Magdaléna Daumová, Šárka Hadravská, Martina Putzová
{"title":"Hydatidiform mole.","authors":"Magdaléna Daumová, Šárka Hadravská, Martina Putzová","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hydatidiform mole is the most common form of gestational trophoblastic disease. It is an abnormally formed placental tissue with characteristic changes in karyotype, arising in fertilization disorders. The presence of abundant paternal genetic information plays a key role in the pathogenesis of complete and partial hydatidiform moles. These lesions are characterized by a relatively wide spectrum of morphological changes that may not be fully expressed, especially in the early stages of pregnancy. In addition, some changes can be observed in non-molar gravidities, which, unlike hydatidiform moles, lack any risk of malignant transformation. Although conventional histological examination still plays a key role in the diagnosis, it should be supplemented by other methods that reliably differentiate individual lesions. Accurate diagnosis of molar gravidities is important not only for determining the correct therapeutic approach, but the obtained data may also contribute to further research of these pathological entities.</p>","PeriodicalId":9861,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska patologie","volume":"59 2","pages":"50-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9847651","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}
Monika Manethová, Václav Stejskal, Ivo Šteiner, Jiří Soukup
{"title":"Mitral valve rheumatoid nodule complicated by infective endocarditis.","authors":"Monika Manethová, Václav Stejskal, Ivo Šteiner, Jiří Soukup","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report a case of a 73-year-old male with rheumatoid arthritis presenting with acute abdominal and back pain and rapidly developing multiorgan failure. A positive blood culture (Staphylococcus aureus, Candida species) followed by transoesophageal sonography established a diagnosis of mitral valve infective endocarditis. At the autopsy, the heart examination revealed fibrinous pericarditis and multiple small vegetations on the mitral valve. The mitral valve itself showed no significant damage. Surprisingly, the histological examination of the mitral valve showed granulomatous inflammation with central fibrinoid necrosis and peripheral palisade of histiocytes, with occasional giant cells and lymphocytic inflammatory infiltrate - findings consistent with a rheumatoid nodule. Infective vegetations were overlying the nodule. Due to its relative frequency, a possibility of cardiac involvement by rheumatoid arthritis and its potential infective complications should be considered in patients with appropriate history and clinical symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":9861,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska patologie","volume":"59 3","pages":"129-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41110006","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}
Marta Ježová, Denisa Pavlovská, Ilga Grochová, Andrea Michenková, Pavel Vlašín
{"title":"Skeletal dysplasias of the fetus and infant: comprehensive review and our experience over a 10-year period.","authors":"Marta Ježová, Denisa Pavlovská, Ilga Grochová, Andrea Michenková, Pavel Vlašín","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a comprehensive review dealing with rare genetic skeletal disorders. More than 400 entities are included in the latest classification. The most severe or lethal phenotypes are identifiable in the prenatal period and the pregnancy can be terminated. Perinatal autopsy and posmortem X-rays are crucial in providing a definitive diagnosis. The number of cases confirmed by genetic testing is increasing. We report our own experience with genetic skeletal disorders based on 41 illustrative fetal and neonatal cases which we encountered over a 10-year period. Thanatophoric dysplasia and osteogenesis imperfecta represent approximately half of the cases coming to autopsy. Achondrogenesis type 2 and hypochondrogenesis, short-rib dysplasia, chondrodysplasia punctata, campomelic dysplasia and achondroplasia are less common. Skeletal dysplasias with autosomal recessive inheritance are the least frequent, e.g. perinatally lethal hypophophatasia, achondrogenesis type 1A, diastrophic dysplasia/atelosteogenesis type 2 or mucolipidosis type 2 (I cell disease).</p>","PeriodicalId":9861,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska patologie","volume":"59 2","pages":"68-79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9834643","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}
Magdaléna Daumová, Šárka Hadravská, Martina Putzová
{"title":"Spontaneous abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy.","authors":"Magdaléna Daumová, Šárka Hadravská, Martina Putzová","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Spontaneous abortions in the first trimester of gravidity represent a clinically significant problem that can affect up to 15% of recognized pregnancies. The causes of early pregnancy loss are very heterogeneous and include genetic, environmental and immunological factors. Although the pathologist's main task is to exclude molar pregnancy, in some cases conventional histological examination can also contribute to the elucidation of the cause of miscarriage and the management of subsequent pregnancies, especially in the case of lesions with a high risk of recurrence that may lead to habitual abortion.</p>","PeriodicalId":9861,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska patologie","volume":"59 2","pages":"60-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9841909","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}
Eva Sticová, Jitka Kyclová, Miroslav Důra, Jiří Štork, Břetislav Lipový
{"title":"Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis from pathologist's point of view.","authors":"Eva Sticová, Jitka Kyclová, Miroslav Důra, Jiří Štork, Břetislav Lipový","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis (Lyell syndrome) are rare diseases characterized by rapid blistering followed by extensive skin and mucosal exfoliation and constitutional symptoms. In most cases, drugs are the main triggers, but the etiopathogenesis of the diseases is not fully understood. Lyell syndrome is associated with a high mortality rate, reported to be around 35%. Therefore, early diagnosis requiring close interdisciplinary cooperation is essential. The diagnosis based on the clinical picture and a detailed pharmacological history should be confirmed by histopathological examination of the skin specimen, including analysis by direct immunofluorescence.</p>","PeriodicalId":9861,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska patologie","volume":"59 3","pages":"124-128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41116703","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}
Olga Snížková, Karolína Krátká, Martin Havrda, Ivan Rychlík, Mayara Elisa Knížek Bonatto, Eva Honsová
