The Department of Pathology

Scholarly Activity

Current Publications

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.

Collins GL, Hubbard EW, Clark CT, Duncan LD, Nodit L.
Cytologic analysis of vitreous fluids: A retrospective review of our 24 years of experience. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2021 Aug 3. [Epub ahead of print]

Allen C, Nodit L.
Diagnostic challenges in fine-needle aspiration of a jaw lesion. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2021 Aug 31. [Epub ahead of print]

Arroyave A, Nodit L, Clegg D, Russ A.
Forty-eight-year-old female MUTYH carrier presenting with five concurrent primary cancers. Cancer Reports (Hoboken, N.J.). 2021 Jun 26:e1455. [Epub ahead of print]

Scheiderer AN, Shachner TR, Rains AW, Heidel RE, Clark CT.
Blasting the myth of predictive INR changes related to plasma transfusion: An academic institution's experience. Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy. 2021 May 4. [Epub ahead of print]

Nodit PG, Snyder DH, Duncan LD, Clark CT.
Solitary scalp nodule-A diagnostic dilemma. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2021 Apr 21. [Epub ahead of print]

Cochrane K, Bell JL, Heidel RE, Orucevic A.
Adenosquamous carcinoma of the breast, an uncommon diagnosis with poor prognosis-Lessons learned from a 12-year analysis of the National Cancer Database. The Breast Journal. 2021 Feb;27(2):165-169. Epub 2021 Jan 22.

Nodit PG, Sneed G, Hubbard EW.
Abundant small blue cells: Challenges in urine cytology interpretation. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2021 Feb 6. [Epub ahead of print]

Alley T, Taylor G, Owens A, Goodin JW, Rasnake N, Daley BJ, Clark CT.
Whole blood administration: Comparison of in vitro platelet function of pressure bag, pressure bag with fluid warming device, and rapid infuser methods. Journal of Trauma Nursing. 2020 Nov/Dec;27(6):351-354.

Vaughan JW, Shi M, Horna P, Olteanu H.
Increased CD200 expression in post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders correlates with an increased frequency of FoxP3(+) regulatory T cells. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. 2020 Aug 14;48:151585. [Epub ahead of print]

Houston KR, Gross AJ, Hudson JW, McCoy JM.
A multidisciplinary approach to synovial chondromatosis of the temporomandibular joint with cranial base involvement: A brief review of the literature and case report. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 2020 May 15. Available in PubMed: Jun 2020. [Epub ahead of print]

Shachner TR, Riedinger E, Grindstaff AD, Bienvenu J, White WM.
Grand rounds: Nested variant urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Urology. 2020 Jun 19. [Epub ahead of print]

Hechler B, Carlson ER, Heidel RE, Fahmy MD, McCoy JM.
Are oral pain and otalgia predictive of perineural invasion in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue? Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 2020 Apr 6. [Epub ahead of print]

Bibb LA, Rash JP, King R.
Malignant circumscribed acral hypokeratosis. JAAD Case Reports. 2020 Mar;6(3):214-216.

Winter RP, King R, Marghoob AA, Radack K.
Dermoscopic description of melanocytic matricoma. Australasian Journal of Dermatology. 2020 Feb;61(1):e77-e78. Epub 2019 Nov 20.

Worth HA, Cochrane K, Aljadir D.
Follicular lymphoma presenting as hyperleucocytosis. BMJ Case Reports. 2020 Jan 21;13(1).

Shachner TR, Nodit L, Hubbard E, Van Meter S.
Improving ROSE: Discrepant touch preparation and histology findings in cytology of renal masses: A 10-year retrospective review. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2019 Oct;47(10):999-1006. Epub 2019 Jun 13.

Whittington EA, Duncan LD, McNally MM.
Pleomorphic undifferentiated aortic sarcoma presenting as persistent endoleak after endovascular aneurysm repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques. 2019 Sep;5(3):294-297.

Orucevic A, Bell JL, King M, McNabb AP, Heidel RE.
Nomogram update based on TAILORx clinical trial results - Oncotype DX breast cancer recurrence score can be predicted using clinicopathologic data. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland). 2019 May 10;46:116-125.

