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 COVID-19 Autopsy Publication

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Recent Scholarly Activity by Residents 

Publications
 
Da Silva Lameira F, Wang K, Rinker E, Jelty R. Leukemia Cutis in a Patient with Rare Indolent T-Prolymphocytic Leukemia-A Case Report and Review of the Literature. ASCP 2020
 
Khokhar H, Harbert J, Fakhri N, Walvekar R, Jetly R: Facial Paralysis in patient with Sjogren's Syndrome - Unusual Presentation of AL Amyloidosis associated with Extranodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma of Parotid Gland. CAP 2020

Khokhar H, Beversdorf W, Fox SE: Eosinophilic Myocarditis as a Cause of Death: A Case Diagnosed at Autopsy. ASCP 2020

Fakhri, N, Bhalla R: Leiomyosarcoma of urinary bladder, a review of two cases. ASCP 2020

Girardo C, Fakhri N, Khokhar H, Jetly R, Bhalla R: CDX2 Expression in Primary and Metastatic Prostatic Adenocarcinoma: A Retropsecive Study. ASCP 2020

•Singh A, Harbert J, Bajestani SN, Yoxtheimer, LM: Large Solitary Luteinized Follicle Cyst of Pregnancy and Puerperium: a Rare Post-Partum Clinical Presentation. ASCP 2020

•Khokhar H, Beversdorf W, Conner E, Troxclair D: A Rare Case of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia Diagnosed at Autopsy. ASCP 2020

•Khokhar H, Beversdorf W, Jelty R: Multiple Splenic Hamartomas in a Trauma Patient: Report and Literature Review of a Rare Entity. ASCP 2020

•Khokhar H, Craver R, Stark M: Malignant Extrarenal Rhabdoid Tumor in a 5-Month-Old Male with Mediastinal and Heart/Great Vessel Involvment. ASCP 2020

Beversdorf W, Rinker E: Malignant Proliferating Pilar Tumor: A Rare Mimic of Squamous Cell Carcinoma. ASCP 2020

Fox SE, Akmatbekov A, Harbert JL, Li G, Brown JQ, Vander Heide RS. Pulmonary and cardiac pathology in African American patients with COVID-19: an autopsy series from New Orleans Lancet Respir Med May 27,2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30243-5

Guang Li, Fox SE, Summa B, Bihe Hu, Wenk C, Akmatbekov A, Harbert JL, Vander Heide RS, Brown JQ. Multiscale 3-dimensional pathology findings of COVID-19 diseased lung using high-resolution cleared tissue microscopy  bioRxiv 2020.04.11.037473; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.11.037473

Vander Heide R, Fox S, Li Guang,  Akmatbekov A, Harbert F, Lameira F, Brown JQ. Unexpected Features of Cardiac Pathology in Covid-19 Infection  CIRCULATIONAHA/2020/047867 04.17.2020  https://circ-submit.aha-journals.org/cgi-bin/main.plex?el=A3Hk2CjDX4A2Mig2F5A9ftdHuCeQNyVzLr8ij7mEP4BgZ

Bing Han, Ritu Bhalla, Fernanda da Silva Lameira, Richard Stuart Vander Heide, and Gordon Lee Love. "COVID-19 Autopsies and Personal Protective Equipment". Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. June 2020   PMID: 32520590  DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2020-0341.LE

Walter Beversdorf and Katherine Wang: “A Characterization of NUT Carcinoma Presenting as an Obliterative Thoracic Tumor in a Young Adult Patient”-USCAP Poster Presentation 2020

Nibras Fakhri: "Meningeal Solitary Fibrous Tumor / Hemangiopericytoma in a Patient with a Remote Extensive ACA/MCA Infarction".-USCAP Poster Presentation 2020

Sura G, Love G. Hyphae in Invasive Coccidioides. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Vol 142 (9), 2018. Abstract.

