Ultrastructural and Immunological methods in diagnostic pathology in a community hospital.
Five unusual tumors and one case of glomerulonephritis were examined by light microscopy, immunochemical methods, and electron microscopy in order to arrive at a correct diagnosis. We propose that these techniques can be used in community hospitals for selected cases in order to classify certain types of tumors, identify the primary site of some metastatic tumors, and help in the precise classification of some autoimmune diseases.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000175:diagnosis; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis