​​​​​​Histopathology Publications

October-December'2023
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  • Comprehensive clinical overview of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Respir Med. 2023 Dec 30;222:107511. Khan AMH, Anwer SH, Sayed S, Mansha MA, Kamran YB, Khursheed A, Haroon F, Soomro NH, Idrees R and Abbasi AN.​ Respir Med. 2023 Dec 30;222:107511. ​​​DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2023.107511


  • Intrapulmonary schwannoma presenting as an asymptomatic lung mass: a case report. Abbas M, Fatimi AS, Hassan SI, Aamir FB, Arshad S, Fatimi SH.​​ J Med Case Rep. 2023 Dec 11;17(1):538. ​DOI: 10.1186/s13256-023-04234-z​


  • Paediatric choroid plexus carcinoma: a retrospective case series from Karachi. J Pak Med Assoc. 2023 Dec;73(12):2483-2487.​ Mustansir F, Baig E, Angez M, Minhas K, Mushtaq N, and Enam SA.​ J Pak Med Assoc. 2023 Dec;73(12):2483-2487. ​DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.6452


  • Utility of MU​​C4 in the diagnosis of secretory carcinoma of salivary glands. Fatima S, Ahmed A, Suleman S and Din NU. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2023 ​​​Oct 28;67:152220.​​ ​DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2023.152220


  • Olfactory schwannoma masquerading a​​s esthesioneuroblastoma.​​ Khandwala K, Alam MM, Ashfaq Z and Hilal K. BMJ Case Rep. 2023 Oct 18;16(10):e257847. ​DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2023-257847​


  • ​Thin on the ground: Primary mucosa​l melanoma of the nasal cavity. ​​Samar MR, Merchant S, Zehra NE, Idrees R and Khan SR.​​ Int J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Oct;111:108929. ​DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.1​08929​

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  • ​Anaplastic Large-cell Lymphoma Involving Gastrointestinal Tract: A Clinicopathologic Study of 25 Cases of a Rare Tumor at a Rare Site.​ ​Ud Din N, Rahim S, Ansar Z and Ahmed A, Ahmad Z.​ ​Int J Su​rg Pathol. 2023 Oct;31(7):1195-1205. ​​DOI: 10.1177/10668969221137518​

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July-September'2023

  • Placental inflammation and pregnancy outcomes: A prospective, observational study in South Asia: The PURPOSe study. ​​Ahmed I, Ghanchi NK, Sunder Tikmani S, Hwang K, Zafar A, Saleem S, Uddin Z, Harakuni S, Somannavar MS, Kulkarni V, Guruprasad G, Goudar SS, Kim J, McClure EM and Goldenberg RL. ​​ BJOG. 2023 Sep 6.​ ​DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17643​​​


  • Pakistan National Guidelines for Pediatric High-Grade Gliomas.​ ​Bashir F, Qureshi BM, Minhas K, Tabori U, Bouffet E, Hawkins C, Enam A and Mushtaq N.​ ​Pak J Med Sci. 2023 Sep-Oct;39(5):1548​-1554.​ DOI: 10.12669/pjms.39.5.6300​


  • EWSR1::POU2AF3(COLCA2) Sarcoma: An Aggressive, Polyphenotypic Sarcoma With a Head and Neck Predilection. ​​Koshyk O, Dehner CA, van den Hout MFCM, Bempt IV, Sciot R, Huang HY, Agaimy A, Din NU, Klubíčková N, Mosaieby E, Skálová A, Michalov​á K, Schöffski P, Oliveira AM, Halling KC, Gupta S, Gross JM, Nin JWM, Michal M, Folpe AL, Kosemehmetoglu K, Torres-Mora J and Michal M.​ ​Mod Pathol. 2023 Sep 22;36(12):100337. DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2023.100337​

  • Use of a Novel Deep Learning Open-Source Model for Quantification of Ki-67 in Breast Cancer Patients in Pakistan: A Comparative Study between the Manual and Automat​ed Methods.  ​Zehra T, Jaffar N, Shams M, Chundriger Q, Ahmed A, Anum F, Alsubaie N and Ahmad Z.​​ Diagnostics (Basel). 2023 Sep 30;13(19):3105. DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13193105


