Heart transplant for multiple recurrences of familial cardiac myxomas in an adolescent patient: a case report and literature review
Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary cardiac neoplasm occurring in all age groups. After resection, familial Cardiac myxoma is more likely to recur than that arises in sporadic fashion. In this report, we describe an adolescent patient experiencing multiple recurrences of cardiac myxomas and underwent heart transplant. This is the first report of such a case at our institution....
Assessment of the usefulness of the knowledge of Pathology for clinical medical students - A multi-center study
Pathology courses are taught to undergraduate medical students to provide them with basic foundation for clinical sciences. However, there is hardly any form of assessment of how relevant and helpful these pathology courses are to the students in the clinical years and even beyond. ...
The basic concepts of carcinogenesis
The aetiology of developing cancer consists of genetic and epigenetic mutations, DNA damage, genome instability, cancer stem cells, infectious agents, and carcinogens. However, carcinogenesis is a complex multistep process associated with various hereditary and environmental factors. ...
Cellular and somatic deaths
Cellular death generally results from irreversible (lethal) injury. In addition, a normal physiological cell death process or apoptosis presents during embryogenesis and adult life. The role of apoptosis is also involved in pathological condition. ...
Cellular injury
Cellular injury is the process through which the cell is unable to maintain its homeostasis in the encounter with injurious stimuli. Generally, the cells with mild injury result in reversible cell damage and there is no cellular death. However, severe cellular injury leads to irreversible change and death of the affected cells....
Predictive Biomarker Testing in Colorectal Cancer: KRAS and BRAF Mutation Frequency and Testing Algorithm in Developing Countries
Predictive biomarker testing is mandatory before initiating targeted therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Mutation frequencies and their association with clinicopathological features vary widely across populations. In low socio-economic countries, appropriate selection of cases is important for biomarker testing....
Hematidrosis or Hematofolliculohidrosis: Report of the Second Case with Complete Histopathologic and Immunologic Studies and a Review of the Literature
Hematidrosis, or bloody sweat, is a rare phenomenon with enigmatic pathogenesis. We present our second case of hematidrosis in a 13-year-old Thai girl that had bloody sweat frequently observed on her back, hands, legs and feet. Skin biopsy revealed areas of hemorrhage in the panniculus and blood-filled spaces in the dermis....
Low-Grade Central Osteosarcoma of Ilium, A Case Report
Low-grade central osteosarcoma accounts for 1-2% of all osteosarcomas, and is usually found in long bones of extremities. To our best knowledge, low-grade central osteosarcoma of pelvic bone is unusually rare....
Thrombotic microangiopathy with Atypical Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) after kidney transplantation. A case report.
Neurological manifestation of thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) after renal transplantation is rare and difficult to be distinguished from other conditions. A 51-year-old female with ESRD of unknown etiology received deceased donor kidney transplantation from a 57-year-old donor....
Gap Analysis Study before Implementation of Thailand’s National Guidelines for Point of Care Testing at Chiang Rai Province
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....
