OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Diagnostic Pathology is 5. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Bone marrow fibrosis in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma and its correlation with clinicopathological factors	127
Axillary Paget disease with a visible satellite: a case report and literature review	124
Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of gastrointestinal tract with two emerging distinct subtypes: a case report and systemic review	66
Interlaboratory variability of HER2 fluorescence in situ hybridization testing in breast cancer: results of a multicenter proficiency-testing ring study in China	44
The immunohistochemical combination of low SGLT2 expression and high PRDX4 expression independently predicts shortened survival in patients undergoing surgical resection for hepatoblastoma	33
Diffuse pulmonary meningotheliomatosis with pan-TRK expression by immunohistochemistry: a novel finding and potential pitfall	33
Diagnostic utility of antigen detection rapid diagnostic tests for Covid-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis	32
Normolipidemic lipoprotein glomerulopathy with IgA nephropathy — ApoE Kyoto mutation: a case report	30
Completing the view – histologic insights from circular AAA specimen including 3D imaging	29
Differentiating fulminant EBV infection complicated by HLH from Lymphoma: report of a case and a brief literature review	29
Pathologic collision of urinary bladder urothelial carcinoma with small cell carcinoma: a case report	27
Pedunculated focal nodular hyperplasia: a case report, case series, and in-depth surgical, radiological, and histological analysis of a rare phenomenon	24
Mammary mucinous cystadenocarcinoma with long-term follow-up: molecular information and literature review	23
Human pegivirus detected in patient with reversible severe encephalitis and axillary lymphadenopathy: a case report	19
Pulmonary papillary adenoma with malignant potential: a case report and literature review	19
MCM6 versus Ki-67 in diagnosis of luminal molecular subtypes of breast cancers	18
p53 immunostaining pattern is a useful surrogate marker for TP53 gene mutations	18
Enhancing preanalytic surgical specimen management: experience of a system implementation initiative	17
Machine learning for classification of cutaneous sebaceous neoplasms: implementing decision tree model using cytological and architectural features	16
Molecular characterization of CTNS mutations in Tunisian patients with ocular cystinosis	16
Diffuse intrapulmonary mesothelioma mimicking pulmonary lepidic adenocarcinoma: a rare case report and review of the literature	15
Exploring the heterogeneity of HER2 gene status and expression in non-positive breast cancer patients: insights from immunohistochemistry and fluorescence in situ hybridization	14
PTEN hamartoma tumour syndrome: case report based on data from the Iranian hereditary colorectal cancer registry and literature review	14
A collaborative immunohistochemical study of Drp1 and cortactin in the epithelial dysplasia and oral squamous cell carcinoma	14
Analysis of immunophenotypic features in hyaline vascular type Castleman disease	14

Cutaneous melanocytic tumor with CRTC1::TRIM11 fusion: a case report	14
Monomorphic epitheliotropic intestinal T-cell lymphomas: a case report	14
Comprehensive genomic profiling of a unique liposarcoma arising in a patient with Li–Fraumeni syndrome and the novel detection of c-myc amplification: a case report	14
Mutation of KIT in cellular extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma: a case report and literature review	14
Primary lung hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma: a diagnostic challenge in biopsy	13
A case of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei of an unexpected origin	13
Visual and digital assessment of Ki-67 in breast cancer tissue - a comparison of methods	13
Papillary renal neoplasm with reverse polarity may be a novel renal cell tumor entity with low malignant potential	13
Clear cell stromal tumor of the lung with multinucleated giant cells: a report of a case with YAP1-TFE3 fusion	12
High B7-H3 protein expression in Medulloblastoma is associated with metastasis and unfavorable patient outcomes	12
TRPS1, a sensitive marker for different histological and molecular types of breast cancer	12
Malignant germ cell tumor of fallopian tube with rhabdomyosarcoma: a case report and literature review	12
