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Arch Pathol Lab Med ; 141(1): 98-103, 2017 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27681331

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CONTEXT: -Cardiac hepatopathy and Budd-Chiari syndrome are 2 forms of hepatic venous outflow obstruction with different pathophysiology but overlapping histologic findings, including sinusoidal dilation and centrilobular necrosis. OBJECTIVE: -To determine whether a constellation of morphologic findings could help distinguish between the 2 and could suggest the diagnoses in previously undiagnosed patients. DESIGN: -We identified 26 specimens with a diagnosis of cardiac hepatopathy and 23 with a diagnosis of Budd-Chiari syndrome. Slides stained with hematoxylin and eosin and with trichrome were evaluated for several distinctive histologic findings. RESULTS: -Features common to both forms of hepatic outflow obstruction included sinusoidal dilation and portal tract changes of fibrosis, chronic inflammation, and bile ductular reaction. Histologic findings significantly more common in cardiac hepatopathy included pericellular/sinusoidal fibrosis and fibrosis around the central vein. Only centrilobular hepatocyte dropout/necrosis was significantly more common in Budd-Chiari, regardless of duration. CONCLUSIONS: -The finding of pericellular/sinusoidal fibrosis in cardiac hepatopathy compared with Budd-Chiari is not unexpected, given the chronic nature of most cardiac hepatopathy. Portal tract changes are common in both forms of hepatic outflow obstruction and should not deter one from making the diagnosis of hepatic outflow obstruction. Fibrosis along sinusoids and around the central vein may be suggestive of cardiac hepatopathy in biopsies from patients without a prior diagnosis.


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Budd-Chiari Syndrome/pathology , Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease/pathology , Liver Diseases/pathology , Liver/pathology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Capillaries/pathology , Child , Child, Preschool , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Fibrosis , Heart Failure/complications , Humans , Infant , Liver Diseases/etiology , Male , Middle Aged , Young Adult
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Cancer Res ; 73(10): 2955-64, 2013 May 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23539446

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Molecular biomarkers of cancer are needed to assist histologic staging in the selection of treatment, outcome risk stratification, and patient prognosis. This is particularly important for patients with early-stage disease. We show that shedding of the extracellular domain of activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule (ALCAM) is prognostic for outcome in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). Previous reports on the prognostic value of ALCAM expression in CRC have been contradictory and inconclusive. This study clarifies the prognostic value of ALCAM by visualizing ectodomain shedding using a dual stain that detects both the extracellular and the intracellular domains in formalin-fixed tissue. Using this novel assay, 105 patients with primary CRCs and 12 normal mucosa samples were evaluated. ALCAM shedding, defined as detection of the intracellular domain in the absence of the corresponding extracellular domain, was significantly elevated in patients with CRC and correlated with reduced survival. Conversely, retention of intact ALCAM was associated with improved survival, thereby confirming that ALCAM shedding is associated with poor patient outcome. Importantly, analysis of patients with stage II CRC showed that disease-specific survival is significantly reduced for patients with elevated ALCAM shedding (P = 0.01; HR, 3.0), suggesting that ALCAM shedding can identify patients with early-stage disease at risk of rapid progression.


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Antigens, CD/metabolism , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/metabolism , Colorectal Neoplasms/metabolism , Fetal Proteins/metabolism , Antigens, CD/analysis , Antigens, CD/chemistry , Antigens, CD/genetics , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/analysis , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/chemistry , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/genetics , Cell Line, Tumor , Colorectal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Colorectal Neoplasms/mortality , Fetal Proteins/analysis , Fetal Proteins/chemistry , Fetal Proteins/genetics , Humans , Protein Structure, Tertiary , RNA, Messenger/analysis , Treatment Outcome
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