SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME   Sunday, September 7, 2003 08.30-10.00 Gallus Hall - GD CUTANEOUS MESENCHYMAL TUMOURS - AN UPDATE (Sy1) Chairpersons: A.P. Dei Tos (Treviso, Italy), V. Ninfo (Padua, Italy), J. Lamovec (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 08.30-08.50 UPDATE IN CUTANEOUS VASCULAR TUMOURS E. Calonje (London, UK) 08.50-09.10 SELECTED CUTANEOUS “FIBROHISTIOCYTIC” TUMOURS: PLEXIFORM FIBROHISTIOCYTIC TUMOUR, ANGIOMATOID FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA, ATYPICAL FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA M.E. McMenamin (Dublin, Ireland) 09.10-09.30 CUTANEOUS NEURAL NEOPLASMS: AN UPDATE T. Mentzel (Friedrichshafen, Germany) 09.30-09.50 HIGH GRADE (NOT SO HIGH) CUTANEOUS SARCOMAS A.P. Dei Tos (Treviso, Italy) 09.50-10.00 DISCUSSION Sunday, September 7, 2003 08.30-10.00 Linhart Hall - LD RISK FACTORS IN SMALL B-CELL LYMPHOMAS (Sy2) Chairpersons: M.A. Piris (Madrid, Spain), H.K. Müller-Hermelink (Würzburg, Germany) 08.30-08.50 MOLECULAR PORTRAITS OF SMALL B-CELL LYMPHOMAS A. Rosenwald (Bethesda, USA) 08.50-09.10 CYTOMORPHOLOGIC, IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL, AND CYTOGENETIC PROFILES OF FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA G. Ott (Würzburg, Germany) 09.10-09.30 NUMBERS OF MIB 1 POSITIVE CELLS PREDICT SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA J.H.J.M. van Krieken (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) 09.30-09.50 PREDICTING CLINICAL OUTCOME IN B-CELL LYMPHOMAS. THE LONG ROAD FROM THE COMPUTER TO THE CLINICAL DECISIONS M.A. Piris (Madrid, Spain) 09.50-10.00 DISCUSSION Sunday, September 7, 2003 08.30-10.00 Štih Hall - ŠD   APPLICATIONS OF IN SITU HYBRIDISATION AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY IN TUMOUR PATHOLOGY (SSy1) organised by VENTANA Medical Systems S.A. Chairperson: M. Pignatelli (Bristol, UK) 08.30-09.00 IN SITU HYBRIDISATION AND THE SURGICAL PATHOLOGIST K. Cooper (Burlington, USA) 09.00-09.30 DETECTION OF HPV IN CIN AND CERVICAL CANCER S. Herrington (Liverpool, UK) 09.30-10.00 APPLICATIONS OF LARGE SCALE AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY IN TUMOUR PATHOLOGY P. Quirke (Leeds, UK) Sunday, September 7, 2003 08.30-10.00 Kosovel Hall - KD UPDATE ON VIRAL AND ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS (Sy3) Chairpersons: P. Bedossa (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), H. Denk (Graz, Austria) 08.30-08.50 PATHOGENESIS OF ALCOHOLIC AND NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS K. Zatloukal (Graz, Austria) 08.50-09.10 INCLUSION BODY DISEASES OF THE LIVER: HOW THE CELL DEALS WITH ABNORMAL PROTEINS H. Denk (Graz, Austria) 09.10-09.30 DYNAMIC OF FIBROSIS IN CHRONIC VIRAL HEPATITIS: PROGRESSION AND REGRESSION P. Bedossa (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France) 09.30-09.50 MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF LIVER CARCINOGENESIS IN CHRONIC HEPATITIS A. Tannapfel (Leipzig, Germany) 09.50-10.00 DISCUSSION Sunday, September 7, 2003 08.30-10.00 Conference Room – E1 LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE LESIONS OF THE HEAD AND NECK REGION (SC1) Chairpersons: S.B. Kapadia (Hershey, USA), J. Jančar (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 08.30-08.35 INTRODUCTION S.B. Kapadia (Hershey, USA) 08.35-08.55 HIV-ASSOCIATED WALDEYER'S RING LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA S.B. Kapadia (Hershey, USA) 08.55-09.15 WALDEYER'S RING LYMPHOMAS A. Chott (Vienna, Austria) 09.15-09.35 SINONASAL LYMPHOMAS L. Plank (Martin, Slovakia) 09.35-09.55 MALT LYMPHOMA OF SALIVARY GLANDS AND LYMPHOEPITHELIAL SIALADENITIS ASSOCIATED WITH SJÖGREN’S SYNDROME J. Jančar (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 09.55-10.00 CLOSING REMARKS Sunday, September 7, 2003 08.30-10.00 Conference Room - E2 Free Paper Session FP1: PAEDIATRIC PATHOLOGY Chairperson: R. Kodet (Prague, Czech Republic) 08.30-08.40 O-001 Congenital tumours at foetal and neonatal autopsies during 17-years period M. Kos, L. Hlupić (Zagreb, Croatia) 08.40-08.50 O-002 Potential prognostic value of the expression of P-glycoprotein in chosen solid tumours of childhood J. Kobos, K. Taran (Lodz, Poland) 08.50-09.00 O-003 c-kit protein expression as a poor prognostic factor in human neuroblastoma S. Uccini, U. Pauser, T. Andreano, S. Bosco, R. Boldrini, P. Natali, H.P. McDowell, G. Kokai, A. Clerico, C. Dominici (Rome, Italy) 09.00-09.10 O-004 Congenital hepatic fibrosis with liver failure in an infant E. Wichrzycka-Lancaster, J.A. Targonski, K.M. Gaire, I.B.J. Targonska (Umtata, South Africa) 09.10-09.20 O-005 Neurologic disorders in children patients with scoliosis O. Dmitrikova, S.M. Maximova (Makeevka, Ukraine) 09.20-09.30 O-006 Integrated optical density and nuclear volume in Down syndrome D. Mihailovic, Z. Mijovic, B. Djordjevic (Nis, Serbia and Montenegro) 09.30-09.40 O-007 Comparison of Giemsa staining and immunohistochemical staining for the detection of Helicobacter pylori infection in gastric biopsies of urea breath test negative and positive paediatric patients D. Orhan, A. Bulun, M. Çadlar (Ankara, Turkey) 09.40-09.50 O-008 Neuronal intestinal malformations in children – A review of 288 biopsy cases M. Skender-Gazibara, D. Cvetkovic-Dozic, S. Dozic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) 9.50-10.00 O-009 Placental villi maldevelopment and intrauterine hypoxia I. Voloshchuk, Y. Gorbatcheva, N. Buchulaeva, E. Lukyanova (Moscow, Russian Federation) Sunday, September 7, 2003 10.30-12.00 Gallus Hall - GD ADVANCES IN DIAGNOSTIC GASTROINTESTINAL PATHOLOGY (Sy4) Chairpersons: T. Kirchner (Erlangen, Germany), J.H.J.M. van Krieken (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) 10.30-10.55 DIAGNOSTIC PATHOLOGY FOR ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION OF CARCINOMAS IN THE UPPER GI-TRACT M. Stolte (Bayreuth, Germany) 10.55-11.15 ROLE OF PATHOLOGIST IN QUALITY CONTROL FOR SURGERY OF RECTAL CANCER J.H.J.M. van Krieken (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) 11.15-11.40 IMPLICATIONS OF MOLECULAR KNOWLEDGE FOR DIAGNOSTIC PATHOLOGY OF GI-TUMOURS M. Pignatelli (Bristol, UK) 11.40-12.00 ALLERGY-ASSOCIATED COLITIS – A NEW ENTITY? T. Kirchner, S. Müller (Erlangen, Germany)   Sunday, September 7, 2003 10.30-12.00 Linhart Hall – LD   WHO CLASSIFICATION OF TUMOURS OF THE FEMALE GENITAL TRACT - DISCUSSION OF SELECTED AREAS BY PARTICIPANTS AT THE LYON MEETING (SC2) Chairpersons: S. Lax (Graz, Austria), F.A. Tavassoli (Washington, USA) 10.30-10.50 OVERVIEW F.A. Tavassoli (Washington, USA) 10.50-11.05 ENDOMETRIUM S. Lax (Graz, Austria) 11.05-11.20 CERVIX C. Bergeron (Cergy Pontoise, France) 11.20-11.35 SEROUS BORDERLINE TUMOURS OF THE OVARY – A 2003 UPDATE M. Dietel (Berlin, Germany) 11.35-11.50 OVARY – NON-EPITHELIAL TUMOURS E. Mooney (Dublin, Ireland) 11.50-12.00 DISCUSSION Sunday, September 7, 2003 10.30-12.00 Kosovel Hall - KD   CRESCENTIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, THE KIDNEY IN SYSTEMIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES AND VASCULITIDES (SC3) Chairpersons: J.C. Jennette (Chapel Hill, USA), J.A. Bruijn (Leiden, The Netherlands) 10.30-10.50 CRESCENTIC (EXTRACAPILLARY) GLOMERULONEPHRITIS: AN OVERVIEW J.C. Jennette (Chapel Hill, USA) 10.50-11.10 RENAL INVOLVEMENT IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS J.A. Bruijn (Leiden, The Netherlands) 11.10-11.30 RENAL INVOLVEMENT IN ANCA SMALL VESSEL VASCULITIS I. Bajema (Leiden, The Netherlands) 11.30-11.50 THE VALUE OF PATHOLOGIC FINDINGS IN DIRECTING THE TREATMENT OF CRESCENTIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS AND VASCULITIS E.C. Hagen (Amersfoort, The Netherlands) 11.50-12.00 DISCUSSION Sunday, September 7, 2003 10.30-12.00 Štih Hall - ŠD PLEOMORPHIC SARCOMAS (SC4) Chairpersons: J.-M. Coindre (Bordeaux, France), L. Guillou (Lausanne, Switzerland) 10.30-11.00 MIMICS OF PLEOMORPHIC SARCOMAS N. de Saint-Aubain Somerhausen (Brussels, Belgium) 11.00-11.30 PLEOMORPHIC SARCOMAS OF THE RETROPERITONEUM J.-M. Coindre (Bordeaux, France) 11.30-12.00 OTHER PLEOMORPHIC SARCOMAS L. Guillou (Lausanne, Switzerland) Sunday, September 7, 2003 10.30-12.00 Conference Room – E1 CLINICAL CYTOMETRY (Sy5) Chairpersons: J.P.A. Baak (Stavanger, Norway), G.S. Delides (Heraklion, Greece) 10.30-10.50 DNA PLOIDY IS ESSENTIAL FOR ACCURATE THERAPY PLANNING IN EARLY OVARIAN CANCER AND BORDERLINE TUMOURS V.M. Abeler (Oslo, Norway) 10.50-11.10 MALIGNANCY ASSOCIATED CHANGES AND THEIR USE IN DETECTING EARLY CANCER OF THE LUNG AND OTHER TISSUE SITES B. Palcic (Vancouver, Canada) 11.10-11.30 PREDICTIVE VALUE OF SPECIFIC CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS IN NODE-NEGATIVE INVASIVE BREAST CANCERS E. Janssen (Stavanger, Norway) 11.30-11.50 IDENTIFICATION OF LOW- AND HIGH-RISK EARLY CIN LESIONS BY HPV, MIB-1 IMMUNOQUANTITATION AND CELL-MOLECULAR METHODS J.P.A. Baak (Stavanger, Norway) 11.50-12.00 GENERAL DISCUSSION Sunday, September 7, 2003 10.30-12.00 Conference Room - E2 Free Paper Session FP2: MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY Chairpersons: A. Cavazzana (Pisa, Italy) 10.30-10.40 O-010 SAGE profile and MLh5/MSh5 expression in colorectal adenocarcinomas: correlation with the tumor phenotype S.J. Diaz-Cano, J.J. Jimenez-Martin, J.J. Sanchez-Carrillo, B. Cabra, M.T. Miranda, A. Blanes (London, UK) 10.40-10.50 O-011 Molecular analysis of hereditary hemochromatosis G. Weirich, R. Langer, H. Nina, N. Jörg, H. Hoefler (Munich, Germany) 10.50-11.00 O-012 p63 expression pattern in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity A. Gaiba, A. Pession, R. Cocchi, M.G. Pennesi, G.P. Frezza, M.P. Foschini (Bologna, Italy) 11.00-11.10 O-013 The synthetic ligand of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma ciglitazone affects viability, proliferation and apoptosis in human glioblastoma cell lines N. Vavrusova, J. Ehrmann, Z. Kolar (Olomouc, Czech Republic) 11.10-11.20 O-014 Evaluation of real-time quantitative RT-PCR as diagnostic tool for the detection of carcinoma cells in routinely paraffin-embedded sentinel lymph nodes from various cancer patients C.J. Haas, H. Starz, T. Wagner, F. Wawroschek, H. Arnholdt (Augsburg, Germany) 11.20-11.30 O-015 Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical carcinoma: Physical state of HPV DNA and HPV oncogenic expression A.K. Lie, I. Kraus, T. Molden, H. Skomedal, G. Kristensen, R. Holm (Oslo, Norway) 11.30-11.40 O-016 A comprehensive human disease bank for functional genomics D. Zauner, K. Zatloukal, H. Denk (Graz, Austria) 11.40-11.50 O-017 Withdrawn 11.50-12.00 O-018 Male microchimerism in fetal, infantile and female liver: role of pregnancy in hepatocyte microchimerism C. Guettier, S. Mylene, F. Dominique, G. Michele, O.S. Martine, K. Rachid, R. Michel, S. Didier, F. Cyrille Feray (Paris, France) Sunday, September 7, 2003 12.15-13.00 Gallus Hall - GD Symeonidis Lecture (SL) Chairperson: G. Bussolati (Turin, Italy) IN BETWEEN THE LINES - SINS AND FOIBLES OF PATHOLOGY WRITINGS J. Rosai (Milan, Italy) Sunday, September 7, 2003 13.10-14.20 Štih Hall - ŠD EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FISH APPLICATIONS (SSy2) Organised by ABBOTT Diagnostics G. Sauter (Basel, Switzerland) J.M.S. Bartlett (Glasgow, UK) Sunday, September 7, 2003 14.30-16.30 Linhart Hall - LD LYMPHADENOPATHIES MIMICKING MALIGNANT LYMPHOMA (SS1) Chairpersons: H.K. Müller-Hermelink (Würzburg, Germany), J. Jančar (Ljubljana, Slovenia) S.C. Peh (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) H. Ioachim (New York, USA) J. Diebold (Paris, France) J. Jančar (Ljubljana, Slovenia) H.K. Müller-Hermelink (Würzburg, Germany) Sunday, September 7, 2003 14.30-16.30 Kosovel Hall - KD   BENIGN MESENCHYMAL NEOPLASMS THAT LOOK MALIGNANT, AND MALIGNANT MESENCHYMAL NEOPLASMS THAT LOOK BENIGN (SS3) Chairpersons: R. Sciot (Leuven, Belgium), T. Mentzel (Friedrichshafen, Germany) K. Cooper (Burlington, USA) A. Folpe (Atlanta, USA) M. Michal (Plzen, Czech Republik) C. Kuhnen (Bochum, Germany) N. de Saint Aubain Somerhausen (Brussels, Belgium) S.J. Nayler (Johannesburg, South Africa) Sunday, September 7, 2003 14.30-16.30 Štih Hall - ŠD SELECTED CASES IN GYNAECOLOGIC PATHOLOGY (SS2) SLIDE SEMINAR UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ISGYP Chairpersons: M. Wells (Sheffield, UK), B. Czernobilsky (Ness – Ziona, Israel) B. Czernobilsky (Ness – Ziona, Israel) S. Manek (Oxford, UK) E. Oliva (Boston, USA) C.D. Scopa (Patras, Greece) M. Wells (Sheffield, UK) Sunday, September 7, 2003 14.30-16.30 Conference Room – E1 COMMON LUNG AND PLEURAL TUMOURS (SS4) Chairpersons: P. Hasleton (Manchester, UK), J. Ramirez (Barcelona, Spain) L. Johansson (Lund, Sweden) P. Pääkkö (Oulu, Finland) L. Burke (Cork, Ireland) A. Cavazza (Reggio Emilia, Italy) R. Attanoos (Cardiff, UK) Sunday, September 7, 2003 14.30-16.30 Conference Room – M1 FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY (SS5) Chairpersons: E. Tani (Stockholm, Sweden), L. Skoog (Stockholm, Sweden) Ž. Pohar-Marinšek (Ljubljana, Slovenia) G. Kocjan (London, UK) Ph. Vielh (Paris, France) W. Olszewski (Warsaw, Poland) Sunday, September 7, 2003 14.30-16.30 Conference Room - E2 Free Paper Session FP3: NEPHROPATHOLOGY Chairpersons: V. Nickeleit (Chapel Hill, USA), M. Ščukanec-Špoljar (Zagreb, Croatia) 14.30-14.40 O-019 The role of proximal tubular cells in macrophage migration and crescent formation L. Grcevska, G. Petrusevska, M. Polenakovic, S. Dzikova (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) 14.40-14.50 O-020 NCAM expression on renal interstitial cells: a marker for renal progenitors? J. Markovic-Lipkovski, C. Müller, G. Klein, T. Klatt, H. Wessels, S. Blaschke, G. Müller (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) 14.50-15.00 O-021 Development of intrinsic innervation in human fetal kidney D. Tiniakos, S. Stavrakis, V. Anagnostou, D. Karandrea, E. Agapitos, C. Kittas (Athens, Greece) 15.00-15.10 O-022 Analysis of chimerism in human renal transplant biopsies by fluorescent in-situ hybridisation (FISH) and laser-microdissection based RT-PCR (LM - RT-PCR) J.W.U. Fries, A. Awlakpui, T. Roth, H.P. Dienes, M. Weber, W. Arns (Koeln, Germany) 15.10-15.20 O-023 Unique congenital glomerulopathy in a child with suspected Ehlers-Danlos syndrome J. Stejskal, K. Vondrak, Z. Vančíková, E. Seemanová (Prague, Czech Republic) 15.20-15.30 O-024 Chronic renal thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) following radiation: study of 5 cases S. Guymar, J. Lebleu, J.M. Trawale, D. Droz (Maubeuge, France) 15.30-15.40 O-025 Expression of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CDKI) in human mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis: their role in mesangial cell proliferation (morphometric study) A. Wozniak, E. Kaczmarek, W. Salwa-Zurawska, J. Zurawski (Poznan, Poland) 15.40-15.50 O-026 Thin-basement-membrane nephropathy (TBMNP): global and segmental types B. Iványi, R. Pap, Z. Ondrik, G. Abraham, S. Sonkodi, E. Kemeny (Szeged, Hungary) 15.50-16.00 O-027 Simultaneous quantitative gene expression analysis in human renal biopsies in patients with lupus nephritis (LGN) J. Jeruc, D. Ferluga, A. Vizjak, T. Roth, B. Rozman, H.P. Dienes, J.W.U. Fries (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 16.00-16.10 O-028 Haemorrhagic glomerulonephritis (GN) and massive pulmonary haemorrhage in Goodpasture syndrome - unique case report T.M. Perković, V. Gorjup, A. Vizjak, D. Ferluga (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 16.10-16.20 O-029 Progressive diffuse proliferative and crescentic recurrent IgA glomerulonephritis (GN) in transplanted kidney V. Jurčić, A. Vizjak, S. Kaplan-Pavlovčič, D. Ferluga (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 16.20-16.30 O-030 Collapsing variant of FSGS associated with interferon-αlpha treatment for hepatitis B infection B. Cizman, J.E. Tomaszewski (Philadelphia, USA) Sunday, September 7, 2003 17.00-18.30 Linhart Hall - LD   ADVANCES IN AGGRESSIVE LYMPHOMAS (Sy6) Chairperson: H. Stein (Berlin, Germany) 17.00-17.30 CLASSIFICATION AND BIOLOGY OF AGGRESSIVE B-CELL LYMPHOMAS H. Stein (Berlin, Germany) 17.30-17.50 PRIMARY MEDIASTINAL LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA: AN UPDATE Ph. Gaulard (Créteil, France) 17.50-18.10 PLASMABLASTIC LYMPHOMA: IS IT AN ENTITY? I. Anagnostopoulos (Berlin, Germany) 18.10-18.30 T-CELL HISTIOCYTE-RICH LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA (TCHRLBCL) M.A. Piris (Madrid, Spain) Sunday, September 7, 2003 17.00-18.30 Kosovel Hall - KD CURRENT CONCEPTS IN CARCINOGENESIS (Sy7) Chairperson: F.T. Bosman (Lausanne, Switzerland) 17.00-17.30 TELOMERES, TELOMERASE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CANCER P. Bedossa (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France) 17.30-18.00 TUMOUR CELLS AND THE STROMA: TEAMING UP V.-P. Lehto (Helsinki, Finland) 18.00-18.30 GENE METHYLATION IN CANCER DEVELOPMENT P. Chaubert (Lausanne, Switzerland) Sunday, September 7, 2003 17.00-18.30 Štih Hall - ŠD SELECTED TOPICS IN TUBULOINTERSTITIAL RENAL DISEASES (Sy8) Chairpersons: D. Ferluga (Ljubljana, Slovenia), L.C. Racusen (Baltimore, USA) 17.00-17.20 OVERVIEW OF PATHOGENESIS OF TUBULOINTERSTITIAL RENAL DISEASE S.V.Seshan (New York, USA) 17.20-17.30 TUBULOINTERSTITIAL IMMUNE DEPOSITS IN RENAL DISEASES A. Vizjak (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 17.30-17.50 DRUG-INDUCED TUBULOINTERSTITIAL DISEASE L.C. Racusen (Baltimore, USA) 17.50-18.10 BALKAN ENDEMIC NEPHROPATHY D. Ferluga (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 18.10-18.30 ARISTOLOCHIC ACID (FORMERLY CHINESE HERBS) NEPHROPATHY J.-P. Cosyns (Brussels, Belgium) Sunday, September 7, 2003 17.00-18.30 Conference Room – E1 ENDOCRINE PATHOLOGY AND PAEDIATRICS (Sy9) Chairpersons: R.R. de Krijger (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), J.-C. Fournet (Paris, France) 17.00-17.10 INTRODUCTION OF THE SUBJECT AND SPEAKERS R.R. de Krijger (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) 17.10-17.30 THE PATHOLOGY OF PRE-CLINICAL MEDULLARY THYROID CARCINOMA M. Ashworth (Liverpool, UK) 17.30-17.50 ENDOCRINE TUMOUR SYNDROMES IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD R.R. de Krijger (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)   17.50-18.10 NEONATAL HYPERINSULINISM: TOWARD A MOLECULAR CLASSIFICATION? J.-C. Fournet (Paris, France) 18.10-18.30 FOCAL AND DIFFUSE FORMS OF CONGENITAL HYPERINSULINISM: THE KEYS FOR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS J. Rahier (Brussels, Belgium) Sunday, September 7, 2003 17.00-18.30 Conference Room – M1   SURGICAL PATHOLOGY OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (SC5) Chairpersons: G. Thiene (Padua, Italy), V. Kanjuh (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) 17.00-17.20 BIOPSY PATHOLOGY OF THE AORTA P.J. Gallagher (Southampton, UK) 17.20-17.40 PATHOLOGY UPDATE ON NATIVE VALVES P. Bruneval (Paris, France) 17.40-18.00 THE ENDOMYOCARDIAL BIOPSY: HOW TO HANDLE AND WHAT TO EXPECT U. Baandrup (Aarhus, Denmark) 18.00-18.20 ARTERIAL FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA: THE RANGE OF PRESENTATIONS M. Ashworth (Liverpool, UK) 18.20-18.30 DISCUSSION Sunday, September 7, 2003 17.00-18.30 Conference Room - E2 Free Paper Session FP4: CYTOPATHOLOGY AND MISCELANEOUS Chairpersons: W. Olszewski (Warsaw, Poland), Ž. Pohar-Marinšek (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 17.00-17.10 O-031 Use of TTF-1 in diagnosis of metastatic pulmonary adenocarcinoma in FNAB samples M. Strojan Fležar, I. Srebotnik Kirbiš, J. Lavrenčak (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 17.10-17.20 O-032 Immunoprofile of adenocarcinomas in effusions: a retrospective study of 102 cases M. Smit Cordeiro, L. Martins, M. Mendes de Almeida (Lisboa, Portugal) 17.20-17.30 O-033 Interlaboratory quality control (QC) of PAP smear cytology as a part of the multi-centre trial comparing six optional screening tools in Latin America (The LAMS Study*) M. Branca, M. Eržen, M. Alderisio, A. Longatto-Filho, K. Syrjänen (Rome, Italy) 17.30-17.40 O-039 Cytogenetical findings in a case of non-ossifying fibroma R.G. Forsyth, B. Poppe, K. Verstraete, B. Poffijn, D. Uyttendaele, M. Praet, F. Speleman (Ghent, Belgium) 17.40-17.50 O-035 Rhabdomyosarcoma development in mice lacking p53 and Fos: tumor suppression by the Fos proto-oncogene W. Jochum, A. Fleischmann, R. Eferl, E. Wagner (Zurich, Switzerland) 17.50-18.00 O-036 Long-term effect of neonatal monosodium glutamate (MSG) treatment on hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal-thymus axis of rats S. Cekic, M. Filipovic, M. Nesic, O. Dimitrijevic, M. Pavlovic, S. Brankovic, M. Ciric (Nis, Serbia and Montenegro) 18.00-18.10 O-037 Development and routine evaluation of the digital histology laboratory P. Gombas, B. Molnar, S. Varga, A. Tagscherer, G. Csendes, V. Kamaras, T. Virag (Budapest, Hungary) 18.10-18.20 O-038 Experiences in the production of digital slides by an automated high-resolution scanner system after automated slide preparation B. Molnar, V. Varga, T. Virag, A. Tagscherer (Budapest, Hungary) 18.20-18.30 O-034 Similar MAC signals in buccal mucosa of breast and lung cancer patients M. Us-Krašovec,  M. Strojan Fležar, J. Eržen, M. Žganec, J. Lavrenčak, A. Doudkine, D. Garner, B. Palcic (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Sunday, September 7, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1   Poster Session PP1: Breast pathology Chairperson: J. Kulka (Budapest, Hungary) P-001 Breast hamartoma: cytologic, pathologic and immunohistochemistry study of 36 cases H. Mehrdad, J. Sandbank, S. Mendlovic, G. Hermann, P. Liokumovich, S. Zahavi, M. Segal, M. Schvimer (Zerifin, Israel) P-002 Basal cell characteristics in breast carcinoma with medullary features (cmf) P.P. Holck, P. Christiansen, S. Holck (Lyngby, Denmark) P-003 Evaluation of margin status in lumpectomy specimens and residual breast carcinoma C. Scopa, P. Aroukatos, D. Koumoundourou, C. Aletra (Patras, Greece) P-004 Syringomatous adenoma of the breast S. Stolnicu, S. Mocan, D. Radulescu, E. Horvath, C. Podoleanu , J. Jung (Targu-Mures, Romania) P-005 The role of smooth muscle myosin heavy chain in diagnosing sclerosing adenosis of the breast with an infiltrative pattern J. Richmond, D. Weaver, B. Beatty, K. Cooper (Burlington, VT, USA) P-006 Co-expression of ErbB family members in human breast cancer: Her-2/neu is the preferred dimerization candidate in nodal-positive tumors G. Hudelist, C. Singer, M. Manavi, K. Pischinger, E. Kubista, K. Czerwenka (Vienna, Villach, Austria) P-007 The role of the AP-1 family members c-Fos, FosB, Fra-1 and Fra-2 in the invasion process of breast cancer cells K. Milde-Langosch, B. Aslan, T. Löning, A. Bamberger (Hamburg, Germany) P-008 Immunohistochemical study of estrogen receptors and progesteron receptors in primary breast carcinomas and their axillary lymph node metastases N.H. Aksoy, H.E. Pestereli, S. Karaveli (Antalya, Turkey) P-009 Breast carcinoma in a cancer hospital P. Arapantoni - Dadioti, O. Tzaida, V. Leodara, G. Sotiropoulou, E. Trichia, P.K. Sotirakoglou (Piraeus, Greece) P-010 Aberrant copies of chromosome 16 and X are related with an aggressive phenotype and impaired prognosis of invasive breast tumors L. Nakopoulou, E. Panayotopoulou, I.Giannopoulou, J. Mavrommatis, A. Kapranou, H. Gakiopoulou, S. Markaki, M. Perdiki, A. Keramopoulos (Athens, Greece) P-011 Expression of survivin, bcl-2, p53 and bax in breast carcinoma and ductal intraepitheial neoplasia (DIN 1a) F. Kayaselcuk, T.Z. Nursal, A. Polat, T. Noyan, S. Yildirim, A. Tarim, G. Saydaoglu (Adana, Turkey) P-012 Non malignant and pre malignant lesions in large needle core biopsy of the breast (LNCB) F.J. Andreu, A. Sáez, L.E. Pons, O. Balagué, S. Fernández, C. Dinares, M.A. Cabezuelo, M. Rey (Sabadell, Spain) P-013 Estrogen receptor beta protein expression in invasive breast cancer