Validation and interpretation of Pan-TRK immunohistochemistry: a practical approach and challenges with interpretation	12
Genomics and tumor microenvironment of breast mucoepidermoid carcinoma based on whole-exome and RNA sequencing	12
Thyroid papillary carcinoma combined with primary follicular lymphoma: a case report	12
Morphologically, immunohistochemically and PCR proven lymphocytic viral peri-, endo-, myocarditis in patients with fatal COVID-19	12
Accuracy of next-generation sequencing for molecular profiling of small specimen of lung cancer: a prospective pilot study of side-by-side comparison	12
Thorahcic SMARCA4-deficient undifferentiated tumors with ganglioneuroma and enchondroma: implications for SLC7A11 and ARID1A expression: a case report	11
A case report: iridociliary melanocytoma associated with secondary glaucoma	11
Tumor-stroma ratio as a new prognosticator for pseudomyxoma peritonei: a comprehensive clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study	11
A risk model based on 10 ferroptosis regulators and markers established by LASSO-regularized linear Cox regression has a good prognostic value for ovarian cancer patients	11
Re-evaluating a historic cohort of sinonasal and skull base mucoepidermoid carcinoma: an institutional experience	11
Our experience diagnosing 225 patients with cervical glandular lesions: current technologies, lessons learned, and areas for improvement	11
Epithelioid angiomyolipoma of the liver in a patient with Li-Fraumeni syndrome: a case report	11
Neuroendocrine differentiation distinguishes basaloid variant of lung squamous cell carcinoma	11
DICER1-associated central nervous system sarcoma with neural lineage differentiation: a case report	10
Circularity of islets is a distinct marker for the pathological diagnosis of adult non-neoplastic hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia using surgical specimens	10
Patterns of sialyl-Lewis X expression predict gastric histopathology	10
Whole exome sequencing identified mutations of forkhead box I 1 (FOXI1), keratin 6 C (KRT6C) and gap junction protein delta 2 (GJD2) in a low-grade oncocytic tumor of the kidney: a case report	10
Prevalence and clinicopathological associations of HER2 expression in non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study in Jordanian patients	10
Assessment of H3K27me3 immunohistochemistry and combination of NF1 and p16 deletions by fluorescence in situ hybridization in the differential diagnosis of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor and	10
Diagnostic performance of Idylla MSI test in colorectal cancer biopsies	9
Acromioclavicular joint cyst presenting with findings concerning for a soft tissue tumor – a case report	9
Epstein-Barr virus-positive inflammatory follicular dendritic cell sarcoma with significant granuloma: case report and literature review	9
High-expressed ACAT2 predicted the poor prognosis of platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian cancer	9
Heterochronic pelvic high-grade myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma and uterine endometroid carcinoma harboring common gene mutations: a rare case report with genomic analysis	9
Keratin 20 positive SDH-deficient renal cell carcinoma: a case report and literature review	9
A two-generation hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor (HPT-JT) syndrome family: clinical presentations, pathological characteristics and genetic analysis: a case report	9
Acute fibrinous and organising pneumonia presenting with mass-like imaging: a case report	9
A novel targeted NGS panel identifies numerous homologous recombination deficiency (HRD)-associated gene mutations in addition to known BRCA mutations	9
Tumor Area Positivity (TAP) score of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1): a novel visual estimation method for combined tumor cell and immune cell scoring	8
Correction: Deadly combination of Vaping-lnduced lung injury and influenza: case report	8
Evidence of autoinflammation as a principal mechanism of myocardial injury in SARS-CoV-2 PCR-positive medical examiner cases	8
Clinical application of the HM-1000 image processing for HER2 fluorescence in situ hybridization signal quantification in breast cancer	8
A case of IgG4-positive ligneous conjunctivitis mistaken for a conjunctival mass	8
Comparison of insulinoma-associated protein 1 (INSM1) with traditional neuroendocrine markers in gastrointestinal and pancreatic mixed neuroendocrine-non-neuroendocrine neoplasms (MiNENs)	8
