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TABLE OF CONTENTS JULY TO DECEMBER, 1994 Number 1, July 1994 Editorial Multiple-drug Resistance in Ewing’s Sarcoma and Peripheral PNETs TIMOTHY J. TRICHE CLINICAL CHEMISTRY Original Articles Simple Procedures Can Markedly Enhance Automated Immunoassay Performance GREG WARD, MARK WHITE, AND PETER E. HICKMAN Quantification of Medical and Operational Factors Determining Central Versus Satellite Laboratory Testing of Blood Gases JAMES W. WINKELMAN AND DONALD R. WYBENGA CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE Original Article Localized Leishmania Lymphadenitis: Inmunohistochemical Studies BAHRAM AZADEH, PAULA G. SELLS, GERSHON C. EJECKAM, AND DYANNE RAMPLING Review Article Current Topics in Protozoal Diseases TSIEH SUN HEMATOPATHOLOGY Original Articles Flow Cytometric Measurement of Glycosylphosphatidyl-inositol-linked Surface Proteins on Blood Cells of Patients With Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria Y.L. KWONG, C.P. LEE, T.K. CHAN, AND L.C. CHAN The MAXM™ Hematology Autoanalyzer: An Alternative? HENNY H. BILLETT, ELKIN SIMSON, PAM MAIN, CLAUDIA BAILEY, AND PAULA GUERRA Histiocytic Sarcomas and Monoblastic Leukemias: A Clinical, Histologic, and Immunophenotypical Study ANNE F. LAURITZEN, GEORGES DELSOL, NIELS EBBE HANSEN, THOMAS HORN, JENS ERSBOLL, KLAUS HOU-JENSEN, AND ELISABETH RALFKIAER Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Myeloid Leukemia Infiltrates (Granulocytic Sarcomas) in Formaldehyde-fixed, Paraffin-embedded Tissue JUDE HUDOCK, JANE CHATTEN, AND MARKKU MIETTINEN ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY Original Articles Immunohistochemical Detection of P-glycoprotein in Ewing’s Sarcoma and Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors Before and After Chemotherapy YASMINE M. HIJAZI, CONSTANTINE A. AXIOTIS, SAMUEL NAVARRO, SETH M. STEINBERG, MARC E. HOROWITZ, AND MARIA TSOKOS Immunocytochemical Analysis of Hormone Receptors With Malignant Cells Separated From Human Mammary Tumors EDWIN V. GAFFNEY II, DERMOT P. HALPIN, WILLIS E. MOODY, AND CLAIRE B. ELLIOTT The Usefulness of Human Placental Lactogen and Keratin Immunohistochemistry in the Assessment of Tissue From Purported Intrauterine Pregnancies T. YEE KHONG, COLIN J.R. STEWART, CHRISTINE MOTT, HELEN M. CHAMBERS, AND ALAN J. STAPLES TABLE OF CONTENTS JULY TO DECEMBER, 1994 Number 1, July 1994 Editorial Multiple-drug Resistance in Ewing’s Sarcoma and Peripheral PNETs TIMOTHY J. TRICHE CLINICAL CHEMISTRY Original Articles Simple Procedures Can Markedly Enhance Automated Immunoassay Performance GREG WARD, MARK WHITE, AND PETER E. HICKMAN Quantification of Medical and Operational Factors Determining Central Versus Satellite Laboratory Testing of Blood Gases JAMES W. WINKELMAN AND DONALD R. WYBENGA CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE Original Article Localized Leishmania Lymphadenitis: Inmunohistochemical Studies BAHRAM AZADEH, PAULA G. SELLS, GERSHON C. EJECKAM, AND DYANNE RAMPLING Review Article Current Topics in Protozoal Diseases TSIEH SUN HEMATOPATHOLOGY Original Articles Flow Cytometric Measurement of Glycosylphosphatidyl-inositol-linked Surface Proteins on Blood Cells of Patients With Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria Y.L. KWONG, C.P. LEE, T.K. CHAN, AND L.C. CHAN