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Nichols MM, Ondrejka SL, Patil S, Durkin L, Hill BT, Hsi ED. Ki67 proliferation index in follicular lymphoma is associated with favorable outcome in patients treated with R-CHOP. Leuk Lymphoma 2023; 64:1433-1441. [PMID: 37226602 DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2023.2214651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Follicular lymphoma (FL) is a common, indolent small B-cell lymphoma. While the Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index is widely used, reliable prognostic and predictive biomarkers are needed. A recent study suggested that architectural patterns of CD10, BCL6, and Ki67 expression may correlate with progression-free survival (PFS) in FL patients treated with chemotherapy-free regimens. We examined the prognostic and predictive utility of architectural patterns of CD10, BCL6, Ki67, and FOXP1 in 90 patients treated with immunochemotherapy (bendamustine-rituximab [BR] and R-cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone [CHOP]). We found that high follicular Ki67 (≥30%) was associated with longer PFS in the subgroup of patients treated with R-CHOP but not among those treated with BR. Validation of this biomarker may support routine use of Ki67 as a predictive marker in FL.
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- Meredith M Nichols
- Robert Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Robert Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Lerner Research Institute, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Robert Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
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Nichols MM, Alruwaii F, Chaaban M, Cheng YW, Griffith CC. Biphenotypic Sinonasal Sarcoma with a Novel PAX3::FOXO6 Fusion: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Head Neck Pathol 2023; 17:259-264. [PMID: 36169791 PMCID: PMC10063736 DOI: 10.1007/s12105-022-01479-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/17/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Biphenotypic sinonasal sarcoma (BSS) is a low-grade, locally aggressive sarcoma unique to the sinonasal region. BSS is most common in middle aged patients and affects women more frequently than men. It is characterized by a bland spindled cell proliferation with neural and myogenic differentiation. BSS are usually associated with rearrangement t(2;4)(q35;q31.1) resulting in a PAX3::MAML3 fusion. Less commonly, other genes are found in combination with PAX3 and some cases reported in the literature have an unknown fusion partner. METHODS A 54-year-old man presented with nasal mass. Endoscopic resection showed a low-grade spindle cell neoplasm with morphologic features of BSS and immunohistochemical and next generation sequencing were performed to confirm the diagnosis. RESULTS The tumor was positive for S100 and smooth muscle actin but negative for SOX10. Next generation sequencing demonstrated a novel PAX3::FOXO6 gene fusion. CONCLUSIONS Although a PAX3::FOXO6 gene fusion has never been reported, this finding combined with the morphologic and immunophenotypic features supports the diagnosis of supports the diagnosis of BSS.
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- Meredith M Nichols
- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Robert J. Tomsich Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Robert J. Tomsich Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Section of Nasal and Sinus Disorders, Head and Neck Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Robert J. Tomsich Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Robert J. Tomsich Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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Cantu MD, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Wang SA, Kadia T, Bueso-Ramos CE, Patel SS, Geyer JT, Tam W, Madanat Y, Li P, George TI, Nichols MM, Rogers HJ, Liu YC, Aggarwal N, Kurzer JH, Maracaja DLV, Hsi ED, Zaiem F, Babu D, Foucar K, Laczko D, Bagg A, Orazi A, Arber DA, Hasserjian RP, Weinberg OK. Clinicopathologic and Molecular Analysis of Normal Karyotype Therapy-Related and De Novo Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Multi-Institutional Study by the Bone Marrow Pathology Group. JCO Precis Oncol 2023; 7:e2200400. [PMID: 36689697 DOI: 10.1200/po.22.00400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Therapy-related acute myeloid leukemias (t-AML) are a heterogenous group of aggressive neoplasms that arise following exposure to cytotoxic chemotherapy and/or ionizing radiation. Many therapy-related myeloid neoplasms (t-MN) are associated with distinct chromosomal aberrations and/or TP53 alterations, but little is known about the clinicopathologic and molecular features of normal karyotype t-AML (NK-t-AML) and whether this t-MN subtype is distinctly different from NK de novo AML (NK-dn-AML). METHODS This multi-institutional study by the Bone Marrow Pathology Group retrospectively evaluated clinicopathologic and molecular characteristics of 335 patients with NK-AML, comprising 105 t-AML and 230 dn-AML cases. RESULTS Patients with t-AML compared with dn-AML exhibit significantly shorter overall survival (OS; median months: 17.6 v 44.2; P < .0001) and relapse-free survival (RFS; median months: 9.1 v 19.2; P = .0018). Frequency of NPM1, FLT3, KRAS, and GATA2 mutations were significantly different in NK-t-AML compared with NK-dn-AML (NPM1 35% v 49%; P = .0493; FLT3 23% v 36%; P = 0494; KRAS 12% v 5%; P = .0465; GATA2 9% v 2% P = .0105), while TP53 mutations were rare. Patients with t-AML more often stratified into intermediate or adverse 2017 ELN genetic risk groups. Favorable ELN risk predicted favorable OS (hazard ratio [HR], 0.4056; 95% CI, 0 to 0.866; P = .020) and RFS (HR, 0.355; 95% CI, 0 to 0.746; P = .006). Among all patients with NK-AML, stem-cell transplant and favorable ELN risk both significantly affected RFS, while therapy-relatedness and age had a borderline significant impact on OS (HR, 1.355; 95% CI, 0.975 to 1.882; P = .070). CONCLUSION To our knowledge, this is the largest study to date to comprehensively evaluate NK-t-AML and provides a framework that may inform our understanding of NK-t-AML disease biology and could potentially help guide therapeutic management and improved disease classification in t-MNs that lack cytogenetic aberrations.
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- Miguel D Cantu
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
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- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- UPMC and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Perelman School of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Perelman School of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Texas Tech University Health Science Center, St Lubbock, TX
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- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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Nichols MM, Cook JR, Bosler DS, Rogers HJ, Philip JKSS, Jogenpally NR, Reynolds JP, Robertson S, Cotta CV. Myeloid Sarcoma Involving the Testis in Adults: Clonal Evolution of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2022; 30:e32-e39. [PMID: 35001036 DOI: 10.1097/pai.0000000000001007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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To describe the clinical, histologic, immunophenotypic, and genetic characteristics of myeloid sarcoma (MS) diagnosed in the testes of adults, 3 cases were identified, and information on their presentation, clinical features, treatment, and outcome was retrieved from the medical records. In addition, histologic, immunophenotypic, and molecular characteristics were reviewed. This showed that all patients had a previous history of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), in 2 cases diagnosed >10 years before the testicular lesions. In 1 case, there was bilateral involvement, while in 2, involvement was unilateral. The neoplastic cells showed evidence of cytogenetic/molecular clonal evolution in all cases, 1 of which also had significant immunophenotypic changes. A mutational profile including NPM1 p.Trp288Cysfs*12, IDH1 p.Arg132His NRAS p.Gly12Asp was seen in 2 of the 3 cases. Concurrent bone marrow involvement by a myeloid neoplasm was diagnosed in 2 patients, in 1, there was AML in the second 8% blasts. These patients progressed rapidly after MS and had a dismal outcome. The patient with no concurrent bone marrow disease had a favorable outcome. In conclusion, MS involving the testes of adults is a rare event, and it may represent the clonal evolution of AML.
