Submissions from 2020
SMARCA4-deficient sinonasal carcinoma: A series of 10 cases expanding the genetic spectrum of SWI/SNF-driven sinonasal malignancies, Abbas Agaimy, Deepali Jain, Nasir Ud Din, Lisa M. Rooper, and Justin A. Bishop
Practice of academic surgical pathology during the COVID-19 pandemic, Zubair Ahmad, Shabina Rahim, Nasir Ud Din, and Arsalan Ahmed
Histopathology of the gastrointestinal tract, Zubair Ahmad and Sabeehuddin Siddique
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections-A neglected and emerging problem, Imran Ahmed, Simon Tiberi, Joveria Farooqi, Kauser Jabeen, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Giovanni Battista Migliori, and Rumina Hasan
Histopathology of respiratory system and mediastinum, Rashida Ahmed and Qurratulain Chundriger
Glycogen storage diseases-time to flip the outdated diagnostic approach centered on liver biopsy with the molecular testing, Sibtain Ahmed and Bushra Afroze
Trend analysis of lab tests requisitions of COVID-19 prognostic biomarkers at a clinical chemistry reference laboratory-an observational study, Sibtain Ahmed and Farooq Ghani
Challenges amid COVID-19 times - Review of the changing practices in a clinical chemistry laboratory from a developing country, Sibtain Ahmed, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, Aysha Habib, Farooq Ghani, and Imran Siddiqui
Performance evaluation of delta checks for error control in a hematology laboratory, Arzina Aziz Ali, Areeba Khalid, and Bushra Moiz
Transplant in aplastic anemia using combined granulocyte colony-stimulating factor primed blood and bone marrow stem cells: A retrospective analysis, Natasha Ali, Ayesha Butt, Bakhtawer Altaf, Salman Adil, and Mohammad Usman Shaikh
Worldwide network for blood and marrow transplantation (WBMT) recommendations for establishing a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation program in countries with limited resources (Part II): Clinical, technical and socio-economic considerations, M Aljurf, D Weisdorf, S K. Hashmi, A Nassar, E Gluckman, M Mohty, D Rizzo, M Pasquini, M Hamadani, and Salman Adil
Oral cancer: Clinicopathological features and associated risk factors in a high risk population presenting to a major tertiary care center in Pakistan, Namrah Anwar, Shahid Pervez, Qurratulain Chundriger, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Tariq Moatter, and Tazeen Saeed Ali
First meeting in Asia of the Asia pacific research integrity network, Daniel Barr, Danny Chan, Susan Garfinkel, Zoë Hammatt, Iekuni Ichikawa, Michael Kalichman, El Nasir Lalani, In Jae Lee, Frederick Leung, and Eric Mah
Frequency of translocation t(11;22)(q24;q12) using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in histologically and immunohistochemically diagnosed cases of ewing's sarcoma, Muhammad Rizwan Bashir, Shahid Pervez, Atif Ali Hashmi, and Muhammad Irfan
Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis - A rare cause of chronic anemia, Ayesha Butt, Rashida Ahmed, Muhammad Dawood Amir Sheikh, Omar Khan, Nousheen Iqbal, Arshalooz Rahman, and Javaid Khan
IQ driving QI: The Asia pacific consortium on osteoporosis (APCO): An innovative and collaborative initiative to improve osteoporosis care in the Asia pacific, M Chandran, S K. Bhadada, P R. Ebeling, N L. Gilchrist, Aysha Habib Khan, P Halbout, S Lekamwasam, G Lyubomirsky, P J. Mitchell, T V. Nguyen, K L. Tiu, and Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis
The diversity of lipopolysaccharide (O) and capsular polysaccharide (K) antigens of invasive klebsiella pneumoniae in a multi-country collection, Myeongjin Choi, Nicolas Hegerle, Joseph Nkeze, Shaichi Sen, Sanchita Jamindar, Shamima Nasrin, Sunil Sen, Jasnehta Permala-Booth, James Sinclair, and Sadia Shakoor
Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 29 cases of solid-pseudopapillary neoplasms of the pancreas in patients under 20 years of age along with detailed review of literature, Nasir Ud Din, Shabina Rahim, Jamshid Abdul-Ghafar, Arsalan Ahmed, and Zubair Ahmad
Tuberculosis of the flexor carpi radialis muscle - A case report, Shah Fahad, Naveed Baloch, and Nasir Ud Din