The MAXM™ Hematology Autoanalyzer: An Alternative? HENNY H. BILLETT, ELKIN SIMSON, PAM MAIN, CLAUDIA BAILEY, AND PAULA GUERRA Histiocytic Sarcomas and Monoblastic Leukemias: A Clinical, Histologic, and Immunophenotypical Study ANNE F. LAURITZEN, GEORGES DELSOL, NIELS EBBE HANSEN, THOMAS HORN, JENS ERSBOLL, KLAUS HOU-JENSEN, AND ELISABETH RALFKIAER Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Myeloid Leukemia Infiltrates (Granulocytic Sarcomas) in Formaldehyde-fixed, Paraffin-embedded Tissue JUDE HUDOCK, JANE CHATTEN, AND MARKKU MIETTINEN ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY Original Articles Immunohistochemical Detection of P-glycoprotein in Ewing’s Sarcoma and Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors Before and After Chemotherapy YASMINE M. HIJAZI, CONSTANTINE A. AXIOTIS, SAMUEL NAVARRO, SETH M. STEINBERG, MARC E. HOROWITZ, AND MARIA TSOKOS Immunocytochemical Analysis of Hormone Receptors With Malignant Cells Separated From Human Mammary Tumors EDWIN V. GAFFNEY II, DERMOT P. HALPIN, WILLIS E. MOODY, AND CLAIRE B. ELLIOTT The Usefulness of Human Placental Lactogen and Keratin Immunohistochemistry in the Assessment of Tissue From Purported Intrauterine Pregnancies T. YEE KHONG, COLIN J.R. STEWART, CHRISTINE MOTT, HELEN M. CHAMBERS, AND ALAN J. STAPLES TABLE OF CONTENTS p53 Protein and c-erbB-2 Protein (p185) Expression in Endometrial Adenocarcinoma of Endometrioid Type: An Immunohistochemical Examination on Paraffin Sections ANETTE LYNGE NIELSEN AND HENRIK CHRISTIAN JUUL NYHOLM Flow Cytometric Analysis of DNA Ploidy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma IRENE O.L. NG, EDWARD CS. LAI, JEFF C.W. HO, LESLIE K.N. CHEUNG, MATTHEW M.T. NG, AND MIKE K.P. SO Fine-needle Aspiration Biopsy Cytology of Giant-cell tumor of Tendon Sheath PAUL WAKELY AND WILLIAM J. FRABLE Familial Juvenile Polyposis: Study of a Kindred: Evolution of Polyps and Relationship to Gastrointestinal Carcinoma CHARU SUBRAMONY, CAROL E.H. SCOTT-CONNER, DEBORAH SKELTON, AND TERRENCE J. HALL Ultrasound-guided Fine-needle Aspiration of Nonpalpable Breast Lesions: Cytologic and Histologic Findings NOUR SNEIGE, BRUNO D. FORNAGE, AND GEORGE SALEH Benign Melanocytic Nevus Cells in Axillary Lymph Nodes: A Prospective Incidence and Immunohistochemical Study With Literature Review NORMAN C. BAUTISTA, SYLVAN COHEN, AND KARL H. ANDERS Prognostic Factors in Bladder Cancer: A Pathologic, Immunohistochemical, and DNA Flow-cytometric Study ANTONIO LOPEZ-BELTRAN, GARY A. CROGHAN, IVANA CROGHAN, ALFREDO MATILLA, AND JOHN F. GAETA COAGULATION AND TRANSFUSION MEDICINE Original Articles The International Normalized Ratio and Uncertainty: Validation of a Probabilistic Model GREGORY C. CRITCHFIELD AND STERLING T. BENNETT Use of Lyophilized Calibration Plasmas and Control Blood for International Normalized Ratio Calculation in External Quality Assessment of the Prothrombin Time ANTONIUS M.H.P. VAN DEN BESSELAAR The Reliability of Manufacturer-determined, Instrument-specific International Sensitivity Index Values for Calculating the International Normalized Ratio MARK T. CUNNINGHAM, GEORGE F. JOHNSON, BEVERLY J. PENNELL, AND JOHN D. OLSON Comparison of a Standard and a Sensitive Thromboplastin in Monitoring Low Intensity Oral Anticoagulant Therapy MARY T. BROPHY, LOUIS D. FIORE, JOSEPH LAU, ROBERT