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Radical prostatectomy cancer grade and percentage of Gleason pattern 4 estimated by global vs individual tumor grading correlate differently with the risk of biochemical recurrence in Grade Group 2 and 3 cancers. 根治性前列腺切除术的癌症分级以及通过整体肿瘤分级和单个肿瘤分级估算的格里森模式4的比例与2级和3级癌症的生化复发风险有不同的相关性。
IF 2.3 4区 医学
American journal of clinical pathology Pub Date : 2024-07-05 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae003
Oleksandr N Kryvenko, Jonathan I Epstein, Ali Merhe, Oleksii A Iakymenko, Ricardo De Almeida E Silva Junior, Dimple Kumar Chanamolu, Laurence M Briski, Deukwoo Kwon, Ivan Nemov, Sanoj Punnen, Alan Pollack, Radka Stoyanova, Dipen J Parekh, Merce Jorda, Mark L Gonzalgo
{"title":"Radical prostatectomy cancer grade and percentage of Gleason pattern 4 estimated by global vs individual tumor grading correlate differently with the risk of biochemical recurrence in Grade Group 2 and 3 cancers.","authors":"Oleksandr N Kryvenko, Jonathan I Epstein, Ali Merhe, Oleksii A Iakymenko, Ricardo De Almeida E Silva Junior, Dimple Kumar Chanamolu, Laurence M Briski, Deukwoo Kwon, Ivan Nemov, Sanoj Punnen, Alan Pollack, Radka Stoyanova, Dipen J Parekh, Merce Jorda, Mark L Gonzalgo","doi":"10.1093/ajcp/aqae003","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ajcp/aqae003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>There are 2 grading approaches to radical prostatectomy (RP) in multifocal cancer: Grade Group (GG) and percentage of Gleason pattern 4 (GP4%). We investigated whether RP GG and GP4% generated by global vs individual tumor grading correlate differently with biochemical recurrence.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We reviewed 531 RP specimens with GG2 or GG3 cancer. Each tumor was scored separately with assessment of tumor volume and GP4%. Global grade and GP4% were assigned by combining Gleason pattern 3 and 4 volumes for all tumors. Correlation of GG and GP4% generated by 2 methods with biochemical recurrence was assessed by Cox proportional hazard regression and receiver operating characteristic curves, with optimism adjustment using a bootstrap analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Median age was 63 (range, 42-79) years. Median prostate-specific antigen was 6.3 (range, 0.3-62.9) ng/mL. In total, the highest-grade tumor in 371 (36.9%) men was GG2 and in 160 (30.1%) men was GG3. Global grading was downgraded from GG3 to GG2 in 37 of 121 (30.6%) specimens with multifocal disease, and 145 of 404 (35.9%) specimens had GP4% decreased by at least 10%. Ninety-eight men experienced biochemical recurrence within a median of 13 (range, 3-119) months. Men without biochemical recurrence were followed up for a median of 47 (range, 12-205) months. Grade Group, GP4%, and margin status correlated with the risk of biochemical recurrence using highest-grade tumor and global grading, but the degrees of these correlations varied and were statistically significantly different between the 2 grading approaches.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Grade Group, GP4%, and margin status derived by global vs individual tumor grading predict postoperative biochemical recurrence statistically significantly differently. This difference has important implications if results derived from cohorts graded using different methods are compared.</p>","PeriodicalId":7506,"journal":{"name":"American journal of clinical pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139982081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Morphology, immunophenotype, and suggested diagnostic criteria of TCL1 family-negative T-prolymphocytic leukemia. TCL1家族阴性T淋巴细胞白血病的形态学、免疫表型和建议诊断标准。
IF 2.3 4区 医学
American journal of clinical pathology Pub Date : 2024-06-30 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae075
Hong Fang, Sa A Wang, Hannah C Beird, Zhenya Tang, M James You, Shaoying Li, Jie Xu, Shimin Hu, C Cameron Yin, Siba El Hussein, Pei Lin, Fatima Zahra Jelloul, Francisco Vega, L Jeffrey Medeiros, Wei Wang