A systematic review on the incidence and mortality of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Pakistan, H. Farooq, N. Beveridge, T. Fletcher, E. Ghani, Bushra Jamil, Zahra Hasan, A. Ikram, R.M. Safdar, M. Salman, and M. Umair
Histopathology of the skin, Saira Fatima
Thyroid cytology in Pakistan: An institutional audit of the atypia of undetermined significance/follicular lesion of undetermined significance category, Saira Fatima, Rabia Qureshi, Sumbul Imran, Romana Idrees, Zubair Ahmad, Naila Kayani, and Arsalan Ahmed
Histopathology of endocrine system, Saira Fatima, Sabeehuddin Siddique, and Shahid Pervez
Histopathology of male genital tract (Testis and Prostate), Syeda Samia Fatima and Mariam Abid
Eggerthella lenta bacteraemia in endometrial adenocarcinoma - A case report from Pakistan, Tazeen Fatima, Rumina Hasan, and Samia Tariq
Investigation of japanese encephalitis virus as a cause of acute encephalitis in southern Pakistan, april 2015-january 2018, Tazeen Fatima, Abida Rais, Erum Khan, Susan L. Hills, Trudy V. Chambers, Aneeta Hotwani, Shahida Qureshi, Saad Shafqat, Saima Malik, Farah Qamar, Fatima Mir, Anthony A. Marfin, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Asif Raza Khowaja, and Sadia Shakoor
Histologic grading of breast carcinoma: A multi-institution study of interobserver variation using virtual microscopy, Paula S. Ginter, Romana Idress, Timothy M. D'Alfons, Susan Fineberg, Shabnam Jaffer, Abida K. Sattar, Anees Chagpa, Parker Wilson, and Malini Harigopal
Unique aspects of graft-versus-host-disease management in the eastern Mediterranean region: Report from the eastern Mediterranean blood and marrow transplantation group: Special report, Shahrukh Hashmi, Marwan Shaheen, Salman Adil, Parvez Ahmed, Syed Ahmed, Ben Abdeljelil, Amal Alabdulwahab, Amal Albeihany, Saad Aldaama, and Murtadha Al-Khabori
Relationship of spot urine oxalate to creatinine ratio and 24 hours urinary oxalate excretion in patients with urolithiasis, Syed Bilal Hashmi, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, Jamsheer Jehangir Talati, Wajahat Aziz, and Aysha Habib Khan
Post tuberculosis treatment infectious complications, Desmond Hsu, Muhammad Irfan, Kauser Jabeen, Nousheen Iqbal, Rumina Hasan, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Alimuddin Zumla, Dina Visca, Rosella Centis, and Simon Tiberi
CLABSI reduction using evidence based interventions and nurse empowerment: A quality improvement initiative from a tertiary care NICU in Pakistan, Ali Shabbir Hussain, Anjum Mohyuddin Ahmed, Saba Arbab, Shabina Ariff, Syed Rehan Ali, Simon Demas, Jehan Zeb, Arjumand Rizvi, Ali Faisal Saleem Dr, and Joveria Farooqi
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with H1N1 influenza pneumonia admitted at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Mujahid Hussain, Nosheen Nasir, Muhammad Irfan, and Zahra Hasan
Histopathology of breast, Romana Idrees, Muhammad Usman Tariq, and Naila Kayani
Snail fever of the bladder in a non-endemic area, Romana Idress, Zehra Jamil, Muhammad Areeb Ashfaq, Daniya Umer, Romana Idress, and Hammad Ather
Differences in clinicopathological features and molecular phenotype of breast carcinoma between patients younger than 40 years and those who are older: A study from Pakistan, Romana Idress, Abida K. Sattar, Zubair Ahmad, Faiza Rasheed, and Jamshid Abdul Ghafar
Trichosporon species and fusarium species as a cause of empyema thoracis in a diabetic patient, Nousheen Iqbal, Muhammad Ammar, Muhammad Irfan, and Kauser Jabeen
Underlying conditions and clinical spectrum of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA): An experience from a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Nousheen Iqbal, Muhammad Irfan, Ammar Mushtaq, and Kauser Jabeen
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with severe influenza, Muhammad Irfan, Kauser Jabeen, M Hussain, Joveria Farooqi, Naveed Haroon Rashid, Nosheen Nasir, and Zahra Hasan
Invasive pulmonary infection by syncephalastrum species: Two case reports and review of literature, Memoona Irshad, Nosheen Nasir, Urooj Haider Hashmi, Joveria Farooqi, and Syed Faisal Mahmood