K. Pavlaki, A. Lazaris, H. Gakiopoulou, E. Panayotopoulou, S. Markaki, I. Giannopoulou, J. Mavrommatis, A. Keramopoulos, L. Nakopoulou (Athens, Greece) P-014 Large needle core biopsy (LNCB) in invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast (ILC) including immunohistochemical expression of E-cadherin (EC) and high molecular weight cytokeratin (CK34ssE12): analysis of results A. Sáez, F.J. Andreu, L.E. Pons, O. Balagué, S. Fernández, C. Dinares, M.A. Cabezuelo, M. Rey (Sabadell, Spain) P-015 Recurrence of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast (DCIS) in a series of 371 patients. A multiinstitutional study S. Fernández, F.J. Andreu, A. Sáez, L.E. Pons, V. Marco, J. Autonell, J. Esquius, I. Roig, T. Soler, E. López (Sabadell, Spain) P-016 HER2 status in breast cancer determined by IHC and FISH: comparison of the results A. Mrozkowiak, Wo. Olszewski, Wl. Olszewski (Warsaw, Poland) Sunday, September 7, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP2: Breast pathology Chairperson: S. Frković-Grazio (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-017 DCIS of the breast with excessive cancerization of the lobules simulating invasive carcinoma B. Nielsen (Randers, Denmark) P-018 Spindle cell tumors of the breast; difficulties in the differential diagnosis F. Staniceanu, S. Zurac, C. Ardeleanu, E. Gramada, G. Micu, S. Simion, F. Ticmeanu (Bucharest, Romania) P-019 Calcitonin receptor down-regulation in breast cancer. Quantitative analysis of gene expression with laser capture microdissection X. Wang, N. Misa, I. Mori, K. Takeda, Y. Nakamura, H. Utsunomiya, G. Yoshimura, T. Sakurai, K. Kakudo (Wakayama, Japan) P-020 Effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on HER 2 status in patients with breast carcinoma S. Popovska, T. Betova (Pleven, Bulgaria) P-021 The microvessel density in female breast cancer among younger and older age groups Z. Dobrosz, D. Gołka, J. Pająk, P. Właszczuk, M. Wilk (Katowice, Poland) P-022 Assessment of telepathological frozen section diagnosis of sentinel lymph node of breast cancer I. Mori, X. Wang, T. Suzuma, G. Yoshimura, T. Sakurai, K. Kakudo (Wakayama, Japan) P-023 Pigmented mammary Paget disease in a 65 year old man - a case report A.R. Monsef Esfahani (Hamedan, Islamic Republic of Iran) P-024 Frozen section evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer B. Stojiljkovic, A. Golubovic, A. Plzak, Z. Radovanovic, A. Opacic, B. Guduric, M. Breberina, M. Kostov (Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro) P-025 Correlation of histologic prognostic factors in core biopsies and in surgical excisions of breast lesions M.G. Cattani, M.C. Cucchi, G. Saguatti, G. Baruzzi (Bologna, Italy) P-026 Expression of MCP-1 mRNA and macrophage infiltrates in invasive breast carcinoma D. Fučkar, T. Valković, M. Hasan, S. Štifter, K. Matušan, N. Jonjić (Rijeka, Croatia) P-027 Comparison of mitotic index, growth fraction (evaluated by Ki-67), ER, PR, cathepsin D, p53, and Bcl-2 status between primary breast cancer and corresponding axillary metastatic sites B. Dmitrovic, J. Kristek, S. Kurbel (Osjek, Croatia) P-028 Basaloid breast carcinoma with pleomorphic lipoblast-like giant cells and neuroendocrine differentiation J.S. Reis-Filho, L.G. Fulford, S.R. Lakhani (London, UK) P-029 Collagenous spherulosis arising in an adenomyoepithelioma of the breast: a hitherto unrecognised association J.S. Reis-Filho, L.G. Fulforf, B. Crebassa, S. Charpentier, S.R. Lakhani (London, UK) P-030 Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the breast E.Ü. Akyildiz, I. lvan, Z. Calay (Istanbul, Turkey) P-031 Comparative evaluation of DNA-ploidy and survival rate of patients with breast cancer E. Karbova, E. Kanchev, P. Kolova, M. Bruckner, B. Manevska (Varna, Bulgaria) P-032 Hypercholesterolemia impairs angiogenesis in patients with breast carcinoma and therefore lowers the risk of metastasis B.H. Ozdemir, Z. Akcah (Ankara, Turkey) Sunday, September 7, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP3: Breast pathology Chairperson: J. Lamovec (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-033 Use of CD10 antibody as a marker of myoepithelial cells in breast lesions M. Iglesias, J.M. Corominas, J. Lloreta, V. Baena, L. Pijuan, A. Munne, P. Garcia, T. Baro, S. Serrano (Barcelona, Spain) P-034 p63 expression in benign and malignant breast lesions A. Nonni, D. Stefanou, A. Batistatou, E. Arkoumani, N.J. Agnantis (Ioannina, Greece) P-035 Prediction of aggressive outcome in T1N0M0 breast cancer P. Kronqvist, T. Kuopio, H. Helenius, I. Parvinen, L. Kauhava, P. Immonen-Räihä, L. Pylkkänen, P. Klemi (Turku, Finland) P-036 Detection of overexpression of c-erbB-2 through immunohistochemical and amplification of her2/neu established by fish in breast cancer. A comparative study I.Roig Quilis, I. Jurado, C. Rovira, M. Culubret, F. Rojo (Barcelona, Spain) P-037 Expression of p53, p21waf1/cip1, p27kip1 and p34cdc2 in human breast cancers and its prognostic implications D.H. Kim, C.G. Park, J.H. Baik, D.W. Kang, E.K. Kim, J.E. Joo, W.M. Lee, K.H. Kim, J.H. Kim, M.J. Park (Daejeon, Korea) P-038 Withdrawn P-039 Interobserver variability in determination of HER2-protein overexpression by immunohistochemistry using Herceptest assay - 100 cases study Wo. Olszewski, A. Mrozkowiak, Wl. Olszewski (Warsaw, Poland) P-040 A morphometric analysis of early invasive breast carcinoma using serial sectioning and 3D reconstruction technique M. Endoh, T. Moriya, M. Yang, M. Oguma, C. de la Cruz, K. Sakamoto, M. Watanabe, H. Sasano (Sendai, Japan) P-041 Withdrawn P-042 Does breast phyllodes tumour harbour c-kit mutations? S. Carvalho, A. Oliveira e Silva, F. Milanezi, S. Ricardo, D. Leitao, I. Amendoeira, F. Schmitt (Porto, Portugal) P-043 Expression of cyclin D1 in ductal breast carcinoma: relationship with histological parameters and estrogen receptors E. Mustać, G. Dordević, N. Jonjić, V. Licul (Rijeka, Croatia) P-044 c-erbB-2 overexpression  in breast cancer with negative lymph nodes C. Ardeleanu, F. Andrei, M. Ceausu, D. Terzea, V. Comanescu, C. Dobrea, M. Neagu, C. Iosif, M.Mihai, F. Halalau (Bucharest, Romania) P-045 Aspiration cytology of the breast with or without ultrasound guidance. Quality control M.A. Chaves, A. Nieto, A. Torroba, A. Giménez, R. Guerao, J. Aguilar, M. Martínez (Murcia, Spain) P-046 Ultrastructural study of intercellular junctions in metastatic and non-metastatic breast cancer M.B. Puchau, E. Melo, J. Lloreta, L. Ferrer, L. Pijuan, S. Boluda, M. Iglesias, J.M. Corominas, S. Serrano (Barcelona, Spain) P-047 Analysis of the relation between presence of myoepithelial cells in tumour stroma and expression of prognostic indices in tumour cells of ductal breast cancer P. Surowiak, T. Wysocka, P. Dziegiel, A .Wojnar, M. Zabel (Wrocław, Poland) P-048 Immunohistochemical VEGF expression in breast carcinomas. Correlation with prognostic factors A. Matilla, L. Vicioso, L. Pérez, M. Álvarez, I. Ramírez (Málaga, Spain) Sunday, September 7, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP4: Gynaecological pathology Chairperson: F. Nogales Fernandez (Granada, Spain) P-049 Clinical and histopathological parameters as predictors of clinical outcome for patients with vulvar carcinoma A. Blazanovic, S. Dotlic, A. Morovic, M. Milosevic, H. Munivrana, M. Nola (Vinkovci, Croatia) P-050 Can a pleomorphic vulvar leiomyoma be a tumor with local aggressive behavior? A case report M. Mrčela, Z. Topolovec, D. Habek, V. Blažičević (Osijek, Croatia) P-051 Trophoblast apoptosis and proliferation in preeclamptic placentas D. Staribratova, Z. Zaprianov, D. Dikov, V. Sarafian (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) P-052 Placental pathologic features of preeclampsia D. Staribratova, Z. Zaprianov (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) P-053 Versican in epithelial ovarian cancer; relation to hyaluronan, clinicopathological factors and prognosis V.M. Kosma, K. Voutilainen, S. Sillanpää, R. Tammi, M. Tammi, S. Saarikoski, M. Anttila (Tampere, Finland) P-054 Cytobrush-collected malignant cervical epithelial cells display a cancer-specific gene expression pattern in cDNA array analysis G. Hudelist, C. Singer, M. Manavi, K.. Pischinger, E. Kubista, K. Czerwenka (Vienna/Villach, Austria) P-055 Prognostic features and molecular markers in ovarian borderline tumors E. Nistor, A.D. Stanescu, C.D Vrabie, E. Ionica (Bucharest, Romania) P-056 Gonadoblastoma and germ cell tumours of the ovary in childhood and adolescence A. Zuntova, S. Vodickova, L. Teslik, J. Koutecky, D. Sumerauer, M. Bures (Prague, Czech Republic) P-057 Cadherin/Catenin expression in squamous lesions of cervix H.E. Pestereli, G. Erdogan, T. Simsek, H. Gulkesen, S. Karaveli (Antalya, Turkey) P-058 Cadherin/Catenin alterations in squamous cell carcinoma of cervix. Correlation with clinicopathologic variables and Human papilloma virus (HPV) status G. Erdogan, H.E. Pestereli, T. Simsek, G. Zorlu, S. Karaveli (Antalya, Turkey) P-059 Prognostic significance of karyotype analysis in ovarian carcinomas E. Dainese, M.G. Tibiletti, B. Bernasconi, D. Micello, C. Facco, N. Donadello, C. Riva, C. Capella (Varese, Italy) P-060 Behaviour of microinvasive (MIC) squamous and adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix in the light of world literature and experience from our clinic M. Eržen, S. Rakar, M. Čavič, J. Šinkovec, D. Kopač (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-061 AgNOR counts, histological and immunohistochemical characteristics of placenta in preterm delivery with live and dead newborns G. Burkadze, G. Turashvili, N. Meckhvarishvili (Tbilisi, Georgia) P-062 Tumor suppressive function of gelsolin in ovarian carcinoma A. Noske, H. Schober, C. Sers, B. Zhumabayeva, M. Dietel, K. Wiechen (Berlin, Germany) P-063 Steroid cell tumor of the ovary: presentation of two cases I. Lekka, O. Tzaida, V. Leodara, A. Lountou, P. Arapantoni-Dadioti, I. Iakovidou (Piraeus, Greece) P-064 Choriocarcinoma following term pregnancy L. Alfaro, M.J. Roca, A. Froufe, M. Rayon (Valencia, Spain) P-064a (O-074) Clinico-morphological characteristics of leiomyosarcomas of the cervix and uterine body C. Amalinei, D. Radulescu, R. Balan, A. Badescu, C. Cotutiu (Iasi, Romania)     Sunday, September 7, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP5: Gynaecological pathology Chairperson: B. Czernobilsky (Ness-Ziona, Israel) P-065 Role of angiogenesis in uterine leiomyomas treated with GnRH agonists J. Laforga, P. López-Sánchez, I. Aranda, J. Aznar, E. Ortega (Denia, Spain) P-066 Potential prognostic significance of apoptosis related oncogenes: p53, bcl-2 and mdm-2 in early stage cervical carcinoma I. Prodanova, G. Yashar, K. Kubelka-Sabit, G. Zogravski, N. Basheska (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) P-067 Malignant potential of dysplastic endocervical epithelium assessed by ploidy status, S-phase fraction and c-myc expression L. Hlupic, S. Jukic, M. Kos, D. Babic (Zagreb, Croatia) P-068 Immunohistochemical expression of c-erbB-2 in early stage cervical carcinoma: correlation with human papillomavirus infection and prognosis N. Basheska, G. Yashar, K. Kubelka-Sabit, I. Prodanova, G. Zografski (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) P-069 Determination of estrogen, progesterone receptor and Ki-67 immunoreactivity in early stage cervical carcinoma: association with human papillomavirus infection and prognosis G. Yashar, I. Prodanova, K. Kubelka-Sabit, G. Zografski, N. Basheska (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) P-070 Immunohistochemical assessment of heat shock protein 70 expression in epithelial ovarian carcinomas: Relationship with apoptotic markers as over-expression of bcl-2 and p53 F. Aktepe, N. Kapucuodlu, F.H. Dilek (Afyon, Turkey) P-071 Endometrial avb3 integrin expression and pinopode formation in women receiving hormone replacement therapy M. Garrido, J. Ordi, M. Creus, B. Ferrer, F. Fabregues, R. Casamitjana, A. Cardesa, J. Balasch (Barcelona, Spain) P-072 Gestational trophoblastic disease associated with ectopic pregnancy: a report of three cases B. Hadzi-Nicheva, I. Prodanova, G. Yashar, K. Kubelka-Sabit, Z. Grncharovska, N. Basheska (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) P-073 Advantages of liquid-based cytology in the diagnosis of atypia (ASCUS) - a follow-up study D.E. Schledermann, D. Ejersbo, B. Hoelund (Odense, Denmark) P-074 Ovarian sertoli-leydig cell tumor with heterologous elements of rhabdomyosarcoma: a case report A. Grove, V. Vestergaard (Aalborg, Denmark) P-075 Expression of the nerve growth factor (NGF) receptors TrkA and p75 shows biological diversity in ovarian, breast and mesothelial malignancy B. Davidson, R. Reich, P. Lazarovici, V.A. Florenes, M. Skrede, B. Risberg, C. Bedrossian, J.M. Nesland (Oslo, Norway) P-076 The significance of mast cells in the differential diagnosis of uterine smooth muscle tumors B.H. Ozdemir, A.N. Haberal, F.P. Uyar, A. Sar, B. Demirham, S. Zergeroglu (Ankara, Turkey) P-077 Mutation analysis of proliferation genes in ovarian tumours by DHPLC A. Fassina, N. Peloso, F. Ganz, M. Menegazzo, M. Zoletto, E. Pegoraro (Padova, Italy) P-078 Squamous intraepithelial lesions and Ki67 S. Boluda, F. Alameda, P. Fusté, M. Iglesias, M. Jimeno, T. Baró, L. Marińoso, A. Munné, R. Carreras, S. Serrano (Barcelona, Spain) P-079 Sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary E.U. Akyildiz, Z. Calay, I. lvan (Istanbul, Turkey) P-481 The synergetic role of granulosa cells in Ham’s F10 and follicular fluid in primary stages of human embryos growth and development H.R. Sadeghipour Roudsari (Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran)     Sunday, September 7, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP6: Gynaecological pathology Chairperson: C. D. Scopa (Patras, Greece) P-080 Unususal chorangioma of the placenta - a case report W. Pokieser, W. Umek, R. Jahn, W. Ulrich (Vienna, Austria) P-081 Are MUC 2 and MUC 5AC reliable markers in the differential diagnosis of primary and metastatic ovarian carcinomas? A. Ensari, D. Ergun, A. Yorganci, A. Sertcelik, F. Ortac, N. Kursun (Ankara, Turkey) P-082 Deregulation of sFRP1 and sFRP4 RNA-expression in endometrial stromal sarcoma A. Hrzenjak, M. Hiden, M.L. Kremser, B. Strohmeier, D. Neumeister, F. Moinfar, S. Lax, K. Zatloukal, H. Denk (Graz, Austria) P-083 c-kit immunoreactivity in female genital tract carcinosarcoma (FGT-CS) A. Vidal-Bel, E. Condom-Mundó, N. Vidal-Sarró, M. Carreras-Martínez, J. Ponce-Sebastiŕ, L. Balagueró-Lladó (Barcelona, Spain) P-084 Uterine heterologous sarcoma with the component of osteosarcoma on the base of lipoleiomyoma – a case report P. Tuzlali, E. Sahan, A. Igdem, S. Tuzlali, N. Erdogan (Istanbul, Turkey) P-085 Immunohistochemical detection of ER-b in ovarian sex cord-stromal tumors E. Kostopoulou, D. Kaisaridou, A. Nikolaidou, A. Moulla, D. Giakoustidis, M. Zafrakas, M. Leontsini (Thessaloniki, Greece) P-086 Adult fibrosarcoma of the vulva O.L. Mejia Mejia (Bucaramanga, Columbia) P-087 Serous tumor of borderline malignancy of the fallopian tube–a case report M. Krašević, T. Stanković, O. Petrović, S. Behrem (Rijeka, Croatia) P-088 CDX2 immunoreactivity in primary and metastatic ovarian mucinous tumours F. Fraggetta, A. Cafici, P. Scollo, P. Nuciforo, G. Pelosi (Catania, Italy) P-089 Expression of p16INK4A in serous lesions of the female genital tract C. Heffron, N. Murphy, O. Shiels, J. O'Leary (Dublin, Ireland) P-090 Epithelioid trophoblastic tumor of the lower uterine segment. An immunohistologic study P.A. Nicotina, F. Antico, G. Basile, O. Triolo, D. Maisano, A. Zangh (Messina, Italy) P-091 Carcinosarcomas of the corpus uteri R. Balan, C. Amalinei, C. Cotutiu (Iasi, Romania) P-092 Knowledge evaluation among Albanian women on risk factors of cervix cancer K. Kule, N. Filipi (Tirana, Albania) P-093 Expression of checkpoint proteins p53, Hus-1 and Rad-9 and its relation with apoptosis in ovarian epithelial tumours J. De La Torre, R. Freire, E. Salido, A. Gil, J. Xercavins, S. Ramón y Cajal, A. Garcia (Barcelona, Spain) P-094 Unilateral gonadoblastoma associated with 46, xy pure gonadal dysgenesis (Swyer's Syndrome): a case report M. Velev, A. Mihova, M. Popova (Sofia, Bulgaria) P-560 Effects of concurrent administration lithium and getamicin on the histoembryogenesis of rat fetus during the developing periods H. Noori Mugahii, B. Minaii Zanghii, M. Akbari (Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran) Sunday, September 7, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP7: Soft tissue, joint and bone pathology Chairperson: M. Bračko (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-095 Histological and electron microscopic identification and analysis of uncommon particles in tissue after use of orthopaedic implants M. Huber, G. Reinisch, F. Lintner, K. Zweymüller (Vienna, Austria) P-096 Paratesticular lipoleiomyosarcoma: a case report L. Kachko, R. Shaco-Levy, I. Sinelnikov, J. Goldstein (Beer-Sheva, Israel) P-097 Expression of estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptors (PR) in renal angiomyolipoma N. Savelov, G. Chemeris, I. Sokolova (Moscow, Russian Federation) P-098 Proto-oncogene c-kit and c-myc expression in Kaposi sarcomas P. Ravazoula, A. Tsamandas, S. Sidira, P. Aroukatos, D. Koumoundourou, D. Bonikos (Patras, Greece) P-099 CD10 expression in malignant myofibroblastic and smooth muscle tumors T. Hirose, T. Shimada, T. Sano, T. Hasegawa (Saitama, Japan) P-100 Correlation of metallothionein (MT) and antigen Ki-67 expressions with grade of malignancy (G) in some soft tissue sarcomas P. Dziegiel, P. Surowiak, M. Zabel, W. Salwaurawska, A. Wojnar (Wroclaw, Poland) P-101 Occurrence of tumor-like lesions in pediatric orthopedics - 9 years of experience M. Antonic, R. Brdar, J. Sopta (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-102 Extraspinal myxopapillary ependymoma. Case report and literature review O. Balague, R. Orellana, L.E. Pons, M. Rey (Sabadell, Spain) P-103 Madura foot caused by Pseudoallescheria Boydii - a case report J. Sopta, S. Popovic, L. Markovic, M. Atanackovic, V. Raspopovic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-104 Pleomorphic variant of a spindle cell lipoma F. Staniceanu, S. Zurac, C. Ardeleanu, G. Micu, E. Gramada, O. Popescu, I. Boiangiu (Bucharest, Romania) P-105 Expression of p53 protein in GCT of bone with lung metastases M. Atanackovic, J. Sopta, S. Popovic, N. Lujic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-106 Trichoblastic fibroma or primary soft tissue adamantinoma ? P. Medley, E.J. Raubenheimer (Pretoria, South Africa)       Sunday, September 7, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP8: Soft tissue, joint and bone pathology Chairperson: J.-M. Coindre (Bordeaux, France) P-107 Intraosseous lipoma - a case report V. Janevska, L. Spasevska, G. Zafirovski, M. Samardziski, J. Zivadinovic (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) P-108 FasL, c-erbB-2, Cyclin D1, p53 and TGFB3 Expression in osteosarcomas: evaluation of relationship with clinicopathologic parameters G. Gonlusen, A. Uguz, F. Bolat, M. Ergin, S. Ozbarlas (Adana, Turkey) P-109 Does hemosiderin deposition have important role in accumulation of macrophages in total hip prostheses loosening? A. Rotter, S. Kovac, V. Pisot, R. Trebse (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-110 The types of tumor and peritumor stroma and biological behavior of fibrohistiocytic tumors L. Zolotarevski, V. Jacevic, S. Ilic, S. Cerovic, G. Brajuskovic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-111 Dynamic angiogenic models of human soft tissue tumors transplanted into immunodeficient nude mice A. Llombart-Bosch, J.A. Lopez-Guerrero, C. Carda-Batalla, A. Peydró-Olaya (Valencia, Spain) P-112 Prognostic significance of intratumoral neoangiogenesis in childhood osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma D. Mikulic, I. Ilic, M. Coric, L. Batelja, J. Stepan, S. Seiwerth (Zagreb, Croatia) P-113 Epithelioid sarcoma - clinicopathological findings in 6 cases M. Demiryont, B. Bilgic, T. Özkan, H. Özger, M. Basaran (Istanbul, Turkey) P-114 Intramuscular hemangioma of mixed type D. Tasic-Dimov, D. Dimov, J. Gligorijevic, L. Velickovic, M. Krstic, K. Katic, I. Dimov (Nis, Serbia and Montenegro) P-115 Alveolar soft part sarcoma: a review of 8 cases at National cancer institute from Colombia O.L. Mejia Mejia (Bucaramanga, Columbia) P-116 Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with a t(X;18) A. Jiménez Sánchez, E.M. Huertas Valero, J.A. Ramos Ńíguez, R. Baeza Guixot, P. Sánchez Cańizares (Gandia, Spain) P-117 A case of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (Ormond’s disease) and renal supracapsular liposarcoma T. Georgiev, E. Nakov, R. Gajdarski (Sofia, Bulgaria) Sunday, September 7, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP9: Pulmonary pathology Chairperson: L. Johansson (Lund, Sweden) P-118 A rare case of thoracic angiomatosis in an adult and review of the literature N. Lapidus, D. Andrejev, A. Arro (Tallinn, Estonia) P-119 Immunolocalisation of cysteine proteinases and their inhibitors in asthma I. Kern, T. Urbanc, P. Meško Brguljan, N. Cimerman (Golnik, Slovenia) P-120 The correlation between aberrant connexin 43 mRNA expression induced by promoter methylation and nodal micrometastasis in non-small cell lung cancer J.T. Chen, Y.W. Cheng, W.L. Ho, H. Lee (Taichun, Taiwan, Republic of China) P-121 Fhit, cell adhesion molecule and matrix metalloproteinase expression, and cell proliferative activity during peripheral lung adenocarcinogenesis K.M. Kerr, S. MacKenzie, S. Ramasami, N. Fyfe, A.D. Chapman, G.I. Murray, M.C. Nicolson, N. Coleman, G. King (Aberdeen, UK) P-122 Immunohistochemical study of squamous and adenosquamous cancer of lungs G. Frank, L. Zavalishina, J. Andreeva (Moscow, Russian Federation) P-123 Lack of Her-2/neu amplification or overexpression in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) S. Orecchia, F. Schillaci, M. Salvio, R. Libener, P.G. Betta (Alessandria, Italy) P-124 Morphological changes of bronchial glands at the localisation of preceding biopsy R. Gajanin, I. Klem, Ä. Eri, L.J. Latinović, V. Gajanin (Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina) P-125 Immunohistochemical expression of Her-2/neu in patients with lung carcinoma G. Petrusevska, B. Ilievska, S. Banev, S. Smickova (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) P-126 The expression of the EGF-receptors (EGFR, ErbB-2, ErbB-3 and ErbB-4) in neuroendocrine tumors of the lung L. Ciocci, D. Vitolo, S. Spinelli, C.D. Baroni (Roma, Italy) P-127 Laminin alpha2-chain positive vessels and metastatic tendency in neuroendocrine lung carcinomas D. Vitolo, S. Spinelli, L. Ciocci, C.D. Baroni (Roma, Italy) P-128 Brain death as a cause of primary lung graft disfunction in an isolated rabbit lung model M.A. Cabezuelo, J. López-Aguilar, G. Murias, J.R. Hotchkiss, M. Mignini, F. Cicona, F. Bernabé, A. Vilagrá, P.V. Romero, L. Blanch (Sabadell, Spain) P-129 Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 in nonsmall cell lung carcinomas N. Akyürek, L. Memis, N. Köktürk, C. Kirisoglu, C. Öztürk (Ankara, Turkey) P-130 Prognostic significance of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27 and Bcl-2 protein in nonsmall cell lung cancer G. Ozbilim, I. Kükrer, H. Gülmez, L. Dertsiz, S. Karakaya (Antalya, Turkey) P-131 Pulmonary hamartoma – report of four cases B. Manevska, S. Bojadjieva, A. Kulova (Varna, Bulgaria) P-132 A case of neuroblastoma in subpleural localisation in a 56-year-old man P. Mukenšnabl, D. Havel, V. Špidlen, R. Bittenglová, Z. Chudáček, M. Pešek (Plzen, Czech Republic) Sunday, September 7, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP10: PULMONARY PATHOLOGY Chairperson: L. Carvalho (Coimbra, Portugal) P-133 Measurements of DNA amount and nuclear size by image cytometry: are these two features