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Puja Kumari Puri

Puja Kumari Puri

Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology
Pathology
puja.puri@duke.edu
Rm. Davison Bldg., Box 3712, Med. Ctr., Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Statistical analysis of the concordance of immunohistochemical stains with the final diagnosis in spitzoid neoplasms.

Journal Article Am J Dermatopathol · February 2011 INTRODUCTION: The classification of spitzoid melanocytic tumors can be difficult, and pathologists rely on both histological features and clinical information to arrive at a diagnosis. We proposed that an immunohistochemical panel could be useful in classi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis diagnosed via skin biopsy.

Journal Article J Clin Neurosci · December 2010 We aim to report that skin biopsy, a non-invasive test by neurological standards, may lead to a diagnosis. A 4-year-old male presented with a 2-year history of epilepsy and progressive developmental regression. The patient had a mildly elevated ammonia lev ... Full text Link to item Cite

CD4/CD8 double negative pagetoid reticulosis: a case report and literature review.

Journal Article J Cutan Pathol · April 2010 Featured Publication Pagetoid reticulosis is an indolent primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. It typically presents as a solitary and slowly growing patch or plaque on the extremity, histologically characterized by an acanthotic epidermis infiltrated with atypical lymphocytes. H ... Full text Link to item Cite

Trichothiodystrophy with dysmyelination and central osteosclerosis.

Journal Article AJNR Am J Neuroradiol · January 2010 Trichothiodystrophy (TTD) is a rare group of autosomal recessive disorders of DNA repair unified by the presence of sulfur-deficient brittle hair. We report a 3-year-old boy with classic clinical features of TTD, including ichthyosis, alopecia, development ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neurofibroma with clear cell change.

Journal Article Am J Dermatopathol · July 2009 Featured Publication Cutaneous clear cell proliferations and degenerative change have been seen in a variety of entities including nevi, dermatofibromas, fibrous papules, atypical fibroxanthomas, basal cell carcinomas, and squamous cell carcinomas, to name a few. However, ther ... Full text Link to item Cite

The histopathology of Phthirus pubis.

Journal Article J Cutan Pathol · January 2009 Featured Publication Full text Link to item Cite

Hydroxychloroquine-induced hyperpigmentation: the staining pattern.

Journal Article J Cutan Pathol · December 2008 Featured Publication We report two cases of hydroxychloroquine-induced hyperpigmentation presenting in a 50-year-old Caucasian female (case 1) and a 78-year-old female (case 2), both receiving 400 mg per day. Case 1 had an arthritis predominant undifferentiated connective tiss ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sinonasal carcinoma after irradiation for medulloblastoma in nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome.

Journal Article Am J Otolaryngol · 2007 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS) is associated with multiple basal cell carcinomas, odontogenic cysts, craniofacial anomalies, and childhood medulloblastomas. In addition, it has been associated with irradiation-induced neoplasms in ... Full text Link to item Cite

CNS location of uterine-related neurons revealed by trans-synaptic tracing with pseudorabies virus and their relation to estrogen receptor-immunoreactive neurons.

Journal Article Neuroscience · June 1998 Featured Publication Retrograde, transneuronal tracing with Bartha's strain of pseudorabies virus was used in rats to identify spinal cord, brainstem and hypothalamic loci of uterine-related neurons that could function in the regulation of uterine activity. Based on the premis ... Full text Link to item Cite