Current Presentations

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 Marh - 11; Los Angeles, CA.

Lohmann J, Rollins M. Rare case of homicide by air gun with bullet embolism. Presented at National Association of Medical Examiners Annual Meeting; 2021 Oct 15-19; West Palm Beach, FL.

Shepherd M, Duncan L, Vaghaiwalla T, Mancini M. Case report of thyroid paraganglioma. Presented at Southeastern Surgical Congress; 2021 Aug 21-24; Atlanta, GA.

McCoy JM. The odontogenic keratocyst past and present: A case series review from UTMCK. Presented at Tennessee Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (Invited Lecture); 2021 Aug 21; Franklin, TN.

Cochrane K, Sneed G. Neurocysticercosis presenting as a metastatic brain lesion. Presented at Society of General Internal Medicine Southern Regional Meeting; 2021 Feb 24-25; Virtual.

Cochrane K, Mileusnic-Polchan D. The identification of unidentified remains. Presented at American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting; 2021 Feb 15-19; Virtual.

Orucevic A, Bell J. Prognostic significance of age, histologic subtype, tumor size and nodal status on breast cancer specific survival of “clinical low risk” grade 1 ER+/HER2- breast carcinoma patients - SEER analysis 2010-2012 Presented at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2020 Dec 8-12; San Antonio, TX.

Cochrane K, Page R. Plaque-like CD34-positive dermal fibroma: A rare spindle cell neoplasm. Presented at The American Society of Dermatopathology 57th Annual Meeting; 2020 Nov 5-11; Virtual.

Scheiderer AN. Rare Presentation of a Primary Choriocarcinoma with Co-existing Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma of the Uterus in a Postmenopausal Woman Presented at College of American Pathologists’ Annual Meeting; 2020 October -10; Virtual.

Cochrane K, Mileusnic-Polchan D. Deadly delays in newborn screening. Presented at National Association of Medical Examiners Annual Meeting; 2020 Oct 16-17; Virtual.

Alley T, Taylor G, Owens A, Goodin JW, Rasnake N, Daley BJ, Clark CT. Comparison of in vitro, cold-stored whole blood platelet function via rapid infuser, pressure bag and hotline methods of administration. Presented at American Association of Blood Banks Annual Meeting; 2020 Oct 3-5; Virtual.

McLaurine T, Cochrane K, Grindstaff A. Left atrial myxoma with peripheral embolization resulting in acute bilateral lower extremity ischemia. Presented at *Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Conference; 2020 Apr 15-18; San Diego, CA.

Cochrane K, Young YD. Pneumoperitonium caused by a deadly mimicker of Crohn's disease. Presented at *Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Conference; 2020 Apr 15-18; San Diego, CA.

Cochrane K, Podar M, Carlson E, Yang Z, Nodit L. Oral microbiome changes associated with oral squamous cell carcinoma and salivary gland tumors. Presented at United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Conference; 2020 Feb 29 - Mar 5; Los Angeles, CA.

Riedinger C, Riley W, Scheiderer A, Heidel E, Orucevic A, Boone J, Kilgore LC, Kimball K. Reading between the lines: The interpretation of IHC staining for MMR proteins and its effect on clinical decision making in endometrial cancer. Presented at *Society of Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer; 2020 Mar 28-31; Toronto, Canada.

Cochrane K, Mileusnic-Polchan D. Carbon dioxide asphyxiation due to pulmonary embolism: A case report. Presented at American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Scientific Meeting; 2020 Feb 17-22; Anaheim, CA.

Arroyave A, Beierle S, Van Meter S, Lewis J. Cutaneous melanoma presenting concurrently with appendiceal carcinoid. Presented at Southeastern Surgical Congress; 2020 Feb 8-11; New Orleans, LA.

McCoy J. American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons: 2019-2020 update . Presented at Tennessee Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Annual Meeting (Invited Lecture); 2020 Jan 11; Cool Springs, TN.

McCoy JM. Prophylactic antibiotic use today. Presented at Anderson County Dental Society (Invited Lecture); 2019 Nov 7; Clinton, TN.

