OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Neuropathology is 2. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Erdheim‐Chester disease of brain parenchyma without any systemic involvement: A case report and review of literature	23
Neurolymphomatosis in follicular lymphoma: an autopsy case report	15
Cerebellar liponeurocytoma: clinical, histopathological and molecular features of a series of three cases, including one recurrent tumor	13
Concurrent intraventricular intracranial myxoid mesenchymal tumor and ependymoma in a long‐term Ewing sarcoma survivor	13
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Exophytic cerebellopontine angle tumor showing mostly an embryonal appearance with H3‐3A K27M	11
A case of “genetically defined” radiation‐induced glioma: 29 years after surgery and radiation for pilocytic astrocytoma	10
Ribosomal protein SA is a common component of neuronal intranuclear inclusions in polyglutamine diseases and Marinesco bodies	10
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Effectiveness of radiation therapy on brain invasion by human papillomavirus‐related multiphenotypic sinonasal carcinoma: A case report	9
Elevated expression of N‐myc downstream regulated gene 1 protein in glioblastomas reflects tumor angiogenesis and poor patient prognosis	9
Associations of late‐life blood pressure with CERAD, Braak, and Thal: Findings from the National Alzheimer's coordinating center neuropathology dataset	8
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	8
An autopsy case of amyloid angiopathy‐related cerebellar hemorrhage	8
Ependymoma‐like tumor with mesenchymal differentiation (ELTMD) with ZFTA:NCOA1 fusion: A diagnostic challenge	8
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Simple and clear differentiation of spinocerebellar degenerations: Overview of macroscopic and low‐power view findings	8
The clinical and neuropathological picture of adult neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease with no radiological abnormality	8
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A comparison of cerebral amyloid angiopathy in the cerebellum and CAA‐positive occipital lobe of 60 brains from routine autopsies	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
Engeletin ameliorates sevoflurane‐induced cognitive impairment by activating PPAR‐gamma in neonatal mice	6
A case of childhood unilateral relapsing primary angiitis of the central nervous system	6
Fukutin regulates tau phosphorylation and synaptic function: Novel properties of fukutin in neurons	6

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A case of CIC‐rearranged sarcoma with CIC‐LEUTX gene fusion in spinal cord	6
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Neuropilin‐1 enhances temozolomide resistance in glioblastoma via the STAT1/p53/p21 axis	5
Senile plaque calcification of the lamina circumvoluta medullaris in Alzheimer's disease	5
An autopsy case of PARK2 due to a homozygous exon 2 deletion of parkin and associated with α‐synucleinopathy	5
Malignancy arising in adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma: Report of a rare case with unusual morphologic features	5
Early ultrastructural lesions of anti‐neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody‐ versus complement‐associated vasculitis	5
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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	5
Blood–brain barrier dysfunction in multiple system atrophy: A human postmortem study	5
Familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification with a heterozygous missense variant (c.902C>T/p.P307L) in SLC20A2 showing widespread cerebrovascular lesions	5
Supratentorial multifocal gliomas associated with Ollier disease harboring IDH1 R132H mutation: A case report	5
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Documented growth of an intracranial capillary hemangioma: A case report	4
Central nervous tissue in ovarian mature teratoma: A neuropathological study of 101 resected tumors	4
MYCN amplification in spinal ependymoma: A five‐year retrospective study	4
Possible association of limbic tau pathology with psychosis or behavioral disturbances: Studies of two autopsied psychiatric patients	4
NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor ameliorates ischemic stroke by reprogramming the phenotype of microglia/macrophage in a murine model of distal middle cerebral artery occlusion	4
Somatic mosaicism of the PI3K‐AKT‐MTOR pathway is associated with hemimegalencephaly in fetal brains	4
Balamuthia mandrillarisamoebic encephalitis mimicking tuberculous meningitis	4
Coexisting lipomatous meningioma and glioblastoma in Cowden syndrome: A unique tumor association	4
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Primary Rosai‐Dorfman disease of the central nervous system: A clinical, histological, and molecular appraisal	3
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Usefulness of intraoperative rapid immunohistochemistry in the surgical treatment of brain tumors	3
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A case of Epstein–Barr virus‐associated smooth muscle tumor of the posterior interosseous nerve mimicking schwannoma	3