Bing Han, Pamela Martin, Alun Wang. Cellulitic Presentation of Merkel Cell Carcinoma- ASDP 2019

 • Bing Han, Pamela Martin. A Rare Case of Angiofibroma of soft tissue on Forearm-ASDP 2019

 • Bing Han, Pamela Martin. Atypical fibroxanthoma with Aberrant Cytokeratin Expression, Collision Tumor or Biphasic differentiation-ASDP 2019

 • Bing Han, Todd Leleux. Granulomatous mycosis fungoides presenting as Leprosy-ASDP 2019

 • Bing Han, Todd Leleux. Hansen 's Disease presenting as uncontrolled 'Sarcoidosis': A case report-ASDP 2019

 • Walter Beversdorf: “Adenosquamous carcinoma of the proximal colon: Case report and literature review of a rare, aggressive entity.” - ASCP 2019 

 • Gloria Sura: Schistosomiasis associated with Secondary Amyloidosis- CAP 2019 and manuscript in Human Pathology

 • Katherine Wang: Multifoc al Renal Carcinoid in a Horseshoe Kidney-CAP 2019 

 • Chris Girardo and Hina Khokhar: Extra-Intestinal Malignant Gastrointestinal Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Urinary Bladder-CAP 2019 

 •  Jhanvi Kanotra, Nicole Jackson and Bing Han: Metastatic Carcinoma to testis: report of two cases-CAP 2019 

 • Gloris Sura Optimizing Cytology Cell Block Preparations to Advance Diagnostic Patient Care, for the LSU Quality Improvement Forum Poster. 2019

Jackson, N,‘Integrated Anatomy Teaching through the Pathology Guide', presentation accepted for GRIPE annual meeting (January 2019) for John  H.     Holliman Resident Scholarship.

Helander, L, Clark, K, Alquist, CR. Therapeutic Red Blood Cell Exchange: Explaining the Big Picture to Little Patients. AABB Annual Meeting, 2017.

 •  Helander, L, Favaloro, SA, McGowin, CL, Love, GL, Hagensee, M, Kletecka, C. Validation of Human Papilloma Virus Detection in Anal Cytology
       Specimens   on the cobas® 4800 System.  Association for Molecular Pathology Annual Meeting, 2017.

 • Helander, L, Clark, K, Alquist, CR. Therapeutic Red Blood Cell Exchange: Explaining the Big Picture to Little Patients. AABB Annual Meeting, 2017.

 • Bing Han, Jhanvi Kanotra, Gloria Sura: ‘Concordance analysis between Prostate Imaging - Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS v2) and prostatectomy  histologic findings' accepted for presentation in the Stowell-Orbison/Surgical Pathology/Autopsy Award Poster Session, USCAP 2019

 • Gloria Sura: ‘Heterotopic Ossification of the Mesentery: Pathologic Findings from Autopsy'. Accepted for poster presentation for USCAP 2019

•Non-Human Leukocyte Antigen Antibody-Mediated Lung Transplant Rejection: The Other Anti-A Anthony D. Vinson, Reinaldo Rampolla-Selles, E.      Shannon Cooper and Caroline R. Alquist Ochsner J 2018; 18:260-263 doi:10.31486/toj.17.0068 http://ochsnerjournal.org/content/18/3/260.abstract

 •Stephanie Moss accepted for publication in Atherosclerosis journal:  Upregulation of miR-221 and -222 in Response to Increased Extracellular Signal- Regulated Kinases 1/2 Activity Exacerbates Neointimal Hyperplasia in Diabetes Mellitus Atherosclerosis

•Vinson A, Rampolla-Selles R, Cooper ES, Alquist C. Non-Human Leukocyte Antigen Antibody-Mediated Lung Transplant Rejection: The Other Anti-A. Ochsner J 2018; 18:260-263 doi:10.31486/toj.17.0068  http://ochsnerjournal.org/content/18/3/260.abstract

• Stiefel E, Leeper J, Alquist C. Stiff person syndrome exacerbations and therapeutic plasma exchange. Poster presentation at Ochsner poster day. June 2018

Helander, L and Stark, M. Fatal Scopulariopsis brumptii in a Pediatric Immunocompromised HostFetal and Pediatric Pathology. Feb 2017;36(1):82-86. PMID: 28033481

• Lightell DJ Jr1, Moss SC2, Woods TC3. Upregulation of miR-221 and -222 in Response to Increased Extracellular Signal- Regulated Kinases 1/2 Activity Exacerbates Neointimal Hyperplasia in Diabetes Mellitus Atherosclerosis.  Atherosclerosis. 2018 Feb;269:71-78.doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.12.016. Epub 2017 Dec 9

• Liszewski W, Terndrup C, Jackson NR, Helland S, LaThe beliefs and willingness of men who have sex with men to comply with a one-year blood donation deferral policy: a cross-sectional study.  Transfusion. 2017 Jul 5. PMID: 28681518 