  • ​Solitary fibrous tumor of head and neck region; A clinicopathological study of 67 cases emphasizing the diversity of histological features and utility of various risk stratification models. Tariq MU, Asghari T, Armstrong SM, Ahmed A, Fritchie K and Din NU.​ Pathol Res Pract. 2023 Sep;249:154777. ​DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2023.154777​


  • Extranodal Follicular Dendritic Cell Sarcoma of the Head and Neck Region: A Clinicopathological Study of 7 Cases. Din NU, Ahmad Z, Rahim S, Fritchie K, Tariq MU and Ahmed A. Int J Surg Pathol. 2023 Sep;31(6):1067-1074.​​ DOI: 10.1177/10668969221133352


  • The Transition From Localized to Metastatic: A Case Report of Adult TFE3-Positive Xp11.2 Translocation Renal Cell Carcinoma.​Naviwala MS, Dawood T, Uddin Z, Chundriger Q and Jalbani IK​. Cureus. 2023 Aug 12;15(8):e43378.​ ​DOI: 10.7759/cureus.43378​

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  • Skull base metastasis as initial prese​​ntation of hepatocellular carcinoma. Zakaria R, Mubarak F, Khandwala K and Memon A.​ Surg Neurol Int. 2023 Aug 25;14:297. ​​​DOI: 10.25259/SNI_166_2023


  • The PURPOSe cause of death study in stillbirths and neonatal deaths in India and Pakistan: A review. ​Goldenberg RL, Saleem S, Goudar SS, Moore J, Guruprasad G, Kulkarni V, Dhaded SM, Tikmani SS, Nausheen S, Masheer S, Kallapur MG, Ghanchi NK, Harakuni SU, Ahmed I, Hwang K, Yogeshkumar S, Somannavar MS, Yasmin H, Kim J, Bann CM, Silver RM, McClure EM; PURP​OSe Study Group. BJOG. 2023 Aug 17. DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17635. Collaborators: Zeeshan Uddin​


  • Group B streptococcal prevalence in internal organs and placentas of deceased neonates and stillbirths in South Asia. ​​Kallapur MG, Ghanchi NK, Harakuni SU, Somannavar MS, Ahmed I, Fogle​man E, Hwang K, Kim J, Saleem S, Goudar SS, Tikmani SS, Dhaded SM, Guruprasad G, Yasmin H,​ Yogeshkumar S, McClure EM, Goldenberg RL; PURPOSe Study Group.​ ​BJOG. 2023 Aug 2.​ ​DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17614​. Collaborators: Zeeshan Uddin


  • Morphological study of the placenta in deliveries with pre-eclampsia: Results from a prospective, observational study in India and Pakistan (PURPOSe). Yogeshkumar S, Dhananjay S, Gowdar S, Gowdar G, Kulkarni V, Byranahalli S, Goudar SS, Dhaded SM, Somannavar MS, Tikamani SS, Saleem S, Ahmed I, Ghanchi NK, Uddin Z, Yasmin H, Jackson K, McClure EM and Goldenberg RL.​ BJOG. 2023 Aug 2.​ ​​DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17617


  • Clinicopathological features of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor: a case series.​ Rahim S, Ud Din N, Abdul-Ghafar J, Chundriger Q, Khan P and Ahmad Z.​ ​J Med Case Rep. 2023 Aug 1;17(1):327.​​​​​ ​DOI: 10.1186/s13256-023-04062-1​


  • Pregnancy outcomes in preterm multiple gestations: Results from a prospective study in India and Pakistan (PURPOSe). ​Guruprasad G, Raghoji CR, Dhaded SM, Tikmani SS, Saleem S, Goudar SS, Hwang K, Yogeshkumar S, Somannavar MS, Reza S, Yasmin H, Moore JL, Bann CM, McClure EM, Goldenberg RL; PURPOSe Study Group.​ ​BJOG. 2023 Jul 20. ​​DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17602​ Collaborators​​: Zeeshan Uddin​


