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

A reflection in times of pandemic: can the application of a tourniquet for blood collection still be considered a safe practice?

Carlos Hernani C. MarmolJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2021;57(1):1DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20210031 Dear editor, The year is 2021, but some issues seem to remain in the 1980s when the topic involves patient safety. The continuous and irresponsible tourniquet application in patients at the time of blood collection for laboratory tests(1) puts us on high alert in times of […]

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Exuberant hypercementosis mimicking cementoblastoma

Silvia Y. Paredes; Heitor A. Silveira; Luciana Y. Almeida; Evânio V. Silva; Alexandre Elias Trivellato; Cassio E. Sverzut; Jorge E. LeónJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2021;57(1):1-4DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20210046 ABSTRACT Hypercementosis is a non-neoplastic proliferation involving excessive cementum deposition along the normal root cementum. Here, we report an unusual case of exuberant hypercementosis associated with chronic suppurative

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Large calcifying odontogenic cyst in the posterior maxilla

Lucas A. M. Santana; Fernanda A. Felix; Lucas G. C. Ayres; Erika R. Silva; Wilton M. Takeshita; Hugo Leonardo M. Barros; Henrique M. Silveira; Fábio R. PiresJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2021;57(1):1-5DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20210044 ABSTRACT The occurrence of calcifying odontogenic cyst (COC) in the posterior maxillary region is uncommon, with few cases described in literature. We

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GM1 gangliosidosis: a case report

Guilherme Dienstmann; Matheus L. R. Souza; Flávia Helena Bergmann; Francielle Del Castanhel; Camila S. Simão; Liara Bohnert; Lorena R. CyrinoJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2021;57(1):1-5DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20210043 ABSTRACT GM1 gangliosidosis is a lysosomal disease characterized by the accumulation of GM1 ganglioside (glycosphingolipid) in the visceral and central nervous system (CNS), due to the deficiency of the

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

Incidental gastric schwannoma identified during open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Victor K. Ivano; Cassiano Machado; Lucas Thá Nassif; André Thá Nassif; Larissa Miyashiro; Letícia Miyashiro; Larissa L. G. SilvaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2021;57(1):1-7DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20210050 ABSTRACT When a gastric mass is encountered, the surgeon must make the decision to resect the lesion or stop the surgery (for less morbidity) and discuss the best treatment. it’s

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Oral follicular lymphoid hyperplasia: clinicopathologic of a case series

Mara Luana B. Severo; Glória Maria França; Clarissa F. Demeda; Roseane C. Vasconcelos; Antônio de Lisboa L. Costa; Leão P. Pinto; Éricka Janine D. Silveira; Pedro Paulo A. SantosJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2021;57(1):1-7DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20210047 ABSTRACT Follicular lymphoid hyperplasia (FLH) is a reactive lymphoid proliferation that can simulates lymphomas, both clinically and histologically. The aim

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Atypical oral features of patient with neurofibromatosis type 1: case report

Caroline S. Alves; Lucas A. M. Santana; Fernanda A. Felix; Lucas G. C. Ayres; Erika R. Silva; Wilton M. TakeshitaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2021;57(1):1-5DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20210041 ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to assist dental clinicians to identify neurofibromatosis type 1 and its variants. We present a rare case of a 68-year-old man affected

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

Current polio status in the world

Elaine S. Lima; Eliete C. Romero; Celso Francisco H. GranatoJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2021;57(1):1-6DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20210022 ABSTRACT Poliomyelitis is still an endemic disease in Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan despite the efforts to eradicate the disease. Therefore, there is a potential risk of international spread. Since the start of the polio eradication program by the Global

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

The use of real time PCR for arboviruses diagnostics: integrative review

Christiane O. L. Licínio; Flávio M. AyresJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2021;57(1):1-9DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20210048 ABSTRACT Arboviruses are viral diseases transmitted by arthropods (arthropod-borne virus). Standing out dengue, zika virus, and chikungunya among the emergent and re-emergent arboviruses in recent years around the world. The similarity between the symptoms makes the clinical diagnosis ineffective, making difficult the

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Underreporting of scientific knowledge: a theme for reflection

False-negative result in molecular diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 in samples with amplification inhibitors

Marcelo Fruehwirth; Açucena V. Rivas; Andressa F. R. Fitz; Aline Cristiane C. A. Batista; Cleypson Vinicius Silveira; Robson M. DelaiJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-8DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200060 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Although reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) is the gold standard method for detecting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), some factors, such as the presence of amplification

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