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Recent Publications:

  1. Xu L, Burke AP. (In Press) “Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma”: is the term really dead?  A critical review of a new classification system for pulmonary adenocarcinomas. Pathology.
  2. Xu L, Burke AP. Pulmonary Oligometastases: Histological Features and Difficulties in Determining Site of Origin.  Int J Surg Pathol. 2012 Jun 6. [Epub ahead of print]
  3. Jamila Rasouli-Arsala M.D., Thomas A. Huebner M.D., Cinthia I. Drachenberg M.D., John C. Papadimitriou M.D., Ph.D. Accelerated Renal Allograft Failure Due to Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance. Letter to the editor accepted for publication in Transplantation (online only). Ahead of publication.
  4. Zhang M, Tavora F, Huebner T, Heath J, Burke A. Allograft pathology in patients transplanted for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Surg Pathol. 2012 Mar; 36(3):389-395.
  5. Do gastrotomies require repair after endoscopic transgastric peritoneoscopy? A controlled study. Bergman S, Fix DJ, Volt K, Roland JC, Happel L, Reavis KM, Cios TJ, Ho V, Evans A, Narula VK, Hazey JW, Melvin WS. Gastrointest Endosc. 2010 May;71(6):1013-7.
  6. Feasibility of screening for Lynch syndrome among patients with colorectal cancer. Hampel H, Frankel WL, Martin E, Arnold M, Khanduja K, Kuebler P, Clendenning M, Sotamaa K, Prior T, Westman JA, Panescu J, Fix D, Lockman J, LaJeunesse J, Comeras I, de la Chapelle A. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Dec 10;26(35):5783-8. Epub 2008 Sep 22.
  7. Origins and prevalence of the American Founder Mutation of MSH2. Clendenning M, Baze ME, Sun S, Walsh K, Liyanarachchi S, Fix D, Schunemann V, Comeras I, Deacon M, Lynch JF, Gong G, Thomas BC, Thibodeau SN, Lynch HT, Hampel H, de la Chapelle A. Cancer Res. 2008 Apr 1;68(7):2145-53.
  8. Comment on: Screening for Lynch Syndrome (Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer) among Endometrial Cancer Patients. Hampel H, Panescu J, Lockman J, Sotamaa K, Fix D, Comeras I, LaJeunesse J, Nakagawa H, Westman JA, Prior TW, Clendenning M, de la Chapelle A, Frankel W, Penzone P, Cohn DE, Copeland L, Eaton L, Fowler J, Lombardi J, Dunn P, Bell J, Reid G, Lewandowski G, Vaccarello L. Cancer Res. 2007 Oct 1;67(19):9603.
  9. Screening for Lynch syndrome (hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer) among endometrial cancer patients. Hampel H, Frankel W, Panescu J, Lockman J, Sotamaa K, Fix D, Comeras I, La Jeunesse J, Nakagawa H, Westman JA, Prior TW, Clendenning M, Penzone P, Lombardi J, Dunn P, Cohn DE, Copeland L, Eaton L, Fowler J, Lewandowski G, Vaccarello L, Bell J, Reid G, de la Chapelle A. Cancer Res. 2006 Aug 1;66(15):7810-7.
  10. Screening for the Lynch syndrome (hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer). Hampel H, Frankel WL, Martin E, Arnold M, Khanduja K, Kuebler P, Nakagawa H, Sotamaa K, Prior TW, Westman J, Panescu J, Fix D, Lockman J, Comeras I, de la Chapelle A. N Engl J Med. 2005 May 5;352(18):1851-60.
  11. Osinusi O, Greisman L, Menajovsky J, Pinczewski J, Ghosh M. An AIDS Patient with Fungating Lesions of the Face and Scalp. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 52(8):1029-30, 1077-8, 2011
  12. Goldsztein H, Miranda A, Pinczewski J, Pereira KD. Bronchogenic cyst, an unusual cause of respiratory distress in a neonate. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. [Epub ahead of print], 2011
  13. Gorgun Akpek, Atilla Uslu, Thomas Huebner, Anil Taner, Aaron P. Rapoport, Ivana Gojo, Yusuf T. Akpolat, Olga Ioffe, Michael Kleinberg, Maria R. Baer. Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis: An Under-recognized Cause of Infectious Mortality after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Accepted for publication in 'Transplant Infectious Disease'. Before print.
  14. Xu L, Tavora F, Battafarano R, and Burke AP (In Press) Adenocarcinomas With Prominent Lepidic Spread: Retrospective Review Applying New Classification of the American Thoracic Society. American Journal of Surgical Pathology.
