The Department of Pathology

Scholarly Activity

Current Publications

Nodit L, Kelley JR, Panella TJ, Bruckbauer A, Nodit PG, Shope GA, Peyton K, Klingeman DM, Zaretzki R, Carrell A, Podar M.
Oral microbiome and mycobiome dynamics in cancer therapy-induced oral mucositis. Sci Data. 2025 Mar 20;12(1):463. doi: 10.1038/s41597-025-04671-z.

Proffitt GA, Hovell ME, Little JG, Shorman MA, Nodit LM, Vaghaiwalla TM.
The role of adrenalectomy in the management of cryptococcal infection. Am Surg. 2024 Dec;90(12):3294-3296. doi: 10.1177/00031348241265138. Epub 2024 Jul 20.

Peralta I, Hubbard E, Nodit L.
An unusual cause of longstanding diarrhea. Cureus. 2024 Jan 12;16(1):e52161. doi: 10.7759/cureus.52161. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Peralta I, Dacey EB, King R.
Facial trauma surgenfundibulocystic proliferation. Am J Dermatopathol. 2023 Jun 28. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0000000000002489. Online ahead of print.

Alsharif O, Panella T, Nodit L, Hu MI.
Letter to the editor: ETV6-NTRK2 fusion identified in a patient with medullary thyroid carcinoma. Thyroid. 2023 Apr 24. doi: 10.1089/thy.2022.0630. Online ahead of print.

Crumpton MW, Mileusnic-Polchan D, Lewis J, Heidel RE, Marks MK.
Fetal age assessment from primary teeth and long bones. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2023 Mar 1;44(1):42-51. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000804. Epub 2022 Nov 18.

Alsharif O, Panella T, Nodit L, Hu MI.
ETV6-NTRK2 fusion identified in a patient with medullary thyroid carcinoma. Thyroid. 2023 Mar 24. doi: 10.1089/thy.2022.0630. Online ahead of print.

Scheiderer A, Riedinger C, Kimball K, Kilgore L, Orucevic A.
Reporting subclonal immunohistochemical staining of mismatch repair proteins in endometrial carcinoma in the times of ever-changing guidelines. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2022 Sep 1;146(9):1114-1121. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2021-0201-OA.

Dykes R, Ergen E, Martin T, Coleman N.
Exacerbation of Darier's disease with COVID-19. JAAD Case Rep. 2022 Sep;27:64-66. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2022.06.037. Epub 2022 Jul 6.

Alquraishi M, Chahed S, Alani D, Puckett DL, Dowker PD, Hubbard K, Zhao Y, Kim JY, Nodit L, Fatima H, Donohoe D, Voy B, Chowanadisai W, Bettaieb A.
Podocyte specific deletion of PKM2 ameliorates LPS-induced podocyte injury through beta-catenin. Cell Commun Signal. 2022 May 30;20(1):76. doi: 10.1186/s12964-022-00884-6.

Arroyave A, Nodit L, Clegg D, Russ A.
Forty-eight-year-old female MUTYH carrier presenting with five concurrent primary cancers. Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2022 Feb;5(2):e1455. doi: 10.1002/cnr2.1455. Epub 2021 Jun 26.

Current Presentations

Hanson N, Eberts P, VanMeter S, Newman S, Lauro C, Lloyd J, Brooks A, Morin-Ducote G, Daker R, Ellington C, Bergquist N, Perkins E, Bell J, Orucevic A. Clinicopathologic features and survival outcomes of metaplastic breast carcinoma patients: 20-year outcome results from an academic medical center in the United States. Presented at St.Gallen International Breast Cancer Conference; 2025 March - 12; Vienna, Austria.

Brinkley W,Scheiderer A. Atypical cellular neurothekeoma recurrence and transformation in the elderly at an unusual location: A case report. Presented at American Society of Dermatopathology; 2024 Nov - 7; Chicago, IL.

Kenyon K, Enomoto L, Faulkner N, Orucevic A. Diagnosis of sarcomatoid adrenal cortical carcinoma in the era of personalized medicine. Presented at 4th Binaytara Precision Oncology Summit; 2024 Oct - 5; San Francisco.

Muscarella K, Eberts P, Craig-Owens L, Nodit L. Mucin mystery: The impact of serous fluid contamination by new suction canisters. Presented at The College of American Pathologists Annual Meeting; 2024 Oct 19; Las Vegas, NV.

Muscarella K, Blue C, Hartage R. Critical thrombocytosis following splenectomy in a patient with drug resistant idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Presented at The Association for the Advancement of blood and biotherapies; 2024 Oct 19; Houston, TX.

Blue C, Orucevic A, Kimball K. Establishing the origin of vaginal cuff adenocarcinoma with a diffuse CDX2 expression in the absence of morules presents a diagnostic challenge in a patient with prior history of endometrioid carcinoma. Presented at British Association of Gynecological Pathologists 2024 Poster Competition; 2024 June - 10; London, England.

Muscarella KR, Eberts PT, Craig-Owens LD, Groark EK, Osborne DR, Osborne T, Stephens CD, Nodit LM. Contamination of serous effusions by sodium carboxymethyl cellulose artifact from collection canister lids. Presented at United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting; 2024 March - 28; Baltimore ,Maryland.

Peralta I, Dacey E, King R. Merkel cell carcinoma in situ arising in association with a cystic trichoblastoma Presented at International Society of Dermathopathology, THE 26th MEETING OF THE ISDP AT THE OMNI ROYAL ORLEANS; 2023 March - 15; Louis St, New Orleans.

Langley C, King R. Digital papillary adenocarcinoma: a rare and often overlooked acral malignancy Presented at The 26th Joint meeting of the International Society of Dermatopathology; 2023 March - 15; New Orleans.

Karadsheh S, Nodit L, Shorman M. A rare case of disseminated cryptococcosis involving the adrenal glands in an immunocompetent patient Presented at Southern Regional Meeting 2023; 2023 Feburary - 2; New Orleans.

Hurley MS, Baker M, Reed R, Orucevic A, Lewis J, Kilgore L, Young Y. Rare presentation of primary mucinous adenocarcinoma, mammary type of the vulva Presented at SoutEastern Surgical Congress 2023 Annual Meeting ; 2023 Feburary - 11; Savannah.

Reed RK, Sneed GM. Unusual Presentation of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm with Marked Colonization/Fistulization of the Duodenal Mucosa and Common Bile Duct in an 81 Year-Old Male. Presented at CAP 22 Annual Meeting; 2022 October-7; New Orleans, Louisiana.

Bach KM, Orucevic A, Duncan LD. Case Study of Low-Grade Mucinous Carcinoma Peritonei Metastatic to an Axillary Lymph Node. Presented at 2022 College of American Pathologists Annual Meeting; 2022 October-8; New Orleans, Louisiana.

Collins GL, Sauls RS, Vaughan JW, Nodit L. Pancreatic Lymphoma FNA: a Diagnostic Challenge. Presented at College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting ; 2022 October-8; New Orleans, Louisiana.

Vagaiwalla K, Enomoto L, Esantis, Faulkner N, Orucevic A. Diagnosis of sarcomatoid adrenal cortical carcinoma in the era of personalized medicine. Presented at College of American Pathologists Meeting, Annual 2022 meeting; 2022 October-11; New Orleans, LA.

Scheiderer AN. A Contemporary Clinicopathologic Analysis of Primary Sarcomas of the Perinephric Soft Tissue and Hilar Vessels including a Subset Secondarily Involving the Kidney. Presented at United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology’s Annual Meeting; 2023 March - 11; Los Angeles, CA.