[Pathologic study of diabetic cardiomyopathy].

Objective: To study the histopathologic features, differential diagnosis and pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy.

Methods: The clinicopathologic features of 40 autopsy cases of diabetes mellitus were studied. The hearts from another 40 cases of non-diabetic elderly deceased were used for comparison.

[Determining the primary site of metastatic adenocarcinoma in serous fluid: a cytological study].

Objective: To explore cytological parameters that may identify the primary sites of metastatic adenocarcinomas in serous fluid.

Methods: Serous fluid specimens from 89 cases of metastatic adenocarcinomas (40 metastatic adenocarcinomas of lung, 6 metastatic adenocarcinomas of breast, 21 metastatic ovary adenocarcinomas, 22 metastatic gastrointestinal and pancreatic adenocarcinomas) were studied by using multiple morphologic parameters. Immunocytochemical S-P method was used to detect the expression of CA125, CA199, SPB and TTF-1 in 75 cases.