloid neoplasms remained unchanged from the prior WHO classification, many disease entities including those in the myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) and myelodysplastic syndrome/myeloproliferative neoplasm (MDS/MPN) categories underwent updates. For all these disease subtypes, a careful integration of clinicopathologic findings and molecular data led to improved diagnostic definitions. Although the classification of MPNs received only minor changes, these included a simpler definition of accelerated phase of chronic myeloid leukemia. For the MDS/MPN group, in addition to the presence of one or more increased peripheral blood cell counts as evidence of myeloproliferative features, concomitant cytopenia as evidence of ineffective hematopoiesis is now an explicit diagnostic requirement for all the entities included in this category. The presence of specific mutations in the appropriate clinicopathologic context is now included in the diagnostic criteria for some of the MPN and MDS/MPN entities. This review aims to briefly discuss the diagnostic approach to MPNs and MDS/MPNs according to the ICC.</p>","PeriodicalId":7305,"journal":{"name":"Advances In Anatomic Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"284-298"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143955791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Diagnostic Spectrum of Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Acute Myeloid Leukemia.","authors":"Daniel A Arber, Attilio Orazi","doi":"10.1097/PAP.0000000000000485","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PAP.0000000000000485","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The International Consensus Classification (ICC) of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) expands on the work of prior classifications to refine the diagnostic criteria for MDS and AML and to identify specific genetic disease subtypes. This review summarizes the approach to the diagnosis of MDS and AML from the ICC perspective. For MDS, the significance of detecting mutations in SF3B1 , usually associated with ring sideroblasts, as well as the poor prognosis of mutations of TP53 are now included. For AML, new genetic categories are included, and the classification now incorporates additional clinically significant gene mutations by recognizing AML with TP53 mutation and AML with mutations in genes associated with prior therapy or MDS. Finally, the new category of MDS/AML is introduced for adult patients without recurrent de novo genetic abnormalities with 10% to 19% peripheral blood or bone marrow blasts that allow for more treatment flexibility based on clinical findings. While the increase in genetic categories and changes in blast cell requirements can be confusing, a stepwise approach is provided to allow easy use of the classification.</p>","PeriodicalId":7305,"journal":{"name":"Advances In Anatomic Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"299-306"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143078323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Lung: In Search for a Better Definition.","authors":"David Suster, Saul Suster","doi":"10.1097/PAP.0000000000000504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PAP.0000000000000504","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pulmonary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) represents a controversial entity that has been associated with difficulties for diagnosis. The sources for these difficulties are multiple, including lack of stringent morphologic criteria, variable immunohistochemical profile, and variable molecular profile that share overlap with other tumors of the lung. There appears to exist a spectrum of lesions in the lung that have the potential to overlap with LCNEC, compounding the difficulties inherent in making a diagnosis for what is essentially a rare lesion that most general pathologists have limited experience with. Moreover, the broad definition of LCNEC by the World Health Organization (WHO) has the potential for classifying tumors that may not clearly belong in this group under this category. Herein we will discuss the criteria for light microscopic, immunohistochemical, and molecular diagnostic features of LCNEC along with a discussion of some of the problems encountered in the interpretation of these tumors. The differential diagnosis is also discussed, including tumors that may show similar neuroendocrine-like morphology.</p>","PeriodicalId":7305,"journal":{"name":"Advances In Anatomic Pathology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144493396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Molecular Advances in Cholestatic Liver Diseases.","authors":"Raima Memon, Romil Saxena","doi":"10.1097/PAP.0000000000000502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PAP.0000000000000502","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The list of genetically defined causes of cholestatic liver diseases continues to expand; it currently includes mutations affecting bile acid synthesis, basolateral and apical membrane transporters, bile duct development, canalicular tight junctions, and bile acid conjugation, among others. The most frequently identified mutations in large multi-institutional studies of cholestasis occur in JAG1, ATP8B1, ABCB11, ABCB4, SERPINA1, and CFTR. Mutations in JAG1, SERPINA1, and CFTR cause Alagille syndrome, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and cystic fibrosis, respectively. Mutations in ATP8B1, ABCB11, and ABCB4 cause a spectrum of diseases that range from the episodic, nonprogressive benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis and intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy to the severe and rapidly progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis. These cholestatic disorders present a wide range of symptoms and overlapping clinical features. However, in contemporary