Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: January 6

By Samantha Rossi • January 6, 2020

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The research roundup provides an overview of the past week’s research from Mayo Clinic Laboratories consultants, including featured abstracts and a complete list of published studies and reviews.

Featured Abstract

Glioblastoma of the Cerebellopontine Angle and Internal Auditory Canal Mimicking A Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor: Case Report.

Glioblastoma (GBM) of the internal auditory canal (IAC) is exceedingly rare, with only 3 prior cases reported in the literature. The authors present the fourth case of cerebellopontine angle (CPA) and IAC GBM, and the first in which the lesion mimicked a vestibular schwannoma (VS) early in its natural history.  Via Journal of Neurosurgery.

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Published to PubMed This Week

• High Sensitivity M-protein Detection in a Case of Light-Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis without Evidence of Plasma Cell Dyscrasia.
  American Journal of Hematology
• Identification and Development of a Lung Adenocarcinoma PDX Model With STRN-ALK Fusion.
  Clinical Journal of Lung Cancer
• Hamartomas and Malformations of the Liver.
  Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
• Estimating Short- and Long-Term Reference Change Values and Index of Individuality for Tests of Platelet Function.
  Clinical Biochemistry
• Unidentified Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis.
  Clinical Biochemistry
• Quality of Life at Diagnosis Predicts Overall Survival in Patients with Aggressive Lymphoma.
  Hematology and Oncology
• Immunotherapy- (Blinatumomab-) Related Lineage Switch of KMT2A/AFF1 Rearranged B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia into Acute Myeloid Leukemia/Myeloid Sarcoma and Subsequently into B/Myeloid Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia.
  Case Reports in Hematology
• Publisher Correction: The Evaluation of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance: A Consensus Report of the International Kidney and Monoclonal Gammopathy Research Group.
  Nature Reviews: Nephrology
• The role of 3D-MRE in the Diagnosis of NASH in Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery.
  Hepatology
• Clinical, Radiologic, and Prognostic Features of Myelitis Associated With Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Autoantibody.
  JAMA Neurology
• Renal Disorders in Pregnancy: Core Curriculum 2019.
  American Journal of Kidney Disease
• A Prospective Evaluation of Vitamin B1 (thiamine) Level in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Clinical Correlations and Impact of JAK2 Inhibitor Therapy.
  Blood Cancer Journal
• Leukemic Transformation Among 1306 Patients with Primary Myelofibrosis: Risk Factors and Development of a Predictive Model.
  Blood Cancer Journal
• Rapid Assessment of Hyperdiploidy in Plasma Cell Disorders Using a Novel Multi-Parametric Flow Cytometry Method.
  American Journal of Hematology

Samantha Rossi

Samantha Rossi is a Digital Marketing Manager at Mayo Clinic Laboratories. She supports marketing strategies for product management and specialty testing. Samantha has worked at Mayo Clinic since 2019.