2018
Successful treatment of primary donor‐derived human herpesvirus‐8 infection and hepatic Kaposi Sarcoma in an adult liver transplant recipient
Fu W, Merola J, Malinis M, Lacy J, Barbieri A, Liapakis AH, Mulligan DC, Yoo PS. Successful treatment of primary donor‐derived human herpesvirus‐8 infection and hepatic Kaposi Sarcoma in an adult liver transplant recipient. Transplant Infectious Disease 2018, 20: e12966. PMID: 30014622, DOI: 10.1111/tid.12966.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsHuman herpesvirus 8 infectionHepatic Kaposi sarcomaKaposi's sarcomaTransplant recipientsAdult liver transplant recipientsRegression of KSSplit liver transplantAcute cellular rejectionLiver transplant recipientsSuccessful therapeutic strategiesAllograft functionCellular rejectionLiver transplantSeropositive donorsSuccessful treatmentLiposomal doxorubicinTherapeutic strategiesRecipientsSarcomaInfectionTreatmentImmunosuppressionPatientsMalignancyTransplant
2012
Comparison of PCR-based detection of chromogranin A mRNA with traditional histological lymph node staging of small intestinal neuroendocrine neoplasia
Lawrence B, Kenney B, Svejda B, Schimmack S, Alaimo D, Barbieri A, Jedrych J, Kidd M, Modlin I. Comparison of PCR-based detection of chromogranin A mRNA with traditional histological lymph node staging of small intestinal neuroendocrine neoplasia. BMC Research Notes 2012, 5: 318. PMID: 22720672, PMCID: PMC3441285, DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-318.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, NeuroendocrineChromogranin AFeasibility StudiesHumansImmunohistochemistryIntestinal NeoplasmsIntestine, SmallLymph NodesLymphatic MetastasisNeoplasm MicrometastasisNeoplasm StagingObserver VariationParaffin EmbeddingPredictive Value of TestsReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReproducibility of ResultsRNA, MessengerTissue FixationConceptsLymph nodesCgA mRNALymph node metastasis detectionBenign gastrointestinal diseaseNon-neuroendocrine cancersSmall intestinal NENsDetection of chromograninGreater staging accuracyNode positivityGastrointestinal cancerNeuroendocrine differentiationHistological evidenceGastrointestinal diseasesImmunohistochemical stainingHistological examinationHistological lymphPathological analysisNeuroendocrine neoplasiaTherapeutic strategiesNormal epitheliumStaging accuracyTherapeutic interventionsMetastasis detectionTumor samplesAccurate therapeutic interventions