Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine

Jiwoon Choi

3 Articles

Liquid-Based Cytology of the Cerebrospinal Fluid in a Case of Cryptococcal Meningitis: Jiwoon Choi, Se Hoon Kim; J Pathol Transl Med. 2018;52(1):61-63. Published online October 26, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4132/jptm.2017.06.13

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Cryptococcus neoformans is the most common microorganism found in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology and causes life-threatening infections in immunocompromised hosts. Although its cytomorphologic features in conventional smear cytology have been well described, those in liquid-based cytology have rarely been. A 73-year-old woman with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma presented with mental confusion and a spiking fever. To rule out infectious conditions, CSF examination was performed. A cytology slide that was prepared using the ThinPrep method showed numerous spherical yeast-form organisms with diameters of 4–11 μm and thick capsules. Occasional asymmetrical, narrow-based budding but no true hyphae or pseudohyphae were observed. Gomori methenamine silver staining was positive. Cryptococcosis was confirmed in blood and CSF through the cryptococcal antigen test and culture. Liquid-based cytology allows for a clean background and additional slides for ancillary testing, facilitating the detection of microorganisms in CSF specimens, particularly when the number of organisms is small.

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Canadian Respiratory Journal.2020; 2020: 1. CrossRef
Sensitivity of Cerebrospinal Fluid Cytology for the Diagnosis of Cryptococcal Infections
Kelsey E McHugh, Melanie Gersey, Daniel D Rhoads, Gary W Procop, Yaxia Zhang, Christine N Booth, Charles D Sturgis
American Journal of Clinical Pathology.2019; 151(2): 198. CrossRef
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques.2018; 45(6): 700. CrossRef

Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumor in the Stomach: Sun Ah Shin, Jiwoon Choi, Kyung Chul Moon, Woo Ho Kim; J Pathol Transl Med. 2017;51(4):428-432. Published online April 4, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4132/jptm.2016.09.16

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Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors or PEComas can arise in any location in the body. However, a limited number of cases of gastric PEComa have been reported. We present two cases of gastric PEComas. The first case involved a 62-year-old woman who presented with a 4.2 cm gastric subepithelial mass in the prepyloric antrum, and the second case involved a 67-year-old man with a 5.0 cm mass slightly below the gastroesophageal junction. Microscopic examination revealed that both tumors were composed of perivascular epithelioid cells that were immunoreactive for melanocytic and smooth muscle markers. Prior to surgery, the clinical impression of both tumors was gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), and the second case was erroneously diagnosed as GIST even after microscopic examination. Although gastric PEComa is a very rare neoplasm, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of gastric submucosal lesions.

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Kai Seharada, Masato Kitazawa, Satoshi Nakamura, Yuta Yamamoto, Yuji Soejima
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Journal of International Medical Research.2021;[Epub] CrossRef
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Jinghong Xu, Yu Yan, Xueping Xiang, Peter Jiang, Xiangrong Hu, Wenjun Yang
American Journal of Clinical Pathology.2019; 152(2): 221. CrossRef
Robotic wedge resection of a rare gastric perivascular epithelioid cell tumor: A case report
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Markers for Screening Lynch Syndrome Are Reliable and Useful for Identifying the Specimen Mislabeling: Sun-ju Byeon, Jiwoon Choi, Kyung Han Nam, Bo-Gun Jang, Hee Eun Lee, Min A Kim, Woo Ho Kim; Korean J Pathol. 2012;46(2):131-136. Published online April 25, 2012; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2012.46.2.131

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Background

During specimen processing in surgical pathology laboratories, specimen-related adverse events (SRAEs), such as mislabeling and specimen mixed-up might occur. In these situations, molecular techniques using short tandem repeat (STR) loci are required to identify the personal identity. Microsatellite instability (MSI) test is widely used for screening the hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer (Lynch syndrome) in surgical pathologies using polymorphic STR markers. We tried to evaluate the applicability of the MSI test for SRAEs.

Methods

We obtained 253 MSI test results to analyze the allele frequencies. After calibrating the estimated nucleotide lengths, we calculated the allele frequencies, a random match probability, and a likelihood ratio (LR) of three dinucleotide STR markers (D5S349, D17S250, and D2S123).

Results

The distribution of LR was 136.38 to 5,606,213.10. There was no case of LR<100. In addition, there were 153 cases (60.5%) of LR ranging from 100 to 10,000 and 100 cases (39.5%) of LR>10,000. Furthermore, the combined probability of identity was 9.23×10^-4 and the combined power of exclusion was 0.99908.

Conclusions

Using the three STR markers that are recommended for MSI test, all the cases were positively identified in 1% range and about one-third cases showed high LR (>10,000). These results showed that MSI tests are useful to screen the personal identity in case of SRAE in pathology laboratories.

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Lost, mislabeled, and mishandled surgical and clinical pathology specimens: A systematic review of published literature
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