Scientific Publications
Recent publications, abstracts, and presentations
Our fellowship-trained pathologists actively participate in research initiatives and present their work at internationally attended conferences. See their latest work in their areas of subspecialty expertise.
Frequency of telomerase reverse transcripter promoter mutations in desmoplastic melanoma subtypes: analyses of 76 cases
Yang S, Leone D, Frydenlund N, Hoang M, Deng A, Hernandez-Perez M, Biswas A, Singh R, Yaar R, Mahalingam M. Melanoma Res. 2016 Aug; 26(4):361–6.
Neurofibromin protein loss in desmoplastic melanoma subtypes: implicating NF1 allelic loss as a distinct genetic driver?
Kadokura A, Frydenlund N, Leone DA, Yang S, Hoang MP, Deng A, Hernandez-Perez M, Biswas A, Singh R, Yaar R, Mahalingam M. Hum Pathol. 2016 Jul; 53:82–90.
Microvessel density, lymphovascular density, and lymphovascular invasion in primary cutaneous melanoma-correlation with histopathologic prognosticators and BRAF status
Aung PP, Feller JK, Yang S, Massaro J, Hernández-Pérez M, Yaar R, Singh R, Helm T, Mahalingam M. Hum Pathol. 2015 Feb; 46(2):304–12.
Next-generation sequencing identifies high frequency of mutations in potentially clinically actionable genes in sebaceous carcinoma
Tetzlaff MT, Singh RR, Seviour EG, Curry JL, Hudgens CW, Bell D, Wimmer DB, Ning J, Czerniak BA, Zhang L, Davies MA, Prieto VG, Broaddus RR, Ram P, Luthra R,…
Protocol for the examination of specimens from patients with carcinoma of the penis
Velazquez EF, Amin MB, Epstein JI, Grignon DJ, Humphrey PA, Pettaway CA, Renshaw AA, Reuter VE, Srigley JR, Cubilla AL. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2010; 134: 923–9.
Atypical ALK-positive Spitz tumors with 9p21 homozygous deletion: report of two cases and review of the literature
Rand AJ, Flejter WL, Dowling CA, Brooke L, Boland GM, Kroshinsky D, Rosenblum IR, Hernandez-Perez M, Reimann JDR. J Cutan Pathol, 2018 Feb; 45(2):136–140.
Primary cutaneous amyloidosis of the external ear: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 17 cases
Wenson SF, Jessup CJ, Johnson MM, Cohen LM, Mahmoodi M. J Cutan Pathol. 2012 Feb; 39(2):263–9.
Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Penis: An HPV-related Variant of Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Report of 3 Cases
Sanchez DF, Rodriguez IM, Piris A, Cañete S, Lezcano C, Velazquez EF et al. Am J Surg Pathol. 2016 Jul; 40(7):917–22.
Clinicopathological features and histogenesis of penile cysts
Lezcano C, Chaux A, Velazquez EF, Cubilla AL. Semin Diagn Pathol. 2015 May; 32(3):245–8
Histologic classification of penile intraepithelial neoplasia
Velazquez EF, Chaux A, Cubilla AL. Semin Diagn Pathol. 2012 May; 29(2): 96–102. Review.
New pathologic entities in penile carcinomas: an update of the 2004 World Health Organization Classification
Chaux A, Velazquez EF, Barreto JE, Ayala E, Cubilla AL. Semin Diagn Pathol. 2012 May; 29(2):59–66. Review.
Warty/basaloid penile intraepithelial neoplasia is more prevalent than differentiated penile intraepithelial neoplasia in nonendemic regions for penile cancer when compared with endemic areas: a comparative study between pathologic series from Paris
Soskin A, Vieillefond A, Carlotti A, Plantier F, Chaux A, Ayala G, Velazquez EF, Cubilla AL. Hum Pathol. 2012 Feb; 43(2):190–6
Differentiated precursor lesions and low-grade variants of squamous cell carcinomas are frequent findings in foreskins of patients from a region of high penile cancer incidence
Oertell J, Caballero C, Iglesias M, Chaux A, Amat L, Ayala E, Rodríguez I, Velázquez EF, et al. Histopathology. 2011 May; 58(6):925–33
Human papillomavirus-associated adenocarcinoma of the base of the tongue
Hanna JW,Reimann JDR, Haddad R, Krane JF.Human Pathology, 2013 Aug; 44(8):1516–23
Cutaneous carcinosarcoma and the EMT: to transition, or not to transition? That is the question
Paniz-Mondolfi A, Singh R, Jour G,Mahmoodi M, Diwan AH, Barkoh BA, Cason R, Huttenbach Y, Benaim G, Galbincea J, Luthra R.Virchows Arch. 2015 Mar; 466(3):359–60.
Cutaneous carcinosarcoma: further insights into its mutational landscape through massive parallel genome sequencing
Paniz-Mondolfi A, Singh R, Jour G, Mahmoodi M, Diwan AH, Barkoh BA, Cason R, Huttenbach Y, Benaim G, Galbincea J, Luthra R. Virchows Arch. 2014 Sep; 465(3):339–50.
Enlarging hyperpigmented nodule on the right calf. Pencil-core granuloma
Lim GF, Lim SJ, Mahmoodi M, Radfar A. Int J Dermatol. 2013 Aug; 52(8):933–4.
Palisaded neutrophilic and granulomatous dermatitis in association with sarcoidosis
Mahmoodi M, Ahmad A, Bansal C, Cusack CA. J Cutan Pathol. 2011 Apr; 38(4):365–8.
Generalized pustular psoriasis triggered by Zika virus infection
Paniz Mondolfi AE,Hernandez Perez M, Blohm G, Marquez M, Mogollon Mendoza A, Hernandez-Pereira CE, Escalona MA, Lodeiro Colatosti A, Rothe DeArocha J, Rodriguez Morales AJ. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2018 March;…
Langerhans cell sarcoma of the skin in association with superficial atypical Langerhans cell proliferation
Peralta Soler A, Miller M, Smith TL. Rare Tumors. 2017 Oct 23; 9(3):7037.
