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OBJECTIVE: Thyroid ultrasound is crucial for clinical decision in the management of thyroid nodules. In this study, we aimed to estimate and compare the performance of ATA, AACE/ACE/AME and ACR TI-RADS ultrasound classifications in discriminating nodules with high-risk cytology. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. METHODS: 1077 thyroid nodules undergoing fine-needle aspiration were classified according to ATA, AACE/ACE/AME and ACR TI-RADS ultrasound classifications by an automated algorithm. Odds ratios (ORs) and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for high-risk cytology categories (TIR3b, TIR4 and TIR5) were calculated for the different US categories and compared. RESULTS: Cytological categories of risk increased together with all US classifications' sonographic patterns (P < 0.001). The diagnostic performance (C-index) of ACR TI-RADS and AACE/ACE/AME significantly improved when adding clinical data as gender and age in the regression model (P < 0.001). A significant difference in the final model C-index between the three US classification systems was found (P < 0.029), with the ACR TI-RADS showing the highest nominal C-index value, significantly superior to ATA (P = 0.008), but similar to AACE/ACE/AME (P = 0.287). ATA classification was not able to classify 54 nodules, which showed a significant 7 times higher risk of high-risk cytology than the 'very low suspicion' nodules (OR: 7.20 (95% confidence interval: 2.44-21.24), P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The ACR TI-RADS classification system has the highest area under the ROC curve for the identification of cytological high-risk nodules. ATA classification leaves 'unclassified' nodules at relatively high risk of malignancy.
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Thyroid Nodule/classification , Thyroid Nodule/diagnostic imaging , Ultrasonography , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Biopsy, Fine-Needle , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , ROC Curve , Risk Factors , Sensitivity and Specificity , Thyroid Neoplasms/pathology , Thyroid Nodule/pathology , United StatesABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To report the identification of human papillomavirus types in four cases of conjunctival papillomas and to review the literature regarding human conjunctival papillomavirus (HPV). METHODS: Specimens from conjunctival papillomas of four patients were analyzed for the presence of HPV by polymerase chain reaction and subsequent filter hybridization. HPV types 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, and 33 were investigated. Histologic sections were analyzed for the presence of koilocytosis. RESULTS: Histologic examination confirmed HPV infection in all cases. HPV type 11 was detected in all specimens. CONCLUSIONS: HPV is frequently implicated in the pathogenesis of proliferative squamous lesions. HPV type 11 was the most frequently found in benign conjunctival lesion in this study.
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Conjunctival Neoplasms/virology , Human papillomavirus 11/isolation & purification , Papilloma/virology , Papillomavirus Infections/virology , Adolescent , Adult , Child , Conjunctival Neoplasms/pathology , DNA, Viral/analysis , Electrophoresis, Agar Gel , Female , Human papillomavirus 11/genetics , Humans , In Situ Hybridization , Male , Papilloma/pathology , Papillomavirus Infections/pathology , Polymerase Chain Reaction/methodsABSTRACT
Cutaneous Lymphadenoma (Benign Lymphoepithelial tumour of the skin) is a rare tumour, with distinctive clinical and histological features. To date, very few cases of this entity have been reported. We present a case of cutaneous lymphoadenoma in a 52-year-old man and a short review of the literature, summarizing the principal clinical and morphological characteristics of this rare tumour.
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Adenoma/diagnosis , Skin Neoplasms/diagnosis , Adenoma/pathology , Carcinoma, Basal Cell/diagnosis , Carcinoma, Basal Cell/pathology , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Skin Neoplasms/pathologyABSTRACT
Providencia alcalifaciens is an invasive enteric pathogen. The present study determined the prevalence of invasive ability in P. alcalifaciens strains isolated in São Paulo, Brazil, mainly from patients with diarrhoea. Invasion of HeLa cells was found in 17 (42%) of 41 strains studied. Most (88%) of the invasive strains were isolated from diarrhoeal stools. The invasive property was identified in 50% of P. alcalifaciens strains isolated as pure cultures or from stool samples where no other enteropathogen was identified. All the invasive strains caused actin condensation in infected cells. Plasmid profile analysis showed the presence of plasmids of 35.8-180 kb in 70% of the strains regardless of their invasive ability, suggesting that invasiveness in P. alcalifaciens is not plasmid related. No homology with a probe for gene sequences for invasion of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli and Shigella strains was identified in colony hybridisation assays. The invasive property of P. alcalifaciens was confirmed in the present study, but this characteristic did not predominate among strains isolated from patients with diarrhoea in São Paulo City. The presence of other virulence mechanisms and the role of non-invasive P. alcalifaciens strains as a cause of diarrhoea remain to be established.
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Diarrhea/microbiology , Enterobacteriaceae Infections/microbiology , Providencia/pathogenicity , Adult , Brazil/epidemiology , Child , Child, Preschool , DNA, Bacterial/analysis , Diarrhea/epidemiology , Enterobacteriaceae Infections/epidemiology , Feces/microbiology , HeLa Cells/microbiology , Humans , Infant , Nucleic Acid Hybridization , Plasmids/analysis , Prevalence , Providencia/genetics , VirulenceABSTRACT
We describe the case of a 71-year-old men suffering from Darier's disease since his youth and presenting with intensely itching, vesicular and pustular lesions, localized on his arms, legs and on the ulnar side of his right hand. The patient also had a 30 year-history of bipolar psychiatric disorders. The histopathological examination of lesional skin showed suprabasal acantholytic clefting, hyperparakeratosis, and dyskeratosis. Histopathological and immunopathological (direct and indirect immunofluorescence) results, were consistent with vesiculo-bullous Darier's disease. Corticosteroid therapy with methylprednisolone at low dosage (0.2 mg/kg/day) was started with a quick resolution of the vesicular lesions on his arms and legs.