histologic diagnosis

Accurate histologic diagnosis is critical for treatment planning and patient counseling.

The histologic diagnosis of chronic hepatitis was made according to the standard criteria.

Surgically obtained tissue usually is required to make a histologic diagnosis.

Author 9 (MM) participated in histologic diagnosis and immuno-histochemical analysis.

It will then be read microscopically by a pathologist who will provide a histologic diagnosis.

A biopsy usually establishes a definitive histologic diagnosis.

Biopsies for histologic diagnosis usually are directed by colposcopy or high-resolution anoscopy.

The histologic diagnosis of hepatic adenomas can be aided by reticulin staining.

Author 6 (VER) participated in histologic diagnosis.

The diagnosis is made by typical chest radiograph findings, cultures, or histologic diagnosis after the gland has been removed.

In fact, a histologic diagnosis is not usually required for resection of the tumor, rather histologic analysis helps determine which chemotherapeutic regimen to start.

Lymphocytes, eosinophils, and even lymphoid follicles may be seen, but in the absence of plasma cells, are not enough to warrant a histologic diagnosis.

When a histologic diagnosis of CIN 2 is specified, observation is preferred, but treatment is acceptable.

Agreement between pathologists in the histologic diagnosis of melanomas and benign pigmented lesions has been studied and found to be considerably variable.

Colonoscopy is considered the diagnostic test of choice as it can provide not only a quantification of polyps throughout the colon but also a histologic diagnosis.

Samples of the same biopsy specimens were also fixed in 10% formaldehyde and embeded in paraffin wax for routine histologic diagnosis.

A histologic diagnosis of metastatic carcinoma in cervical nodes requires a meticulous examination of the upper aerorespiratory tract.

Another issue complicating comparisons of outcomes among nonconcurrent series of patients is the possibility of changes in criteria for histologic diagnosis of prostate cancer.

Since the treatment of malignant obstruction may depend on tumor histology, a histologic diagnosis, if not made earlier, should be made prior to initiation of treatment.

The use of monoclonal antibodies to determine cell-surface antigens of AML cells is helpful to reinforce the histologic diagnosis.

Papic et al. quantified each cell type and calculated various cell indices and ratios and found that cytologic smears correlated well with histologic diagnoses.

However, it is possible that the original histologic diagnosis was incorrect and the initial lesion was an osteosarcoma, since histologic differentiation of these two entities can be very difficult.

The histologic diagnosis of malignant rhabdoid tumour depends on identification of characteristic rhabdoid cells-large cells with eccentrically located nuclei and abundant, eosinophilic cytoplasm.

If the extent of a tumor can be determined by intraoperative assessment, and frozen section histologic diagnosis confirms low-grade, unifocal tumor of limited size, then segmental excision is possible.

The rare CpG hypermethylation seen in five SGCT patients may be due to the existence of a minor NSGCT component that might have escaped the histologic diagnosis.