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Clin Chem ; 67(8): 1098-1112, 2021 08 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33993248

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BACKGROUND: Plasma-free normetanephrine and metanephrine (metanephrines) are the recommended biomarkers for testing of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL). This study evaluated the status of harmonization of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry-based measurements of plasma metanephrines and methoxytyramine and clinical interpretation of test results. METHODS: 125 plasma samples from patients tested for PPGLs were analyzed in 12 laboratories. Analytical performance was also assessed from results of a proficiency-testing program. Agreement of test results from different laboratories was assessed by Passing-Bablok regression and Bland-Altman analysis. Agreement in clinical test interpretation based on laboratory specific reference intervals was also examined. RESULTS: Comparisons of analytical test results by regression analysis revealed strong correlations for normetanephrine and metanephrine (R ≥ 0.95) with mean slopes of 1.013 (range 0.975-1.078), and 1.019 (range 0.963-1.081), and intercepts of -0.584 (-53.736 to 54.790) and -3.194 (-17.152 to 5.933), respectively. The mean bias between methods was 1.2% (-11.6% to 16.0%) for metanephrine and 0.1% (-18.0% to 9.5%) for normetanephrine. Measurements of 3-methoxytyramine revealed suboptimal agreement between laboratories with biases ranging from -32.2% to 64.0%. Interrater agreement in test interpretation was >94% for metanephrine and >84% for normetanephrine; improvements in interrater agreement were observed with use of harmonized reference intervals, including age-specific cut-offs for normetanephrine. CONCLUSIONS: Analytical methods for metanephrines are well harmonized between laboratories. However, the 16% disagreement in test interpretation for normetanephrine suggests use of suboptimal method-dependent reference intervals for clinical decision-making for this metabolite. Improved analytical methods and reference interval harmonization are particularly required for 3-methoxytyramine.


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Neoplasias das Glândulas Suprarrenais , Metanefrina , Neoplasias das Glândulas Suprarrenais/diagnóstico , Cromatografia Líquida , Dopamina/análogos & derivados , Humanos , Normetanefrina , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem
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Histopathology ; 60(4): 570-85, 2012 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22251198

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AIMS: Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) may present in patterns 1, 2 or 3, representing those with hyperplastic, regressed or effaced germinal centres (GCs), respectively, but the prognostic utility of this subclassification has not been previously validated. METHODS AND RESULTS: Twenty-five cases of AITL were reviewed immunohistologically and with in-situ hybridization for Epstein-Barr virus-encoded RNA and polymerase chain reaction for T-cell receptor gamma and immunoglobulin heavy chain clonality and followed for up to 120 months. Four cases had conventional hyperplastic GCs, two had floral GCs, and one had progressively transformed GCs, consistent with pattern 1 and one additional case had hyalinized GCs, consistent with pattern 2. The remaining 17 (pattern 3) cases lacked morphologically discernible GCs. The Kaplan-Meier survival distribution of pattern 1 cases (5-year survival 83%) was superior to that of pattern 2 and 3 cases [5-year-survival 36% (P = 0.0417)] only when combined with the 31 cases, seven of which were pattern 1, that Attygalle et al. had followed for up to 247 months and previously published. Furthermore, the development of B-lineage (classical Hodgkin or diffuse large-cell) lymphoma was associated exclusively with pattern 3 (P = 0.0057). CONCLUSIONS: Pattern 1 represents an indolent phase/grade of AITL, unassociated with the development of secondary B-lineage lymphoma and uninfluenced by treatment regimen.


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Centro Germinativo/patologia , Linfadenopatia Imunoblástica/mortalidade , Linfoma de Células T/mortalidade , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Humanos , Hiperplasia/mortalidade , Hiperplasia/patologia , Linfadenopatia Imunoblástica/patologia , Linfoma de Células T/patologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prognóstico , Taxa de Sobrevida
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Emerg Infect Dis ; 17(2): 287-91, 2011 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21291608

RESUMO

Mean viral loads for patients with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 were ≈1 log10 times lower than those for patients with seasonal influenza within the first week after symptom onset. Neither pandemic nor seasonal influenza viral loads correlated with clinical severity of illness. No correlation was found between viral loads and concurrent illness.


Assuntos
Vírus da Influenza A Subtipo H1N1/fisiologia , Influenza Humana/epidemiologia , Pandemias , Estações do Ano , Carga Viral , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Surtos de Doenças , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Vírus da Influenza A Subtipo H1N1/isolamento & purificação , Vírus da Influenza A Subtipo H1N1/patogenicidade , Influenza Humana/fisiopatologia , Influenza Humana/virologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , RNA Viral/sangue , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Singapura/epidemiologia , Adulto Jovem
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