Cochrane K, Oliver W, Mileusnic D. The Great Smoky Mountain wildfires. Presented at National Association of Medical Examiners Annual Meeting; 2019 Oct 18-22; Kansas City, MO.

Lohmann JM, Lochmuller CM. Hairy polyp: A case study at autopsy. Presented at National Association of Medical Examiners Annual Meeting; 2019 Oct 18-22; Kansas City, MO.

McLaurine T, Cochrane K, Grindstaff A. Left atrial myxoma with peripheral embolization resulting in acute bilateral lower extremity ischemia. Presented at Southern Hospital Medicine Conference; 2019 Oct 2-5; New Orleans, LA.

Collins GL, Clark CT, Rains AW. Effectiveness of provider education in reduction of inappropriate plasma transfusion. Presented at American Association of Blood Banks Annual Meeting; 2019 Oct 19-22; San Antonio, TX.

LePhong CD, Rains AW, Clark CT. Advantages of dual platelet products for reduction of wastage and increased product availability. Presented at American Association of Blood Banks Annual Meeting; 2019 Oct 19-22; San Antonio, TX.

Worth H, Cochrane K, Aljadir DN. Follicular lymphoma presenting as hyperleukocytosis. Presented at Annual Scientific Meeting of the Tennessee Chapter of the American College of Physicians; 2019 Oct 11-12; Franklin, TN.

Scheiderer AN. Positive antimitochondrial antibodies in patients with no histologic evidence of primary biliary cholangitis on liver biopsy: a rare scenario observed in a series of five patients Presented at College of American Pathologists’ Annual Meeting; 2019 September - 22; National Harbor, MD.

Shachner TR, Grindstaff AD. Intra-abdominal desmoid tumor as the initial presentation of familial adenomatous polyposis. Presented at College of American Pathologists Annual Meeting; 2019 Sep 21-25; Orlando, FL.

Shachner TR, Clark CT. Radiation induced osteosarcoma of the urinary bladder. Presented at College of American Pathologists Annual Meeting; 2019 Sep 21-25; Orlando, FL.

Cochrane K, Sneed G. Cribriform-morular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma with associated familial adenomatous polyposis. Presented at College of American Pathologists Annual Meeting; 2019 Sep 21-25; Orlando, FL.

Scheiderer AN, Orucevic A. Positive antimitochondrial antibodies in patients with no histologic evidence of primary biliary cholangitis on liver biopsy: A rare scenario observed in a series of five patients. Presented at College of American Pathologists Annual Meeting; 2019 Sep 21-25; Orlando, FL.

Riedinger CJ, Riley WL, Scheiderer A, Orucevic A, Kimball KJ. Universal endometrial tumor testing is superior to clinical and age restricted tumor testing for the identification of Lynch syndrome. Presented at American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Districts IV, VII & XI Annual Meeting; 2019 Sep 27-29; New Orleans, LA.

McCoy J. Ulcerative lesions of the oral and perioral area. Presented at Second District Dental Society (Invited Lecture); 2019 Jul 18; Knoxville, TN.

Cochrane K, Worth H, Mosley J, Young Y. Transformation of myelodysplastic syndrome to acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A case report. Presented at 17th International Conference on Cytopathology and Histopathology; 2019 Jul 26-27; Vancouver, Canada.

Cochrane K, Young YD. High-grade carcinoma arising from mature teratoma of the thymus. Presented at Canadian Association of Pathologists Annual Meeting; 2019 Jun 22-26; Niagara Falls, Canada.

Baveja S, Heidel E, Turner JF, Nodit L. Lymph nodes in lung cancer patients with granulomatous disease: To be or not to be metastasis. Presented at American Thoracic Society International Conference; 2019 May 17-22; Dallas, TX.

Scheiderer AN. MSH6 mismatch repair protein immunohistochemical expression in endometrial cancer and Lynch syndrome: an academic institution 5-year experience Presented at College of American Pathologists’ Annual Meeting; 2018 October - 22; Chicago, IL.