GOODWIN, AARON LOPEZ, AND DANIEL DEYKIN In Memoriam George F. Stevenson, MD (1923-1994) BOOK REVIEWS CORRESPONDENCE AND CORRECTIONS Salivary Lymphadenopathy and HIV HARRY L. IOACHIM AND JOHN R. RYAN Computer-assisted Instruction in Laboratory Medicine Education JAMES C. HEALY AND HAROLD C. LYON, JR. The Author’s Reply M. KAMOUN, E. L. GOTTFRIED, AND M. D. BURKE NEWS AND NOTICES INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS Number 2, August 1994 Editorials Can Chemotherapy Alter the Histologic Features of Breast Cancer? JOANNE E. MORTIMER AND MARIE E. TAYLOR Coagulation Screening Tests CHARLES F. ARKIN TABLE OF CONTENTS ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY Special Article Consultations in Surgical Pathology ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ANATOMIC AND SURGICAL PATHOLOGY Original Articles Histologic Grade of Locally Advanced Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma After Treatment With Induction Chemotherapy HENRY F. FRIERSON, JR, AND ROBERT E. FECHNER Biologic Significance of Quantitative Estrogen Receptor Immunohistochemical Assay by Image Analysis in Breast Cancer JOSE M. ESTEBAN, CHUL AHN, PARULA MEHTA, AND HECTOR BATTIFORA Immunohistochemical Detection of Neuroblastomatous Foci in Composite Adrenal Pheochromocytoma—Neuroblastoma DOUGLAS W. FRANQUEMONT, STACEY E. MILLS, AND ERNEST E. LACK Quantitative Growth Fraction Evaluation With MIB1 and Ki67 Antibodies in Breast Carcinomas MATTIA BARBARESCHI, SALVATORE GIRLANDO, FRANCESCA M. MAURI, STEFANO FORTI, CLAUDIO ECCHER, FRANCESCO A. MAURI, ROBERTO TOGNI, PAOLO DALLA PALMA, AND CLAUDIO DOGLIONI Hepatic Neoexpression and Increased Plasma Levels of Lewis Y, a Carbohydrate Antigen, in Chronic Inflammatory Liver Diseases MITSURU MUGURUMA, YOSHIO OKADA, AND TAKAO TSUJI Toward Objective Quality Assurance in Cervical Cytopathology: Correlation of Cytopathologic Diagnoses With Detection of High-risk Human Papillomavirus Types MARK E. SHERMAN, MARK H. SCHIFFMAN, ATTILA T. LORINCZ, M. MICHELE MANOS, DAVID R. SCOTT, ROBERT J. KURMAN, NANCY B. KIVIAT, MARK STOLER, ANDREW G. GLASS, AND BRENDA B. RUSH Association of Gastric Metaplasia and Duodenitis with Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children SOUHEIL M. SHABIB, ERNEST CUTZ, BRENDAN DRUMM, AND PHILIP M. SHERMAN A Simplified Multitissue Block ALBERTO S. SUNDBLAD Gastric Vascular Ectasia in Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplantation DAVID P. MARMADUKE, JOEL K. GREENSON, ISABEL CUNNINGHAM, EDWARD E. HERDERICK, AND J. FREDRICK CORNHILL Plasma Cell—Rich Thymoma CESAR A. MORAN, SAUL SUSTER, AND MICHAEL N. KOSS HEMATOPATHOLOGY Original Articles Hematogones in the Bone Marrow of Adults: Immunophenotypic Features, Clinical Settings, and Differential Diagnosis R. ERIC DAVIS, TERI A. LONGACRE, AND P. JOANNE CORNBLEET CD8-Positive B-Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: A Report of Two Cases DANIEL D. KOELLIKER, PAUL E. STEELE, PAUL E. HURTUBISE, HERBERT C. FLESSA, YU-HWA P. SHENG, AND STEVEN H. SWERDLOW Hydration of Red Cells in a and 8 Thalassemias Differs: A Useful Approach to Distinguish Between These Red Cell Phenotypes AHNOND BUNYARATVEJ, SUTHAT FUCHAROEN, ALBERT GREENBAUM, AND NARLA MOHANDAS Flow-cytochemical Differential Leukocyte Analysis with Quantitation of Neutrophil Left Shift: An