{"title":"Morphology, immunophenotype, and suggested diagnostic criteria of TCL1 family-negative T-prolymphocytic leukemia.","authors":"Hong Fang, Sa A Wang, Hannah C Beird, Zhenya Tang, M James You, Shaoying Li, Jie Xu, Shimin Hu, C Cameron Yin, Siba El Hussein, Pei Lin, Fatima Zahra Jelloul, Francisco Vega, L Jeffrey Medeiros, Wei Wang","doi":"10.1093/ajcp/aqae075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/aqae075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>We sought to investigate the morphologic and immunophenotypic characteristics of TCL1 family-negative T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty cases of TCL1 family-negative T-PLL were studied.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The doubling time of leukemic cells ranged from less than 2 days to more than 5 years, with a median of 5.5 months. Leukemic cells were small to medium-sized, with round to irregular nuclei, variably condensed chromatin, and small amounts of agranular cytoplasm. A visible nucleolus was identified in 11 (55%) cases. Cytoplasmic blebs/protrusions were identified in all cases, but their occurrence was highly variable from case to case. Bone marrow biopsy showed an interstitial pattern in 90% of cases and a diffuse pattern in the remaining 10% of cases. Flow cytometric immunophenotypic analysis showed that the leukemic cells in all cases were CD4 positive; 3 (15%) also showed concurrent CD8 expression. All cases were positive for CD2 and CD5. Surface CD3 and CD7 were positive in 19 of 20 (95%) cases, and all CD3-positive cases expressed the T-cell receptor αβ. Compared with prototypic T-PLL cases, these 2 groups shared many immunophenotypic findings, except CD8 and CD26, both of which were more commonly expressed in prototypic T-PLL cases.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>TCL1 family-negative T-PLL cases have morphologic and immunophenotypic features that are similar to prototypic T-PLL. They are characterized by neoplastic proliferation of small to medium-sized mature T cells with CD4-positive T-cell receptor αβ phenotype. Tumor cells frequently maintain pan-T antigen expression. Recognizing these morphologic and immunophenotypic features will aid in accurately diagnosing this rare subset of T-PLL.</p>","PeriodicalId":7506,"journal":{"name":"American journal of clinical pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141465451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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ChatGPT as a teaching tool. 将 ChatGPT 作为教学工具。
IF 2.3 4区 医学
American journal of clinical pathology Pub Date : 2024-06-28 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae079
Shen Wang, Shuting Yuan
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Artificial intelligence chatbot vs pathology faculty and residents: Real-world clinical questions from a genitourinary treatment planning conference. 人工智能聊天机器人与病理学教师和住院医师:来自泌尿生殖系统治疗计划会议的真实世界临床问题。
IF 2.3 4区 医学
American journal of clinical pathology Pub Date : 2024-06-28 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae078
Matthew X Luo, Adam Lyle, Phillip Bennett, Daniel Albertson, Deepika Sirohi, Benjamin L Maughan, Valarie McMurtry, Jonathon Mahlow
{"title":"Artificial intelligence chatbot vs pathology faculty and residents: Real-world clinical questions from a genitourinary treatment planning conference.","authors":"Matthew X Luo, Adam Lyle, Phillip Bennett, Daniel Albertson, Deepika Sirohi, Benjamin L Maughan, Valarie McMurtry, Jonathon Mahlow","doi":"10.1093/ajcp/aqae078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/aqae078","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Artificial intelligence (AI)-based chatbots have demonstrated accuracy in a variety of fields, including medicine, but research has yet to substantiate their accuracy and clinical relevance. We evaluated an AI chatbot's answers to questions posed during a treatment planning conference.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Pathology residents, pathology faculty, and an AI chatbot (OpenAI ChatGPT [January 30, 2023, release]) answered a questionnaire curated from a genitourinary subspecialty treatment planning conference. Results were evaluated by 2 blinded adjudicators: a clinician expert and a pathology expert. Scores were based on accuracy and clinical relevance.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, faculty scored highest (4.75), followed by the AI chatbot (4.10), research-prepared residents (3.50), and unprepared residents (2.87). The AI chatbot scored statistically significantly better than unprepared residents (P = .03) but not statistically significantly different from research-prepared residents (P = .33) or faculty (P = .30). Residents did not statistically significantly improve after research (P = .39), and faculty performed statistically significantly better than both resident categories (unprepared, P < .01; research prepared, P = .01).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The AI chatbot gave answers to medical questions that were comparable in accuracy and clinical relevance to pathology faculty, suggesting promise for further development. Serious concerns remain, however, that without the ability to provide support with references, AI will face legitimate scrutiny as to how it can be integrated into medical decision-making.</p>","PeriodicalId":7506,"journal":{"name":"American journal of clinical pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141465449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The role of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in the diagnosis of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. 上消化道内窥镜在诊断小儿炎症性肠病中的作用。
