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Anton S. Tkachenko; Galina I. Gubina-Vakulyck; Anatolii I. Onishchenko; Iulii M. Kalashnyk; Yaroslava O. Butko; Tatyana V. GorbachJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-5DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200007 ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: The aim of our research is to assess fascin expression in nasal tissues of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with (CRSwNP) and without (CRSsNP) nasal polyps.METHODS: Fascin expression in nasal tissues of […]

Ludimila R. Ramos; Márcio V. Oliveira; Cláudio L. SouzaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-8DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200009 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Laboratory tests are intended to provide information necessary to clarify diagnoses or specific situations that cannot be elucidated by other means. Laboratory analyses are subject to several interferences. Even healthy individuals could suffer variations in laboratory tests due to

Gabriele A. Silva; Cláudio L. Souza; Márcio V. OliveiraJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-7DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200010 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is an important test for diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (DM) that needs criteria to be requested and analytical performance evaluation.OBJECTIVES: Determine the prevalence of unnecessary OGTT requests and analyze patients’ suitability criteria for glucose

Carolina Emerick; Tamires G. Magalhães; Maria Carolina L. J. M. Barki; Lívia R. Crescencio1; Renata Tucci; Eleni Maria V. B. Barros; Rebeca S. AzevedoJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-6DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200001 ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To describe demographic and clinicopathologic profile of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cases from incisional biopsies collected at the Nova Friburgo Health Institute of

Liliane Cristina N. Marinho; Hellen B. P. Santos; Everton F. Morais; Roseana A. FreitasJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-5DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200002 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Peripheral nerve sheath lesions are among the various diseases that can affect the nervous tissue. These neural origin lesions may occur in the maxillofacial region, although they are rare.OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was

Caio Mauricio M. Cordova; Ariane S. Portal; Maurício M. CordovaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-6DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200003 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Recently, fasting flexibility for laboratory determination of lipid profile has been recommended. When triglycerides (TG) are above 400 mg/dl, the formula proposed by Martin et al. should be used to estimate the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). However, this formula has

Renan B. Domingues; Gustavo B. Peres; Fernando B. Moura-Leite; Carlos S. SoaresJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-5DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200004 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Increased intrathecal immunoglobulin class G (IgG) synthesis can be found in several neuroinflammatory diseases.OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to analyze quantitative and qualitative methods of intrathecal immunoproduction evaluation.METHODS: We retrospectively assessed data from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

Aline C. Hey; Ana Paula Azambuja; Yara Carolina Schluga; Elenaide C. Nunes; Rodrigo Miguel Bendlin; Valderez R. JamurJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2019;55(6):580-597DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20190052 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is caused by t(15;17)(q24;q21) translocation, which product is the fusion oncoprotein PML-RARα (promyelocytic leukemia-retinoic acid receptor alpha). The morphology of leukemic promyelocytes is usually characteristic, with the presence