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Frequency of HG grouped into women aged 50 years and younger or older HG: histological grade.

Ductal carcinoma of the breast: morphological aspects according to the age

Article Type, Issue, Pathology, Vol 51, Issue 4 /

Ranniere G. F. Aquino; Luiz G. P. Pinheiro; Márcia Valéria P. Ferreira; Diane Isabelle M. Cavalcante; Ayane Layne S. Oliveira; Nádia N. Gomes; Carlos Antonio B. SilvaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2015;51(4):252-257DOI:10.5935/1676-2444.20150042 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, and its morphological characteristics, despite the current molecular classification, also provide important […]

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High magnification shows that the neoplastic cells are epithelioid with ovoid to elongated bland nuclei, distinct nucleolus and eosinophilic cytoplasm.

Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma: report of two cases and literature review

Article Type, Issue, Pathology, Vol 51, Issue 4 /

Francisca E. M. M. Lima; Iago F. Jorge; Jacques Kauffman; Gunter Gerson; Maria do Patrocínio F. G. Beco; Juliana M. Cavalcante; Carlos Gustavo Hirth; Raimundo N. L. NetoJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2015;51(4):258-264DOI:10.5935/1676-2444.20150043 ABSTRACT Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma is a rare neoplasm, first described in 1986 by Monda. Case 1: A female patient, 50-year-old performed

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Histopathology,400×Fontana- Masson: Fontana Masson stain enhances melanin pigment. Melanin pigmentation is observed in the basal layer, focally in

Pigmented Bowen’s disease: a case report of an unusual variant

Article Type, Issue, Pathology, Vol 51, Issue 4 /

Milena M. Rodrigues; Nayara C. Wiziack; Jorge J. Chacha; Luiz C. TakitaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2015;51(4):265-267DOI:10.5935/1676-2444.20150044 ABSTRACT Bowen’s disease is a squamous cell carcinoma in situ with the potential to turn into invasive carcinoma. Pigmented Bowen’s disease is an unusual variant, with few reported in the literature, and becomes a problem in the differential diagnosis with

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Evaluation of TP53 Gene Expression in Patients with Childhood Cancer in Northeast Santa Catarina, Brazil

Why hold a congress of Laboratory Medicine in Brazil?

Article Type, Editorial, Issue, Vol 51, Issue 3 /

Adagmar AndrioloJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2015;51(3):137DOI:10.5935/1676-2444.20150023 ABSTRACT Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica/Medicina Laboratorial (SBPC/ML) annually holds a Brazilian congress on its specialty. But why? The reasons are innumerable. At a scientific congress one can keep up-to-date and meet colleagues from other regions of the country and of the world. Technical scientific updating in the

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PCR agarose gel at 1.5% for the identification of fragments 491 and 615 bp

Identification of polymorphisms of XRCC1 gene in patients with cancer in a city of northern Brazil

Article Type, Issue, Laboratory Medicine, Vol 51, Issue 3 /

Artemis Socorro N. Rodrigues; Tainá L. Vanzeler; Gabriel O. EspíndolaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2015;51(3):138-142DOI:10.5935/1676-2444.20150024 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Cancer is considered a genetic disease. For this reason, identification and characterization of the genes involved in its origin and progression are of fundamental importance in understanding its molecular basis.OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to determine whether people from Macapá with

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Evaluation of TP53 Gene Expression in Patients with Childhood Cancer in Northeast Santa Catarina, Brazil

Methicillin- and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in health care workers and medical devices

Article Type, Issue, Laboratory Medicine, Vol 51, Issue 3 /

Angela Breves; Catia Aparecida C. Miranda; Claudia Flores; Ivano de Filippis; Maysa M. ClementinoJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2015;51(3):143-152DOI:10.5935/1676-2444.20150025 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Cross-contamination by Staphylococcus aureus among patients, professionals and medical supplies in health facilities is a constant concern, leading many researchers to study the prevalence of this pathogen in asymptomatic carriers.OBJECTIVES: We investigated the colonization and the antimicrobial susceptibility

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Evaluation of TP53 Gene Expression in Patients with Childhood Cancer in Northeast Santa Catarina, Brazil

Influence of hemodialysis on the plasma concentration of adenosine deaminase in patients with chronic kidney disease

Article Type, Issue, Laboratory Medicine, Vol 51, Issue 3 /

Eduardo O. Chielle; Kaue A. Rigon; Idania A. Arcari; Vanessa Stein; Gelson Antônio dos SantosJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2015;51(3):153-157DOI:10.5935/1676-2444.20150026 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Over the past years there has been a significant increase in hospitalizations and treatments due to kidney complications that eventually resulted in the increased number of patients on dialysis. The adenosine deaminase (ADA) enzyme

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Distribution of Candida species in the study population

Candida species distribution and fluconazole susceptibility of blood isolates at a regional hospital in Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil

Article Type, Issue, Laboratory Medicine, Vol 51, Issue 3 /

Maira Giseli C. Silva; Gustavo S. Rodrigues; Itamar Luís Gonçalves; Neiva Aparecida GrazziotinJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2015;51(3):158-161DOI:10.5935/1676-2444.20150027 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Candidemia is a bloodstream infection produced by Candida genus yeasts.OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to characterize the epidemiology and the fluconazole susceptibility in Candida species isolated from patients at a regional hospital in Passo Fundo, RS.METHODS: Records from the laboratory

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Profiles of isolates according to the modified Hodge test and blaKPC gene detection

Molecular characterization of Enterobacteriaceae resistant to carbapenem antimicrobials

Article Type, Issue, Laboratory Medicine, Vol 51, Issue 3 /

Jaciane B. Marques; Pauline C. Bonez; Vanessa A. Agertt; Vanessa C. Flores; Tanise V. Dalmolin; Grazielle G. Rossi; Nara Lucia F. Dal Forno; Bianca V. Bianchini; Caren R. Mizdal; Fallon S. Siqueira; Roselene A. Righi; Bettina H. Meneghetti; Priscila A. Trindade; Roberto C. V. Santos; Marli M. A. CamposJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2015;51(3):162-165DOI:10.5935/1676-2444.20150028 ABSTRACT

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Distribution by frequency according to the results of the first and second cytology, Manaus (AM)

Detection and genotyping of HPV in women with indeterminate cytology and low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions

Article Type, Cytopathology, Issue, Vol 51, Issue 3 /

Francisca A. Queiroz; Danielle A. P. Rocha; Roberto Alexandre A. B. Filho; Cristina Maria B. SantosJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2015;51(3):166-172DOI:10.5935/1676-2444.20150029 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main risk factor related to cervical cancer, the third most frequent type of cancer in Brazilian women. Early identification of high-risk HPV types in the normal cervix,

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