Evaluation of the Cobas-Helios Analyzer STUART A. BENTLEY, TERRENCE S. JOHNSON, CATHERINA H. SOHIER, AND CONNIE A. BISHOP B-Cell Precursor Bone Marrow Reconstitution After Bone Marrow Transplantation DAVID LEITENBERG, JOEL M. RAPPEPORT, AND BRIAN R. SMITH COAGULATION AND TRANSFUSION MEDICINE Original Articles Effect of Analytic Uncertainty of Conventional and Point-of-Care Assays of Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time on Clinical Decisions in Heparin Therapy MARIO WERNER, JAMES V. GALLAGHER, MICHAEL S. BALLO, AND DONALD S. KARCHER A Method To Examine the Need for Duplicate Testing of Common Coagulation Tests JOHN A. KOEPKE, CHRISTINE E. MCLAREN, ARIYARATNA WIJETUNGA, AND BEREND HOUWEN Laboratory Evaluation of Fibrinolysis in Patients With a History of Myocardial Infarction WAYNE L. CHANDLER AND JOHN R. STRATTON TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS BOOK REVIEWS BOOKS RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE AND CORRECTIONS Review of Negative Papanicolaou Tests: Is the Retrospective 5-Year Review Necessary? C.A. RUBIO Clinically Appropriate Investigations in Cases of Suspected Lupus Anticoagulant MALCOLM L. BRIDGEN The Author’s Reply RODGER L. BICK NEWS AND NOTICES Number 3, September 1994 Editorial Diagnosis of Lymphomas by the Polymerase Chain Reaction WING C. CHAN AND TIMOTHY C. GREINER COAGULATION AND TRANSFUSION MEDICINE Original Articles Comparable Safety of Blood Collection in “High-risk” Autologous Donors Versus Non-High-risk Autologous and Directed Donors in a Hospital Setting CHRISTOPHER D. HILLYER, KIM K. HART, DIXON A. LACKEY Ill, LILLIAN S. LIN, AND JOHN A. BRYAN Case Report Electron Microscopic and Immunochemical Studies in a Patient With Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Mixed Cryoglobulinemia Type II IRMA O. SZYMANSKI, JAMES M. PULLMAN, AND JEAN M. UNDERWOOD HEMATOPATHOLOGY Original Articles Paraffin-resistant Antigens Detectable by Antibodies L26 and Polyclonal CD3 Predict the B- or T-Cell Lineage of 95% of Diffuse Aggressive Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas AMY CHADBURN, AND DANIEL M. KNOWLES CD30 Antigen Expression in Florid Immunoblastic Proliferations: A Clinicopathologic Study of 14 Cases GLENN H. SEGAL, CARL R. KJELDSBERG, GREGORY P. SMITH, AND SHERRIE L. PERKINS Determination of B-Cell Clonality in Paraffin-embedded Endoscopic Biopsy Specimens of Abnormal Lymphocytic Infiltrates and Gastrointestinal Lymphoma by Polymerase Chain Reaction SANYA SUKPANICHNANT, CINDY L. VNENCAK-JONES, AND THOMAS L. McCURLEY Field Evaluation of theN OVA Celitrak 12® Hematology Analyzer CRYSTAL L. JOHNSON, BENJAMIN GERSON, MARIA NUNEZ, AND CHARLES ALLAM Case Report Gamma/Delta T-Cell Posttransplantation Lymphoproliferative Disorder Primarily in the Spleen CHARLES W. ROSS, BERTRAM SCHNITZER, SUSAN SHELDON, DANIEL K. BRAUN, AND CURTIS A. HANSON ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY Cytologic Features of Kimura’s Disease in Fine-Needle Aspirates: A Study of Eight Cases LOUIS T.C. CHOW, ROSE W.S. YUEN, WILSON M.S. TSUI, TONY K.F. MA, W.H. CHOW, AND S.K. CHAN Angiomatoid Carcinoma and ‘Angiosarcoma’ of the Thyroid Gland: A Spectrum of Endothelial Differentiation STACEY E. MILLS, MICHAEL J. GAFFEY, JOHN C. WATTS, PAUL E. SWANSON, MARK R. WICK, VIRGINIA A. LIVOLSI, OSCAR NAPPI, AND LAWRENCE