Çomunoğlu, Nil Çomunoğlu, Cem Özcan, Rahşan Ocak, Süheyla
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Fetal and pediatric pathology
A tumor with EWSR1/FLI fusion displaying extensive well differentiated neuroblastomatous differentiation is presented. A nine-year-old female patient had a thoracic vertebra 8 paraspinal mass. The lesion was resected incompletely. Histopathologically, a small round cell tumor with gangliomatous differentiation was seen. This was initially diagnosed...
Okur, Özkan Ergin, Malik Oral, Akgun Hosgor, Munevver
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Fetal and pediatric pathology
Objective: Congenital segmental intestinal dilatation (SID) and bronchogenic cyst in the abdomen are two uncommon and different pathologies. We report a bronchogenic cyst associated with segmental intestinal dilatation. Case: A 2-day-old 3300 g term infant developed bilious vomiting. A jejunoileal segment with a diameter of 10 cm was detected at su...
Bhardwaj, Sunny Deshpande, Rohit Sanjay Kumar, Santosh Mitra, Suvradeep
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Fetal and pediatric pathology
Adrenocortical adenoma (ADA) and myelolipoma are two common benign neoplasms of the adrenal cortex that have been reported to occur together. A 14-year-old girl presented with the features of ACTH-independent endogenous Cushing syndrome. Abdominal CECT revealed a left adrenal 2.3 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm arterially enhancing nodular lesion with central hypod...
Craver, Randall Stark, Matthew Moss, Stephanie Long, Sarah Prasad, Pinki C Roth, Christopher
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Fetal and pediatric pathology
Background: WT1 deletions are associated with nephroblastomas, WT mutations are associated with 46, XY sex reversal. It is unclear why only a few WT1 deletions are associated with sex reversal. Case report. This 46, XY female had a 15.2 MB interstitial deletion of 11p14.1p11.2, which included WT1 and FSHB. No pathogenic abnormalities were identifie...
Arredondo Montero, Javier Bronte Anaut, Mónica Bardají Pascual, Carlos
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Fetal and pediatric pathology
The perineal presentation of plexiform neurofibroma is exceptional, with only two cases reported to date. We present an 8-year-old African male with a large perineal tumor of years of evolution. He had no associated symptoms. Café au lait stains were observed on examination, without other findings of relevance. The patient had no preoperative radio...
Fang, Yuan Wang, Yi-Zhen Wei, Xia Li, Shao-Mei Chen, Lian
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Fetal and pediatric pathology
Infant-type hemispheric glioma is a newly defined entity in the updated 2021 WHO classification of tumors of the central nervous system. This lesion occurs in the cerebral hemispheres of newborns and infants and harbors molecular alterations in the NTRK family, ALK, ROS, or MET. Case report: A four-month-old female infant presented with a large spa...
Aljerian, Khaldoon
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Fetal and pediatric pathology
Zhang, Ping L Macknis, Jacqueline K
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Fetal and pediatric pathology
Background. The immunophenotypes and potential excretory function of human mesonephros are not well studied. Methods. Five mesonephros specimens of human embryos from the 6th to 10th weeks of gestation were stained with immunohistochemical markers. Results. PAX8 was universally expressed in all renal tubules, while α-methyacyl-CoA racemase (AMACAR)...
Thakur, Shilpi Kakkar, Aanchal Jana, Manisha Das, Prasenjit Agarwala, Sandeep P Iyer, Venkateswaran K
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Fetal and pediatric pathology
Introduction Although nephroblastomas are frequently treated without prior biopsy, there are the occasional other pediatric renal tumors that require different management. In the literature, there are around 30 primary renal germ cell tumors (GCT), including four cases of Yolk sac tumor (YST). We present another primary renal YST.Case report: A fiv...
Saleh, Nora E Sharaf, Hend M Elnemr, Hossam I Elzeiny, Sherine M Ali, Khadiga M Nabih, Nairmen
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Fetal and pediatric pathology
Giardia lamblia is a flagellated protozoan causing diarrheal outbreaks worldwide. Microscopic stool examination is widely used. We conducted this study to explore intestinal giardiasis in children undergoing upper endoscopy for unexplained gastrointestinal symptoms. The study included 160 children undergoing upper endoscopy for unexplained gastroin...
