{"title":"Digital and Artificial Intelligence-based Pathology: Not for Every Laboratory - A Mini-review on the Benefits and Pitfalls of Its Implementation.","authors":"Iris Z Shen, Lanjing Zhang","doi":"10.14218/jctp.2025.00007","DOIUrl":"10.14218/jctp.2025.00007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>With the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in diagnostics, AI algorithms have shown great potential in aiding diagnostics. As more of these algorithms are developed, there is overwhelming enthusiasm for implementing digital and artificial intelligence-based pathology (DAIP), but doubts and pitfalls are also emerging. However, few original or review articles address the limitations and practical aspects of implementing DAIP. In this review, we briefly examine the evidence related to the benefits and pitfalls of DAIP implementation and argue that DAIP is not suitable for every clinical laboratory.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We searched the PubMed database using the following keywords: \"digital pathology,\" \"digital AI pathology,\" and \"AI pathology.\". Additionally, we incorporated personal experiences and manually searched related papers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ninety-two publications were found, of which 24 met the inclusion criteria. Many advantages of DAIP were discussed, including improved diagnostic accuracy and equity. However, several limitations of implementing DAIP exist, such as financial constraints, technical challenges, and legal/ethical concerns.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We found a generally favorable but cautious outlook for the implementation of DAIP in the pathology workflow. Many studies have reported promising outcomes in using AI for diagnosis and analysis; however, there are also several noteworthy limitations in implementing DAIP. Therefore, a balance between the benefits and pitfalls of DAIP must be thoroughly articulated and examined in light of the institution's needs and goals before making the decision to implement DAIP. Approaches for mitigating machine learning biases were also proposed, and the adaptation and growth of the pathology profession were discussed in light of DAIP development and advances.</p>","PeriodicalId":73661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and translational pathology","volume":"5 2","pages":"79-85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12356165/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144877152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hepatic Biliary Adenofibroma: Histological Characteristics, Diagnostic Challenges, and Its Role as a Precursor to Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma.","authors":"Xiaoyan Liao, Xuchen Zhang","doi":"10.14218/jctp.2024.00044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14218/jctp.2024.00044","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hepatic biliary adenofibroma is an exceedingly rare biliary neoplasm that primarily affects adults. It typically presents as a solitary mass composed of low-grade microcystic and tubuloglandular bile duct structures, which are lined by low columnar to cuboidal non-mucin-producing biliary epithelium and supported by abundant fibrous stroma. Histologically, it resembles the Von Meyenburg complex but is much larger in size and often shows cytologic atypia. Although considered benign, emerging case studies and analyses suggest that biliary adenofibroma may serve as a precursor lesion to intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. However, its extreme rarity, coupled with an incompletely understood histogenesis, perpetuates diagnostic uncertainty and may lead to misclassification with other similar entities. This review consolidates the current understanding of the histopathological and molecular characteristics of biliary adenofibroma, highlights its differential diagnosis, explores its potential progression to cholangiocarcinoma, and discusses unresolved questions while proposing future research directions.</p>","PeriodicalId":73661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and translational pathology","volume":"4 4","pages":"163-167"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11870646/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143544936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The World Health Organization System for Reporting Pancreaticobiliary Cytopathology: Standardized Categories and Practical Approaches to Pancreatic Lesions.","authors":"Minhua Wang, Maria D Lozano, Guoping Cai","doi":"10.14218/jctp.2024.00034","DOIUrl":"10.14218/jctp.2024.00034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The World Health Organization System for Reporting Pancreaticobiliary Cytopathology introduces a seven-tier category system to standardize terminology and nomenclature. This system includes the following categories: Insufficient/non-diagnostic, benign/negative for malignancy, atypia, pancreaticobiliary neoplasm low-risk/grade, pancreaticobiliary neoplasm high-risk/grade, suspicious for malignancy, and malignant categories. Adopting a standardized reporting scheme facilitates consistent diagnostic criteria among pathologists, thereby reducing report variability and enhancing communication with the clinical team for optimal patient management. The report also highlights the role of critical ancillary tests in improving diagnostic accuracy for pancreatic lesions and discusses practical approaches to managing solid and cystic pancreatic lesions.