At the crossroad between Ewing sarcoma and neuroblastoma: a report of two cases of Ewing sarcoma with post treatment neuroblastoma-like differentiation	8
Diagnostic performance of Midkine ratios in fine-needle aspirates for evaluation of Cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules	8
Report and literature review of four cases of EWSR1::NFATC2 round cell sarcoma	8
Alveolar soft part sarcoma: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of 26 cases emphasizing risk factors and prognosis	8

Diagnostic insights into solid pseudopapillary neoplasms of the pancreas: a decade of experience with pediatric representation	7
B7-H3 expression is associated with high PD-L1 expression in clear cell renal cell carcinoma and predicts poor prognosis	7
ALK + anaplastic large cell lymphoma involving the bladder: case report and review of the literature	7
Pseudoinvasion and squamous metaplasia/morules in colorectal adenomatous polyp: a case report and literature review	7
Surveillance of Russell body inflammation of the digestive tract: a case report and review of literature	7
Primary breast CD20-positive extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma with stomach involvement: a case report and literature review	7
Normalization of HE-stained histological images using cycle consistent generative adversarial networks	7
PSMD14 is a novel prognostic marker and therapeutic target in osteosarcoma	7
Next-generation sequencing of primary testicular lymphoma and relapse in the glans penis after prophylactic radiation therapy: a rare case report	7
CD200 in acute myeloid leukemia: marked upregulation in CEBPA biallelic mutated cases	7
Is the identification of caseating granuloma in the intestine indicative of tuberculosis? a rare case of Crohn’s disease	7
High incidence of HPV infection in minors with oral squamous cell carcinoma	7
Prognostic and immune infiltration implications of SIGLEC9 in SKCM	7
Gene expression and immunohistochemistry analysis of ADAMTS-1 and its substrates in odontogenic keratocyst	6
The morphological characteristics and arrangements of cells in the liquid-based cytology preparation of patients with endometrial lesions	6
p53 aberrant expression is pervasive in pleomorphic carcinomas of the lung and a sensitive diagnostic adjunct for biopsy specimens	6
Squamous cell carcinoma initially occurring on the tongue dorsum: a case series report with molecular analysis	6
Jejunal gastrointestinal stromal tumor that developed in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1: a case report	6
The ability of anexelekto (AXL) expression and TERT promoter mutation to predict radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid carcinoma	6
The relationship between carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) and patient survival in breast cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Molecular profiling and prognostic biomarkers in chinese non-small cell lung cancer cohort	6
(1, 3)-beta-D-Glucan in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid: a useful biomarker in diagnosis of invasive pulmonary infection caused by Hormographiella aspergillata?	6
COVID-19: critical case of a patient with an atypical manifestation of the disease	6
Novel KMT2B gene mutation in MUC4 positive low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma	6
Model for detecting metastatic deposits in lymph nodes of colorectal carcinoma on digital/ non-WSI images	6
Clinical pathological and molecular features of 100 patients with gastric-type cervical adenocarcinoma	6
Identification of factors related to immunotherapy efficacy and prognosis in patients with advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma	6
Morphology, immunohistochemistry characteristics, and clinical presentation of microcystic urothelial carcinoma: a series of 10 cases	6
Tumor cell invasion in blood vessels assessed by immunohistochemistry is related to decreased survival in patients with bladder cancer treated with radical cystectomy	6
Case report: composite pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm and neuroendocrine tumor: a new mixed neuroendocrine-non-neuroendocrine neoplasm?	6
Expression and clinical significance of CLDN7 and its immune-related cells in breast cancer	6
Circ_0001715 accelerated lung adenocarcinoma process by the miR-1322/CANT1 axis	6
Adamantinoma-like ewing sarcoma arising in the pancreatic tail: a case report of a rare entity and review of the literature	6