  15. Xu L, Wassef E, Jeudy J, Burke AP (In Press) Ectopic Hepatic Tissue Presenting as Right Atrial Mass. Human Pathology.
  16. Xu L, Drachenberg C, Burke AP (2011) Intimal IgM lambda paraprotein deposition in myocardial arteries resulting in acute myocardial infarction and sudden death. Pathology. 2011 Dec;43(7):732-4
  17. Alexiev BA, Xu LF, Heath J, Twadell WS, Phelan MW Adenomatoid Tumor of the Testis with Intratesticular Growth Case Report and Review of the Literature. Int J Surg Pathol. 2011 Mar 21.
  18. Pinczewski J, Slominski A, The potential role of vitamin D in the progression of benign and malignant melanocytic neoplasms. Exp Dermatol. (Review article) In Press
  19. Pinczewski J, Papadimitriou, JC, Aberrant VEGF Expression Associated With Neoplasm-Induced Extramedullary Hematopoiesis in an Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma: A Case Report. Int J Surg Pathol. [Epub ahead of print], 2010
  20. Rubio L, Pinczewski J, Drachenberg CB, Vera-Sempere FJ, Zhao RY. A Multiplex Real-time PCR Method for Quantification of BK and JC Polyomaviruses in Renal Transplant Patients. Diagn Mol Pathol. 19(2):105-11, 2010
  21. Thomas A. Huebner, M.D.1, John C. Papadimitriou, M.D., Cinthia B. Drachenberg, M.D., Annie Gonzalez, B.A. (MS IV), Benjamin Philosophe, M.D., Raghava B. Munivenkatappa, M.D. Frozen section evaluation of pre-implantation donor kidneys: Application of the Maryland Aggregate Pathology Index (MAPI). [Accepted for publication in Pathology Case Reviews]. 2010
  22. French AR, Sjölin H, Kim S, Koka R, Yang L, Young DA, Cerboni C, Tomasello E, Ma A, Vivier E, Kärre K, and  Yokoyama W. KARAP/DAP12 signaling directly augments IL-15 stimulation of natural killer cell proliferation. Cutting Edge: Journal of Immunology. 2006;177(8):4981-90.
  23. Ma A, Koka R, Burkett P. Gamma Chain Cytokines and Lymphoid Homeostasis. Annual Reviews in Immunology. 2006;24:657-79. Review.
  24. Koka R, Burkett P, Chien M, Chai S, and Ma A. Coordinate Expression and Trans Presentation of IL-15Ra and IL-15 Supports NK Cell and Memory CD8+ T Cell Homeostasis. Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2004;200(7)825-34.
  25. Nugent, S.L., Straseski, J.A., Rosenthal, B.T., Clark, D.P., Li, Q.L. Correlation of fine needle aspiration cytology with lymph node thyroglobulin levels in the detection of recurrent/metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma:  a retrospective analysis with histological follow-up.  Accepted for presentation at 58th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society for Cytopathology (ASC), Boston, M.A., USA.  November 2011
  26. Dim, D.C., Nugent, S.L., Peng, H.Q. (2010) Ganglioneuroma presenting as a paraesophageal mass lesion diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology: a case report.  Acta Cytologica 54(3): 321-4
  27. Nugent, S.L. Faculty speaker at 11th Annual Hopkins Cytopathology: a team approach, successor to “Mastering the challenges of cytopathology.”   Baltimore, Maryland, USA. April 2010
  28. Nugent, S.L., Tilson, M.P., Ali, S.Z.  Myoepithelial carcinoma of the salivary glands: cytomorphologic characteristics and differential diagnosis.  Accepted for presentation at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP), Washington D.C., USA.  March 2010
  29. Nugent, S.L., Finan, J.E., Ali, S.Z.  Extracranial metastases of primary central nervous system neoplasms identified by fine needle aspiration biopsy: a retrospective analysis.  Accepted for presentation at the 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Cytopathology (ASC).  Denver, Colorado, USA.  November 2009
  30. Peng, H.Q.,Greenwald, B.D., Manucha, V., Nugent, S.L., Rodgers, W.H., Sun, C.C. (2009) Clinical utility of postchemoradiation endoscopic brush cytology and biopsy in predicting residual esophageal adenocarcinoma. Cancer Cytopathology 117(6): 463-472
  31. Dim, D.C., Nugent, S.L., Darwin, P., Peng, H.Q. (2009)  Metastatic merkel cell carcinoma of the pancreas mimicking primary pancreatic endocrine tumor diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology: a case report.  Acta Cytologica 53(2): 223-228
  32. Riedel, D.J., Nugent, S.L., Gilliam B.J. (2009)  Upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient with HIV infection.  Clinical Infectious Diseases 48: 321.