</p>","PeriodicalId":73661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and translational pathology","volume":"4 3","pages":"122-135"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11969574/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143796996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Histopathologic Features and Differential Diagnosis in Challenging Cases of Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant B-cell Lymphoma/Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma.","authors":"Yanna Ding, Elaine S Jaffe","doi":"10.14218/jctp.2024.00015","DOIUrl":"10.14218/jctp.2024.00015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma was termed \"nodular lymphocyte predominant B-cell lymphoma\" in the International Consensus Classification (ICC), to emphasize clinical and biological differences from classic Hodgkin lymphoma (CHL). The abbreviation \"NLP\" represents both terms in the ICC and World Health Organization classifications. Variations in the growth pattern, originally reported as Fan patterns A-F, are designated as either grade 1 or grade 2 in the ICC. NLP is uncommon, and in some cases an accurate diagnosis is challenging. The objectives of this article were to review the histopathologic features of NLP and the differential diagnosis from other key entities including de novo T-cell/histiocyte-rich large B-cell lymphoma (THRLBL) and lymphocyte-rich classic Hodgkin lymphoma (LRCHL). Histologically, NLP Fan pattern E (THRLBL-like) can be indistinguishable from de novo THRLBL. However, focal nodular areas, clustering of tumor cells, presence of few admixed small B-cells or FDC meshworks, and T-cell rosettes favor NLP Fan pattern E and argue against de novo THRLBL. NLP may also be confused with LRCHL. Patients with NLP are younger than those with LRCHL, and LRCHL may show mediastinal involvement. In LRCHL, the nodular pattern often contains eccentrically located small regressed germinal centers and intact small dense FDC meshworks, in contrast to the expanded, and fragmented FDC meshworks in NLP. Neoplastic cells that are positive for CD30 and CD15 but negative for CD20 and CD79a are characteristic of LRCHL. Additionally, Fascin and Gata3 are commonly positive in LRCHL but usually negative in NLP.</p>","PeriodicalId":73661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and translational pathology","volume":"4 2","pages":"61-69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11271245/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141790222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. J. Fernández-Aceñero, Desirée Hernández, Cristina Díaz del Arco
{"title":"A Review and Update on Therapy of Gastrointestinal Tract Tumors: From the Bench to Clinical Practice","authors":"M. J. Fernández-Aceñero, Desirée Hernández, Cristina Díaz del Arco","doi":"10.14218/jctp.2024.00007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14218/jctp.2024.00007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and translational pathology","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140974482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Updates from the 2022 WHO Classification of Kidney Epithelial Tumors","authors":"Muhammed Mubarak, Rahma Rashid","doi":"10.14218/jctp.2024.00002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14218/jctp.2024.00002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and translational pathology","volume":"42 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140975499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kenji Miki, M. Yamanishi, Satoko Mibayashi, Shinsaku Imashuku
{"title":"Disseminated Carcinomatosis of Bone Marrow with or without an Unknown Primary Site: A Case Series","authors":"Kenji Miki, M. Yamanishi, Satoko Mibayashi, Shinsaku Imashuku","doi":"10.14218/jctp.2023.00064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14218/jctp.2023.00064","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and translational pathology","volume":"16 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140982275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. J. Fernández-Aceñero, Salomé Merino, Desirée Hernández, Santiago Ochagavia, Melchor Sáiz-Pardo, Pablo Pérez Alonso, Tomas Ganado, Jesús Vega, C. D. Arco
{"title":"Atypia of Undetermined Significance in Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology Revisited","authors":"M. J. Fernández-Aceñero, Salomé Merino, Desirée Hernández, Santiago Ochagavia, Melchor Sáiz-Pardo, Pablo Pérez Alonso, Tomas Ganado, Jesús Vega, C. D. Arco","doi":"10.14218/jctp.2023.00062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14218/jctp.2023.00062","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and translational pathology","volume":"335 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141006948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yamin Ma, Madhurima Kaushal, Louis Dehner, John Pfeifer, Mai He
{"title":"Somatic Copy Number Alterations and Mutation Landscape in Before and Post-treatment Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor","authors":"Yamin Ma, Madhurima Kaushal, Louis Dehner, John Pfeifer, Mai He","doi":"10.14218/jctp.2023.00028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14218/jctp.2023.00028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and translational pathology","volume":"22 S1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140231921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}