Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
Oct 19, 2022
BACKGROUND: The extent of interstitial fibrosis in the kidney not only correlates with renal function at the time of biopsy but also predicts future renal outcome. However, its assessment by pathologists lacks good agreement. The aim of this study is...
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
Oct 7, 2022
OBJECTIVE: Despite efforts to improve screening and early detection of prostate cancer (PC), no available biomarker has shown acceptable performance in patients with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) gray zones. We aimed to develop a deep learning-base...
Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo
Aug 1, 2022
To diagnose muscle disease, histopathologic evaluation of muscle biopsy is essential. In addition, since myositis has a well-established treatment, an accurate diagnosis is required. However, distinguishing myositis from other muscle diseases is chal...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2022
Manual assessment of fragments during the pro-cessing of pathology specimens is critical to ensure that the material available for slide analysis matches that captured during grossing without losing valuable material during this process. However, thi...
BACKGROUND: Eosinophils have been implicated in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis and have been associated with disease course and therapeutic response. However, associations between eosinophil density, histologic activity, and clinical features...
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
Jan 2, 2022
CONTEXT.—: Large cell transformation (LCT) of indolent B-cell lymphomas, such as follicular lymphoma (FL) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), signals a worse prognosis, at which point aggressive chemotherapy is initiated. Although LCT is relative...
OBJECTIVE: Conventional frame-based stereotaxy through a transfrontal approach (TFA) is the gold standard in brainstem biopsies. Because of the high surgical morbidity and limited impact on therapy, brainstem biopsies are controversial. The introduct...
The study was aimed to determine the diagnostic yield and outcome of transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy (TRUSPB) in a cohort of Sri Lankan men. A prospective study was conducted among 333 (median age: 70 years, range:48-88) men from a sing...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Nov 1, 2021
Kidney biopsy interpretation is the gold standard for the diagnosis and prognosis for kidney disease. Pathognomonic diagnosis hinges on the correct assessment of different structures within a biopsy that is manually visualized and interpreted by a re...
BACKGROUND: Despite the kidney supply shortage, 18%-20% of deceased donor kidneys are discarded annually in the United States. In 2018, 3569 kidneys were discarded.