Category Archives: تعميمات طبية

Role of Immunohistochmistry in Carcinoma in Situ of the urinary bladder

Carcinoma in Situ (CIS) of the urinary bladder can be confused by the histopathologist for reactive atypia in some cases and vise versa. Since making this diagnosis is of paramount importance, unequivocal diagnosis is not helpful. The recent advances made in Immunohistochmistry can help in solving this problem. An immnunostaining panel consisting of cytokeratin 20… Read More: Role of Immunohistochmistry in Carcinoma in Situ of the urinary… »

Soluble liver Antigen (SLA), LKM-1, Anti-mitochondrial M2 antibody and Auto-immune Hepatitis, their clinical significance

 Autoimmune hepatitis is a treatable liver disease; this makes its diagnosis of paramount importance :Three types of Autoimmune Hepatitis are recognized Type I: Positive Anti-smooth muscle antibody (ASMA) and ANA. Represents the most common type of auto-immune hepatitis. 38% of the patients may have concomitant immunologic diseases: autoimmune thyroiditis, Grave’s disease, Synovitis, or ulcerative colitis.… Read More: Soluble liver Antigen (SLA), LKM-1, Anti-mitochondrial M2 antibody and Auto-immune… »

Special Stains in the Diagnosis of Liver Diseases

In our lab we do several stains for diagnosing diverse liver disease. Of the new stains that we have now in our lab and essential in diagnosing different liver diseases Copper Stain :is important in cases of suspected Wilson disease, biliary cirrhosis, Indian childhood cirrhosis – Lead stain: important in suspected lead intoxication – Alpha1-anti-trypsin… Read More: Special Stains in the Diagnosis of Liver Diseases »

The Significance of Different Patterns of ANCA

ANCA (Anti-Neutrophilic Cytoplasmic Antigen) is very important test for vasculitis and inflammatory bowel diseases and certain hepatic lesions. It is important in the differential diagnosis of “Lung diseases” , “hematuria and/or proteinuria”, “abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea” and in “Cholestatic liver diseases” (ANCA has 2 different patterns: Perinuclear ANCA (P-ANCA) and Cytoplasmic ANCA (C-ANCA  C-ANCA… Read More: The Significance of Different Patterns of ANCA »

Tissue Transglutaminse IgA Antibody, A Diagnostic Test For Celiac Disease

Tissue Transglutaminse (TG) is an enzyme that is involved in protein synthesis and wound healing. It is present in the gut in abundant amount to build the villi and endomysium connective tissue from the continuous damage. This enzyme uses gliadin ( a component of gluten) as Better black manliness danger of using prednisone me nice… Read More: Tissue Transglutaminse IgA Antibody, A Diagnostic Test For Celiac Disease »