Pathology

Ondina Karla M. S. Rocha; Glória Maria de França; Patrícia T. Oliveira; Janaína L. M. Santos; Márcia Cristina C. Miguel; Éricka Janine D. SilveiraJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(5):330-333DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170053 ABSTRACT Actinomycosis is a rare infection caused by bacteria of Actinomyces genus that can affect both soft and bone tissues; it may be associated with trauma or […]

Nedio Atolini Jr.; Luis Fernando Melotti; Tatiany T. Yamamoto; Vanessa Lunelli; Gustavo P. L. Lang; Daniela A. Silveira; Maurício G. SilvaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(5):334-337DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170054 ABSTRACT Glomangiopericytomas are soft tissue tumors showing distinct perivascular myoid differentiation in sinonasal region that correspond to less than 0.5% of neoplasms in this region. We report the

Eduardo CambruzziJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(5):338-344DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170055 ABSTRACT Diffuse astrocytoma and glioblastoma (GBM) constitute a group of diffusely infiltrating astrocytic neoplasms, which more commonly arise in cerebral hemispheres of adults. The prevalence of malignant transformation of diffuse astrocytoma to anaplastic astrocytoma and GBM varies from 40% to 75% of cases in different series. Distinct

Marcos P. Santos; Thaiane A. Robeldo; Edwin David Castañeda; Ana Carolina Pagliarone; Karina N. Z. Pinto; Ricardo C. BorraJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(4):261-269DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170041 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Tissue microarray (TMA) is considered an innovative method in several fields, with a great diversity of applications and advantages over traditional histomorphometric techniques. The most important advantage that TMA

Paulo Melo; Luis Jesuino Andrade; Fernando Elias Cruz; Emannuel ConradoJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(4):270-272DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170042 ABSTRACT We report a rare case of a 67-year-old postmenopausal woman presenting diffuse peritonitis secondary to spontaneous perforation of pyometra with obstructive acute abdomen. During laparotomy was performed subtotal abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. The histopathology found the presence

Rafaella B. Leite; Mara Luana B. Severo; Patrícia T. Oliveira; Ana Miryan C. Medeiros; Carlos Augusto G. Barboza; Ericka Janine D. SilveiraJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(4):273-275DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170043 ABSTRACT Oral lymphoepithelial cyst (OLEC) is an uncommon lesion that develops in oral lymphoid tissue. The aim of the present study was to report a clinical case