OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Neuropathology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
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Erdheim‐Chester disease of brain parenchyma without any systemic involvement: A case report and review of literature	16
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Neurolymphomatosis in follicular lymphoma: an autopsy case report	15
A case of “genetically defined” radiation‐induced glioma: 29 years after surgery and radiation for pilocytic astrocytoma	14
Concurrent intraventricular intracranial myxoid mesenchymal tumor and ependymoma in a long‐term Ewing sarcoma survivor	14
Exophytic cerebellopontine angle tumor showing mostly an embryonal appearance with H3‐3A K27M	14
Ribosomal protein SA is a common component of neuronal intranuclear inclusions in polyglutamine diseases and Marinesco bodies	13
The clinical and neuropathological picture of adult neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease with no radiological abnormality	12
Ependymoma‐like tumor with mesenchymal differentiation (ELTMD) with ZFTA:NCOA1 fusion: A diagnostic challenge	11
The neostriatum in polyglutamine diseases: preferential decreases in large neurons in dentatorubral‐pallidoluysian atrophy and Machado‐Joseph disease and in small neurons in Huntington dise	10
Cerebellar liponeurocytoma: clinical, histopathological and molecular features of a series of three cases, including one recurrent tumor	9
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Associations of late‐life blood pressure with CERAD, Braak, and Thal: Findings from the National Alzheimer's coordinating center neuropathology dataset	9
Elevated expression of N‐myc downstream regulated gene 1 protein in glioblastomas reflects tumor angiogenesis and poor patient prognosis	9
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Polymerized Type I Collagen With Polyvinylpyrrolidone Reduces Fibrosis and Improves Nerve Organization and Myelination After Peripheral Nerve Injury	8
Effectiveness of radiation therapy on brain invasion by human papillomavirus‐related multiphenotypic sinonasal carcinoma: A case report	8
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Engeletin ameliorates sevoflurane‐induced cognitive impairment by activating PPAR‐gamma in neonatal mice	7
The predominance of “astrocytic” intranuclear inclusions in neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease manifesting encephalopathy‐like symptoms: A case series with brain biopsy	7
Unveiling primary intracranial eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosis: A rare case report and diagnostic dilemmas	7
A case of CIC‐rearranged sarcoma with CIC‐LEUTX gene fusion in spinal cord	7
Simple and clear differentiation of spinocerebellar degenerations: Overview of macroscopic and low‐power view findings	7
An autopsy case of amyloid angiopathy‐related cerebellar hemorrhage	7

A comparison of cerebral amyloid angiopathy in the cerebellum and CAA‐positive occipital lobe of 60 brains from routine autopsies	7
Fukutin regulates tau phosphorylation and synaptic function: Novel properties of fukutin in neurons	6
Correction to “Familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification with a heterozygous missense variant (c.902C > T/p.P307L) in SLC20A2 showing widespread cerebr	6
Blood–brain barrier dysfunction in multiple system atrophy: A human postmortem study	6
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Radiologic–pathologic association of tumor‐like lesions with inflammation in cerebral white matter: Comparison of two cases with distinct clinical outcomes	6
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Neuropilin‐1 enhances temozolomide resistance in glioblastoma via the STAT1/p53/p21 axis	5
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Documented growth of an intracranial capillary hemangioma: A case report	5
NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor ameliorates ischemic stroke by reprogramming the phenotype of microglia/macrophage in a murine model of distal middle cerebral artery occlusion	5
Diffuse Hemispheric Glioma, H3 G34‐Mutant With Prominent Perivascular Invasion in a Middle‐Aged Man: A Case Report and Literature Review of Middle‐Aged and Elderly Cases	5
A case of childhood unilateral relapsing primary angiitis of the central nervous system	5
Early ultrastructural lesions of anti‐neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody‐ versus complement‐associated vasculitis	5
Familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification with a heterozygous missense variant (c.902C>T/p.P307L) in SLC20A2 showing widespread cerebrovascular lesions	5
