Background: Recent reports from North America and Europe have documented an annual
increase in the incidence of differentiated thyroid carcinoma. We sought to investigate the …

Background: Spurious increases in serum troponins, especially troponin T, have been
reported in patients with and without acute myocardial syndromes. Methods: We studied 78 …

Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) mutations are commonly associated with
hyperhomocysteinemia, and, through their defects in homocysteine metabolism, they have been …

Background Aortitis is emerging as an important cause of ascending aortic aneurysm in the
elderly. Its features have not been described in a surgical population. Design Retrospective …

Primary cardiac lymphomas are rare extranodal lymphomas that should be distinguished
from secondary cardiac involvement by disseminated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Cardiac …

We report the clinicopathologic, immunophenotypic, DNA ploidy, and MIB-1 proliferative
findings of five adenomatoid tumors of the adrenal gland. All patients were male, and tumors …

Background.—Since the introduction of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for the
detection of prostatic adenocarcinoma (PCA), there has been an increase in the incidence of …

Background: The objectives of this study are to examine the prevalence of combined
methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) 677C→T and 1298A→C mutations in patients with …

Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) are aggressive neoplasms composed predominantly
of undifferentiated cells that show evidence of neural differentiation. Although their …

Adenomatoid tumors are benign neoplasms found predominantly in male and female genital
tracts. Rare extragenital adenomatoid tumors have been discovered that involve serosal …