practice, diagnosis is often easily and rapidly established by clinically available comprehensive gene panels. In addition to diagnosis, these panels also aid in the discovery of novel genes or variants as potential causes of cholestasis. Genetic mutations may also be responsible for drug-induced cholestasis, as the liver plays a vital role in metabolism of drugs and xenobiotics. Uptake into hepatocytes and elimination into the bloodstream or bile of drugs and xenobiotics involve transporters across the basolateral and apical hepatocellular membranes, respectively. Therefore, mutations in any of the transporters lead to impaired metabolism and/or elimination of these substances. Furthermore, a large number of drugs and xenobiotics have a transcriptional or functional inhibitory effect on transporters such as BSEP and MDR3, setting the stage for the all-too-common drug-induced cholestasis.</p>","PeriodicalId":7305,"journal":{"name":"Advances In Anatomic Pathology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144315753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MITF Pathway-Activated Cutaneous Neoplasms.","authors":"Michael Michal, Steven D Billings, Thomas Brenn","doi":"10.1097/PAP.0000000000000496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PAP.0000000000000496","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Over the past few years, several fusion genes have been reported in dermal-based tumors, resulting in the activation of the microphthalmia (MITF) signalling pathway and a melanocytic phenotype by immunohistochemistry. The best-studied example of these tumors is clear cell sarcoma, which rarely may present as a primary dermal tumor. These tumors are characterized by EWSR1 gene rearrangements, typically with ATF1 and less commonly CREB1. More recently reported cutaneous tumors show gene fusions involving CRTC1::TRIM11, ACTIN::MITF, MITF::CREM, and MED15::ATF1. While the entities in this tumor group share many features, they show subtle distinguishing features, including clinical presentation, histopathologic features, immunophenotype, and outcome. The following overview provides a detailed discussion of these rare tumors with emphasis on differentiating features and differential diagnosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":7305,"journal":{"name":"Advances In Anatomic Pathology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144092325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Updated Classification of Cutaneous Lymphoma.","authors":"John R Goodlad","doi":"10.1097/PAP.0000000000000487","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PAP.0000000000000487","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The International Consensus Classification (ICC) of myeloid and lymphoid neoplasms follows the precedent set in the Revised European-American lymphoma classification for modern lymphoma classifications by defining specific diseases on the basis of all the available morphologic, immunophenotypic, genetic, and clinical findings. Primary cutaneous lymphomas exhibit a broad range of clinical behavior ranging from lesions which spontaneously regress to those which run an aggressive, often fatal course. Accurate separation of entities is therefore essential for prognostication and to ensure appropriate treatment is administered. However, despite marked differences in clinical course, many subtypes of primary cutaneous lymphoma exhibit remarkably similar, often overlapping, and sometimes indistinguishable pathologic features. While molecular analysis has furthered our understanding of some of these disease entities, it does not yet facilitate robust distinction. Thus, clinical correlation retains a central role in both the diagnosis and classification of primary cutaneous lymphoma. This review aims to draw attention to problem areas in differential diagnosis and hopefully offer some practical suggestions for resolving difficult cases. It will also highlight recent advances in the field and discuss how they reinforce the current classification system and how they might impact of future classifications and treatment strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":7305,"journal":{"name":"Advances In Anatomic Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"239-255"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143603361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diagnosis and Classification of Follicular Lymphoma and Related Entities.","authors":"Camille Laurent, James R Cook","doi":"10.1097/PAP.0000000000000481","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PAP.0000000000000481","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Follicular lymphoma (FL) is a mature B cell neoplasm classically characterized by B cells harboring the t(14;18) IGH::BCL2 leading to the overexpression of BCL2 in most cases. Conventional FL occurs in lymph nodes and typically shows a follicular B-cell proliferation expressing at least one germinal center marker. Two early lesions closely related to conventional FL are recognized as variants, namely in situ follicular neoplasia (ISFN), and duodenal-type follicular lymphoma (DTFL). FL lacking BCL2 rearrangement ( BCL2 -R negative) accounts for around 10% to 15% of FLs and constitutes a heterogeneous group of FLs. Most of these alternative forms of FL are considered as distinct entities separate from conventional FL in the 2022 International Consensus Classification. This review aims to summarize the key pathologic and diagnostic features of FL conventional and its alternative forms as well as further emphasize the increasing role of molecular studies in the diagnostic work-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":7305,"journal":{"name":"Advances In Anatomic Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"195-207"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143078210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}