Can Discord Domain-Containing Receptor 2 Mutation Act as a Disease Modifier for PRKAR1A Associated Melanotic Schwannoma?

Melanotic Schwannomas are rare neural sheath tumors with distinctive findings of both Schwann cells and melanocytic cells. Recognition of this entity has prompted the importance of distinction from similar tumor types such as melanomas. Early diagnosis facilitates removal of the mass with less risk of local invasion and metastasis.

Differences in treatment and in outcomes between idiopathic and secondary forms of organizing pneumonia.

Organizing pneumonia is a major reparative response of the lung tissue to an acute injury and is a pathological hallmark of an entity called bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP). It can be idiopathic and called cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) or be secondary to various conditions such as infections, drugs, connective tissue disorders, and radiation. Fifty-seven patients with pathologically confirmed BOOP were identified and were classified as having either COP or secondary BOOP on the basis of whether there was an identifiable cause.

Improving death certificate completion: a trial of two training interventions.

The death certificate is an important medical document that impacts mortality statistics and health care policy. Resident physician accuracy in completing death certificates is poor. We assessed the impact of two educational interventions on the quality of death certificate completion by resident physicians.

Death certificate completion: how well are physicians trained and are cardiovascular causes overstated?

Purpose: To determine the ability of residents in completing death certificates correctly.

Methods: A total of 4800 residents were asked to complete a survey and cause-of-death statement using a sample case of in-hospital death due to urosepsis, of whom 590 residents (12%) responded. A scoring scale designed based on instructions from the National Association of Medical Examiners and the American College of Pathologists was used to measure responses quantitatively.