M. WEISS TABLE OF CONTENTS Biphasic and Monophasic Sarcomatoid Carcinomas of the Lung: A Reappraisal of ‘Carcinosarcomas’ and ‘Spindle-cell Carcinomas’ OSCAR NAPPI, STEPHEN D. GLASNER, PAUL E. SWANSON, AND MARK R. WICK Flow-cytometric Analysis of Nuclear DNA Content in Endometrial Adenocarcinoma: Atypical Mitoses Are Associated With DNA Aneuploidy DAVID R. GENEST, ELLEN SHEETS, AND JANICE M. LAGE Breast Fine-needle Aspiration: A Comparison of Thin-layer and Conventional Preparation NURIA PEREZ-REYES, DONNA K. MULFORD, MARY A. RUTKOWSKI, WENDE LOGAN-YOUNG, AND ANDREA E. DAWSON Assessment of Cervicovaginal Smear Adequacy: The Bethesda System Guidelines and Reproducibility SUSAN E. SPIRES, EVELYN R. BANKS, JULIA A. WEEKS, HELEN W. BANKS, AND DIANE D. DAVEY Case Report Sarcomatoid Carcinoma of the Lung: A Case With Atypical Carcinoid and Rhabdomyosarcomatous Components DELBERT E. RAINOSEK, JAE Y. RO, NELSON G. ORDONEZ, ANDREW D. KULAGA, AND ALBERTO G. AYALA Review Article Intraoperative Assessment of Parathyroid Gland Pathology: A Common View From the Surgeon and the Pathologist V. A. LIVOLSI, AND R. HAMILTON Minutes Minutes of the 71st Annual Business Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, October 19, 1993, Orlando, Florida BOOK REVIEWS BOOKS RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE AND CORRECTIONS Epitheloid Angiosarcoma oft he Uterus Arising in a Leiomyoma With Associated Ovarian and Tubal Angiomatosis CINTHIA B. DRACHENBERG, FRED J. FAUST, ANDRZEJ BORKOWSKI, AND JOHN C. PAPADIMITRIOU The Authors’ Reply GIOVANNI TALLINI, FREDRIC V. PRICE, AND MARIA L. CARCANGIU Howell-Jolly Body-Like Inclusions JANICE H. GODWIN The Authors’ Reply DANIEL D. SLAGEL, DONNA L. LAGER, AND FRED R. DICK NEWS AND NOTICES Number 4, October 1994 Editorials Proficiency Testing: One Important Component of Continuous Quality Improvement CALVIN L. STRAND Morphologic Variation in Seminoma THOMAS M. ULBRIGHT ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY Original Articles Tubular Seminoma: An Immunohistochemical and DNA Flow-cytometric Study of Four Cases ANGEL ZAVALA-POMPA, JAE Y. RO, ADEL K. EL-NAGGAR, MAHUL B. AMIN, NELSON G. ORDONEZ, AVISHAY SELLA, AND ALBERTO G. AYALA Diffuse Embryoma oft he Testis: An Immunohistochemical Study of Two Cases MARIZA N. DE PERALTA-VENTURINA, JAE Y. RO, NELSON G. ORDONEZ, AND ALBERTO G. AYALA The Spectrum of Immunohistochemical Staining of Small-cell Lung Carcinoma in Specimens From Transbronchial and Open-lung Biopsies DONALD G. GUINEE Jr, NANCY F. FISHBACK, MICHAEL N. KOSS, SUSAN L. ABBONDANZO, AND WILLIAM D. TRAVIS TABLE OF CONTENTS Ovarian Endometriotic Cysts: An Analysis of Cytologic Atypia and DNA Ploidy Patterns FAYEZ BALLOUK, JEFFREY S. ROSS, AND BARBARA C. WOLF Variation in the Enteric Distribution of Cryptosporidia in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome FREDERIC CLAYTON, TODD HELLER, AND DONALD P. KOTLER Metastatic Malignant Melanoma With “Rhabdoid” Features ELISE S. CHANG, MARK R. WICK, PAUL E. SWANSON, AND LOUIS P. DEHNER Evaluation of aN ew Slide-based Laser Scanning Cytometer for DNA Analysis of Tumors: Comparison With Flow Cytometry and Image Analysis DAVID G. MARTIN-REAY, LOUIS A. KAMENTSKY, DAVID S. WEINBERG, KATHERINE A. HOLLISTER, AND EDMUND S. CIBAS Comparison oft he Clinical Microscopy Laboratory With the