Malignant eccrine adenoma with sarcomatous (Heterologous) components: Report of a rare skin adnexal neoplasm with literature review, Hira Ishtiaq, Muhammad Abdulwaasey, Muhammad Usman Tariq, and Saira Fatima
A multimethod, multicountry evaluation of breakpoints for bedaquiline resistance determination, Nazir Ahmed Ismail, Akio Aono, Emanuele Borroni, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Christel Desmaretz, Rumina Hasan, Satoshi Mitarai, Sadia Shakoor, Gabriela Torrea, Koné Kaniga, and Shaheed V. Omar
Aspergillus fumigatus and aspergillus flavus-specific IgG cut-offs for the diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in Pakistan, Kauser Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, Nousheen Iqbal, Khalid Wahab, and Muhammad Irfan
Spectrum of fungal pathogens in burn wound specimens: Data from a tertiary care hospital laboratory in Pakistan, Kauser Jabeen, Muneeb Khan, Seema Umar, Najma Shaheen, and Joveria Farooqi
Persistence of candida auris on latex and nitrile gloves with transmission to sterile urinary catheters, Kauser Jabeen, Pushpa Bhawan Mal, Areeba Tharwani, Mariam Hashmi, and Joveria Farooqi
Impact of COVID-19 on laboratory professionals-A descriptive cross sectional survey at a clinical chemistry laboratory in a developing country, Lena Jafri, Sibtain Ahmed, and Imran Siddiqui
Kidney stone analysis and spiritual guides (pir faqir): The known-unknowns, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib Khan, and Humaira Asif
Kidney stone analysis and spiritual guides (pir faqir): The known-unknowns, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib Khan, and Humaira Asif
Fostering teaching-learning through workplace based assessment in postgraduate chemical pathology residency program using virtual learning environment, Lena Jafri, Imran Siddiqui, Aysha Habib Khan, Muhammed Tariq, Muhammad Umer Naeem Effendi, Azra Naseem, Sibtain Ahmed, Farooq Ghani, Shahnila Alidina, Nadir Shah, and Hafsa Majid
Erythema annulare centrifugum: A rare skin manifestation of hashimoto thyroiditis, Palwasha Jalil, Sadia Masood, and Saira Fatima
Histopathology of female genital tract, Naila Kayani, Romana Idrees, and Zeeshan Uddin
Utility of ultrasound and mammography in detection of negative axillary nodal metastasis in breast cancer, Anam khan, Imrana Masroor, Kumail Khandwala, Summar Un-Nisa Abbasi, and Muhammad Usman Tariq
The clinical features of co-circulating dengue viruses and the absence of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Pakistan, Erum Khan, Dhani Prakoso, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Faisal Malik, Joveria Farooqi, Maureen T. Long, and Kelli L. Barr
What are the barriers to implementing national antimicrobial resistance action plans? A novel mixed-methods policy analysis in Pakistan, Mishal S. Khan, Anna Durrance-Bagale, Ana Mateus, Zia Sultana, Rumina Hasan, and Johanna Hanefeld
Draft genome sequences of two extensively drug-resistant strains of acinetobacter baumannii isolated from clinical samples in Pakistan, Sara Lomonaco, Matthew A. Crawford, Christine Lascols, Debra J. Fisher, Kevin Anderson, David R. Hodge, Segaran P. Pillai, Stephen A. Morse, Erum Khan, Molly A. Hughes, Marc W. Allard, and Shashi K. Sharma
A mosaic tetracycline resistance gene tet(S/M) detected in an MDR pneumococcal CC230 lineage that underwent capsular switching in south Africa, Stephanie W. Lo, Rebecca A. Gladstone, Andries J. van Tonder, Mignon Du Plessis, Jennifer E. Cornick, Paulina A. Hawkins, Shabir A. Madhi, Susan A. Nzenze, Rama Kandasamy, and Sadia Shakoor
Newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism: Improvement in short-term follow-up by audit and monitoring, Hafsa Majid, Sibtain Ahmed, Imran Siddiqui, Khadija N Humayun, Hussain Karimi, and Aysha Habib Khan
Precursor lymphoblastic lymphoma in the extramedullary tissue: A rare manifestation of chronic myeloid leukemia in blast crisis, Huma Mansoori, Maria Faraz, Hira Qadir, Anila Rashid, and Maria Ali
Testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection using the QuantiFERON-TB GOLD assay in patients with comorbid conditions in a tertiary care endemic setting, Kiran I. Masood, Bushra Jamil, Alnoor Akber, Maheen Hassan, Muniba Islam, and Zahra Hasan
