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Rajesh Chandra Dash

Professor of Pathology
Pathology
Rm 3426 Duke Hospital South, Duke Box 3712, Durham, NC 27710
Rm 3426 Duke Hospital South, Box 3712 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710

Featured Works


The cancer translational research informatics platform.

Journal article BMC Med Inform Decis Mak · December 24, 2008 Featured Work BACKGROUND: Despite the pressing need for the creation of applications that facilitate the aggregation of clinical and molecular data, most current applications are proprietary and lack the necessary compliance with standards that would allow for cross-ins ... Full text Link to item Cite

Schistosoma haematobium in urine: morphology with ThinPrep method.

Journal article Diagn Cytopathol · October 2007 Featured Work Full text Link to item Cite

Desmoplastic small round cell tumor: using FISH as an ancillary technique to support cytologic diagnosis in an unusual case.

Journal article Diagn Cytopathol · August 2007 Featured Work Desmoplastic small round cell tumor is a rare and aggressive neoplasm that predominantly affects young males. In almost all cases, a reciprocal translocation is present resulting in the fusion of the Ewing sarcoma gene with the Wilms' tumor gene. Here we d ... Full text Link to item Cite

The value of fluorescence in situ hybridization and polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma by fine-needle aspiration.

Journal article Arch Pathol Lab Med · December 2004 Featured Work CONTEXT: Molecular genetic analyses have been predicted to improve the diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle aspiration of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. OBJECTIVE: To determine the value of routine molecular genetic assays, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and ... Full text Link to item Cite

A gammaGT-AT1A receptor transgene protects renal cortical structure in AT1 receptor-deficient mice.

Journal article Physiol Genomics · August 11, 2004 Featured Work To understand the physiological role of angiotensin type 1 (AT(1)) receptors in the proximal tubule of the kidney, we generated a transgenic mouse line in which the major murine AT(1) receptor isoform, AT(1A), was expressed under the control of the P1 port ... Full text Link to item Cite

Lymphomas and high-grade astrocytomas: comparison of water diffusibility and histologic characteristics.

Journal article Radiology · July 2002 Featured Work PURPOSE: To determine if water diffusivity within lymphomas and high-grade astrocytomas correlates with cellularity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Echo-planar diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images obtained in 11 patients with brain lymphomas (19 lesio ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fine-needle aspiration findings in idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis.

Journal article Diagn Cytopathol · July 1999 Featured Work Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRF) is an inflammatory and fibrosing process that can be complicated by periureteral encasement, ureteral obstruction, and subsequent renal failure if left untreated. Unfortunately, treatment is often delayed due to th ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fine-needle aspiration cytology of "ancient" schwannoma.

Journal article Diagn Cytopathol · May 1999 Featured Work The term "ancient" schwannoma was proposed for a group of neural tumors showing degenerative changes and marked nuclear atypia. Prior to the realization that the observed atypia was a regressive phenomenon, many of these lesions were erroneously diagnosed ... Full text Link to item Cite

Malignant supratentorial ganglioglioma (ganglion cell-giant cell glioblastoma): a case report and review of the literature.

Journal article Arch Pathol Lab Med · April 1999 Featured Work BACKGROUND: From both epidemiologic and pathologic viewpoints, gangliogliomas exhibiting components of giant cell glioblastomas are extraordinary neoplasms. We report herein the case of a 6-year-old girl who presented initially with a World Health Organiza ... Full text Link to item Cite