sufficient for diagnosis of early lung cancer? A. Ales, M. Tercelj, B.M.S. Turic, S. Goring, B. Palcic, T. Rott, S. Vidmar, M. Sok (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-134 Pulmonary blastoma: report of 10 cases D. Yilmazbayhan, M.G. Gulluoglu (Istanbul, Turkey) P-135 5-Lipoxygenase (5-LO) detection in pleural mesothelioma: an immunohistochemical study D. Villari, M. Grosso, E. Vitarelli, M. Righi, A. Procopio, M. Falduto, G. Calarco, M. Romano (Messina, Italy) P-136 Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and E-cadherin in human non-small cell lung cancer D. Stefanou, A. Goussia, E. Arkoumani, N.J. Agnantis (Ioannina, Greece) P-137 A rare case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus E. Arkoumani, A. Goussia, E. Sintou, Z. Metafratzi, E. Arkoumani, S. Syminelakis, D. Stefanou (Ioannina, Greece) P-138 Tissue array for immunohistochemical profiling of intrathoracic localized fibrous tumors S. Ozturk, S. Dizbay Sak, G. Kaygusuz, A. Cangir, D. Kilic, A. Sertcelik (Ankara, Turkey) P-139 The value of intraoperative imprint cytology in mediastinal staging in non small cell lung cancer A. Ersev, A. Orki, H. Kiral, C. Dudu, B. Arman (Istanbul, Turkey) P-140 Ultrastructure of bronchial mucosa in chronic obstructive bronchitis N. Zoirova, S. Ariphkhanova (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) P-141 Chest trauma-induced rupture of benign mediastinal teratoma followed by a possible implantation of the tumor into the parietal pleura: a case report B. Salobir, M. Turel, T. Rott, M. Dolenšek, J. Eržen, M. Terčelj-Zorman, A. Aleš, T. Bavčar-Vodovnik (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-142 The Gorham - Stout Syndrome: presentation of a case with pleural effusion A. Ales, M. Turel, M. Jancar, M. Tercelj-Zorman, B. Salobir, V. Pavlovcic (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-143 p27kip1 and MIB-1 immunoreactivity in pleural malignant mesothelioma G. Serio, A. Scattone, E. Mattioli, A. Pennella, C. Giardina, P. Nazzaro, D. Cavone, L. Pollice, M. Musti (Bari, Italy) P-144 Familial clustering of malignant mesothelioma without direct contact to asbestos. A genetic study A. Scattone, G. Serio, M. Gentile, L. Pollice, L. Bonadonna, D. Cavone, P. Nazzaro, M. Bisconti, M. Musti (Bari, Italy) P-145 Video assisted versus needle biopsy of the pleura in patients with pleural effusion A. Orki, M. Keles, A. Kosar, C. Aydemir, A. Ersev, B. Arman (Istanbul, Turkey) P-146 Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura A. Orki, Ţ. Ürek, K. Timurtekin, C. Ţenol, A. Ersev (Istanbul, Turkey) P-147 The expression of p-53 in tracheal mucosa of patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinomas D. Manestar, R. Starcevic, D. Kovac, N. Jonjic (Rijeka, Croatia) Monday, September 8, 2003 8.30-12.00 Gallus Hall - GD JOINT IAP/ESP MEETING HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SURGICAL PATHOLOGY OF DIGESTIVE DISEASES (SP1) Chairpersons: G. Klöppel (Kiel, Germany), A. Kadar (Budapest, Hungary) 08.30-09.00 INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA OF THE STOMACH: ASSESSMENT AND PROGNOSIS J.-F. Fléjou (Paris, France) 09.00-09.30 THE NSAID – LESIONS IN THE GUT M. Stolte (Bayreuth, Germany) 09.30-10.00 RECTAL CARCINOMA AND ITS PROGNOSIS M. Klimpfinger (Vienna, Austria) 10.00-10.30 Break 10.30-11.00 NON-NEOPLASTIC CHANGES OF THE PANCREAS MIMICKING PANCREATIC CARCINOMA G. Zamboni (Negrar-Verona, Italy) 11.00-11.30 THE STORY OF SOLID-PSEUDOPAPILLARY NEOPLASMS OF THE PANCREAS N.V. Adsay (Detroit, USA) 11.30-12.00 VIRUS HEPATITIS: NEW STORIES FROM OLD DISEASES Z. Schaff (Budapest, Hungary)     Monday, September 8, 2003 08.30-10.00 Kosovel Hall - KD VIRTUAL MICROSCOPY - UNCHAINING THE PATHOLOGIST (SSy3) organised by DakoCytomation F. Lewis (Leeds, UK) P. Quirke (Leeds, UK) Monday, September 8, 2003 08.30-10.00 Linhart Hall - LD RECENT ADVANCES IN GYNAECOLOGICAL TUMOUR PATHOLOGY (Sy10) Chairpersons: J. Prat (Barcelona, Spain) 08.30-09.00 ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA AND CARCINOMA X. Matias-Guiu (Lleida, Spain) 09.00-09.30 ENDOMETRIAL/IOID STROMAL TUMOURS: DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEMS AT EXTRAUTERINE SITES WITH EMPHASIS ON RECENT IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL DEVELOPMENTS E. Oliva (Boston, USA) 09.30-10.00 SEROUS BORDERLINE TUMOURS OF THE OVARY J. Prat (Barcelona, Spain) Monday, September 8, 2003 08.30-10.00 Štih Hall - ŠD FLOW CYTOMETRIC IMMUNOPHENOTYPING OF MALIGNANT LYMPHOMA (RT1) Chairperson: J. Delabie (Oslo, Norway) 08.30-09.00 FLOW CYTOMETRY OF FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATIONS FOR LYMPHOMA CLASSIFICATION E. Tani (Stockholm, Sweden) 09.00-09.30 MULTIPARAMETER FLOWCYTOMETRY AS AN ADDITIONAL TOOL IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF MALIGNANT LYMPHOMA M. Nap (Heerlen, The Netherlands) 09.30-10.00 FLOW CYTOMETRY IN LYMPHOMA DIAGNOSIS: PROS AND CONS OF FLOW CYTOMETRY VERSUS IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY FOR PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS, STAGING AND FOLLOW-UP V. Kloboves-Prevodnik (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Monday, September 8, 2003 08.30-10.00 Conference Room – E1 DIAGNOSTIC ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF TUMOURS (SC6) Chairpersons: B. Eyden (Manchester, UK), G. Cenacchi (Bologna, Italy) 08.30-09.00 ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF EPITHELIAL AND EPITHELIOID TUMOURS J. Lloreta-Trull (Barcelona, Spain) 09.00-09.30 CONTEMPORARY ROLE OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOURS G. Cenacchi (Bologna, Italy) 09.30-10.00 ROLE OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND OTHER SPECIAL TECHNIQUES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF CHILDHOOD ROUND CELL TUMOURS G. Mierau (Denver, USA) Monday, September 8, 2003 08.30-10.00 Conference Room - E2 Free Paper Session FP5: HEAD AND NECK PATHOLOGY Chairpersons: I. Leivo (Helsinki, Finland), A. Skálová (Plzen, Czech Republic) 08.30-08.40 O-040 Ret/PTC and p53 expression in normal, benign and malignant thyroid lesions N. Othman, E. Omar (Kota Bharu, Malaysia) 08.40-08.50 O-041 Vascular invasion in pleomorphic adenoma of salivary gland: a possible consequence of FNA biopsy S. Di Palma, M.G. Cook, T.K. Mellor (Portsmouth, UK) 08.50-09.00 O-042 Extra-cellular signal-regulated ERK-1/ERK-2 pathway activation in human salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma: association to aggressive tumor behaviour and tumor cell proliferation A. Handra-Luca, A. Lesot, J.C. Bertrand, P. Fouret (Paris, France) 09.00-09.10 O-043 Sinonasal acinic cell carcinoma: what do we know about this rare entity? A. Neto, K. Pineda-Daboin, M. Luna (Houston, USA) 09.10-09.20 O-044 Aetiological correlates in Nigerain laryngeal cancers O. Ogunbiyi, G. Nwaorgu (Ibadan, Nigeria) 09.20-09.30 O-045 Immunohistochemical characterisation of adenocarcinoma of the nose and paranasal sinuses in woodworkers A. Sandison, A. Lale, J. Capper, D. Peston, L. Michaels (London, UK) 09.30-09.40 O-047 On the application of the Ljubljana classification in the diagnosis of epithelial hyperplasic lesions of the oral mucosa. Pilot study J. Kobos, E. Sienko (Lodz, Poland) 09.40-09.50 O-048 Gene expression profiling of squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck - Fak-1 a potential predictive marker for loco-regional metastasis A. Weber, C. Wittekind, A. Tannapfel (Leipzig, Germany) Monday, September 8, 2003 10.30-12.00 Linhart Hall - LD WHO CLASSIFICATION OF TUMOURS – PATHOLOGY AND GENETICS OF TUMOURS OF THE BREAST AND FEMALE GENITAL ORGANS (SP3) Chairpersons: P. Kleihues (Lyon, France) 10.30-10.40 INTRODUCTION P. Kleihues (Lyon, France) 10.40-11.20 TUMOURS OF THE BREAST V. Eusebi (Bologna, Italy) 11.20-12.00 GYNAECOLOGICAL TUMOURS F.A. Tavassoli (Washington, USA) Monday, September 8, 2003 10.30-12.00 Kosovel Hall - KD PROBLEMATIC ENTITIES IN LUNG AND PLEURA (Sy11) Chairpersons: E. Kogan (Moscow, Russia), P.T. Cagle (Houston, USA) 10.30-11.00 KEYNOTE LECTURE: IS THERE A PRENEOPLASTIC MESOTHELIAL LESION? P.T. Cagle (Houston, USA) 11.00-11.20 DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS IN MESOTHELIOMA A. Gibbs (Cardiff, UK) 11.20-11.40 PROBLEMS IN PULMONARY ADENOCARCINOMA DIAGNOSIS W. Timens (Groningen, The Netherlands) 11.40-12.00 MUCOEPIDERMOID CARCINOMA AND ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA L. Carvalho (Coimbra, Portugal) Monday, September 8, 2003 10.30-12.00 Štih Hall - ŠD ADVANCES IN TRANSPLANTATION PATHOLOGY (Sy12) Chairperson: M.J. Mihatsch (Basel, Switzerland) 10.30-10.45 LYMPHATIC NEOANGIOGENESIS IN TRANSPLANTED KIDNEYS D. Kerjaschki (Vienna, Austria) 10.45-11.00 MODULATORS OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC TRANSPLANT REJECTION H.-J. Gröne (Heidelberg, Germany) 11.00-11.15 POLYOMAVIRUS (BK-VIRUS) NEPHROPATHY: DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS V. Nickeleit (Chapel Hill, USA) 11.15-11.30 C4d IN PERITUBULAR CAPILLARIES: DIAGNOSIS, PREVALENCE AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE H.M. Regele (Vienna, Austria) 11.30-11.45 USING THE BANFF CLASSIFICATION IN 2003: IMPLICATIONS FOR EVERYDAY DIAGNOSTIC WORK-UP OF BIOPSIES P. Furness (Leicester, UK) 11.45-12.00 DISCUSSION Monday, September 8, 2003 10.30-12.00 Conference Room – E1 HISTOLOGY OR CYTOLOGY? (Sy13) Chairpersons: L. Skoog (Stockholm, Sweden), F. Schmitt (Porto, Portugal) 10.30-10.45 FNA VERSUS CORE NEEDLE BIOPSY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF LUNG LESIONS W. Olszewski (Warsaw, Poland) 10.45-11.00 FNA AND/OR CORE BIOPSY IN DIAGNOSIS OF CHILDHOOD LESIONS L. Walaas (Oslo, Norway) 11.00-11.15 THE ROLE OF FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION AND NEEDLE BIOPSY IN DIAGNOSIS OF SOFT TISSUE LESIONS A.G. Nascimento (Rochester, USA) 11.15-11.30 FNA AND/OR CORE BIOPSY IN DIAGNOSIS OF PROSTATE LESIONS L. Skoog (Stockholm, Sweden) 11.30-11.45 FNA AND/OR CORE BIOPSY IN ANCILLARY STUDIES F. Schmitt (Porto, Portugal) 11.45-12.00 GENERAL DISCUSSION   Monday, September 8, 2003 10.30-12.00 Conference Room - E2 Free Paper Session FP6: HEAD AND NECK PATHOLOGY Chairpersons: A. Franchi (Florence, Italy), N. Zidar (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 10.30-10.40 O-049 Correlation between cytogenetical and histopathological findings in 61 pleomorphic adenomas of the parotide gland M.A. Chrestian, J. Paris, M. Zanaret (Marseille, France) 10.40-10.50 O-050 Histomorphological study of pleomorphic adenoma: Preliminary study for long term follow-up recurrence M.A. Chrestian, J. Paris, M. Zanaret (Marseille, France) 10.50-11.00 O-051 Trend of nasopharingeal cancer at Ibadan Cancer Registry (1981-2000) O. Ogunbiyi, G. Nwaorgu (Ibadan, Nigeria) 11.00-11.10 O-052 Lactate dehidrogenase (LDH) in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) of patients with solid head and neck tumors B. Jakovljevic, V. Jurisic, J. Bubalo, S. Matkovic, N. Baletic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) 11.10-11.20 O-053 Protein expression profiles of cell cycle and apoptosis factors in head and neck cancer using tissue microarrays S.M. Rodríguez-Pinilla, J.L. Rodríguez-Peralto, C. Ballestín, F. Sancho Poch, F. Fernandez, F. Alameda, M. Niveiro, M. Mayorga, R. Hitt, M. Sánchez-Céspedes (Madrid, Spain) 11.20-11.30 O-054 p53 and MIB1 expression in basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx inversely correlates with p27 expression D. Di Vizio, L. Insabato, G. Salerno, E. Mezza, S. Staibano, G. Mansueto, G. Mottola, M. Nardone, V. Galli, G. De Rosa (Naples, Italy) 11.30-11.40 O-055 Human telomerase catalytic subunit (hTERT) gene re-expression is an early event in oral carcinogenesis B. Luzar, M. Poljak, I.J. Marin, N. Gale (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 11.40-11.50 O-056 Survivin is a negative prognostic marker in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma and is associated with p53 accumulation