Maternal infection and stillbirth: A review, Elizabeth M. McClure, Robert M. Silver, Jean Kim, Imran Ahmed, Mangala Kallapur, Najia Bano Ghanchi, Mahantesh B. Nagmoti, Sangappa Dhaded, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, and Sarah Saleem
Histopathology of central nervous system (CNS) and skeletal muscle, Aisha Memon, Zubair Ahmad, and Sheema H Hasan
Histopathology of the liver, gall bladder and pancreas, Khurram Minhas and Sidra Arshad
Expression of HER-2/neu in oral squamous cell carcinoma, Sana Mirza, Naila Hadi, Shahid Pervez, Sultan Zeb Khan, Sameer A. Mokeem, Tariq Abduljabbar, Nawwaf Al-Hamoudi, and Fahim Vohra
Screening for triazole resistance in clinically significant aspergillus species; report from Pakistan, Safia Moin, Joveria Farooqi, Kausar Jabeen, Sidra Laiq, and Afia Zafar
Use of pefloxacin as a surrogate marker to detect ciprofloxacin susceptibility in Salmonella enterica serotypes typhi and paratyphi A, Safia Moin, Mohammad Zeeshan, Sidra Laiq, Ahmed Raheem, and Afia Zafar
Acute mesenteric thrombosis: A hematologist perspective, Bushra Moiz, Zaid Muslim, Zahraa Farrukh Siddiqui, and Hasnain Zafar
Documentation errors in transfusion chain: Challenges and interventions, Bushra Moiz, Arsalan Kabir Siddiqui, Nazish Sana, Muhammed Wahhaab Sadiq, Farheen Karim, and Natasha Ali
Compliance of hand written transfusion requisition form and improvement after online request - A clinical audit, Nadia Nasir, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Natasha Ali, and Shabneez Hussain
COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) in patients admitted with severe COVID-19 pneumonia: An observational study from Pakistan, Nosheen Nasir, Joveria Farooqi, Syed Faisal Mahmood, and Kauser Jabeen
Implementing parasite genotyping into national surveillance frameworks: Feedback from control programmes and researchers in the Asia-pacific region, Rintis Noviyanti, Olivo Miotto, Alyssa Barry, Jutta Marfurt, Sasha Siegel, Nguyen Thuy-Nhien, Huynh Hong Quang, Nancy Dian Anggraeni, Ferdinand Laihad, and Najia Karim Ghanchi
Primary diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) of the prostate presenting with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), Ayesha Nusrat and Syed Muhammad Nazim
Atlas of diagnostic and predictive histopathology, Shahid Pervez
Basic pathology, Shahid Pervez
Karachi cancer registry (KCR): Age-standardized incidence rate by age-group and gender in a mega city of Pakistan, Shahid Pervez, Adnan Jabbar, Ghulam Haider, Shamvil Ashraf, Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Fouzia Lateef, Imtiaz Bashir, Manzoor Zaidi, Mohammad Khurshid, and Mohammad Saeed Quraishy
Histopathology of haematolymphoid, Shahid Pervez, Khurram Minhas, and Arsalan Ahmed
Predictive pathology, Shahid Pervez and Tariq Moatter
IL10RA modulates crizotinib sensitivity in NPM1-ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma, Nina Prokoph, Nicola Anna Probst, Liam Changwoo Lee, Jack Michael Monahan, Jamie David Matthews, Huan-Chang Liang, Klaas Bahnsen, Ivonne A. Montes-Mojarro, Elif Karaca Atabay, and Shahid Pervez
Antimicrobial resistance in typhoidal salmonella: Surveillance for enteric fever in Asia project, 2016-2019, Farah Naz Qamar, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Irum Fatima Dehraj, Sadia Shakoor, Seema Irfan, Aneeta Hotwani, Muhammad J. Hunzai, Rozina Thobani, Najeeb Rahman, Junaid Mehmood, and Ashraf M. Memon
Bilateral gonadoblastoma with dysgerminoma in a phenotypically normal female with 46XX karyotype: Report of a rare case and literature review, Muhammad Abdur Raafey, Muhammad Abdulwaasey, Syeda Samia Fatima, Zeeshan Uddin, and Muhammad Usman Tariq
Evaluation of semi-quantitative compared to quantitative cultures of tracheal aspirates for the yield of culturable respiratory pathogens - A cross-sectional study, Salima Rattani, Joveria Farooqi, Ghazala Jabeen, Saeeda Chandio, Qaiser Kash, Aijaz Khan, and Kauser Jabeen
A rare cause of dyspeptic symptoms and anaemia in a young man, Hareem Rehman, Shahab Abid, Naila Kayani, and Ali Haroon