  • Data usefulness in determining cause of stillbirth in South Asia.​ Goldenberg RL, Hwang K, Saleem S, Tikmani SS, Yogeshkumar S, Kulkani V, Ghanchi N, Harakuni S, Ahmed I, Uddin Z, Goudar SS, Guruprasad G, Dhaded S, Goco N, Silver RM and McClure EM.​ ​​BJOG. 2023 Jul 20. DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17592


  • Neonatal mortality among preterm infants admitted to neonatal intensive care units in India and Pakistan: A prospective study.​​​​​ Saleem S, Tikmani SS, Goudar SS, Hwang K, Dhaded S, Gurupra​​sad G, Nadig NG, Kusagur VB, Patil LGC, Siddartha ES, Yogeshkumar S, Somannavar MS, Roujani S, Khan M, Shaikh M, Hanif M, Bann CM, McClure EM, Goldenberg RL; PURPOSE Study Group.​ BJOG. 2023 Jul 20. DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17581 Collaborators​​: Zeeshan Uddin


  • Renal neuroendocrine tumors: clinical and molecular pathology with an emphasis on frequent association with ectopic Cushing syndrome.​ Kasajima A, Pfarr N, von Werder A, Schwamborn K, Gschwend J, Din NU, Esposito I, Weichert ​​W, Pavel M, Agaimy A and Klöppel G.​ ​Virchows Arch. 2023 Jul 5.​ ​DOI: 10.1007/s00428-023-03596-5


April-June'2023

  • Postoperative radiotherapy for high-grade primary cardiac spindle cell sarcoma: a rare entity. ​Ali T, Ali N, Khan L and Minhas K. ​BMJ Case Rep. 2023 Jun 30;16(6):e255438.​ ​DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2023-255438​​​


  • ​​​​"PRRX1-rearranged mesenchymal tumors": expanding the immunohistochemical profile and molecular spectrum of a recently described entity with the proposed revision of nomenclature.​ Warmke LM, Michal M, Martínek P, Agaimy A, Din NU, Perret R, Hostein I, Le Loarer F, Voltaggio L and Gross JM. ​Virchows Arch. 2023 Jun 20. DOI: 10.1007/s00428-023-03575-w


  • Prognostic factors, oncological treatment and outcomes of uterine sarcoma​​​: 10 years' clinical experience from a tertiary care center in Pakistan. ​Khan SR, Soomar SM, Asghari T, Ahmed A and Moosajee MS. BMC Cancer. 2023 Jun 5;23(1):510. DOI: 10.1186/s12885-023-11000-3​


  • Hybrid odontogenic lesions: A c​ase serie​​s of a rare entity. ​Raza M, Ahmed A, Abdul-Ghafar J, Ahmed R and Din NU.​​ Heliyon. 2023 May 13;9(5):e16221.​DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16221​


  • Axillary synovial sarcoma recurren​​ce involving brachial plexus, a rare case report from Pakistan.​ Virji SN, Pirzada MA, Siddiqui NA, Idrees R and Zeeshan S​. ​Int J Surg Case Rep. 2023 May 19;107:108325. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108325.​


  • ​Ki-67 Quantification in Breast Cancer by Digital Imaging AI Software and its Concordance with Manual Method. ​​​Zehra T, Shams M, Ahmad Z, Chundriger Q, Ahmed A and Jaffar N.​​ ​J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2023 May;33(5):544-547.​​ ​DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2023.05.544​


  • Karachi Cancer Registry (KCR): Consolidated Data of 5-years 2017-2021.​ ​​​Pervez S, Jabbar AA, Haider G, Qureshi MA, Ashraf S, Lateef F, Khurshid M, Bashir I, Zaidi M, Mushtaq N, Fadoo Z, Quraishy MS, Yaqoob N, Alam E and Qureshi H.​​ ​J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2023 May;33(5):560-565.​​​ DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2023.05.560​.


