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ABSTRACT: To better understand the characteristic morphology of angiogenic squamous dysplasia (ASD) and its association with different types of common bronchogenic carcinomas using routine white light bronchoscopy.
Using a case-control design, 186 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded blocks of bronchial tissue (136 cases, 50 controls) obtained from patients who underwent routine nonfluorescence bronchoscopy between 2004 and 2005 were studied.
ASD occurred at a higher frequency in patients with neoplastic lesions compared with those without neoplastic lesions (28 of 136 versus one of 50). ASD was also more prevalent in patients with squamous cell carcinoma compared with other neoplasms. Seventy six per cent of the ASD patients (22 of 29) smoked cigarettes. The morphology of ASD on hematoxylin and eosin- and CD31-stained sections was characterized by prominent microvasculature and capillary projections closely juxtaposed to variable degrees of dysplasia in all of the bronchogenic carcinoma specimens, and to metaplasia in one case in the control group.
ASD is a unique morphological entity that should be considered by pathologists even on bronchoscopic biopsies from patients who undergo white light bronchoscopy. The presence of ASD may represent a risk biomarker of bronchogenic carcinoma in screening programs and in chemoprevention of lung cancer.
Canadian respiratory journal: journal of the Canadian Thoracic Society 05/2012; 19(3):201-6. · 1.56 Impact Factor
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International Journal of Epidemiology 10/2010; 39(5):1405. · 6.41 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Solitary extramedullary plasmacytomas are plasma cell tumors that tend to develop in mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues including the sinonasal or nasopharyngeal regions. Primary plasmacytoma of the lung is exceedingly rare and often presents as a solitary mass or nodule in mid-lung or hilar areas and diagnosed after resection. Herein, we report a case of primary pulmonary plasmacytoma that presented with diffuse alveolar consolidation and diagnosed by transbronchial lung biopsy.
Pathology research international. 01/2010; 2010:463465.
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ABSTRACT: This study was conducted to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among common pathogens in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a university hospital in Iran between 2006 and 2009.
The isolates cultured in appropriate media and antimicrobial susceptibility were determined by disk diffusion tests according to the guidelines of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute.
A total of 606 isolates were recovered from respiratory (70.63%), urine (20.13%), blood (4.95%) and wound (1.82%) specimens of 456 patients. The most common isolates were Acinetobacter baumannii (22.4%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (20.6%), Staphylococcus aureus (11.1%), Escherichia coli (8.3%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (4.8%). Less than 7% of A. baumannii isolates were susceptible to aminoglycosides, ceftazidime, cefotaxime, imipenem, cefepime and ciprofloxacin. None was susceptible to piperacillin and piperacillin-tazobactam. The susceptibility rates of P. aeruginosa to ciprofloxacin, gentamicin and piperacillin-tazobactam were 13.6, 17.4 and 33.3%, respectively. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus made up 96.2% of S. aureus isolates and was 100% susceptible to vancomycin and 51.9% susceptible to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
Due to the high antimicrobial resistance in the ICU, we must focus on both a wiser use of antimicrobials and the prevention of infection.
Chemotherapy 01/2010; 56(6):478-84. · 1.82 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in the world. In Iran, lung cancer is one of the five leading tumours and its incidence has been increasing steadily in both men and women. There is a paucity of data from Iran on risk factors for lung cancer. We evaluated environmental risk factors for lung cancer in a case-control study in five hospitals of Tehran.
Between October 2002 and October 2005, 242 (178 male, 64 female) patients with histologically confirmed lung cancer and two controls for each patient (242 hospital controls and 242 visiting healthy controls) matched for age, sex and place of residence were interviewed using a structured questionnaire on potential risk factors for lung cancer, including environmental and occupational exposures. Associations between risk factors and lung cancer were assessed using conditional logistic regression.
Smokers were 66.5% of all cases (85.4% of men and 14.1% of women) and smoking was the strongest correlate of lung cancer in multivariate analysis [odds ratio (OR) 5.4, 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.2-8.9]. Occupational exposures to inorganic dusts (OR 4.2, 95% CI 2.8-6.7), chemical compounds (OR = 3.4, 95% CI 2.1-5.6) and heavy metals (OR 3.0, 95% CI 1.3-7.0) were also independent risk factors for lung cancer.
In our study, smoking was the principal risk factor for lung cancer. However, preventable exposures in the environment, including occupational settings, should not be ignored.
International Journal of Epidemiology 09/2009; 38(4):989-96. · 6.41 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: A 24-year-old man presented to our center with a huge goiter compressing his airway. He had a previous diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) of the lung. Core needle biopsy was consistent with histiocytosis. Thyroidectomy was performed. A very invasive mass was encountered at the time of surgery. Histopathology result was consistent with an invasive papillary cancer of thyroid co-occurring with LCH. Although association of LCH with different malignancies has been reported, co-existing invasive papillary thyroid cancer and LCH is a rare combination.
Endocrine Pathology 05/2009; 20(2):133-6. · 1.36 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Minichromosome maintenance protein 6 (MCM6) is one of the six proteins of minichromosome maintenance family that are involved in the initiation of DNA replication and thus represent a marker for proliferating cells. The aim of this study was to determine the proliferation characteristics of neoplastic cells in patients with classic Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Paraffin-embedded blocks of lymph node, mediastinal, subcutaneous chest wall, and lung mass biopsies of 55 patients with classic Hodgkin's lymphoma were immunostained by the proliferation-associated monoclonal antibodies; Ki-S5 (Ki-67 antigen) and Ki-MCM6 (MCM6 antigen).
High MCM6 antigen expression was a striking feature of Hodgkin's and Reed-Sternberg cells (median: 85%, range: 35 - 99%) in comparison with lower Ki-67 expression (median: 63.5%, range: 1 - 98%, P<0.001). This indicates that MCM6 is already expressed in the early G1 phase, a cell cycle fraction that is not covered by antibodies specific to the Ki-67 antigen. The proliferation rates were determined by two markers, independent of histologic subtype, stage, presence of B symptoms, and size.
These data show that a subset of Reed-Sternberg and Hodgkin's cells is arrested in the early G1 phase and the MCM6-positive cells do not necessarily represent the real proliferating compartment of Hodgkin's lymphoma. Clinical relevance of this marker in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma should be investigated.
Archives of Iranian medicine 10/2008; 11(5):532-8. · 0.97 Impact Factor
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Apmis 05/2008; 116(4):323-5. · 1.99 Impact Factor
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Davood Mansouri,
Parisa Adimi,
Mehdi Mirsaedi,
Nahal Mansouri,
Payam Tabarsi,
Majid Amiri,
Hamid R Jamaati,
Masoud Motavasseli,
Noushin Baghaii,
Ali Cheraghvandi, [......],
Navid A Roozbahany,
Soheila Zahirifard, Forouzan Mohammadi,
Mohammad R Masjedi,
Ali A Velayati,
Jean L Casanova,
David P Speert,
R Kevin Elwood,
Robert Schellenberg,
Stuart E Turvey
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ABSTRACT: Primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) are not solely diseases of childhood. We describe the clinical presentation and outcome for 55 adult patients with previously unrecognized PIDs. This series provides unique data regarding PIDs presenting in adulthood, and serves as a timely reminder that physicians must consider the diagnosis of PIDs in their adult patients. Using the experience gained from these patients, we outline key "warning signs" suggestive of an underlying PID. Only through increased physician awareness will patients with PIDs receive timely diagnosis and optimal management.
Journal of Clinical Immunology 08/2005; 25(4):385-91. · 3.08 Impact Factor