Clinicopathological features of incidentally detected metastatic thyroid papillary carcinoma in cervical lymph nodes of non-thyroid cancer patients: a retrospective analysis of 31cases	6
Histopathological spectrum of primordial odontogenic tumor with co-existing dentigerous cyst: 1st reported case of the world with a proposed ‘updated diagnostic criteria’	6
Development of crizotinib-associated renal cyst in a non-small cell lung cancer patient with ALK fusion: a case report and review of the literature	5
Diagnostic and prognostic assessments of adrenocortical carcinomas by pathological features, immunohistochemical markers and reticular histochemistry staining	5
Reconstructing virtual large slides can improve the accuracy and consistency of tumor bed evaluation for breast cancer after neoadjuvant therapy	5
Clinicopathologic features of de novo non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in the post-transplant setting	5
Revisiting the use of CK7 and CK20 immunohistochemical stains in pathological diagnoses	5
Low-grade papillary Schneiderian carcinoma with TP53 mutation: a case report and review of the literature	5
Retroperitoneal mucinous cystadenoma with neuroendocrine differentiation: a rare case and comprehensive approach to diagnosis and management	5
Concordance between immunohistochemistry and MSI analysis for detection of MMR/MSI status in colorectal cancer patients	5
Cerebrospinal fluid and blood exosomes as biomarkers for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; a systematic review	5
CD30 + Primary intestinal T-cell lymphoma (unclassified) masquerading as chronic inflammation: a case report	5
Automatic analysis of nuclear features reveals a non-tumoral predictor of tumor grade in bladder cancer	5
ARID1A deficient undifferentiated spindle cell and rhabdoid sarcoma of the prostate: report of a unique case with emphasis on diagnostic implications	5
Clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of uterine sarcoma: a 10-year retrospective single-center study in China	5
Identification of the most specific markers to differentiate primary pulmonary carcinoma from metastatic gastrointestinal carcinoma to the lung	5
A case report of abdominal metastatic dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans misdiagnosed as gastrointestinal stromal tumor	5
NUT midline carcinoma as a primary lung tumor treated with anlotinib combined with palliative radiotherapy: a case report	5
PIK3CA mutation correlates with mTOR pathway expression but not clinical and pathological features in Fibro-adipose vascular anomaly (FAVA)	5
Description of two cases of follicular dendritic cell sarcoma, including next-generation sequencing analysis	5
Clinical value of Cyclin D1 and P21 in the differential diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma	5
Quantitative assessment of H&E staining for pathology: development and clinical evaluation of a novel system	5
Analysis of false reasons based on the artificial intelligence RRCART model to identify frozen sections of lymph nodes in breast cancer	5
A minute primary gastric synovial sarcoma with ulcer: a case report	5
Case report: Rare myeloid sarcoma development following renal transplantation with KRAS and DNMT3A gene mutations	5
Emerging human pulmonary dirofilariasis in Hungary: a single center experience	5
Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia: two case reports and literature review	5
“Evaluation of ROS1 expression and rearrangements in a large cohort of early-stage lung cancer”	5
Histopathology and molecular pathology confirmed a diagnosis of atypical Caroli’s syndrome: a case report	5
Correction: Tumor Area Positivity (TAP) score of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1): a novel visual estimation method for combined tumor cell and immune cell scoring	5
MNDA expression and its value in differential diagnosis of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas: a comprehensive analysis of a large series of 1293 cases	5
Coexistence of carcinoid tumor and adenocarcinoma of the lung; morphological, immunohistochemical and genetic analyses, a case report	5
Penile melanoma: a pathological report of two cases	5
Uterine choriocarcinoma arising from serous carcinoma in a postmenopausal woman: an analysis of next-generation sequencing and PD-L1 immunochemistry	5
Primary extranodal soft tissue Lennert lymphoma (lymphoepithelioid variant of peripheral T-cell lymphoma, unspecified): a case report and review of the literature	5
Secretory breast carcinoma in a female adult with liver metastsis: a case report and literature review	5