Recurrent loss of SMARCA4 in sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma, Lisa M. Rooper, Nasir Ud Din, Jeffrey Gagan, Lodewijk A A. Brosens, Kelly R. Magliocca, Mark A. Edgar, Lester D R. Thompson, Abbas Agaimy, and Justin A. Bishop
Clinical significance of repeat testing of critical results in a hematology laboratory, Nazish Sana, Bushra Moiz, and Ahmed Raheem Buksh
Feasibility of preoperative tattooing of percutaneously biopsied axillary lymph node: An experimental pilot study, Abida K. Sattar, Basim Ali, Imrana Masroor, Shaista Afzal Saeed, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Romana Idrees, Maseeh uz Zaman, and Wardah Khalid
Lifestyle changes and glycemic control in type 1 diabetes mellitus: A trial protocol with factorial design approach, Sobia Sawani, amna siddiqui, Syed Iqbal Azam, Khadija N Humayun, Asma Ahmed, Aysha Habib, Sabahat Naz, Mayera Tufail, and Romaina Iqbal
Efforts to improve diagnosis of bacteraemia by reducing blood culture contamination in an emergency department: Strategies and outcome, Najma Shaheen, Mohammad Zeeshan, Naima Fasih, Joveria Farooqi, Kausar Jabeen, and Seema Irfan
Comparison of clinical presentation and out-comes of chikungunya and dengue virus infections in patients with acute undifferentiated febrile illness from the Sindh region of Pakistan, Uzma Shahid, Joveria Farooqi, Kelli L. Barr, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Bushra Jamil, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Zahida Azizullah, Faisal Malik, Dhani Prakoso, Maureen T. Long, and E. Khan
Improved outcome in early induction deaths in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia after therapeutic and supportive interventions: A follow up study of seven-years' experience at a tertiary care center, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Farheen Karim, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, and Shahzad Sarwar
Ensuing adequate mixing of blood samples before analysis-A proposed method for verification of satisfactory sample mixing by automated red blood cell count analyzers, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Sibtain Ahmed, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Natasha Bahadur Ali, and Nazish Sana
Antibiotic-resistant enteric infections, Sadia Shakoor, James A. Platts-Mills, and Rumina Hasan
Infection prevention and control in the tropics, Sadia Shakoor, Haider J. Warraich, and Anita K. M. Zaidi
The utility of early warning score in adults presenting with sepsis in the emergency department of a low resource setting, Emaduddin Siddiqui, Abdul A. Jokhio, Ahmed Raheem, Shahan Waheed, and Syed Hashmatullah
Intracranial mesenchymal tumor with FET-CREB fusion - A unifying diagnosis for the spectrum of intracranial myxoid mesenchymal tumors and angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma-like neoplasms, Emily A. Sloan, Jason Chiang, Javier E. Villanueva-Meyer, Sanda Alexandrescu, Jennifer M. Eschbacher, Wesley Wang, Manuela Mafra, Nasir Ud Din, Emily Carr-Boy, and Michael Watson
Histopathology of cardiovascular system, Muhammad Usman Tariq and Sheema H Hasan
Solid papillary carcinoma of breast; a detailed clinicopathological study of 65 cases of an uncommon breast neoplasm with literature review, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Romana Idress, Madiha Bilal Qureshi, and Naila Kayani
Dedifferentiated liposarcoma with meningothelial-like whorls: Five additional cases and review of the literature, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Naila Kayani, Tariq Moatter, and Nasir Ud Din
Spectrum of histological features of Denosumab treated giant cell tumor of bone; potential pitfalls and diagnostic challenges for pathologists, Muhammad Usman Tariq, masood umer, Zeeshan Khan, Javeria Saeed, Muhammad Ather Siddiqui, and Nasir uddin
Commemorating world TB day 2020: "IT'S TIME" - It's time to end the global TB epidemic, Simon Tiber, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Jeremiah Muhwa Chakaya, Tereza Kaesava, Seif Salem Al Abri, Christian Wejse, Delia Goletti, Nathan Kapata, Giovanni Sotgiu, and Rumina Hasan
Histopathology of head and neck, Nasir Ud Din, Sidra Arshad, and Shahid Pervez