IF 2.3 4区 医学
American journal of clinical pathology Pub Date : 2024-06-27 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae074
Becky Biqi Chen, Zachary Hamilton, Mohammed Hasosah, Peter Zetler, Oana Popescu, Jonathan Bush, Rael Katz, Matthew Smyth, Kevan Jacobson
{"title":"The role of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in the diagnosis of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.","authors":"Becky Biqi Chen, Zachary Hamilton, Mohammed Hasosah, Peter Zetler, Oana Popescu, Jonathan Bush, Rael Katz, Matthew Smyth, Kevan Jacobson","doi":"10.1093/ajcp/aqae074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/aqae074","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) tract involvement is frequently reported in pediatric Crohn disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Aside from granulomas, most findings are nonspecific. The aims of this study were to review the prevalence of UGI tract findings in pediatric patients with CD or UC at diagnosis and to describe differences in endoscopic and histologic features.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with CD and UC aged 2 to 17 years diagnosed between 2000 and 2015 who had upper and lower endoscopy at diagnosis were randomly chosen from the BC Children's Hospital inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) registry. Pathology review of the UGI biopsy specimens was blinded to IBD diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 198 patients, 102 with CD and 96 with UC were included, with a mean age of 11.7 years (range, 2.3-17 years). Patients with CD were more likely to have aphthous ulcers (20.4% vs 3.5%, P = .002) and erosions (16.3% vs 3.5%, P =.018), most commonly affecting the antrum. Macroscopically normal UGI endoscopy was present in 60% of patients. Microscopic disease was reported in 100% of patients with CD and 87% of patients with UC. In both groups, nonspecific inflammation was the most common finding. Chronic deep, superficial, and diffuse inflammation were more frequent among patients with CD than UC (42% vs 4%, P < .001; 60% vs 17%, P < .001; 50% vs 34%, P = .04, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The UGI tract macroscopic changes were common in pediatric IBD, especially in CD. Despite macroscopically normal endoscopy, histologic abnormalities were frequent. Although chronic inflammation was more often reported in patients with CD, aside from granulomas there were no unique histologic abnormalities unique to CD.</p>","PeriodicalId":7506,"journal":{"name":"American journal of clinical pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141454560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Reevaluation of ovarian cyst fine-needle aspiration cytology: A 10-year institutional experience. 重新评估卵巢囊肿细针穿刺细胞学:10年机构经验。
IF 2.3 4区 医学
American journal of clinical pathology Pub Date : 2024-06-25 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae077
Kotaro Takeda, Guoping Cai, Adebowale J Adeniran, Tong Sun
{"title":"Reevaluation of ovarian cyst fine-needle aspiration cytology: A 10-year institutional experience.","authors":"Kotaro Takeda, Guoping Cai, Adebowale J Adeniran, Tong Sun","doi":"10.1093/ajcp/aqae077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/aqae077","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of ovarian cyst fluid remains useful for certain clinical circumstances despite low sensitivity and potential safety concerns. The current study aimed to reevaluate the performance of ovarian cystic fluid cytology following American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists guidelines using a single-institution cohort.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 507 ovarian cyst FNA cases from 2013 to 2023 were reviewed. Patients' demographics and clinical and radiologic information were collected through the electronic database. The performance was calculated using corresponding surgical pathology diagnosis as the gold standard.