{"title":"A case report: Acute kidney injury with progression to chronicity in an eldery woman.","authors":"Olga Snížková, Karolína Krátká, Martin Havrda, Ivan Rychlík, Mayara Elisa Knížek Bonatto, Eva Honsová","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute renal failure in elderly patients can be caused by a wide spectrum of diseases that usually have a cause outside the kidney. The most common causes include renal impairment as part of ANCA vasculitis, another category includes clonal plasmatic cell disease with light chain cast nephropathy; and there also exists an increasing number of drug-induced tubulointerstial damage. We present a case of iatrogenic less common form of acute failure in a 73-year-old woman, who did not suffer from any serious disease until then. Although the biopsy helped to determine the cause of the failure and thus affect subsequent therapy, the function did not return to the previous state and the patient progressed to CKD G3bA1 with serum creatinine values of around 170-140 μmol/l.</p>","PeriodicalId":9861,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska patologie","volume":"59 2","pages":"80-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9834642","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}
Miroslav Důra, Jiří Štork, Andrea Felšöová, Eva Sticová
{"title":"Diagnostic Pitfalls in Dermatopathology.","authors":"Miroslav Důra, Jiří Štork, Andrea Felšöová, Eva Sticová","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dermatopathology is a distinct part of pathology revealing the rich association with soft tissue pathology and hematopathology. Regarding the number and diversity of the skin disorders, dermatopathology is a broad specialty encompassing hundreds of diseases. The diagnostics in dermatopathology contains a range of specific features. The article summarizes several practically important pitfalls in dermatopathology. The adequate timing and locality selection for proper sampling are emphasized. The influence of the topical therapy on the histopathological picture is debated. The frequently used surgical procedures in the skin biopsy are presented. The most frequent incidental findings and artifacts in cutaneous pathology are discussed. Problematics of the alopecia examination and direct immunofluorescence are added. Clinical-pathological correlation performed by the pathologist, and subsequently by the dermatologist, is the essential step in the diagnostic process. The knowledge transcending to the other specialty and reciprocal communication are prerequisite for the right diagnosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":9861,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska patologie","volume":"59 3","pages":"96-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41102279","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":"Warthin-like papillary carcinoma: Case report.","authors":"Jana Jakešová, Roman Boháč, Jan Betlach","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Warthin-like papillary thyroid carcinoma is a rare variant of papillary carcinoma with a very good prognosis. It is often associated with lymphocytic thyroiditis. Due to its typical histological picture resembling Warthin's salivary gland tumor, the histological diagnosis is not difficult, usually does not require an accompanying immunohistochemical examination and is based on the presence of nuclear features typical of papillary carcinoma and the presence of oncocytes in a background of rich lymphocyte infiltrate. The preoperative cytologic examination is challenging, as many other lesions may have a similar picture. Women are more likely to get affected. It appears a decade earlier than the classic variant. Clinically, it presents similarly to a conventional papillary carcinoma. In our case report, we would like to present the case of a 56-year-old woman with non-toxic multinodular goiter, in whom the presence of this rare variant of papillary carcinoma was revealed by histological examination.</p>","PeriodicalId":9861,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska patologie","volume":"59 1","pages":"23-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9424774","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":"Small cell lung cancer - news in the tumour´s biology.","authors":"Klára Pavlíčková, Radoslav Matěj","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) is a high grade neuroendocrinne tumour accounting for approximately 15 % of lung cancers. It is characterised by early relapse and low survival rate. The treatment has remained unchanged for decades. Histological and cytological characteristics are summarised in brief, along with genetic alterations of the tumour. A new molecular subtype classification is presented according to the expression of transciptional factors ASCL1 (SCLC-A), NEUROD1 (SCLC-D), POU2F3 (SCLC-P) and YAP1 (SCLC-Y). These subtypes represent different ways of tumorigenesis, and the distinct genomic alterations may offer new therapeutic strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":9861,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska patologie","volume":"59 1","pages":"18-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9421121","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}
Jana Němcová, Kateřina Černá, Radek Šíma, Iva Kinkorová Luňáčková, Filip Rob, Petr Martínek, Jiří Bouda, Jana, Šmahelová, Ondrej Ondič
{"title":"Methylation analysis as an auxiliary tool in cytological diagnostics of infrequent anogenital lesions - a pilot study.","authors":"Jana Němcová, Kateřina Černá, Radek Šíma, Iva Kinkorová Luňáčková, Filip Rob, Petr Martínek, Jiří Bouda, Jana, Šmahelová, Ondrej Ondič","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Methylation silencing of certain cellular genes is a sign of carcinogenesis progression and therefore tests that detect methylation could be used in the diagnosis or staging of malignant diseases. In the diagnosis of squamous cell carcinomas of the cervix which are almost 100% caused by long-term infection with highrisk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV), methylation silencing of certain cellular genes is a highly specific marker of advanced dysplastic lesions and appears to result from aberrant activation of the methyltransferase DNMT1 by viral oncoproteins E6 and E7. A methylation test performed on a cervicovaginal cytology specimen allows to increase the diagnostic value of this non-invasive test and to select patients with severe squamous cell lesions for follow-up. Other less frequent anogenital malignancies that are induced by HR-HPV to a lesser extent can also be detected by cytological examination - glandular lesions of various origins, most commonly cervical and endometrial adenocarcinomas and anal carcinoma. The aim of our pilot study was to evaluate the utility of a methylation test for the diagnosis of these malignancies in a cohort of 50 liquid-based cervicovaginal cytologies with glandular lesion and 74 liquid-based anal cytologies from HIV-positive men having sex with men who are at high risk for anal cancer development.</p>","PeriodicalId":9861,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska patologie","volume":"59 1","pages":"26-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9421122","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}