Jackson,NR, Strangulation and hyoid fracture. Accepted for publication ASCP Case Reports Forensic Pathology Series

• Connor E, Vinson A, Bhalla R and McGoey RR.  Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in a 48-year-old Female.  J La State Med Soc. 2016 Mar/Apr 168(2):71-3.  PMID 27383862
 
• Connor EE, Jackson NR and McGoey RR.  Rapidly Progressive Hemorrhagic Cellulitis of bilateral Lower Extremities with Subsequent Septic Shock and Death.  J La State Med Soc.  2016; 168(3):109-112.  PMID 27389382
 
• Rae G, Newman W, Donthamsetty S, McGoey RR.  The Cadaver's Heart Pathology Guide.  MedEdPORTAL Publications. 2016;12:10405.
 
• Thomasson R, Alquist CR, Farris KB and McGoey RR.  Abdominal Pain and Peripheral Eosinophilia.  J La State Med Soc.  2015; 167(5): 244-6.  PMID 27159605
 
• Thomasson R, Dewenter T, and McGoey R.  Cough and Shortness of Breath in a Noncompliant Patient with HIV/AIDS.  J La State Med Soc.  2015; 167(4):202-204.  PMID 27159517
 
• Ashby M, Moss S, Farris KB and McGoey RR.  Prolonged Fever in a Traveler.  J La State Med Soci.  2015; 167(6): 277-280.  PMID 26741689
 
• Li J and McGoey RR.  Sudden Cardiac Death Caused by an Uncommon Disease.  J La State Med Soc.  2015.  Mar/Apr;167(2)105-8. PMID 25978060.    
 
• Moss SC and McGoey RR.  Fatal Acute Necrotizing Pneumonia in a patient with HIV/AIDS.  J La State Med Soc.  2015 Jan/Feb; 167(1)42-5.  PMID 25978757.   
 
• Porterfield, H, Ashby M, Newman WP and McGoey RR.  Mitral Stenosis at Autopsy.  J La State Med Soc.  2015; 167(3): 144-146. PMID 27159461
 
• Connor E, Darga A and McGoey RR.  Autopsy Findings in an Adult with Down Syndrome.  J La State Med Soc.  2014.  Nov/Dec;166(6):272-275. PMID 25978668. 
 
• France J and McGoey RR.  Death in a Young Adult with Sickle Cell Disease.  J La State Med Soc. 2014.  Sep/Oct;166(5):231-235. PMID 25369229 
 
• Tsao C, Thomas L and McGoey R.  Black Esophagus Detected at Autopsy in a Patient with Abdominal Pain and Blood Diarrhea.  J La State Med Soc.  Jul/Aug 2014(166):188-191. PMID 25311465
 
• Perrone G, Leisk GG, Lo TJ… Fox SE, and Kaplan DL.  The use of silk based devices for fracture fixation.  Nature Comm.  2014. PMID: 24594992
 
• Tsao, C and McGoey RR.  Black Thyroid.  J La State Med Soc.  May/Jun 2014(166):134-137. PMID 25075733 
 
• Paige J, Deborah G, Kozmenko V, Yu Q, Kozmenko L, Yang T, et al. Getting a head start: high-fidelity, simulation-based operating room teamtraining of interprofessional students. J Am Coll Surg. 2014 Jan;218(1):140-9. PMID: 24183570
 
• Nuttli, T and McGoey RR.  Altered Mental Status, Alcohol Abuse and Hyperammonemia.  J La State Med Soc 2014; Jan/Feb.  PMID 25075512  
 
• Thelin C, Alquist CR, Engel LS, Dewenter T.  Primary clear cell adenocarcinoma of the colon: a case report and review.  J La State Med Soc.  2014;166(4): 143-8.  PMID 25311456
 
• Sherling K and McGoey RR.  Bilateral Renal Artery Stenosis.  J La State Med Soc 2013; Sept/Oct 165(5)295-297. PMID 24350534.
 
• Yang T and McGoey RR.  Fatality Following Acute Onset of Shortness of Breath.   J La State Med Soc 2013; 165(4)235-237. PMID 24133790.
 
• Dennis K, Cheek B, Leroy M, McGoey RR.  Splenic Nodules at Autopsy.  J La State Med Soc 2013; 165(3)142-145.  PMID 24015427.
 