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- Meredith M Nichols
- Robert J. Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Robert J. Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Robert J. Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Robert J. Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Robert J. Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Robert J. Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Robert J. Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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Nichols MM, Reynolds JP, McKenney JK, Nicolas MM, McIntire PJ, Policarpio-Nicolas MLC. Urine cytology findings in patients with biopsy-confirmed urothelial carcinoma in situ with plasmacytoid features. Cancer Cytopathol 2021; 129:798-804. [PMID: 33900681 DOI: 10.1002/cncy.22445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2021] [Revised: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Urine cytology is an important screening tool in the diagnosis of high-grade urothelial carcinoma. Diagnosis in urine samples follows criteria outlined by The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology (TPS). However, cytologic characteristics of the recently described urothelial carcinoma in situ with plasmacytoid features (P-CIS) have not been described, and it is unknown whether they conform to TPS criteria for high-grade urothelial carcinoma. This study was aimed at better characterizing possibly unique cytologic features of P-CIS. METHODS The authors collected urine cytology specimens from patients with subsequent bladder biopsy-proven P-CIS. Specimens were re-reviewed according to the TPS criteria. The proposed cytologic features of P-CIS (eccentric, enlarged, and hyperchromatic nuclei) were evaluated; this included the reproducibility of 3 cytopathologists for the proposed cytologic features. RESULTS Seventy-four urine specimens from 18 patients with P-CIS-diagnosed bladder biopsies were identified. The TPS diagnoses of the 74 urine cytology specimens were as follows: negative for high-grade urothelial carcinoma (n = 26), atypical urothelial cells (n = 26), suspicious for high-grade urothelial carcinoma (n = 12), and high-grade urothelial carcinoma (n = 10). Only 7 urine specimens met the proposed cytologic criteria for P-CIS, and they had TPS diagnoses of negative for high-grade urothelial carcinoma (n = 1), atypical urothelial cells (n = 3), and high-grade urothelial carcinoma (n = 3). The κ interobserver agreement ranged from poor to fair. CONCLUSION The features of P-CIS on urine cytology are subtle and infrequently reproducible and often do not meet the TPS criteria for diagnosis as high-grade urothelial carcinoma. In specimens that do not meet TPS criteria for high-grade urothelial carcinoma, P-CIS cytology in isolation would be best classified as atypical urothelial cells.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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Nichols MM, Crane GM. Educational Case: Differentiating Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura From Other Thrombotic Microangiopathies and Potential Role of the Spleen. Acad Pathol 2021; 8:23742895211001312. [PMID: 33855171 PMCID: PMC8013907 DOI: 10.1177/23742895211001312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2021] [Revised: 01/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, seehttp://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.1
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- Meredith M Nichols
- Robert J. Tomsich Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH, USA
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- Robert J. Tomsich Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH, USA
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Nichols MM, Malpica L, Muss HB, Montgomery ND. “Circulating lobular breast carcinoma masquerading as acute leukemia”. Human Pathology: Case Reports 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ehpc.2019.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Nichols MM, Gelman BB, Gilbert-Barness E. Pathological case of the month. Autolyzed brain tissue beneath dermis of thigh and back. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1996; 150:997-8. [PMID: 8790136 DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170340111022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- M M Nichols
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas, USA
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- T N James
- World Health Organization Cardiovascular Center, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0129
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Adegboyega PA, Adesokan AA, Sample TG, Nichols MM. Pathological case of the month. Spondylothoracic dysplasia with multiple congenital cardiac anomalies. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1996; 150:221-2. [PMID: 8556131 DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170270103017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- P A Adegboyega
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, USA
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- C J Chuong
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Nichols MM. The tripod sign and knee kissing in polio. Hosp Pract (Off Ed) 1994; 29:12. [PMID: 7962230 DOI: 10.1080/21548331.1994.11443098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Nichols MM, Bennett MV. Follow-up phone call facilitates evaluation of learning. Oncol Nurs Forum 1993; 20:827. [PMID: 8337179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- M M Nichols
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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Nichols MM. Sudden infant death syndrome and sleeping position. Pediatrics 1993; 91:852-3. [PMID: 8464684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Neonatal Herpes simplex infections are usually contracted from the birth canal, and the systemic lesions develop several days to weeks after delivery. We present the clinicopathologic findings in a newborn with a prenatal diagnosis of hydrocephalus who died at 1 day of age. Severe liquefaction necrosis and foci of calcification were present in the brain, adrenal glands, and retina. Cowdry type A intranuclear inclusions were present in the adrenal glands and retina. There was no clinical evidence of genital herpes in either parent. This is the first documented case of in utero transmission of Herpes simplex infection, confirmed by the polymerase chain reaction, and causing fulminant necrotizing retinitis and encephalitis.
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- A M Mansour
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550
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Bengtson K, Nichols MM, Schnadig V, Ellis MD, Bengston K. Sudden death in a child following jellyfish envenomation by Chiropsalmus quadrumanus. Case report and autopsy findings. JAMA 1991; 266:1404-6. [PMID: 1679136 DOI: 10.1001/jama.266.10.1404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Sudden death following coelenterate envenomation is not uncommon in Australia where the Pacific box jellyfish is indigenous. However, few cases of sudden fatal reactions have been reported in the Northern Hemisphere, and those that have occurred have all been attributed to the Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis. We report the case of a child who died within 40 minutes of accidental envenomation with tentacles of a jellyfish, Chiropsalmus quadrumanus, and describe the findings at autopsy. This coelenterate may be of special danger to small children.