J. Pižem, A. Cör, N. Gale (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 11.50-12.00 O-057 Morphology, p53, Bcl2 and Bax spectrum of 125 surgically removed parathyroid lesions B. Szende, P. Farid, L. Kopper, G. Végso, F. Perner (Budapest, Hungary) Monday, September 8, 2003 12.15-13.00 Gallus Hall - GD KEYNOTE LECTURE (KL1) Chairperson: A. Cardesa (Barcelona, Spain) PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS - THEIR PHENOTYPE/GENOTYPE EVOLUTION G. Klöppel (Kiel, Germany) Monday, September 8, 2003 13.10-14.20 Štih Hall - ŠD   ADVANCES IN MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS OF SOLID TUMOURS (SSy4) Organised by ABBOTT Diagnostics Monday, September 8, 2003 14.30-16.30 Gallus Hall - GD THE MOST CHALLENGING CASES FROM LAST YEAR (SS6) Chairperson and Moderator: I. Damjanov (Kansas City, USA) D.G. Bostwick (Richmond, USA) J. Prat (Barcelona, Spain) H. Popper (Graz, Austria) F. Nogales Fernandez (Granada, Spain) I. Damjanov (Kansas City, USA) D. Ferluga (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Monday, September 8, 2003 14.30-16.30 Linhart Hall - LD PSEUDONEOPLASTIC LESIONS OF THE HEAD AND NECK REGION (SS7) Chairpersons: M. Michal (Plzen, Czech Republic), B.M. Wenig (New York, USA) A. Skálová (Plzen, Czech Republic) L. Alos (Barcelona, Spain) M.P. Foschini (Bologna, Italy) D.V. Kazakov (Zürich, Switzerland) B.M. Wenig (New York, USA) T. Mentzel (Friedrichshafen, Germany) J. Reis-Filho (London, UK) Monday, September 8, 2003 14.30-16.30 Kosovel Hall - KD DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES IN NEPHROPATHOLOGY (SS10) Chairpersons: J.J. Weening (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), S.T. Olsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) J.J. Weening (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) S.T. Olsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) L.C. Racusen (Baltimore, USA) N. Marcussen (Aarhus, Denmark) B. Iványi (Szeged, Hungary) M.C. Gubler (Paris, France) T. Rott (Ljubljana Slovenia) Monday, September 8, 2003 14.30-16.30 Štih Hall - ŠD LIGHT MICROSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (SS8) Chairpersons: H. Rotterdam (New York, USA), M. Huerre (Paris, France), S.R. Zaki (Atlanta, USA) H. Rotterdam (New York, USA) S.R. Zaki (Atlanta, USA) M. Huerre (Paris, France) E. Van Marck (Edegem, Belgium) C. Pesce (Genova, Italy) H.L. Ioachim (New York, USA) Monday, September 8, 2003 14.30-16.30 Conference Room – E1 PAEDIATRIC SURGICAL PATHOLOGY (SS9) Chairpersons: M. Malone (London, UK), L. Boccon-Gibod (Paris, France) I. Ariel (Jerusalem, Israel) F. Boman (Lille, France) R. Kodet (Prague, Czech Republic) M. Malone (London, UK) I. Scheimberg (London, UK)   Monday, September 8, 2003 14.30-16.30 Conference Room - E2 Free Paper Session FP7: BREAST AND GYNAECOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY Chairpersons: M. Bračko (Ljubljana, Slovenia), G. Cserni (Kecskemet, Hungary) 14.30-14.40 O-058 Factors influencing the presence of sentinel lymph node metastasis in patients with breast carcinoma Z. Gatalica, S. Sanati, S. Soundararajan (Omaha, USA) 14.40-14.50 O-059 Prognostic importance of occult metastases in early breast cancer B. Susnik, S. Frkovic-Grazio, M. Bracko (Milwaukee, USA; Ljubljana, Slovenia)) 14.50-15.00 O-060 Immunohistochemical study of the pathological response of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy in invasive breast carcinoma L.G. Cozma, F. Zugun, C. Diaconu, E. Bild, G. Dobrescu, E. Carasevici (Iasi, Romania) 15.00-15.10 O-061 Reliability of HER-2/neu immunohistochemistry in Austria A. Reiner, P. Regitnig, H.P. Dinges, G. Höfler, S. Lax, E. Müller-Holzner, P. Obrist, M. Rudas (Vienna, Austria) 15.10-15.20 O-062 Immunohistochemically defined myoepithelial cells in the diagnosis of benign and malignant papillary breast lesions M. Jovicic Milentijevic, V. Zivkovic, R. Ilic, L. Kesic (Nis, Serbia and Montenegro) 15.20-15.30 O-063 Prognostic significance of regional TIMP-2 mRNA expression in invasive breast carcinomas A. Kapranou, L. Nakopoulou, E. Panayotopoulou, I. Giannopoulou, H. Gakiopoulou, N. Givalos, M. Perdiki, S. Markaki, A. Keramopoulos (Athens, Greece) 15.30-15.40 O-064 Population screening for immunohistochemically evaluated HER2 status of breast carcinomas in Poland Wl. Olszewski, W. Olszewski, A. Mrozkowiak (Warsaw, Poland) 15.40-15.50 O-065 Accuracy of the intraoperative sentinel lymph node examination by imprint cytology in breast cancer patients A. Pogačnik, U. Klopčič, S. Grazio-Frković, J. Žgajnar (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 15.50-16.00 O-066 Comparison of fine-needle aspiration cytology and core biopsies of breast lesions A. Berner, E. Sigstad, W. Reed, B. Risberg, B. Davidson (Oslo, Norway) 16.00-16.10 O-067 Atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH): practical relevance in diagnostics and therapy T. Decker, M. Ruhnke, U. Kettritz, E. Keil, G. Morack (Berlin, Germany) 16.10-16.20 O-068 Multifocal stromal invasion in microinvasive squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix - how to measure and stage these lesions O. Reich, H. Pickel (Graz, Austria) 16.20-16.30 O-069 Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in gynecologic tumors C. Denkert, B.M. Müller, A. Fürstenberg, S. Pest, K.J. Winzer, W. Weichert, G. Kristiansen, H. Guski, M. Dietel, S. Hauptmann (Berlin, Germany) Monday, September 8, 2003 17.00-18.30 Gallus Hall - GD ADRIATIC SOCIETY OF PATHOLOGY COMPANION MEETING (SP4) Chairperson: V. Eusebi (Bologna, Italy) THE GIST SAGA: LESSONS AND CAVEATS J. Rosai (Milan, Italy) Monday, September 8, 2003 17.00-18.30 Linhart Hall - LD CURRENT ISSUES IN STAGING AND PROGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER (Sy14) Chairperson: G. Viale (Milan, Italy) 17.00-17.30 PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN SMALL, NODE-NEGATIVE, BREAST CARCINOMAS S. Frković-Grazio (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 17.30-18.00 PATHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF AXILLARY SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY G. Cserni (Kecskemet, Hungary) 18.00-18.30 GENE-EXPRESSION SIGNATURES OF BREAST CARCINOMAS J.L. Peterse (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Monday, September 8, 2003 17.00-18.30 Kosovel Hall - KD WHO CLASSIFICATION OF TUMOURS – PATHOLOGY AND GENETICS OF TUMOURS OF THE URINARY SYSTEM AND MALE GENITAL ORGANS (SP5) Chairpersons: P. Kleihues (Lyon, France) 17.00-17.30 KIDNEY TUMOURS H. Moch (Basel, Switzerland) 17.30-18.00 URINARY BLADDER CANCER: GENETICS AND CLASSIFICATION G. Sauter (Basel, Switzerland) 18.00-18.30 PROSTATE AND TESTIS TUMOURS I.A. Sesterhenn (Washington DC, USA) Monday, September 8, 2003 17.00-18.30 Štih Hall - ŠD TRANSPLANTATION PATHOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS - HIGHLIGHTS AND PITFALLS (SC7) Chairpersons: L.C. Racusen (Baltimore, USA), D. Droz (Paris, France) 17.00-17.20 PRINCIPLES OF THE BANFF CLASSIFICATION L.C. Racusen (Baltimore, USA) 17.20-17.35 DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN REJECTION DEPENDENT GLOMERULOPATHIES AND GLOMERULONEPHRITIS D. Droz (Paris, France) 17.35-17.50 DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA OF CHRONIC REJECTION N. Marcussen (Aarhus, Denmark) 17.50-18.05 URINE CYTOLOGY: AN IDEAL DIAGNOSTIC ADJUNCT FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION L. Bubendorf (Basel, Switzerland) 18.05-18.20 THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BETWEEN REJECTION AND CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR TOXICITY M.J. Mihatsch (Basel, Switzerland) 18.20-18.30 DISCUSSION Monday, September 8, 2003 17.00-18.30 Conference Room – E1 MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (Sy15) Chairpersons: D. Zimmermann (Zürich, Switzerland), S. Schulz (Stanford, USA) 17.00-17.25 DETECTION OF EXPRESSION OF VIRAL RNAs IN THE COURSE OF HIV AND SIV INFECTION P. Racz, K. Tenner-Racz (Hamburg, Germany) 17.25-17.50 GENE EXPRESSION AND PATHOGENESIS OF HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8 (HHV-8) G. Cathomas (Liestal, Switzerland) 17.50-18.05 DETECTION AND TYPING OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS D. Zimmermann (Zürich, Switzerland) 18.05-18.30 DIAGNOSTIC PITFALLS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE PATHOLOGY P. Hofmann (Nice, France)   Monday, September 8, 2003 17.00-18.30 Conference Room - E2 Free Paper Session FP8: GYNAECOLOGICAL AND ULTRASTRUCTURAL PATHOLOGY Chairpersons: S. Regauer (Graz, Austria), A. Franchi (Florence, Italy) 17.00-17.10 O-070 Simple endometrial hyperplasia: Bcl-2, HLDF expression and clinical behavior I.I. Babichenko, O.N. Lysenko, S.M. Dranitsyna, I.A. Kostanyan (Moscow, Russian Federation) 17.10-17.20 O-071 Surface epithelial changes in endometrial adenocarcinoma B. Djordjevic, D. Mihailovic, D. Dimov, L. Velickovic, V. Zivkovic, Z. Mijovic (Nis, Serbia and Montenegro) 17.20-17.30 O-072 Pap smear cytology, visual inspection (VIA), cervicography, colposcopy and HPV testing by hybrid Capture II as optional screening tools in Latin America K. Syrjänen, P. Naud, S. Derchain, C. Roteli-Martins, A. Longatto-Filho, S. Tatti, M. Branca, M. Eržen, A. Lörincz, S. Syrjänen (Rome, Italy) 17.30-17.40 O-073 Prevalence of cervical neoplastic lesions in Egypt: a national cervical cancer screening project. Final report H. Abd El All, A. Refaat, K. Dandash (Ismailia, Egypt) 17.40-17.50 O-075 Interferon Regylatory Factor 1 (IRF-1) suppression and derepression in endometrial carcinomas A. Giatromanolaki, E. Sivridis, M. Koukourakis, C. Ritis, C. Mimidis, G. Kartalis (Alexsandroupolis, Greece) 17.50-18.00 O-076 Morphometric study of GnRH analogue/ HMG/HCG effects on ultrastructure of human endometrial epithelium in the early luteal phase M. Ghaffari Novin, J. Solimani, F. Mehraein, S.A. Sarani, L. Farzadi, A. Ghasemzadeh (Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran) 18.00-18.10 O-077 Is electron microscopy useful in the diagnosis of mitochondrial encephalomyopathies? K. Kyriacou, M. Trikoupi, A. Zenios, T. Kyriakides (Nycosia, Cyprus) 18.10-18.20 O-078 Eosinophil-tumour cell interaction in advanced gastric carcinomas: an ultrastructural study R.A. Caruso, G. Basile, A. Ieni, V. Cavallari, C. Inferrera (Messina, Italy) Monday, September 8, 2003 20.30-22.30 Gallus Hall - GD BREAST PATHOLOGY WORKING GROUP BUSINESS MEETING (BM1) CHALLENGING CASES IN BREAST PATHOLOGY Chairpersons: I. Ellis (Nottingham, UK), G. Cserni (Kecskemet, Hungary) Monday, September 8, 2003 20.30-22.30 Linhart Hall - LD DIGESTIVE DISEASES WORKING GROUP BUSINESS MEETING (BM2) CURRENT PROBLEMS IN GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT PATHOLOGY Chairpersons: G.J.A. Offerhaus (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), M.M. Walker (London, UK) 20.30-20.50 HOW TO REPORT BIOPSIES OF BARRETT'S OESOPHAGUS J.