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, cytologic diagnoses were nondiagnostic (ND), negative for malignancy (NFM), atypical (ATY), suspicious for malignancy (SFM), and malignant (M) in 5 (1.0%), 478 (94.3%), 14 (2.7%), 2 (0.4%), and 8 (1.6%) cases, respectively. Among 349 specimens (68.8%) that had a corresponding surgical pathology, the rate of malignancy (including borderline tumors) was 1.2% (4 of 325) in NFM, 72.7% in ATY (8 of 11), and 100% in both SFM (2 of 2) and M (8 of 8) specimens. Considering NFM and ATY as negative results and SFM and M as positive results, overall, the sensitivity of ovarian cystic fluid cytology was 45.4% and the specificity was 100%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>As an uncommon test, ovarian cystic fluid cytology has moderate sensitivity and high specificity. Despite limitations, ovarian cystic FNA cytology remains a valuable diagnostic tool in certain aspects.</p>","PeriodicalId":7506,"journal":{"name":"American journal of clinical pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141445262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors and granular cell pituicytomas at autopsy: Incidence, cell types, locations, and histogenesis in 150 pituitary glands. 尸检中的垂体神经内分泌肿瘤和颗粒细胞垂体细胞瘤:150 个垂体的发病率、细胞类型、位置和组织发生。
IF 2.3 4区 医学
American journal of clinical pathology Pub Date : 2024-06-24 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae067
Tatsuo Tomita, Evelyn Gates
{"title":"Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors and granular cell pituicytomas at autopsy: Incidence, cell types, locations, and histogenesis in 150 pituitary glands.","authors":"Tatsuo Tomita, Evelyn Gates","doi":"10.1093/ajcp/aqae067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/aqae067","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The incidence of pituitary neuroendocrine tumors has been reported high at autopsy. This study aimed to detect many tumors in both anterior and posterior lobes to prove tumor histogenesis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In total, 150 pituitary glands were studied from the University of Kansas Medical Center from 1995 to 2000. The pituitary gland was sagittally sliced from anterior to posterior into 6 to 8 sections. When H&E-stained sections revealed tumors, the tumors were immunohistochemically stained for 6 pituitary hormones.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 150 autopsy cases, 38 (25.3%) harbored microadenomas, including 4 cases with double tumors. Twenty-three (54.7%) cases were negative to all pituitary hormones. Of the remaining 19 tumors, 13 (30.9%) were lactotrophs, with 4 cases being concomitantly somatotrophs and gonadotrophs, and 2 cases were corticotropes. More than 85% of pituitary neuroendocrine tumors were adjacent to the capsule. Thirteen (8.7%) granular cell pituicytomas were found in the posterior lobe. There were pituicytes transforming into granular cell tumors.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The incidence was 25.3% for pituitary neuroendocrine tumors and 8.7% for granular cell pituicytomas. Since most pituitary neuroendocrine tumors were adjacent to the pituitary capsule, the capsule appeared to be the germinal center. Both pituitary tumors belonged to the 2 different transcription factor lineages.</p>","PeriodicalId":7506,"journal":{"name":"American journal of clinical pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141445261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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BD SurePath Direct to Slide (DTS) cervical cytology: Migrating the benefits of liquid-based cytology to low-resource settings. BD SurePath 直接玻片(DTS)宫颈细胞学检查:将液基细胞学的优势推广到低资源环境中。
IF 2.3 4区 医学
American journal of clinical pathology Pub Date : 2024-06-24 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae068
Douglas P Malinowski, Ryan Callaghan, Clark Whitehead, Romana Nelson, Lisa Allen, Dondrea Purnell, Adriann Taylor, Didier Morel, Aisha Dhewar, Vanessa Soh Chai-Hong, Goh Giap-Hean, Soo-Yong Tan, Sagar Tapas, Jeffrey Andrews
{"title":"BD SurePath Direct to Slide (DTS) cervical cytology: Migrating the benefits of liquid-based cytology to low-resource settings.","authors":"Douglas P Malinowski, Ryan Callaghan, Clark Whitehead, Romana Nelson, Lisa Allen, Dondrea Purnell, Adriann Taylor, Didier Morel, Aisha Dhewar, Vanessa Soh Chai-Hong, Goh Giap-Hean, Soo-Yong Tan, Sagar Tapas, Jeffrey Andrews","doi":"10.1093/ajcp/aqae068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/aqae068","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The benefits of liquid-based cytology (LBC) in routine cervical cancer screening are often associated with the availability of instrumented platforms and economic considerations. A low-cost alternative to LBC in low-volume settings remains an unmet need.