  33. Nugent, S.L., Dim, D.C., Bridge, J.A., Ioffe, O.B. (2008) Clear cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeuroses metastatic to the ovaries: a heretofore unreported occurrence.  International Journal of Gynecological Pathology 28(3): 234-238
  34. Nugent, S.L., Dim, D.C., Peng, H.Q. Cytologic diagnosis of paraesophageal ganglioneuroma. Accepted for presentation at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the College of American Pathologists (CAP), San Diego, California, USA. September 2008
  35. Nugent, S.L., Dim, D.C., Ioffe, O.B.  Bilateral ovarian metastases of clear cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeuroses.  Accepted for presentation at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the College of American Pathologists (CAP), San Diego, California, USA. September 2008
  36. Peng, H.Q.,Greenwald, B.D.,   Manucha, V., Nugent, S.L., Rodgers, W.H.,  Sun, C.C.  Clinical utility of post-chemoradiation endoscopic brush cytology and biopsy in predicting residual esophageal adenocarcinoma.  Accepted for presentation at International Academy of Pathology, Athens, Greece. October 2008
  37. Dim, D.C., Nugent, S.L., Darwin, P., Peng, H.Q. (2008)  Metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma of the pancreas mimicking primary pancreatic endocrine tumor diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration cytology.  Acta Cytol (in press)
  38. Nugent, S.L, Cunningham, S.C, Alexiev, B.A., Bellevance, E., Papadimitriou, J.C., Hanna, N. (2007)  Composite signet-ring cell/neuroendocrine carcinoma of the stomach with a metastatic neuroendocrine carcinoma component: a better prognosis entity.  Diagnostic Pathology
  39. Goldberg EM, Sailey CJ, Mackowiak PA, Dittmar PC, Schwartz EA. A 22-year-old woman with abdominal pain. Am J Med Sci. 2010 Apr;339(4):372-6
  40. Maambo, E. and Ioffe, O. "Molecular Classification and Prognostication of Breast Cancer"  Pathology Case Reviews, Volume 14, Number 4, July/August 2009.
  41. Kelley WE, Lockwood CM, Cervelli DR, Sterner J, Scott MG, Duh SH, Christenson RH. Cardiovascular disease testing on the Dimension Vista ® system: Biomarkers of acute coronary syndromes. Clin Biochem. 2009 Jun 10.
  42. Kim FS, Kelley WE, Resh B, Goldenberg G. Linezolid-induced purpuric medication reaction. J Cutan Pathol. 2009 Jul; 36 (7): 793-5
  43. Kelley WE, Edelman BB, Drachenberg CB, Hess JR. Washing platelets in neutral, calcium-free, Ringer’s acetate. Transfusion. 2009 May 11
  44. Sfanos KS, Bruno TC, Maris CH, Xu L, Thoburn CJ, DeMarzo AM, Meeker AK, Isaacs WB, Drake CG. Phenotypic analysis of prostate-infiltrating lymphocytes reveals TH17 and Treg skewing. Clin Cancer Res. 2008 Jun 1;14(11):3254-61.
  45. Sullivan DR, Shields J, Netzer G. Fatal Case of Multi-drug Resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii. Am Surg. Not yet in print.
  46. Sailey CJ, Alexiev BA, Pinelle-Salles P, Taylor L, Gammie J, Burke A. Crystal Storing Histiocytosis as a Cause of Symptomatic Cardiac Mass. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 2009. In press
  47. Sailey CJ, Ioffe OI. Columnar Cell Lesions of the Breast. Pathology Case Reviews. 2009 July/Aug;14(4):135-140
  48. Netzer G, Sailey CJ, Mackowiak PA, Schwartz EA. A 45 Year-Old Man with Progressive Shortness of Breath. Case Records of the VA Maryland Health Care System/University of Maryland Medicine. 2009. In press
  49. Alexiev BA, Sailey CJ, McClure SA, Ord RA, Zhao XF, Papadimitriou JC. Primary Histiocytic Sarcoma Arising in the Head and Neck with Predominant Spindle Cell Component. Diagnostic Pathology. 2007 Feb 26;2:7
  50. Sailey CJ. Characterization of Brome Mosaic Virus RNA3 interaction with GCD10, a tRNA binding host factor from yeast. Graduate Thesis, UMI publication number: 1425044, Masters Abstracts International. 2005 vol issue 43-04M
  51. Shvartsbeyn M, Phillips D, Markey MA, Morrison AL, DeJong JL, Castellani RJ.  Cocaine-induced intracerebral hemorrhage in a patient with cerebral amyloid angiopathy.  Journal of Forensic Sciences (in press).