Cytopathology Laboratory in the Detection of Malignant Cells in Body Fluids JONATHAN BEN-EZRA, JANET F. STASTNY, ALAN C. HARRIS, LINDA BORK, AND WILLIAM J. FRABLE The Liver Biopsy Diagnosis of Wilson’s Disease: Methods in Pathology JURGEN LUDWIG, THOMAS P. MOYER, AND JORGE RAKELA T-Cell Lymphocytosis Associated With Invasive Thymomas GREGORY P. SMITH, SHERRIE L. PERKINS, GLENN H. SEGAL, AND CARL R. KJELDSBERG Fine-needle Aspiration Cytologic Diagnosis of Kikuchi’s Lymphadenitis: A Report of 27 Cases WILLIAM Y.W. TSANG AND JOHN K.C. CHAN Case Report Pulmonary Malacoplakia Associated With Rhodococcus equi Infection in a Patient With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome MARIZA N. DE PERALTA-VENTURINA, FRED J. CLUBB, AND MARCIA A. KIELHOFNER HEMATOPATHOLOGY Original Articles bcl-2 Oncogene Protein Is Preferentially Expressed in Reed-Sternberg Cells in Hodgkin’s Disease of the Nodular Sclerosis Subtype MARK A. LONES, GERALDINE S. PINKUS, I. PETER SHINTAKU, AND JONATHAN W. SAID Flow Cytometric Reticulocyte Analysis: Multiinstitutional Interlaboratory Correlation Study BRUCE H. DAVIS, NANCY C. BIGELOW, JOHN A. KOEPKE, MICHAEL J. BOROWITZ, BEREND HOUWEN, JAMES W. JACOBBERGER, ROBERT V. PIERRE, LAURENCE CORASH, KENNETH A. AULT, AND JOHN D. BATJER Case Reports S-100—Positive T-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorder: A Case Report and Review oft he Literature ALEJANDRA ZARATE-OSORNO, MARK RAFFELD, ERROL L. BERMAN, M. MERCEDES FERGUSON, RAFAEL ANDRADE, AND ELAINE S. JAFFE CD20+ T-Cell Lymphoma: Neoplastic Transformation of aN ormal T-Cell Subset LETICIA QUINTANILLA-MARTINEZ, FREDERIC PREFFER, DANIEL RUBIN, JUDITH A. FERRY, AND NANCY L. HARRIS CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES Original Articles Proficiency Testing in Parasitology: An Educational Tool to Improve Laboratory Performance DONALD E. WOOD, JOSEPHINE PALMER, PATRICIA MISSETT, AND JAMES L. WHITBY Detection of Human Cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr Virus, and Herpes Simplex Virus in Diffuse Interstitial Pneumonia by Polymerase Chain Reaction and Immunohistochemistry YOSHIO ODA, SHOGO KATSUDA, YASUNORI OKADA, E.]. KAWAHARA, AKISHI OOI, ATSUHIRO KAWASHIMA, AND ISAO NAKANISHI Coccoid Forms of Helicobacter pylori in the Human Stomach WING-YEE CHAN, PAK-KWAN HUI, KAI-MAN LEUNG, JOHN CHOW, FRANCIS KWOK, AND CHI-SING NG Summary Minutes Immunohistochemistry Products Workshop: Forum on the Scientific and Regulatory Issues PAUL E. SWANSON ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS BOOK REVIEWS BOOKS RECEIVED TABLE OF CONTENTS CORRESPONDENCE AND CORRECTIONS Are ThinPrep® Smears Better Than Papanicolaou Smears in Practice? CHRISTINA ISACSON AND MICHAEL B. COHEN The Authors’ Reply DAVID C. WILBUR, THOMAS A. BONFIGLIO, EDMUND S. CIBAS, SAMUEL MERRITT, L. PATRICK JAMES, AND BARRY M. BERGER DNA Cytometry: Diploid Standard and Section Thickness ANDREAS GSCHWENDTNER, ALFONS KRECZY, KURT PREIN, CHRISTIAN SCHONTHALER, AND THOMAS MAIRINGER The Authors’ Reply SIBRAND POPPEMA, IAN D.R. BARCLAY, LAITH DABBAGH, AND JEANNET BABIAK CORRECTIONS NEWS AND NOTICES Number 4, October 1994, Supplement 1 PATHOLOGY PATTERNS ISSUES IN CARCINOMA OF THE BREAST AND PROSTATE Editorial Breast and Prostate Cancer, 1994 WAYNE W. GRODY FOREFRONTS Status of Breast Cancer Prognostication Based on