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- K Bengtson
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550
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Haque AK, Mancuso MG, Hokanson J, Nguyen ND, Nichols MM. Bronchiolar wall changes in sudden infant death syndrome: morphometric study of a new observation. Pediatr Pathol 1991; 11:551-68. [PMID: 1946076 DOI: 10.3109/15513819109064790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) infants have significantly thicker and more cellular bronchiolar walls than control infants of similar age. A morphometric study of 25 SIDS and 18 control infants was undertaken to measure the bronchiolar wall thickness using a Cue-2 image analysis system. A mathematical formula (relative index) was used to compare the thickness of bronchioles of varying diameter. Data analysis using a nested design two-way analysis of variance and covariance of the measured bronchioles showed a significant difference between the SIDS and control infants with a P value less than .001. Manual counting of the cells in the bronchiolar walls and data analysis using an unpaired two-tailed t test showed that the SIDS infants had a significantly greater number of cells than control infants (P less than .01). Our preliminary results indicate that the cells in the bronchiolar wall are either peripheral nerve-derived (Schwann cells) or Langerhans cells. We postulate that these cells are increased in number in response to chronic hypoxia in SIDS infants.
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- A K Haque
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550
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Nichols MM. Perinatal asphyxia and other common causes of perinatal depression. Am J Dis Child 1990; 144:519. [PMID: 2330911 DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1990.02150290013006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Unexplained retinal hemorrhages in infants are usually indicative of child abuse. We present the case of an infant with retinal hemorrhages following cardiopulmonary resuscitation, who had not been abused. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation should be added to the list of causes of retinal hemorrhages in infants and children.
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- V W Weedn
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550
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- M M Nichols
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550
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An unusual case of tracheobronchial scald associated with head and neck scald is reported. A five-month-old infant, lying on his back with his face under the hot water tap, not only sustained head and neck scalds, but also swallowed and aspirated hot water. Burns of the mouth, pharynx, trachea, major bronchi, and bronchides ensued.
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Nichols MM, Weedn VW. Placental laceration and stillbirth following motor vehicle accident with legal ramifications. Tex Med 1986; 82:26-8. [PMID: 3961701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Elder FF, Nichols MM, Hood OJ, Harrison WR. Unbalanced translocation (15;17)(q13;13.3) with apparent Prader-Willi syndrome but without Miller-Dieker syndrome. Am J Med Genet 1985; 20:519-24. [PMID: 3993677 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320200312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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We studied after death a 3-month-old girl whose karyotype was 45,XX,-15,-17,+der(17),t(15;17)(q13;p13.3) and thus combines abnormalities of chromosome 15 associated with the Prader-Willi syndrome and of chromosome 17 associated with the Miller-Dieker syndrome. This infant had several manifestations of the Prader-Willi syndrome in infancy but none of the Miller-Dieker syndrome. We propose that essentially no loss of 17p material has occurred and confirm previous reports that the critical region for the production of the Miller-Dieker phenotype is located subterminally in the 17p13.3 region.
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Ellis EN, Brouhard BH, Lynch RE, Dawson EB, Tisdell R, Nichols MM, Ramirez F. Effects of hemodialysis and dimercaprol in acute dichromate poisoning. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 1982; 19:249-58. [PMID: 7131611 DOI: 10.3109/15563658209025729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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A 22-month-old infant died after ingesting sodium dichromate his father had brought from work. Treatment included folic acid and dimercaprol administration, hemodialysis, and exchange transfusion. To evaluate this treatment, four dogs were hemodialyzed after receiving intravenous sodium dichromate: their dialyzer chromate clearance was similar to their renal chromate clearance and their dialyzer chromate clearance was not significantly different before or after dimercaprol administration. This and other cases in the literature indicate that although chromate poisoning is often fatal, supportive care, forced diuresis, and chelating agents may be helpful. Hemodialysis may be required if renal failure occurs. Awareness of toxicity and prevention remain the most important approaches.