• Schieffelin J, Torrellas, M, Lartchenko S, Gill F, Garcia Diaz J, McGoey RR.  How Natural Disasters Change Natural Patterns: Coccidiodomycosis Imported to New Orleans.  J La State Med Soc 2013; 165(3)145-149.  PMID 24015428
 
• Sherling KW, Nuttli T, Newman WP, McGoey RR.  Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy.  J La State Med Soc 2013; 165(3)150-152. PMID 24015429.
 
• McGoey RR, Cheek B, Jain N, Newman WP.  Acute Onset of Extreme Shortness of Breath.  J La State Med Soc 2013; 165(3)175-177. PMID 24015437.
 
• Donthamsetty S, Figueroa J, Barbeau J, McGoey R.  Swamp Related Wound Infections.  J La State Med Soc 2013; Nov/Dec 165(6)352-352.   
 
• Alquist C, McGoey R, Bastian F, Newman W.  Bilateral Globus Pallidus Lesions.  J La State Med Soc 2012; 164(3):145-6. PMID 22866355
 
• Alquist CR, R McGoey, L Del Valle.  Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: Cavitary White Matter Lesions.  J La State Med Soc 2012; 164(6)332-335.  PMID 23431676.
 
• Springer J, Newman WP, McGoey R. Intravascular bullet embolism to the right atrium. J For Sci 2011:56(1)S259-62.
 
• Springer J, Safley M, Huber S, Troxclair D, Craver R, Newman WP, McGoey R.  Histopathological findings in fatal novel H1N1: An autopsy case series from September- November 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana. J La State Med Soc 2010; 162:88-91.

• Donthamsetty S; Collinsworth A; Alquist CR; and McGoey R. American Federation of Medical Research (AFMR) Southern Regional Meeting: ‘Postmortem Candidemia at University Hospital (January 2008- June 2011. 2013  *Awarded Travel Grant Recipient

• Connor E, Alquist CR, Martinez J, McGoey R  TriState Annual Pathology Conference: ‘Autopsy Quality Assurance (AQuA) Project: Quality Improvement through the Use of the Electronic Health Record- a Baseline Evaluation'.. Mobile, AL, 2013  *Awarded Resident Research Award

• Fox SE, Tahan SR. The eye of the beholder: eye-tracking technology applied to the evaluation of melanocytic lesions. Presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Dermatopathology, October 2013, Washington, D.C.

• Fox SE, Law CC, Faulkner-Jones BE. Remote Eye-Tracking for Quantitative Assessment of Whole Slide Image Viewing. Presented at Pathology Visions 2013, the Annual Meeting of the Digital Pathology Association, September 28th, 2013, San Antonio, TX.

• Cheek B, McGoey R, Southern Medical Association (SMA) Annual Meeting: 2013 ‘Acute Spontaneous Papillary Muscle Rupture' Sandestin, FL

• Alquist CR, Connor E, Martinez J, McGoey R, LSU EQuIP Research Symposium: ‘Autopsy Quality Assurance (AQuA) and Improvement: a Baseline Evaluation New Orleans, LA, 2013

• Alquist CR; McGoey R; and DelValle L. Boston, MA, 2012  American Society of Clinical Pathology Annual Meeting: ‘Expression of anti-apoptotic Survivin in cases of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy affecting the brainstem'

 

Presentations

• Sudden, unexpected death in the scanner - contrast anaphylaxis. Jackson NR, Klein E, Eserman M. Accepted for oral presentation at the National Association of Medical Examiners 2017 Annual Meeting, October 13-17, Scottsdale, AZ

• Li, J, Leroy, M. Tristate Pathology conference.  Myoepithelial carcinoma of Soft Tissue'.  New Orleans, April 2017.

• Moss SC, Alquist CR and McGoey RR.  USCAP Annual Meeting: ‘Delayed Autopsy Reporting- A self Study and Root Cause Analysis'. Mar 2015
 
• Connor E; and McGoey R. American Federation of Medical Research (AFMR) Southern Regional Meeting:  ‘Neonate with Bilateral Pneumothoraces'. New Orleans, LA, 2015
 
• Alquist CR, France J, McGoey R, Delvalle L American Federation of Medical Research (AFMR) Southern Regional Meeting:  ‘Syphilis in New Orleans'. New Orleans, LA, 2015 
 
• Fox SE, Vander Heide RS, Law CC, Faulkner-Jones BE. Gaze Pattern during Diagnostic Exploration of Whole-Slide Images and Glass Slides. Accepted for Presentation at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, March, 2015, Boston, MA.
 