Histopathologic Data JEAN F. SIMPSON AND DAVID L. PAGE Predictive Value of Estrogen Receptors Evaluated by Quantitative Immunohistochemical Analysis in Breast Cancer JOSE M. ESTEBAN, CHUL AHN, HECTOR BATTIFORA, AND BARBARA FELDER Expression of the erbB-2 Family of Growth Factor Receptors and Their Ligands in Breast Cancers: Implication for Tumor Biology and Clinical Behavior SARAH S. BACUS, CAROLYN R. ZELNICK, GREGORY PLOWMAN, AND YOSEF YARDEN Male Breast Cancer J. RANDOLPH HECHT AND DAVID J. WINCHESTER Prostate-Specific Antigen: Current Role in Diagnostic Pathology of Prostate Cancer DAVID G. BOSTWICK Grading Prostate Cancer DAVID G. BOSTWICK Molecular Biologic Aspects of Human Prostatic Carcinoma GEORGE J. NETTO AND PETER A. HUMPHREY CORRESPONDENCE Survey of Residency Training SUSAN D. ROSEFF Resident Autonomy in Anatomic Pathology MARIE E. ROBERT The Author’s Reply ROBERT R. PASCAL Number 5, November 1994 Editorials Improving Quality in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine RICHARD J. ZARBO TABLE OF CONTENTS Tissue Reaction to Breast Implants DARRYL CARTER Special Articles Quality Improvement Practices in Clinical and Anatomic Pathology Services: A College of American Pathologists Q-Probes Study of the Program Characteristics and Performance in 580 Institutions PAUL BACHNER, PETER J. HOWANITZ, AND RICHARD W. LENT Surgical Pathology Examination of the Prostate Gland: Practice Survey by American Society of Clinical Pathologists LAWRENCE D. TRUE IMMUNOPATHOLOGY Original Articles Identification of Monoclonal Immunoglobulins and Quantitative Immunoglobulin Abnormalities in Hairy Cell Leukemia and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia DAVID A. HANSEN, BRUCE A. ROBBINS, DAVID J. BYLUND, LAWRENCE D. PIRO, ALAN SAVEN, AND DOUGLAS J. ELLISON Effects of Repeated Freeze-Thaw Cycles on Anticardiolipin Antibody Immunoreactivity ROBIN L. BREY, STEPHANIE A. COTE, DAVID L. MCGLASSON, DOUGLAS A. TRIPLETT, AND LINDA K. BARNA Use of Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Assay to Distinguish Between Vasculitic Disease Activity and Complications of Cytotoxic Therapy BARBARA A. MARKEY AND JEFFREY S. WARREN CLINICAL CHEMISTRY Serum Xylose Analysis by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry JOHN C. DEUTSCH, VENKATESWARA R. KOLLI, C.R. SANTHOSH-KUMAR, AND J. FRED KOLHOUSE Circulating Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-! (cICAM-1) Concentration in Liver Disease: Relationship With Cholestasis and Functioning Hepatic Mass MARIO PIRISI, EDMONDO FALLETI, CARLO FABRIS, GIORGIO SOARDO, PERLUIGI TONIUTTO, DANIELA VITULLI, FRANCESCA PEZZETTA, NADIA BORTOLOTTI, FABIO GONANO, AND ETTORE BARTOLI Benzodiazepine Concentrations in Sera Determined by Radioreceptor Assay for Therapeutic-dose Recipients TAKASHI NISHIKAWA, SATOMI SUZUKI, HIDEKI OHTANI, NORIKO W. EIZAWA, TAKESHI SUGIYAMA, TAKESHI KAWAGUCHI, AND SADANORI MIURA Patient and Physician Analytic Goals for Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose Instruments SUSAN L. WEISS, GEORGE S. CEMBROWSKI, AND ROGER S. MAZZE Review Article Magnesium: The Fifth But Forgotten Electrolyte RONALD J. ELIN HEMATOPATHOLOGY Original Articles Automated Reticulocyte Counting and Measurement of Reticulocyte Cellular Indices: Evaluation of the Miles H*3 Blood Analyzer CARLO BRUGNARA, MARY JO HIPP, PATRICIA