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Opportunistic infections, often fatal, are frequent concomitants of congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies. The authors report a case of fatal cryptococcosis in a 5-month-old male infant with severe combined immunodeficiency. The anatomic distribution of cryptococcal lesions suggests that the terminal small intestine, as well as the lower respiratory tract, may serve as a portal of entry for this organism.
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In continuing attempts to develop reliable morphologic, x-ray, and gross criteria for age estimation utilizing the sternum and costal cartilages, it became necessary to study the fetal development of the sternum. While there is a wide variability in the number and configuration of the ossification centers of the developing sternum, several basic developmental patterns emerge. These are illustrated and compared with Ashley's classic work. In general, ossification begins in the manubrium and progresses to the mesosternal (body) segments, developing from rostral to caudal. The more or less final sternal pattern is not found until a number of years after birth. The wide variation in fetal sternal development would seem to preclude its use for satisfactory gestational age estimation; it is clearly less valuable than other morphologic criteria already available. However, an understanding of fetal development does greatly assist in understanding the pre- and postpubertal sternal patterns.
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Profiles of man-made radionuclides in sediment cores from the James River estuary confirm the rapid burial of the pesticide Kepone. The greatest deposition of Kepone has occurred in zones characterized by very high sedimentation rates, 10 to 20 centimeters per year. Since sediment is the major Kepone reservoir, rapid burial probably reduces the exposure of organisms to further contamination. Disturbance caused by hurricanes or dredging, however, could return highly contaminated sediment to the surface although this sediment would be diluted with less contaminated particles.
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Infants with primary pulmonary hypoplasia with respiratory distress immediately after birth, but usually elude early diagnosis. They have no other abnormalities, but frequently develop signs and symptoms of the PFC syndrome. Roentgenographically, they show small, clear lungs and are prone to develop complicating pneumothoraces. The clinical, roentgenographic, and pathologic features of eight infants with primary pulmonary hypoplasia are presented.
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Nichols MM, Tyson KR. Saddle embolus occluding pulmonary arteries. Am J Dis Child 1978; 132:926. [PMID: 99027 DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1978.02120340102021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Rodin AE, Nichols MM. Congestive heart failure in the fetus and during the first day of life. Tex Med 1976; 72:44-8. [PMID: 936064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Nichols MM. Managing emergencies in the newborn. Am Fam Physician 1974; 9:168-79. [PMID: 4813463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Rodin AE, Haggard ME, Nichols MM, Gustavson LP. Infantile genetic agranulocytosis: two cases occurring in siblings and one in a distant relative. Am J Dis Child 1973; 126:818-21. [PMID: 4759369 DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1973.02110190660016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Rodin AE, Nichols MM, Hsu FL. Necrotizing enterocolitis occurring in full-term neonates at birth. Arch Pathol 1973; 96:335-8. [PMID: 4542642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Hughes FB, Nichols MM. The Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: case in a newborn. Tex Med 1972; 68:86-8. [PMID: 5084259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Nichols MM, Moriyama IM, Yankauer A. Reporting of neonatal deaths. Pediatrics 1971; 47:628-30. [PMID: 5102189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Nichols MM, Hopwood NJ. Alveolar rupture in the newborn: report of 31 cases. South Med J 1968; 61:342-6. [PMID: 4868513 DOI: 10.1097/00007611-196804000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Nichols MM. Feeding premature infants modified milk: a comparison of effects on growth, blood and urine of three formulas. Curr Ther Res Clin Exp 1967; 9:Suppl:184-93. [PMID: 4962982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Nichols MM, Danford BH. Feeding premature infants: a comparison of effects on weight gain, blood and urine of two formulas with varying protein and ash composition. South Med J 1966; 59:1420-4. [PMID: 5953707 DOI: 10.1097/00007611-196612000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Schreiber MH, Hendrick CK, McGanity WJ, Nichols MM. Relation of maternal cardiac volume to infant maturity. Invest Radiol 1966; 1:465-75. [PMID: 5972455 DOI: 10.1097/00004424-196611000-00021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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