Publications by authors named "Mary Torrez"

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  • Distinguishing a single heterogeneous tumor from multiple collision tumors presents challenges for pathologists, especially in small biopsies exhibiting histologic variations.
  • The case report involves a female former smoker with a lung mass and a metastatic bone lesion, where a needle biopsy showed mixed adenocarcinoma differentiation.
  • Next-generation sequencing confirmed the presence of two distinct primary tumors within the same small needle biopsy sample.
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Female urethral adenocarcinoma (FUA) is extremely rare. It is an aggressive malignancy, and clear cell and columnar/mucinous ("intestinal") represent the two primary histologic subtypes. Diagnosis is often delayed in patients because of their vague symptomatology; hence, they present with an advanced disease and a poor prognosis.

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In this review of megaloblastic anemia (MA), an overview of vitamin B and folate body requirements, biochemical pathways, and laboratory testing strategies will be provided. However, the focus of this review is the classic and unique features of MA in blood and bone marrow. Acquired MA is a benign disorder for many, but can be detrimental for some.

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The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread worldwide, infiltrating, infecting, and devastating communities in all locations of varying demographics. An overwhelming majority of published literature on the pathologic findings associated with COVID-19 is either from living clinical cohorts or from autopsy findings of those who died in a medical care setting, which can confound pure disease pathology. A relatively low initial infection rate paired with a high biosafety level enabled the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator to conduct full autopsy examinations on suspected COVID-19-related deaths.

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Primary squamous cell carcinoma of thyroid (SCC-T) is an extremely rare, aggressive neoplasm with median survival of 9 months. Pure squamous morphology with absence of other cell types is required for diagnosis of SCC-T. Clinically, SCC-T behaves like anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) showing rapid growth, and extra thyroidal extension.

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