J. IRVING, HAZEL LATHROP, PATRICIA A. LEE, ELAINE M. MINCHELLO, AND JAMES WINKELMAN Plasma Cell Myeloma in Patients Who Are HIV-positive SHIMAREET KUMAR, DHRUV KUMAR, VICKI J. SCHNADIG, P. SELVANAYAGAM, AND DANIEL P. SLAUGHTER Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase Staining in Acute Leukemia and Normal Bone Marrow in Routinely Processed Paraffin Sections ATTILIO ORAZI, JENNY COTTON, GIORGIO CATTORETTI, PATRICIA K. KOTYLO, KARLA JOHN, JOHN T. MANNING, AND RICHARD S. NEIMAN Band Neutrophil Counts Are Unnecessary for the Diagnosis of Infection in Patients with Normal Total Leukocyte Counts MARIGOLD J. ARDRON, JAMES C. WESTENGARD, AND THOMAS F. DUTCHER Case Report A Novel Deletion of the Entire a Globin Locus Causing a-Thalassemia-! in a Northern European Family DANIEL E. SABATH, JAMES C. DETTER, AND JONATHAN F. TAIT TABLE OF CONTENTS ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY Original Articles Histologic Features of Breast Capsules Reflect Surface Configuration and Composition of Silicone Bag Implants CANDACE S. KASPER Abnormal p53 Expression in Human Lung Cancer Is Associated With Histologic Subtypes and Patient Smoking History HIROTOSHI DOSAKA-AKITA, MASANOBU SHINDOH, MICHIHIRO FUJINO, ICHIRO KINOSHITA, KENJI AKIE, MASAKAZU KATOH, AND YOSHIKAZU KAWAKAMI Immunohistochemical Analysis of p53 in Gynecologic Tumors MASAKI INOUE, MASAMI FUJITA, TAKAYUKI ENOMOTO, HIDEKI MORIMOTO, TAKUSHI MONDEN, TAKASHI SHIMANO, AND OSAMU TANIZAWA p53 Expression in Ovarian Borderline Tumors and Stage I Carcinomas JOLANTA KUPRYJANCZYK, DEBRA A. BELL, DAVID W. YANDELL, ROBERT E. SCULLY, AND ANN D. THOR Well-differentiated Liposarcoma: The Mayo Clinic Experience With 58 Cases DAVID R. LUCAS, ANTONIO G. NASCIMENTO, BHUPENDRA K. S. SANJAY, AND MICHAEL G. ROCK Surgical Pathology of the Lung in Chronic Granulomatous Disease CHRISTOPHER A. MOSKALUK, HELEN W. POGREBNIAK, HARVEY I. PASS, JOHN i. GALLIN, AND WILLIAM D. TRAVIS MIC2 Analysis of Small Cell Carcinoma JEANNE A. LUMADUE, FREDERIC B. ASKIN, AND ELIZABETH J. PERLMAN Immunohistochemistry of Cyclin D1 in Human Breast Cancer SHI-YU ZHANG, JORGE CAAMANO, FRED COOPER, XU GUO, AND ANDRES J.P. KLEIN-SZANTO Tyrosine Crystals in Benign Parotid Gland Cysts: Report of Two Cases Diagnosed by Fine-needle Aspiration Biopsy With Ultrastructural and Histochemical Evaluation HENRY J. CARSON, WASIM F. RASLAN, MELANIE J. CASTELLI, AND PAOLO GATTUSO BOOK REVIEWS CORRESPONDENCE AND CORRECTIONS Nationwide Performance of Emergency Department Turnaround Time STEVEN J. STEINDEL AND PETER J. HOWANITZ Does the Emergency Department Need a Dedicated Stat Laboratory? KATHLEEN SAZAMA The Authors’ Reply SUNITA SAXENA AND EDWARD T. WONG Biotin-containing Intranuclear Inclusions in Tumor Cells: Possible Cause for Misinterpreting Nuclear Antigen Immunostaining XAVIER MATiAS-GUIU, CRISTINA PONS, JOSEFINA MUNOZ, AND JAIME PRAT The Authors’ Reply SHIGEO YOKOYAMA, KENJI KASHIMA, YUSAKI OKAMOTO, TSUTOMU DAA, AND IWAO NAKAYAMA Corrections NEWS AND NOTICES Number 6, December 1994 Editorials Surgical Pathology and the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases JOHN C. WATTS Bone Marrow Histiocytosis and Autologous Graft Failure: Possible Implications KATHY FOUCAR Special Article ASCP Survey on Anatomic Pathology Examination of the Urinary Bladder WILLIAM M. MURPHY