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A multisite evaluation of the BD SurePath (SurePath) LBC Direct to Slide (DTS) method was conducted. The DTS preparations were evaluated across 3 sites. Cytology features for DTS preparation included predetermined thresholds for total cellularity, cell distribution, cellular preservation, and stain quality. Rare event detection was evaluated using SiHa cells spiked into pools from negative cytology specimens. Concordance between Bethesda classification results was evaluated for SurePath LBC and DTS methods using routinely collected SurePath specimens in a split-sample study design.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The DTS specimens met criteria for total cellularity, cell distribution, cellular preservation, and stain quality in more than 98% of all cases. Rare event detection was observed with an average detection of 5 SiHa cells per 2 mL of specimen. Concordant cervical cytology classifications were observed between SurePath LBC and DTS methods.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results demonstrate that the DTS process is suitable for routine cervical cytology evaluation. The procedure is reproducible and detected abnormal cervical cells in concordance with standard SurePath LBC preparation.</p>","PeriodicalId":7506,"journal":{"name":"American journal of clinical pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141445260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Severe COVID-19 in pregnant women: Analysis of placental features and perinatal outcomes. 孕妇重度 COVID-19:胎盘特征和围产期结果分析
IF 3.5 4区 医学
American journal of clinical pathology Pub Date : 2024-06-19 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae072
Gelson Farias Arcos Júnior, Rossana Pulcineli Vieira Francisco, Beatriz Kill, Stela Verzinhasse Peres, Maria Augusta B C Gibelli, Silvia Maria Ibidi, Werther Brunow de Carvalho, Angélica Braz Simões, Maria de Lourdes Brizot, Regina Schultz, Mariana Azevedo Carvalho
{"title":"Severe COVID-19 in pregnant women: Analysis of placental features and perinatal outcomes.","authors":"Gelson Farias Arcos Júnior, Rossana Pulcineli Vieira Francisco, Beatriz Kill, Stela Verzinhasse Peres, Maria Augusta B C Gibelli, Silvia Maria Ibidi, Werther Brunow de Carvalho, Angélica Braz Simões, Maria de Lourdes Brizot, Regina Schultz, Mariana Azevedo Carvalho","doi":"10.1093/ajcp/aqae072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/aqae072","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Changes in placental features, such as maternal and fetal vascular malperfusion, are associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The anatomopathologic study of the placenta is crucial for understanding pregnancy and fetal complications. To that end, this study aimed to describe placental features and analyze the association between placental findings and perinatal outcomes in a cohort of pregnant women with severe COVID-19.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This nested study within a prospective cohort study consisted of 121 singleton pregnant women with a diagnosis of severe COVID-19. Placental pathologic findings were described, and the associations between severe COVID-19 and clinical parameters and perinatal outcomes were assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence of maternal vascular malperfusion was 52.1%, followed by fetal vascular malperfusion at 21.5%, ascending intrauterine infections at 11.6%, and inflammatory lesions at 11.6%. Other lesions were observed in 39.7% of the placentas examined. Inflammatory lesions were an independent factor (P = .042) in 5-minute Apgar scores below 7. Ascending infection was associated with fetal death (P = .027).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Maternal vascular malperfusion was the most prevalent placental feature in patients with severe COVID-19. Chorangiosis is associated with poor perinatal outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":7506,"journal":{"name":"American journal of clinical pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141417282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Variations in emergency hemorrhage panel turnaround times in 2 major medical centers using the same laboratory methods. 两家大型医疗中心使用相同实验室方法进行急诊出血检查的周转时间差异。
IF 3.5 4区 医学
American journal of clinical pathology Pub Date : 2024-06-17 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae071
Matthew E Hogan, Zhinan Liu, Lynn G Stansbury, Monica S Vavilala, John R Hess, Hamilton C Tsang
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