Intravascular large B‐cell lymphoma affecting multiple cranial nerves: A histopathological study	3
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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	3
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An autopsy case of adult‐onset neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease with perivascular preservation in cerebral white matter	3
Four‐repeat tauopathies and late‐onset psychiatric disorders: Etiological relevance or incidental findings?	3
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A case of myxopapillary ependymoma with predominant giant cell morphology: A rare entity with comprehensive genomic profiling and review of literature	3
Calcifying pseudoneoplasms of the neuraxis (CAPNON). A case report	3
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A case of intracranial myxoid mesenchymal tumor with EWSR1:CREM fusion in an adult female: Extensive immunohistochemical evaluation	3
FOXM1‐mediated NUF2 expression confers temozolomide resistance to human glioma cells by regulating autophagy via the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling path	3
Autophagic vacuolar myopathy involving the phenotype of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3	3
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with speech apraxia, predominant upper motor neuron signs, and prominent iron accumulation in the frontal operculum and precentral gyrus	3
Gliosarcoma with unusual glial components: Two case reports	3
Embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes arising from the internal auditory canal of an adult: Illustrative case with molecular investigations	3
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Japanese Society of Neuropathology Award 2021	3
Comments on an autopsy case of progressive supranuclear palsy treated with monoclonal antibody against tau	2
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?	2

Olfactory neuroblastoma associated with extensive “in situ” lesion and aberrant glandular and rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation	2
Lymphomatosis cerebri with coexistent anti‐N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptor antibody: A case report	2
Brain cutting and trimming	2
O⁶‐methylguanine methyltransferase promoter methylation status of glioblastoma cell line clonal population	2
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Diffuse Lewy body disease presenting as Parkinson's disease with progressive aphasia	2
Japanese Society of Neuropathology Award 2023	2
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Polyglucosan body disease in an aged chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)	2
Corticobasal degeneration with visual hallucination as an initial symptom: A case report	2
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Clinicopathological heterogeneity of Alzheimer's disease with pure Alzheimer's disease pathology: Cases associated with dementia with Lewy bodies, very early‐onset dementia, and primary progressive ap	2
Epstein–Barr virus‐positive monoclonal lymphoplasmacytic proliferation associated with neurosyphilis in an immunocompetent patient: A case report	2
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Clinicopathological features of progressive supranuclear palsy with asymmetrical atrophy of the superior cerebellar peduncle	2
An autopsy case of MV2K‐type sporadic Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease presenting with characteristic clinical, radiological, and neuropathological findings	2
Macroscopic findings of brain with dementia	2
Acute respiratory failure caused by brainstem demyelinating lesions in an older patient with an atypical relapsing autoimmune disorder	2
Usefulness of intraoperative rapid flow cytometry in the surgical treatment of brain tumors	2
Primary central nervous system extranodal NK/T‐cell lymphoma, nasal type with CD20 expression: Case report and review of the literature	2
Glioblastoma and malignant melanoma: Serendipitous or anticipated association?	2
Myopathic changes caused by protein aggregates in adult‐onset spinal muscular atrophy	2
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Primary intracranial dedifferentiated liposarcoma: An extremely rare site with unusual histopathological findings	2
Sebaceous adenoma occurring within an intracranial dermoid cyst	2
Pathology for severe inflammatory PML with PD1/PD‐L1 expression of favorable prognosis: What's a prognostic factor for PML‐IRIS?	2
Pathological features of inflammatory myopathy as a manifestation of chronic graft‐versus‐host disease after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation	2
Repeated recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage may be involved in cerebral amyloid angiopathy‐related inflammation: An autopsy case	2
White matter edematous change with moderate vascular lesions in pretreated acute stage of leukoencephalopathy with cerebral amyloid angiopathy	2
Unexpected postmortem diagnoses in cases of clinically diagnosed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	2