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Malignancy arising in adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma: Report of a rare case with unusual morphologic features	5
Supratentorial multifocal gliomas associated with Ollier disease harboring IDH1 R132H mutation: A case report	5
Balamuthia mandrillarisamoebic encephalitis mimicking tuberculous meningitis	5
Somatic mosaicism of the PI3K‐AKT‐MTOR pathway is associated with hemimegalencephaly in fetal brains	5
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Multiple Neuropathologies Underly Hippocampal Subfield Atrophy in a Case With a Slowly Progressive Amnestic Syndrome: Challenging the Notion of Pure LATE‐NC	4
MYCN amplification in spinal ependymoma: A five‐year retrospective study	4
Japanese Society of Neuropathology Award 2021	4
An autopsy case of adult‐onset neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease with perivascular preservation in cerebral white matter	4
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Coexisting lipomatous meningioma and glioblastoma in Cowden syndrome: A unique tumor association	4
FOXM1‐mediated NUF2 expression confers temozolomide resistance to human glioma cells by regulating autophagy via the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling path	4
Primary Rosai‐Dorfman disease of the central nervous system: A clinical, histological, and molecular appraisal	4
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Possible association of limbic tau pathology with psychosis or behavioral disturbances: Studies of two autopsied psychiatric patients	4
Central nervous tissue in ovarian mature teratoma: A neuropathological study of 101 resected tumors	4
Autophagic vacuolar myopathy involving the phenotype of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3	4
Four‐repeat tauopathies and late‐onset psychiatric disorders: Etiological relevance or incidental findings?	3
Dedifferentiated Chordoma Harboring a Novel KRAS (G13D) Hot Spot Missense Mutation and an Additional Novel RPSAP52–HMGA2 Fusion: A Case Study	3
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Intravascular large B‐cell lymphoma affecting multiple cranial nerves: A histopathological study	3
Diffuse Lewy body disease presenting as Parkinson's disease with progressive aphasia	3
Polyglucosan body disease in an aged chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)	3
Unexpected postmortem diagnoses in cases of clinically diagnosed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	3
Usefulness of intraoperative rapid flow cytometry in the surgical treatment of brain tumors	3
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Gliosarcoma with unusual glial components: Two case reports	3
Usefulness of intraoperative rapid immunohistochemistry in the surgical treatment of brain tumors	3
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Tufted astrocyte‐like glia in two autopsy cases of multiple system atrophy: Is it a concomitant neurodegenerative disorder with multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy?	3
Glioblastoma and malignant melanoma: Serendipitous or anticipated association?	3
An autopsy case of MV2K‐type sporadic Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease presenting with characteristic clinical, radiological, and neuropathological findings	3

Acute respiratory failure caused by brainstem demyelinating lesions in an older patient with an atypical relapsing autoimmune disorder	3
A case of Epstein–Barr virus‐associated smooth muscle tumor of the posterior interosseous nerve mimicking schwannoma	3
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Alzheimer's Disease With Cardiac Transthyretin Amyloidosis: A Clinicopathological Study of Autopsy Cases	3
Corticobasal degeneration with visual hallucination as an initial symptom: A case report	3
Embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes arising from the internal auditory canal of an adult: Illustrative case with molecular investigations	3
Repeated recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage may be involved in cerebral amyloid angiopathy‐related inflammation: An autopsy case	3
Pathology for severe inflammatory PML with PD1/PD‐L1 expression of favorable prognosis: What's a prognostic factor for PML‐IRIS?	3
Comments on an autopsy case of progressive supranuclear palsy treated with monoclonal antibody against tau	3
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Primary central nervous system extranodal NK/T‐cell lymphoma, nasal type with CD20 expression: Case report and review of the literature	3
A case of myxopapillary ependymoma with predominant giant cell morphology: A rare entity with comprehensive genomic profiling and review of literature	3