Review:

Hereditary breast cancer: from molecular pathology to tailored therapies

D S P Tan, C Marchiò, and J S Reis-Filho

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1073-1082.
Published Online First: 4 August 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.057950

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ACP best practice:

Nutritional assessment: its role in the provision of nutritional support

W J Marshall

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1083-1088.
Published Online First: 25 September 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.051813

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Original articles:

Quantitative assessment of the degree of villous atrophy in patients with coeliac disease

E J Ciaccio, G Bhagat, A J Naiyer, L Hernandez, and P H R Green

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1089-1093.
Published Online First: 19 July 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.058669

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Are tumefactive lesions classified as sclerosing mesenteritis a subset of IgG4-related sclerosing disorders?

T S Chen and E A Montgomery

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1093-1097.
Published Online First: 4 August 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.057869

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Histological profile of tumours from MYCN transgenic mice

H C Moore, K M Wood, M S Jackson, M A Lastowska, D Hall, H Imrie, C P F Redfern, P E Lovat, F Ponthan, K O’Toole, J Lunec, and D A Tweddle

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1098-1103.
Published Online First: 4 August 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.054627

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Hypophosphataemia at a large academic hospital in South Africa

M Hoffmann, A E Zemlin, W P Meyer, and R T Erasmus

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1104-1107. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.054940

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What are the features of an expert haematological microscopist?

D Galvani

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1108-1111.
Published Online First: 28 August 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.057893

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Failure of first-line eradication treatment significantly increases prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant Helicobacter pylori clinical isolates

M Romano, M R Iovene, M I Russo, A Rocco, R Salerno, D Cozzolino, A P Pilloni, M A Tufano, D Vaira, and G Nardone

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1112-1115.
Published Online First: 28 August 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.060392

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The prevalence and the causes of minimal intestinal lesions in patients complaining of symptoms suggestive of enteropathy: a follow-up study

F Biagi, P I Bianchi, J Campanella, C Badulli, M Martinetti, C Klersy, C Alvisi, O Luinetti, and G R Corazza

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1116-1118.
Published Online First: 15 August 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.060145

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Case reports:

Mesothelial reaction in longstanding Crohn’s ileitis simulating papillary mesothelioma

L Wilkinson, P De, and C Bloxham

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1119-1121. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.058693

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NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase in a Turkish family with recessive congenital methaemoglobinaemia type I

M J Percy and D Aslan

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1122-1123. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.058701

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Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma of the nasopharynx: a case report and brief review

Y-C Wei, C-C Huang, C-Y Chien, J-C Hwang, and W-J Chen

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1124-1126. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.059642

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Malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumour of the fibula: a report and a short review of bone perivascular epithelioid cell tumour

D W Q Lian, K L Chuah, M H W Cheng, and W M Yap

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1127-1129. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.060137

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Epithelioid perineurioma: an unusual variant

S A Haider, R J Lemberger, C Fisher, and T A McCulloch

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1130-1132. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.052092

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Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis associated with prolonged hypocomplementaemia

D Payne, P Houtman, and M Browning

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1133-1135. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.056705

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Plexiform angiomyxoid myofibroblastic tumour: differential diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumour in the stomach

T T Rau, A Hartmann, W Dietmaier, J Schmitz, W Hohenberger, F Hofstaedter, and K Katenkamp

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1136-1137. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.059162

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Cryptococcus meningitis and skin lesions in an HIV negative child

K Swe Swe, A Bekker, S Greeff, and D R Perkins

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1138-1139.
Published Online First: 19 July 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.056119

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Neurologically presenting Whipple disease: case report and review of the literature

M J Buckle, R W Ellis, M Bone, and H Lockman

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1140-1141.
Published Online First: 1 April 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.054312

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Short report:

Telephoning of interim blood culture results: a regional survey

H M Petkar and A S Breathnach

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1142-1143.
Published Online First: 4 August 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.058172

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Snippets in pathology:

Snippets in surgical pathology

Kumarasen Cooper and Runjan Chetty

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1144-1148. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.059618

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PostScript:

Comparison of examination of the entire cervix with routine cervical sampling in hysterectomy specimens from women with endometrial cancer: comment on a paper

M K Heatley

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1149.

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Appendicectomy for obstructive appendicopathy

E Athanassiou and C Hatzitheofilou

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1149.

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Recurrent pregnancy loss and inherited thrombophilia: who should be tested?

S Bianca, B Barrano, N Cutuli, L Indaco, C Ingegnosi, A Cataliotti, G Milana, and G Ettore

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1149-1150. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.060525

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Oestrogen receptor β immunohistochemistry: time to get it right?

V Speirs, C A Green, and A M Shaaban

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1150-1151.

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Authors’ response

S Borgquist, C Holm, M Stendahl, L Anagnostaki, G Landberg, and K Jirström

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 1151-1152.

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