  • National cervical cancer burden estimation through systematic review and analysis of publicly available data in Pakistan. BMC Public Health.​ Chughtai N, Perveen K, Gillani SR, Abbas A, Chunara R, Manji AA, Karani S, Noorali AA, Zakaria M, Shamsi U, Chishti U, Khan AA, Soofi S, Pervez S and Samad Z. 2023 May 5;23(1):834. ​​​​DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15531-z


  • Hydatid disease of central ​nervous s​ystem, a clinicopathological study of 33 cases. Din NU, Raza M, Rahim S, Memon W and Ahmad Z. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2023 Apr-Jun;14(2):293-297. ​DOI: 10.25259/JNRP_51_2022.​

  • Primary angiosarcoma of breas​​t in an octogenarian woman: A case report with literature review. ​Vohra LM, Jabeen D and Idrees R.​ nt J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Apr 11;107:108163. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108163.​

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  • Pathogens identified in the internal tissues and placentas of stillbirths: results from the prospective, observational PURPOSe study. ​​​​Harakuni SU, Somannavar MS, Ghanchi NK, Ahmed I, Zafar A, Kim J, Tikmani SS, Hwang K, Saleem S, Goudar SS, Dhaded S, Guruprasad G, Yasmin H, Yogeshkumar S, Aceituno A, Silver RM, McClure EM and Goldenberg RL; PURPOSe Investigators.​​​ BJOG. 2023 Apr 17. ​​​​DOI: 10.1111/1​​471-0528.17479. ​Collaborators: Zeeshan Uddin



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January-March'2023

  • Association of the Depth of Invasion With Recurrence Rates of Basal Cell Carcinoma in a Tertiary Health Care Facility: A Retrospective Study Over a Period of Six Years.​​ Unar A, Khan H, Zahid N, Khan MA, Fatima S, Shaikh SA and Rahman MF. ​​​Cureus. 2023 Mar 17;15(3):e36276.​​ ​DOI: 10.7759/cureus.36276​


  • Clinicopathological Features and Survival Outcomes of Metaplastic Breast Carcin​oma - An Obser​vational Multi-Centric Study.​ Sherwani M, Vohra L, Ali D, Soomro R, Adnan S and Idre​es R. ​Breast Cancer (Dove Med Press). 2023 Mar 27;15:237-250.​​​ ​DOI: 10.2147/BCTT.S398932.​


  • ​​Skin reducing nipple sparing mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction for huge borderline phyllodes tumor of the breast: Case report. Vohra LM, Hamid T and Idress R.​ Int J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Mar 20;105:107996. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.107996.​


  • Quantitative Morphometry and Machine Learning Model to Explore Duodenal and Rectal Mucosal Tissue of Children with Environmental Enteric Dysfunction. Khan M, Jamil Z, Ehsan L, Zulqarnain F, Srivastava S, Siddiqui S, Fernandes P, Raghib M, Sengupta S, ​​Mujahid Z, Ahmed Z, Idrees R, Ahmed S, Umrani F, Iqbal N, Moskaluk C, Raghavan S, Cheng L, Moore S, Ali SA, Iqbal J and Syed S.​ Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Mar 13:tpmd220063.​ ​DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0063.

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  • ​Ensuring com​petence of essential skills: clinical examination for final year medical students.​​ Ismail FW, Ahmed R, Khan S and Shakil S. J Pak Med Assoc. 2023 Mar;73(3):520-524. DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.6336.​


  • ​Comprehensive Molecular Profiling of Sinonasal Teratocarcinosarcoma Highlights Recurrent SMARCA4 Inactivation and CTNNB1 Mutations.​ ​Rooper LM, Agaimy A, Gagan J, Simpson RHW, Thompson LDR, Trzcinska AM, Ud Din N and Bishop JA.​ ​Am J Surg Pathol. 2023 Feb 1;47(2):224-233. DOI:​10.1097/PAS.0000000000001976.​​​​


  • ​​Childhood Small-Vessel Primary A​ngiitis of the Central Nervous System: Overlap With MOG-Associated Disease. Gilani A and Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2023 Jan-Feb;26(1):18-29. DOI: 10.1177/10935266221121445.​​

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  • Secondary involvement of gallbladder by acute lymphoblastic leukemia presenting clinically as cholecystitis in a​ young patient: a case report.  ​​Rahim S, Ahmad Z, Chundriger Q, Ahmed A, Ali N and Abdul-Ghafar J. World J Surg Oncol. 2023 Feb 27;21(1):63.​ DOI: 10.1186/s12957-023-02956-4.​​