-F. Fléjou (Paris, France) 20.50-21.10 SYDNEY AND BEYOND: HELICOBACTER PYLORI GASTRITIS A. Cerar (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 21.10-21.30 CLASSIFICATION OF DUODENITIS AND VILLOUS ATROPHY M.M. Walker (London, UK) 21.30-21.50 DIFFERENT FORMS OF COLITIS: DETERMINATE AND INDETERMINATE? A. Ensari (Ankara, Turkey) 21.50-22.00 DISCUSSION Monday, September 8, 2003 20.30-22.30 Kosovel Hall - KD SOFT TISSUE TUMOURS WORKING GROUP BUSINESS MEETING (BM3) GIANT CELL LESION OF BONE AND SOFT TISSUE Chairpersons: A.P. Dei Tos (Treviso, Italy), P. Hogendoorn (Leiden, The Netherlands), R. Golouh (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 20.30-20.50 DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF GIANT CELL CONTAINING LESIONS OF BONE P.C.W. Hogendoorn (Leiden, The Netherlands) 20.50-21.10 MOLECULAR UNDERSTANDING OF CHERUBISM AND RELATED DISORDERS A. Flanagan (London, UK) 21.10-21.30 UPDATE ON ANEURYSMAL BONE CYST E.I. Hauben (Leiden, The Netherlands) 21.30-21.50 PLEXIFORM FIBROHISTIOCYTIC TUMOUR A.G. Nascimento (Rochester, USA) 21.50-22.10 TENOSYNOVIAL GIANT CELL TUMOURS R. Sciot (Leuven, Belgium) 22.10-22.30 GIANT CELL TUMOUR OF SOFT TISSUE A.P. Dei Tos (Treviso, Italy) Monday, September 8, 2003 20.30-22.30 Štih Hall - ŠD UROPATHOLOGY WORKING GROUP BUSINESS MEETING (BM4) GUIDELINES AND MINIMAL CRITERIA FOR CORRECT DIAGNOSIS IN UROPATHOLOGY Chairpersons: A. Bono (Varese, Italy), Th. van der Kwast (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) 20.30-20.50 GUIDELINES AND MINIMAL CRITERIA FOR CORRECT DIAGNOSIS OF ADRENAL TUMOURS M.Scarpelli (Ancona, Italy) 20.50-21.10 GUIDELINES AND MINIMAL CRITERIA FOR CORRECT DIAGNOSIS OF KIDNEY NEOPLASMS F. Algaba (Barcelona, Spain) 21.10-21.30 BLADDER A. Lopez-Beltran (Cordoba, Spain) 21.30-21.50 PROSTATE CANCER R. Montironi (Ancona, Italy) 21.50-22.10 TESTIS G. Mikuz, A. Winstanley, M.C. Parkinson (Innsbruck, Austria; London, UK) 22.10-22.30 PENIS G. Mikuz (Innsbruck, Austria) Monday, September 8, 2003 20.30-23.00 Conference Room – E1 HEAD AND NECK PATHOLOGY WORKING GROUP BUSINESS MEETING (BM5) SELECTED TOPICS IN HEAD AND NECK PATHOLOGY Chairpersons: A. Cardesa (Barcelona, Spain), L. Michaels (London, UK) 20.30-20.50 RECENT ADVANCES IN THE CHARACTERIZATION OF SINONASAL CARCINOMAS A. Franchi (Florence, Italy) 20.50-21.10 PROVISIONAL EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX - INDICATOR OF ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA (OSCC) PROGRESSION AND TARGET FOR THERAPY H. Kosmehl (Erfurt, Germany) 21.10-21.30 NEWLY DESCRIBED AND PROBLEMATIC LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS OF THE SKIN AND SOFT TISSUES OF THE HEAD AND NECK REGION D.V. Kazakov (Zürich, Switzerland) 21.30-21.50 MOLECULAR GENETIC MARKERS IN PRENEOPLASTIC AND NEOPLASTIC LESIONS OF THE PHARYNX AND LARYNX - A CRITICAL APPROACH B. Kleist (Greifswald, Germany) 21.50-22.00 DISCUSSION 22.00-23.00 HEAD AND NECK PATHOLOGY WORKING GROUP BUSINESS MEETING Monday, September 8, 2003 20.30-22.30 Conference Room – E2 PULMONARY PATHOLOGY WORKING GROUP BUSINESS MEETING (BM6) PRESENTATION OF UNUSUAL CASES Chairpersons: E.H. Zeren (Adana, Turkey), J. Slodkowska (Warsaw, Poland) UNUSUAL CASE PRESENTATIONS - UNUSUAL INFECTIONS OF LUNG 20.30-20.45 T. Rott (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 20.45-21.00 INFECTION MASQUERADING AS CARCINOMA IN A LUNG TRANSPLANT PATIENT P.T. Cagle (Houston, USA) 21.00-21.15 E.H. Zeren (Adana, Turkey) 21.15-21.25 SMALL LESIONS IN THE LUNG: WHAT TO DO, HOW TO HANDLE G.Rieck, K.-M. Müller (Bochum, Germany) 21.25-21.45 GENESIS OF INTERSTITIAL PULMONARY FIBROSIS P. Hasleton (Manchester, UK) 21.45-22.05 TUBERCULOSIS: AN UPDATE J. Slodkowska, J. Kus, Z. Zwolska (Warsaw, Poland) 22.05-22.30 BUSINESS MEETING Monday, September 8, 2003 20.30-22.30 Conference Room – E3 ENDOCRINE PATHOLOGY WORKING GROUP BUSINESS MEETING (BM7) DISCUSSION OF COLLABORATIVE STUDIES AND INVITED LECTURE Chairperson: X. Matias-Guiu (Lleida, Spain) ENDOCRINE PATHOLOGY - 101 YEARS AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF SECRETIN Ph.U. Heitz (Zürich, Switzerland) Monday, September 8, 2003 20.30-23.00 Conference Room – M1 GYNAECOLOGIC PATHOLOGY WORKING GROUP BUSINESS MEETING (BM8) SYMPOSIUM: DRUG EFFECTS ON THE FEMALE GENITAL TRACT Chairpersons: M. Dietel (Berlin, Germany), M.L. Carneiro de Moura (Lisbon, Portugal) 20.30-20.50 TAMOXIFEN SIDE EFFECTS ON THE FEMALE GENITAL TRACT H. Hollema (Groningen, The Netherlands) 20.50-21.10 HRT AND THE ENDOMETRIUM C. Bergeron (Cergy Pontoise, France) 21.10-21.30 PIPELLE BIOPSY AND IATROGENIC CHANGES F. Nogales Fernandez (Granada, Spain) Monday, September 8, 2003 20.30-22.30 Conference Room – M2 MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY WORKING GROUP BUSINESS MEETING (BM9) DIAGNOSTIC ASPECTS OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY OF NON-NEOPLASTIC DISEASES 20.30-21.00 BUSINESS MEETING Agenda: 1. Nomination of coordinators and advisory board (at least four additional names) 2. Report of the activity of the Working Group during the last year 3. Future plans of the Working Group 4. Prof. Dr. Gerald Höfler: "Survey on Quality Assurance and Proficiency in Molecular Genetic Testing in OECD countries" 5. others 21.00-22.30 DIAGNOSTIC ASPECTS OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY OF NON-NEOPLASTIC DISEASES Chairpersons: H. Höfler (Munich, Germany), G. Bevilacqua (Pisa, Italy) 21.00-21.20 THE MOLECULAR DETECTION OF RECURRENT DISEASE AFTER BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION R.A. de Weger, J.G. van den Tweel (Utrecht, The Netherlands) 21.20-21.40 MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS OF HEREDITARY HEMOCHROMATOSIS G. Weirich (Munich, Germany) 21.40-22.00 TISSUE TYPING IN MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY F.J. Bot (Maastricht, The Netherlands) 22.00-22.20 ANALYSIS OF THE PLACENTA G. Bulfamante (Milan, Italy) 22.20-22.30 DISCUSSION Monday, September 8, 2003 20.30-22.30 Conference Room – M3 BUSINESS MEETING IN COLLABORATION WITH PAEDIATRIC PATHOLOGY SOCIETY (BM10) FOETO-PLACENTAL PATHOLOGY Chairpersons: P. Cox (Birmingham, UK), G. Bulfamante (Milan, Italy) 20.30-20.40 INTRODUCTION G. Bulfamante (Milan, Italy) 20.40-21.05 METHODS FOR EXAMINATION OF SMALL DYSMORPHIC FETUS A. L'Herminé-Coulomb (Clamart, France) 21.05-21.30 THE ROLE OF PLACENTAL EXAMINATION IN THE PERINATAL AUTOPSY P. Cox (Birmingham, UK) 21.30-21.55 APPLICATION OF CYTOGENETIC AND MOLECULAR INVESTIGATION TO FOETAL AND NEONATAL PATHOLOGY B. Cassani (Milan, Italy) 21.55-22.20 PARENTS AND POST MORTEMS. A VIDEO I. Scheimberg (London, UK) 22.20-22.30 CLOSING REMARKS P. Cox (Birmingham, UK) Monday, September 8, 2003 20.30-22.30 Conference Room – M4 BUSINESS MEETING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY (BM11) THE ROLE OF IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR  TECHNIQUES IN CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY Chairperson: M. Kockx (Antwerp, Belgium), U. Baandrup (Aarhus, Denmark) 20.30-20.55 DETECTION OF CELL DEATH IN CARDIAC BIOPSIES OF PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE / OVERVIEW M. Kockx  (Antwerp, Belgium) 20.55-21.20 DETECTION OF ENTEROVIRUS IN CARDIAC BIOPSIES / OVERVIEW F. Calabrese (Padua, Italy) 21.20-21.35 CASE 1 U. Baandrup, B. Parm Ulhøi (Aarhus, Denmark) 21.35-21.50 CASE 2 I. Kholová (Kuopio, Finland) 21.50-22.05 CASE 3 P.J. Gallagher (Southampton, UK) 22.05-22.30 BUSINESS MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY Chairperson: G. Thiene (Padua, Italy) Monday, September 8, 2003 20.30-22.30 Lili Novy Hall - LN DERMATOPATHOLOGY WORKING GROUP BUSINESS MEETING (BM12) MODERATED DISCUSSION ON FUTURE TRAINING AND PRACTICE OF DERMATOPATHOLOGY Chairperson: M.G. Cook (Guildford, UK) Monday, September 8, 2003 20.30-22.30 Duša Počkaj Hall - DP CYTOPATHOLOGY WORKING GROUP BUSINESS MEETING (BM13) Chairperson: F. Schmitt (Porto, Portugal) Agenda 1. Welcome to the participants 2. Suggestions for the preliminary programme of the WG joint activities during the European Congress of Pathology and  Cytology in Paris 2005. 3. Participation of the WG in the II Intercontinental Congress of Pathology (Foz do Iguassu 2004) 4. News about the web site: www. europathology.org 5. Date of next meeting Monday, September 8, 2003 20.30-22.30 Club CD - KC NEPHROPATHOLOGY GROUP ESTABLISHING MEETING (BM14) Chairperson: D. Ferluga (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Monday, September 8, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP11: Head and Neck pathology Chairperson: P.J. Slootweg (Utrecht, The Netherlands) P-148 Undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma (lymphoepithelioma). Report of four cases V. Blažičević, M. Mrčela, Ž. Kotromanović (Osijek, Croatia) P-149 “Atypical” pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland S. Mocan, S. Stolnicu, D. Radulescu, O. Budisca, J. Jung (Targu-Mures, Romania) P-150 Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma of the minor salivary glands: immunohistochemical analysis and assessment of p53 expression and proliferative activity in two cases Ö. Tulunay, M. Saatçi, E.O. Tulunay (Ankara, Turkey) P-151 Gene expression in major types of salivary gland carcinoma has similarities with gene expression in pancreatic and prostate carcinoma K.J. Jee, I. Leivo, K. Heikinheimo, N. Balint, O. Juha, K. Sakari (Helsinki, Finland) P-152 Rare tumours in the sinonasal tract P. Nagy, F. Salamon (Budapest, Hungary) P-153 Squamous cell carcinoma: diagnostically problematic variants F. Salamon, P. Nagy (Budapest, Hungary) P-154 Intraocular leiomyoma: case report L. Puńal-Vidal, J. Suárez Peńaranda, M.J. Blanco, A. Pińeiro, C. Capeáns, J. Forteza Vila (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) P-155 Correlation of various histopathologic classifications of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) with clinical parameters G. Akyol, M. Dodan, M. Akmansu, D. Yamaç (Ankara, Turkey) P-156 Vascular endothelial growth factor expression and microvessel count in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma S. Erdogan Cetin, G. Özbilim, K. Güney, S. Karakaya (Antalya, Turkey) P-157 Acinic cell adenocarcinoma: presentation of five cases M. Karampola, O. Tzaida, V. Leodara, G. Sotiropoulou, G. Vecchini, I. Iakovidou (Pireaeus, Greece) P-158 Relationship of p53 oncoprotein expression with histological grade and outcome of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma L. Latinovic, R. Gajanin, Z. Eri, I. Klem, D. Janicic, V. Gajanin, N. Tanaskovic (Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina) P-159 Immunohistochemical prognostic factors in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma R.N. Kulagin, S. Petrov, V.V. Savelyev, A.R. Utkuzov (Kazan, Russian Federation) P-160 Gingival cell answer in patients with diabetes type I associated with parodonthal disease L. Kesic, G. Jovanovic, R. Zivkovic, M. Jovicic (Niš, Serbia and Montenegro) P-161 Peripheral giant cell granulomas of the jaws - a clinico-pathological study of 91 cases K. Bodlovic, S. Bojovic, J. Sopta (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) Monday, September 8, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP12: Head and Neck pathology Chairperson: S. Seiwerth (Zagreb, Croatia) P-162 Vimentin and factor VIII: expression in benign lesions of the vocal folds S. Milenkovic, S. Ivancevic, Z. Milutinovic, J. Vasiljevic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-163 Warthin's tumor with multiple granulomas: a search for the cause S.M. Jung, C. Hsueh, T.T. Kuo (Taoyuan, Taiwan) P-164 Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor masquerading as an allergic nasal polyp P. Medley (Pretoria, South Africa) P-165 Follicular dendritic sarcoma in a Black teenager – report of a South African case and literature review P. Medley, A. Mahlobogona, A. Fleming (Pretoria, South Africa) P-166 Natural killer cell immunohistochemical detection in laryngeal carcinoma N. Kavantzas, J. Segas, E. Patsouris, C. Eftychiadis, A. Lazaris, L. Nkopoulou (Athens, Greece) P-167 Primary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the larynx L. Greene, K. Cooper, W. Brundage (Burlington, USA) P-168 Analysis of blood serum lymphocytic phenotypes in chronic hepatitis C infected patients with advanced fibrosis and periodontium diseases A. Gabriel, B. Mazur, A. Ziolkowski, K. Dabrowka, P. Radlowski, A. Dziambor, E. Janczewska-Kazek (Zabrze, Poland) P-169 Adenomatous ductal proliferative foci accompanied the Warthin tumour in parotid gland T. Ohuchi, T. Ikeda, S. Kon, Y. Konishi, M. Satoh, T. Kaku (Hokkaido, Japan) P-170 Malignant rhabdoid tumour (proximal epithelioid sarcoma) of the tongue: report of a case C. Tomasovic-Loncaric, S. Lambasa, S. Manojlovic (Zagreb, Croatia) P-171 A case of sarcomatoid salivary duct carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma in buccal mucosal region T. Ohuchi, M. Satoh, S. Azuma, H. Asanuma, T. Kaku (Hokkaido, Japan) P-172 Ameloblastic carcinoma with lymph node metastases