• Porterfield H, S. Favaloro, C. F. Kletecka, C. L. McGowin. Comprehensive Comparison Of Nucleic Acid-based Detection Of Trichomonas vaginalis On The cobas 4800 System To Cytological Identification On Liquid-based Papanicolaou Preparations- American Society for Microbiology, 2015 General Meeting 
 
• Porterfield H, McGowin CL.  Comparative analysis of a laboratory-developed NAAT to the TIB Mol Biol LightMix test for Trichomonas vaginalis detection in liquid cytology specimens. Poster - Medicine Research Day, LSUHSC, 2015S.
 
• Favaloro, Porterfield H, P. M. Dehon, C. F. Kletecka, C. L. McGowin.  Clinical Utility of a Laboratory-Developed NAAT and Two TIB MOLBIOL Tests for Trichomonas vaginalis Detection Using the User Defined Workflow Software (UDF) for the cobas 4800 System. American Society for Microbiology, 2015 General Meeting
 
• Fox SE, Vander Heide RS, Law CC, Faulkner-Jones BE. Whole-Slide Images versus Glass Slides for Pathology Resident Education. Accepted for Presentation at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, March, 2015, Boston, MA.
 
• Fox SE, Vander Heide RS, Law CC, Faulkner-Jones BE. Eye-tracking in the Assessment of Digital Pathology Applications. Accepted for Platform Presentation at the American Federation for Medical Research Southern Regional Meeting, February, 2015, New Orleans, LA.
 
• S Favaloro, PM Dehon, HS Porterfield, CF Kletecka, CL McGowin. Comparative Performance Assessment of Three Trichomonas vaginalis Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests Using the User Defined Workflow Software (UDF) on the cobas 4800 System. Association for Molecular Pathology, General Meeting. Austin, TX, 11/2015.
 
• Alquist CR and Barbeau JM AABB 2014 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Oct 25, 2014). . Therapeutic Plasma Exchange For Unusually Severe Hyperlipidemic Pancreatitis.
 
• Tsao C and Jetly-Shridhar R. ASCP 2014 Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida (Oct 9-10, 2014).  Concurrent Follicular Lymphoma and Plasma Cell Myeloma.
 
• Yang T and Jetly-Shridhar CAP 2014 Meeting in Chicago, Illinois (Sept 8, 2014). R. Parvovirus B19 in a Chronic Mylogenous Leukemia Patient on Imatinib Therapy and Failed Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant.
 
• Donthamsetty S, Farris KB, Brown J, Luer WH.  Recurrent Pituitary Granular Cell Tumor: A case with rare Immunohistochemical findings. Southern Medical Association Annual meeting: November 2014
 
• Moss S, Alquist CR, McGoey R LSU EQuIP Research Symposium: ‘Autopsy Quality Assurance (AQuA): A Root Cause Analysis and Self Study'. New Orleans, LA, 2014 *Awarded Resident Research Award
 
• Fox SE, Tahan SR. The Effects of Clinical Data upon the Diagnostic Gaze Patterns of Pathologists and Trainees. Presented at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, March, 2014, San Diego, CA.
 
• Fox SE, Law CC, Faulkner-Jones BE. Quantitative Assessment of Gaze Pattern and Specimen Presentation on Digital Platforms. Presented at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, March, 2014, San Diego, CA.
 
• Faulkner-Jones BE, Law CC, Fox SE. Quantitative Gaze Assessment of a Dual Whole Slide Image Viewer. Presented at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, March, 2014, San Diego, CA
 
• Fox SE, Law CC, Faulkner-Jones BE. Eye-tracking in the Assessment of Digital Pathology Platforms: Current Concepts and Capabilities. Presented at Pathology Visions 2014, the Annual Meeting of the Digital Pathology Association, October, 2014, San Francisco, CA.
 
• Moss S, Connor E, Alquist CR, McGoey R. TriState Annual Pathology Conference: ‘Autopsy Quality Assurance (AQuA): A Root Cause Analysis of Delayed Autopsy Reporting'. New Orleans, LA, 2014.*Awarded Resident Research Award
 
• Alquist CR, Porterfield H, Nuttli TJ, Trillo-Tinoco J, Newman WP, McGoey R, and Del Valle L, TriState Annual Pathology Conference: ‘Marchiafava-Bignami Disease: Histopathologic findings in two autopsy cases from New Orleans'. New Orleans, LA, 2014

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