  • ​Correction to: Amplification of the PLAG-family genes-PLAGL1 and PLAGL2-is a key feature of the novel tumor type CNS embryonal tumor with PLAGL amplification. Keck MK, Sill M, Wittmann A, Joshi P, Stichel D, Beck P, Okonechnikow K, Sievers P, Wefers AK, Roncaroli F, Avula S, McCabe MG, Hayden JT, Wesseling P, Øra I, Nistér M, Kranendonk MEG, Tops BBJ, Zapotocky M, Zamecnik J, Vasiljevic A, Fenouil T, Meyronet D, von Hoff K, Schüller U, Loiseau H, Figarella-Branger D, Kramm CM, Sturm D, Scheie D, Rauramaa T, Pesola J, Gojo J, Haberler C, Brandner S, Jacques T, Sexton Oates A, Saffery R, Koscielniak E, Baker SJ, Yip S, Snuderl M, Ud Din N, Samuel D, Schramm K, Blattner-Johnson M, Selt F, Ecker J, Milde T, von Deimling A, Korshunov A, Perry A, Pfister SM, Sahm F, Solomon DA and Jones DTW.​  Acta Neuropathol. 2023 Feb 14. DOI: 10.1007/s00401-023-02538-4.


  • Biliary Tract Cancer.​ ​Zamani Z​​ and Fatima S.​​ 2023 Feb 7. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan–. ​Bookshelf​ ID: NBK560550.​


  • ​Genomic and epigenomic re-categorization of congenital glioblastoma and desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma. ​Gilani A, Siddiq Z, Kissell E, Kasson J and Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK. Childs Nerv Syst. 2023 Jan 28.​ DOI: 10.1007/s00381-023-05848-w.


  • ​PDGFB:APOBEC3C fusion in congenital diffuse high-grade glioma of the brainstem. ​Norris GA, Willard N, Donson AM, Gaskell A, Milgrom SA, O'Neill BR, Nijmeh H, Haag M, Gilani A, Foreman NK and ​Dahl NA.​ J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2023 Jan 20;82(2):183-186.​​ ​DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlac112.​


  • ​Some CNS sarcomas seen: A 22-year series. ​​Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK and​​ Gilani A.​ Clin Neuropathol. 2023 Jan 28. ​DOI: 10.5414/NP301512.​


  • ​Events in CNS Tumor Pathology Post-2016 WHO CNS: cIMPACT-NOW Updates and Other Advancements: A Comprehensive Review Plus a Summary of the Salient Features of 2021 WHO CNS 5.​ Ahmad Z, Rahim S, Abdul-Ghafar J, Chund​riger Q and Ud Din N. Int J Gen Med. 2023 Jan 7;16:107-127.​ DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S394872​


  • ​Amplification of the PLAG-family genes-PLAGL1 and PLAGL2-is a key feature of the novel tumor type CNS embryonal tumor with PLAGL amplification. ​Keck MK, Sill M, Wittmann A, Joshi P, Stichel D, Beck P, Okonechnikow K, Sievers P, Wefers AK, Roncaroli F, Avula S, McCabe MG, Hayden JT, Wesseling P, Øra I, Nistér M, Kranendonk MEG, Tops BBJ, Zapotocky M, Zamecnik J, Vasiljevic A, Fenouil T, Meyronet D, von Hoff K, Schüller U, Loiseau H, Figarella-Branger D, Kramm CM, Sturm D, Scheie D, Rauramaa T, Pesola J, Gojo J, Haberler C, Brandner S, Jacques T, Sexton Oa​tes A, Saffery R, Koscielniak E, Baker SJ, Yip S, Snuderl M, Ud Din N, Samuel D, Schramm K, Blattner-Johnson M, Selt F, Ecker J, Milde T, von Deimling A, Korshunov A, Perry A, Pfister SM, Sahm F, Solomon DA and Jones DTW. ​Acta Neuropathol. 2023 Jan;145(1):49-69. DOI: 10.1007/s00401-022-02516-2.​​​​