Publications by authors named "J Betlach"
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- Warthin-like papillary thyroid carcinoma is a rare type of thyroid cancer that has a very positive prognosis and is often found alongside lymphocytic thyroiditis.
- Its diagnosis is usually straightforward due to its distinct histological characteristics, which do not typically require additional chemical tests.
- A case study presented involves a 56-year-old woman with a non-toxic multinodular goiter, where histological examination revealed the presence of this uncommon cancer variant.
Mucormycosis is a fungal disease caused by fibrous saprophytic fungi called mucorales. The most important genera include Lichtheimia, Mucor and Rhizopus. For a weakened person they are pathogenic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAuthors present an autopsy case report where the immunohistochemical examination of tissues archived as paraffin blocks for more than 60 years enabled to identify the most probable primary origin of disseminated poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. The potential issues caused by so called antigen decay and limitations of immunohistochemistry in archive material are discussed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA rare skin tumor (melanocytic matricoma), 6 mm in diameter, was diagnosed on the skin of the back in a 66-year-old man. It was composed of two cellular types: 1. epithelial cells with hair follicle differentiation and 2.
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