Publications by authors named "al-Khader A"

Mitotic activity is an important feature for grading several cancer types. However, counting mitotic figures (cells in division) is a time-consuming and laborious task prone to inter-observer variation. Inaccurate recognition of MFs can lead to incorrect grading and hence potential suboptimal treatment.

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Background: The involvement of the vagus nerve in the supraspinal neural circuits that control the urinary bladder function, especially during pathological conditions, became increasingly evident. However, the role of brainstem areas in these circuits is not studied yet.

Methods: In the present study, using c-fos immunohistochemistry, the roles of the vagus nerve to the responses of the reticular formation to cystometry in cyclophosphamide-treated rats were investigated.

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Background: Overexpression of deoxythymidylate kinase (DTYMK) has been associated with more aggressiveness and pathological behaviors in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the expression of DTYMK and its prognostic significance in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients are yet unknown. The goal of this study was to investigate the DTYMK immunohistochemistry reactivity in CRC tissues and to see how it correlated with various histological and clinical features as well as survival.

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Myositis ossificans of the chest wall is extremely unusual with fewer than a dozen reported cases. In addition, the occurrence in children younger than 10 years is extremely rare. We report a case of an 8-year-old male who presented with painful and progressively enlarging left-sided chest wall mass.

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StAR-related lipid transfer domain containing proteins (STARD3) are a group of proteins that contain a steroidogenic acute regulatory protein-related lipid transfer domain. Breast cancer (BC) has been linked to the STARD3 gene. In this study, we sought to confirm the relationship of STARD3 protein expression with clinicopathological characteristics and BC molecular subtypes.

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EGF-containing fibulin-like extracellular matrix protein 1 (EFEMP1) has been associated to a variety of malignancies. Because EFEMP1 can act as both a tumor suppressor and an oncogene, this study aimed to evaluate the expression of EFEMP1 at mRNA and protein in breast cancer and to ascertain the diagnostic and prognostic value of EFEMP1 in relation to clinical features of breast cancer. Several bioinformatics websites such as GEPIA and Oncomine databases were used to analyze the mRNA level of EFEMP1.

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Background: Predicting the behavior of bladder cancer by easy noninvasive methods and with less cost is needed. Fibulin-3 (EFEMP1), a glycoprotein of the extracellular matrix that is encoded by the gene EFEMP1, has been nominated as one of the potential mediators of muscle invasion in bladder cancer.

Methods: In this tissue microarray-based immunohistochemical study, fibulin-3 level of expression was evaluated using a semiquantitative scoring system and was correlated with patient's age and sex and tumor grade and stage.

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Inflammatory pseudotumors are benign lesions that are rarely reported in the head and neck. Moreover, intraosseous inflammatory pseudotumors of the maxilla are extremely rare, with less than 10 cases reported. A 52-year-old woman presented with recurrent dental infections; computed tomography scan of the osteolytic maxillary bone lesion and incisional biopsy were performed.

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Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic uncovered innovative approaches in medical education. Modifications are needed to overcome the drawbacks of pure online teaching. Our study aimed at testing a hybrid method of live online practical anatomy sessions in which an element of face-to-face teacher-student interaction is maintained.

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Proteasome a highly sophisticated systems that alter protein structure and function. Proteasome 26S Subunit, Non-ATPase (PSMD) genes have been implicated in several types of malignancies. This is the first study to look at how proteasomal subunits are expressed in patients with bladder urothelial carcinoma (BLCA).

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its associated precautionary measures have substantial impacts not only on the medical, economic, and social context but also on psychological health. This study aimed to assess the obsession toward COVID-19 preventive measures among undergraduate medical students during the early phase of the pandemic in Jordan. Online questionnaires were distributed between March 16, 2020 and March 19, 2020.

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Background: Teaching histology as an image-intensive discipline is a major challenge to medical teachers. We compared knowledge retention and student preference after performing comparison-based and traditional methods of teaching practical histology.

Methods: We performed a crossover randomized controlled trial.

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StAR related lipid transfer domain containing 3 () gene has been reported to be co-amplified with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 () in breast carcinoma. STARD3 is necessary for cholesterol transfer and metabolism in tumor cells. The possible role played by as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker was investigated in breast cancer (BC).

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Objectives: Endometrial carcinomas (EC) are the most common gynecological malignancies and are conventionally divided into type I and type II due to diagnostic and prognostic considerations. Female hormone expression in EC is extensively studied; however, data about androgen receptor (AR) expression in EC are sparse. We aimed to study AR expression in different types of EC at our institute and whether it had an impact on patient outcomes.

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Small cell carcinoma is a malignant neuroendocrine tumor with aggressive clinical behavior. Histologically, the tumor is characterized by the proliferation of small, round, blue cells. Here, we present the case of a 50-year-old man with a 1-month history of enlarging chest wall mass.

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Introduction: Postsurgical necrobiotic granulomas present a diagnostic challenge and have been described in organs such as the urinary bladder, prostate, and uterus. However, occurrence of these granulomas is rare in the bowel.

Presentation Of The Case: In this report, we present the case of a 28-year-old woman with recurrent multifocal colonic adenocarcinoma 3 years after sigmoidectomy.

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Introduction: Hydropic degeneration, sometimes reported as perinodular hydropic degeneration, is one of the various degenerative changes that can be observed in uterine leiomyomas. It can be a clinical and a histopathological diagnostic pitfall.

Case Report: Here we present the case of a 40-year-old woman with leiomyoma uteri with perinodular hydropic degeneration.

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BACKGROUND Poorly cohesive cell carcinoma of the gallbladder is extremely rare. CASE REPORT Here we present a case of a 46-year-old male with the clinical diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. The ultrasound showed gallbladder wall thickening and multiple stones.

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Introduction: Intranodal hemorrhagic spindle cell tumor with amianthoid fibers is extremely rare.

Presentation Of The Case: Herein, we present the case of a 58-year-old man with a 2-year history of painless left inguinal swelling. On physical examination, the mass was large, fixed, hard, and non-tender, suggesting a lymph node pathology.

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Introduction: Various degenerative changes can be seen in multinodular goiter. These include cystic changes, hemorrhage, fibrosis and calcification. However, osseous metaplasia is extremely rare.

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Rationale: Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma is a slow-growing soft tissue tumor of adults with a propensity for local recurrence and eventual metastasis. Only 17 pediatric and adolescent cases have been reported.

Patient Concerns: Here we present an 11-year-old boy with a 3-year history of a slowly growing painless left leg mass.

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The aim of this retrospective study was to analyze urinary bladder cancer cases that were diagnosed in Jordan University Hospital, Amman according to age, gender, grade and muscle invasion.There were 212(85.1%) male and 37(14.

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Background: The clinical relevance of androgen receptors (ARs) expressed in breast cancer cells and the suggested prognostic impact has been an area of active research. The prevalence rate of AR expression in breast cancer has never been reported among Jordanian patients.

Objective: Determine the expression rate of ARs among invasive ductal breast cancer cases of different stages and molecular subtypes.

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Abu-Shahin N, Al-Khader A, Qattan D, Akl K. C1q nephropathy among children with nephrotic syndrome: Ten-year experience from a pediatric nephrology unit. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 14-21.

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