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Prolactinoma is the most common cause of pathologic hyperprolactinaemia. The tumour size usually correlates with the prolactin level. Extremely high prolactin levels might cause the hook effect, resolting in erroneously low readings. In patients with pituitary adenomas (≥ 3 cm) and normal to modestly elevated prolactin levels, a 100-fold sample dilution is required to eliminate the hook effect. ...

The use of whole slide imaging (WSI) for frozen section (FS) diagnosis is helpfol, particolarly in the setting of a shortage of pathologists. However, data on such an adoption is minimal in resource-limited settings. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of WSI for FS diagnosis of lymph node metastasis using a low-cost scanner. ...

National Blood Centre, Thai Red Cross Society screens blood samples from every donor for HIV with both serology and nucleic acid testing (NAT). Potential elite controllers (EC) are donors who tested reactive by serology, but non-reactive by NAT. ...

BRAF (V600E) is a common event in papillary thyroid carcinoma, especially in the Asian population. However, it still remains whether or not it is a valuable surrogate marker for predicting the prognosis of a high incidence population. Moreover, papillary thyroid carcinoma is diagnosed earlier than in the past....

กลุ่มโรคไขกระดูกผลิตเม็ดเลือดมากผิดปกติประกอบด้วยโรคดังต่อไปนี้คือ โรคเลือดข้น โรคเกล็ดเลือดสูง และโรคพังผืดในไขกระดูกปฐมภูมิ ซึ่งผู้ป่วยมีโอกาสเกิดภาวะลิ่มเลือดอุดตัน เลือดออกผิดปกติ การเกิดพังผืดในไขกระดูก และการเกิดมะเร็งเม็ดเลือดขาวเฉียบพลัน ซึ่งการกลายพันธุ์ของยีน JAK2V617F...

Myoepithelial carcinoma, also known as malignant myoepithelioma, is mainly encountered in the salivary glands and, at a lower incidence, in the sweat glands (skin), breast, soft tissue, bone and very rarely in the lung. Pulmonary myoepithelial carcinoma was first described by Higashiyama et al. in 1998, and to the best of our knowledge, only 15 cases have been reported in the English literature so far....

Hanging is the most popular method of suicide. Several different mechanisms are explained how death after hanging occurs, including direct injury to the thyroid gland. This study aimed to determine the possibility of death associated with acute excess levels of thyroid hormones in the deceased body by hanging and to find the correlation of thyroid hormone levels and various factors associated with that body. ...

Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM), also known as congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation is a rare congenital anomaly of lung involving the fetal tracheobronchial tree. It is a rare cause of respiratory distress in neonates. The reported incidence of this entity is 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 35,000....

ในทางศัลยพยาธิวิทยา (Surgical pathology) ได้มีการนำสิ่งที่ตรวจพบจากการตรวจทางพยาธิวิทยาของชิ้นเนื้อมะเร็งเต้านมจำนวน 3 อย่างดังต่อไปนี้คือ (1) ขนาดของก้อนมะเร็ง (Tumour size), (2) ระดับความแตกต่างทางจุลกายวิภาคของเซลล์มะเร็ง (Histological grade) และ (3) จำนวนต่อมน้ำเหลืองบริเวณรักแร้ที่มีเซลล์มะเร็งเต้านมแพร่กระจายมา...

The Bureau of Laboratory Quality Standards has published Thailand’s National Guidelines for Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) since August 2015. Still yet, the implementation of the guidelines is a great challenge....