  52. Kao, G.F., Resh, B., McMahon, C., Gojo, I., Sun, C.C., Phillips, D., Zhao, X.F.  (Dec. 2008) Fatal Subcutaneous Panniculitis-Like T-Cell Lymphoma Gamma/Delta Subtype (Cutaneous Gamma/Delta T-Cell Lymphoma): Report of a Case and Review of the Literature.  Am. J. Dermatopathol., 30(6): 593-9.
  53. Castellani, R.J., Alexiev, B.A., Phillips, D., Perry, G., Smith, M.A.  (2007)  Chapter:  Microscopic Investigations in Neurodegenerative Diseases.  Modern Research and Educational Topics in Microscopy, A. Mendez-Vilas and J. Diaz.
  54. Reese, J.M., Phillips, D., Brown J.A., Papadimitriou J.C.  (2008) Metastatic Carcinoma Within a Foreign-Body Reaction to Vegetable Matter:  A Pseudo-Pseudomalignancy.  Int. J. Surg. Pathol., 16(1): 59-61.
  55. Kelley WE, Ali TZ. Systemic Microscopic Polyangiitis Presenting as Interstitial Cystitis. Archives of Pathology. 2007, Sep; 131(9):1442.
  56. Kelley WE, Ioffe OB, Ali TZ. Renal Tubulocystic Carcinoma Arising in the Clinical Setting of Lupus Nephritis. Archives of Pathology. 2007, Sep; 131(9):1441-1442.
  57. Jon Finan, Borislav A. Alexiev, Richard Zhao. Personalized Medicine, Pharmacogenomics, Theragnostics and Prognomics. BIOforum Europe. 2007 April: 2-4.
  58. Alexiev BA, Xiaoqing L, Sun CC, Brenner, D. The Meckel-Gruber Syndrome: Pathologic manifestations, minimal diagnostic criteria, and differential diagnosis.
    Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 136(8): 1236-1238, 2006.
  59. Alexiev BA, Sailey CJ, McClure SA, Ord RA, Zhao, XF, Papadimitriou, JC. Primary histiocytic sarcoma arising in the head and neck with predominant spindle cell component. Diagnostic Pathology 2:7, 2007.
  60. Alexiev BA, Drachenberg CB, Burke, AP. Thymomas: a cytological and immunohistochemical study, with emphasis on lymphoid and neuroendocrine markers. Diagnostic Pathology 2:13, 2007.
  61. Alexiev BA, Alaish SM, Sun CC: Testicular juvenile granulosa cell tumor in a newborn: Case report and review of the literature. International Journal Surgical Pathology 15(3): 321-325, 2007.
  62. Alexiev BA, Drachenberg CB, Papadimitriou JC: Endocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas: Grading, tumor size and proliferation index do not predict malignant behavior. Diagnostic Pathology 2: 28, 2007.
  63. Alexiev BA, Wang W, Ning Y, Chumsri S, Gojo I, Rodgers WH, Stass SA, Zhao XF: Myeloid sarcomas: a histologic, immunohistochemical, and cytogenetic study. Diagnostic Pathology 2:42, 2007.
  64. Nugent SL, Cunningham SC, Alexiev BA, Bellavance E, Papadimitriou JC, Hanna N: Composite signet ring/neuroendocrine carcinoma of the stomach with a metastatic neuroendocrine carcinoma component: a better prognostic entity. Diagnostic Pathology 2:43, 2007.
  65. Castellani RJ, Alexiev BA, Phillips D, Perry G, Smith MA. Microscopic Investigations in Neurodegenerative Diseases. In: Modern Research and Educational Topics in Microscopy. Edited by Mendez-Vilas A. and Diaz J. FORMATEX, 2007: 171-182.
  66. Maambo E. Brett AS. Vasudeva R. Burns RG. Hepatobiliary sarcoidosis presenting as sclerosing cholangitis: long-term follow-up. Digestive Diseases & Sciences. 52(12):3363-5, 2007 Dec.
  67. L. A. Newman, I. K. Martin, R. J. Zarbo, B. Awuah, D. S. Schultz, V. Takyi, A. Darko, A. Stark; Frequency of Estrogen Receptor-negative breast cancer in women with African Ancestry: Results from an International Study. American Society of Clinical Oncology 2008. Abstract submission
  68. Richard Y. Zhao, MS, PhD, Angela Darko, MD, Erin Harvey, ScM, CGC. Battle of the Genomes: A Virologic Perspective of Pharmacogenomics in HIV/AIDS Therapies. Genetic Applications in Practice:Bridging the gap from bed to bedside. NCHPEG Newsletter, Spring/Summer 2007.

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