S. Manojlović, Č. Tomasović-Lončarić, V. Uglešić, B. Zupičić, D. Müller, V. Zubčić (Zagreb, Croatia) P-173 Prognostic significance of cathepsin D intratumoral heterogeneity in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma M. Coric, I. Ilic, L. Batelja, Z. Bumber, M. Bura, S. Seiwerth (Zagreb, Croatia) P-174 Relationship between clinical and immunohistological properties of the middle ear cholesteatoma N. Milanovic, J. Dimitrijevic, M. Colic, M. Jovic, M. Djukic, V. Jacimovic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) Monday, September 8, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP13: Head and Neck pathology Chairperson: A. Skálová (Plzen, Czech Republic) P-175 The role of high-resolution flow cytometry in the grading of mucoepidermoid carcinomas W. Van Heerden, L. Dreyer, E.J. Raubenheimer, H. Coleman (Pretoria, South Africa) P-176 Malignant melanoma of the head and neck mucosa: review and revision on six cases H. Harada, Y. Toyozumi, N. Arima (Kurume, Japan) P-177 Tenascin expression in salivary gland tumors: an immunohistochemical study in 33 cases Y.S. Gurbuz, C. Ercin, Ö. Aydin, A. Almac (Kocaeli, Turkey) P-178 Links between nucleolar and extracellular matrix proteins: tenascin and Ki-67 in vocal cord biopsy M. Krstulja (Rijeka, Croatia) P-179 RTPCR detection of ret/PTC 1 rearrangement in a case of osteoclastoma like anaplastic thyroid carcinoma E. O'Regan, P. Smyth, S. Finn, O. Sheils, J. O'Leary, M. Toner (Dublin, Ireland) P-180 Proliferative activity in oral peripheral and central giant cell lesions – immunohistohemical expression of p53, PCNA and Ki-67 - first report T.J. Mecik, H. Fiegler-Mecik, D. Sabat, A. Ziolkowski (Zabrze, Poland) P-181 Withdrawn P-182 Oral synovial sarcoma – a report of two cases and a review of the literature S. Meer, H. Coleman, M. Altini (Johannesburg, South Africa) P-183 Thirty nine years long follow up of the patient with dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans S. Vukelic-Markovic, S. Ilic, N. Jovic, J. Dimitrijevic, M. Brocic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-184 Multiple and multifocal malignancy - a case report D. Stefanovic, S. Vukelic-Markovic, J. Dimitrijevic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-185 Melanoma of the oral cavity - a case report S. Vukelic-Markovic, S. Ilic, D. Stefanovic, S. Stosic, S. Loncarevic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-186 CD34, alfa-smooth muscle actin and TGFbeta1 expression in stromal cells in epithelial hyperplastic lesions and squamous carcinoma of the larynx N. Kojc, N. Zidar, N. Gale (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-187 FHIT gene alterations in squamous cell carcinoma of larynx and hypopharynx M. Volavšek, D. Glavač, N. Gale (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Monday, September 8, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP14: MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY Chairperson: X. Matias-Guiu (Lleida, Spain) P-188 Two loci PCR test for prognosis of colorectal cancer K. Kashkin, A. Nikolaev, D. Turbin, A. Perevoschikov (Moscow, Russian Federation) P-189 Age dependence of DNA preservation and retrieval - relationship to fixative type C. Van Haaften, H. Korporaal, G. Kramer, M. de Vries, D. Meeuwisse, M.E. Boon (Leiden, The Netherlands) P-190 Withdrawn P-191 The new HOPE*-fixative as an enhancement in molecular pathology E. Vollmer, R. Sen Gupta, J. Galle, J. Olert, K.H. Wiedorn, T. Goldmann (Borstel, Germany) P-192 Withdrawn P-193 Laser capture microdissection in 2-D coculture models as a novel tool to study tumor-stroma-interactions R. Dahse, A. Berndt, H. Kosmehl (Erfurt, Germany) P-194 P53 expression in prostate cancer and its correlation with microvessel density I. Pavlenko, A. Matsionis (Rostov on Don, Russian Federation) P-195 Malignancy-associated X chromosome LOH in foregut endocrine neoplasms: further evidences in lung tumors T. D'Adda, L. Bottarelli, C. Azzoni, S. Pizzi, M. Bongiovanni, M. Papotti, G. Pelosi, C. Bordi (Parma, Italy) P-196 Withdrawn P-197 A new way of mycobacterial DNA-extraction for PCR targeting mycobacterial DNA in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues S. Loeschke, T. Goldmann, K. Pueschel, J. Caselitz, U. Bonk, E. Vollmer (Bremen, Germany) P-198 Impact of tumour suppressor gene PTEN on cell cycle and apoptosis in prostate cancer cell lines A. Hlobilkova, P. Guldberg, M. Svachova, J. Knillova, A. Pimrova, Z. Kolar (Olomouc, Czech Republic) P-199 Gene response to bicalutamide in prostate carcinoma cell lines LNCaP and DU-145 with respect to telomerase activity J. Bouchal, K. Baumforth, M. Svachova, J. Knillova, P. Murray, Z. Kolar (Olomouc, Czech Republic) P-200 Involvement of Bcl-2 family proteins in induction of cell cycle arrest by bicalutamide in human prostate carcinoma cells Z. Kolar, J. Bouchal, K. Baumforth, J. Knillova, N. Vavrusova, M. Svachova, P. Murray (Olomouc, Czech Republic) P-201 Comparing the toxicity and potential carcinogenicity of two antiestrogens. A short-term study with microarray analysis in female rat liver P. Hirsimäki, A. Aaltonen, A. Flores-Morales, L. Kangas, G. Norstedt (Turku, Finland) P-202 Expression analysis of RET and its GDNF/GFRalpha1 ligand complex in normal gastrointestinal tract and derived tumors J. Gordillo-Chaves, J. Moreno-Casado, M. Jimenez-Almodovar, J.M. G-Pichel, C. San Jose-Moreno (Mérida, Spain) P-203 Expression analysis of RET and its GDNF/GFRalpha1 ligand complex in breast cancer J. Moreno-Casado, C. San Jose-Moreno, J. Gordillo-Chaves, M. Limon-Mora, J.M. G-Pichel (Mérida, Spain) Monday, September 8, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP15: molecular pathology Chairperson: G. Stanta (Trieste, Italy) P-204 Telomerase activity in chronic B-lymphocytic leukemia R. Jovanovic, D. Efremov, G. Petrusevska, V. Janevska, A. Stojanovic, M. Pavkovic (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) P-205 p63-driven nuclear accumulation of beta–catenin is not a frequent event in human neoplasms J.S. Reis-Filho, L.G. Fulford, P.T. Simpson, A. Martins, F.C. Schmitt (London, UK) P-206 c-kit mutations in gastrointestinal stromal tumors from patients treated with STI- 571 X. Matias-Guiu, L. Catasús, E. Casado, T. Macarulla, R. Nadal, J.L. Martínez, J. Pallarés, A. López-Pousa (Barcelona, Spain) P-207 The use of macro-array to study the effect of intestinal trefoil factor on gene expression in caco-2 derived enterocytes C. Cuvelier, J.A. Van Huysse, D. Laukens, P. Demetter, K. Vandenbroucke, E.M. Veys, M. De Vos, E. Remaut, L. Steidler (Ghent, Belgium) P-208 BPC 157- related inhibition of cell growth in human melanoma cell line S. Radeljak, L. Batelja, M. Mirt, A. Blagaic, P. Sikiric, S. Seiwerth (Zagreb, Croatia) P-209 Profile of expression of histone genes differs in radioresistant and radiosensitive human glioma cell lines J. Slowinski, G. Bierzynska-Macyszyn, U. Mazurek, J. Glogowska, M. Latocha, M. Widel, R. Mrowka (Bytom, Poland) P-210 Potential application of nested RT-PCR for human mammaglobin in the detection of micrometastasis in effusions N. Gorji, P. Ferro, F. Fais, P.A. Canessa, A.M. Carletti, P. Pronzato, B. Bacigalupo, F. Fedeli, S. Roncella (La Spezia, Italy) P-211 Hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury in patients after liver segment resection D. Zauner, D. Neumeister, B. Heinz, H.J. Mischinger, K. Zatloukal (Graz, Austria) P-212 Automated tissue microarray evaluation and normalization using a DNA scanner W. Haedicke, H. Popper, C. Buck, K. Zatloukal (Graz, Austria) P-213 Manifestation of metallothionein (MT) correlates rather with cell differentiation than with intensity of proliferation. Immunocytochemical analysis of expression of metallothionein (MT) and Ki67 in cells of ductal breast carcinoma, uterine cervix planoepithelial carcinoma and non-keratinising multilayer flat epithelium P. Surowiak, P. Dziegiel, A. Wojnar, M. Zabel (Wroclaw, Poland) P-214 Is the activation of Akt a prognostic parameter in colorectal cancer? F. Rojo, I. de Torres, J. de la Torre, J. Tabernero, S. Rodriguez-Muńoz, J. Baselga, S. Ramon y Cajal (Barcelona, Spain) P-215 Mutational analyses of the RET proto-oncogene in slovenian MEN2 families B. Korošec, S. Caserman, D. Bergant, M. Ravnik-Glavač, D. Glavač (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-216 Mutations in COL4A3, COL4A4 and COL4A5 genes in relation to benign familial hematuria and Alport syndrome M. Šlajpah, A. Meglič, A. Vizjak, A. Hvala, M. Ravnik-Glavač, D. Ferluga, D. Glavač (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-217 Screening for genetic alterations in the PRNP gene S. Smerkolj, M. Popovič, D. Glavač (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-218 Molecular pathology of the RASSF1 gene in colorectal cancer M. Stražišar, A. Cerar, D. Glavač (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Monday, September 8, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP16: Neuropathology Chairperson: D. Cvetković-Dožić (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-219 Expansive lesions in the pineal region: histological and immunohistochemical features of 24 cases J. Talan-Hranilović, M. Vučić, T. Rumboldt, T. Sajko, V. Lupret (Zagreb, Croatia) P-220 Iimmunohistochemical study of the metastatic brain tumors with accent of the role of thyroid-transcription factor-1 M. Kamenova, N. Sarbianova, P. Danailova (Sofia, Bulgaria) P-221 Brain calcification simulating brain tumour. A case report A. Shmeleva, S. Romodanov (Kiev, Ukraine) P-222 Carcinoid tumour metastatic to the orbital muscle. A case report O. Casar Borota, R. Kloster, V. Isaksen, J. Florholmen, R. Bajic, S. Lindal (Tromso, Norway) P-223 Withdrawn P-224 Microscopic disorders of cortical development of brain and the etiopathogenetic relevance of their detection in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy due to hippocampal sclerosis J. Zamecnik, P. Krsek, P. Marusic, R. Druga, V. Benes, M. Tichy, V. Komarek (Prague, Czech Republic) P-225 Cerebellar liponeurocytoma: case report S. Dozic, D. Cvetkovic, M. Skender Gazibara, B. Dozic, M. Joksimovic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-226 The expression of survivin and Ki-67 in meningiomas: correlation with grade and clinical outcome S. Zorludemir, F. Kayaselcuk, S. Erdogan, N. Bal, B. Erdogan, T. Erman (Adana, Turkey) P-227 Progesterone receptors expression in benign meningiomas S. Milenkovic, D. Cvetkovic-Dozic, I. Berisavac, M. Skender-Gazibara, V. Lackovic, Z. Milicevic, B. Vukomanovic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-228 Neonatal intractable seizures revealing diffuse and bilateral cortical dysplasia. A case report S. Bellefqih, C. Rambaud, T. Lacaze, J.J. Hauw, G. Lyon, D. Seilhean (Paris, France) P-229 Structural genomic abnormalities of chromosomes 9 and 18 in myxopapillary ependymomas B. Mahler-Araujo, D. Sanoudou, O. Tingby, M. Ferguson-Smith, N. Coleman, K. Ichimura, P. Collins (Sao Paulo, Brasil) P-230 Nonsymptomatic nontumor cysts of the pineal gland: frequency and morphological characteristics B. Manevska, V. Dokov, P. Ghenev, W. Dokov (Varna, Bulgaria) Monday, September 8, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP17: Neuropathology Chairperson: S. Mørk (Bergen, Norway) P-231 The effect of bcl-2 protein and Ki-67 expression on the prognosis of medulloblastomas I.E. Gurer, G. Yildirim Kupesiz, G.A. Gokhan, A. Kupesiz, V. Hazar (Antalya, Turkey) P-232 Clinical analysis and histo-clinical correlations in recurrent astrocytic brain tumours G. Bierzynska - Macyszyn, J. Slowinski, P. Wlaszczuk, M. Wojtacha, P. Bazowski (Katowice, Poland) P-233 Schilder’s type of multiple sclerosis in a mid-aged woman – a case report K. Žarković, G. Miklec, G. Jurić, D. Sporiš, D. Chudy (Zagreb, Croatia) P-234 Stereotactically guided brain biopsy: six years’ experience of pathologic interpretations from Turkey E. Erden, A. Okcu Heper, A. Savas (Ankara, Turkey) P-235 Intraneural capillary haemangioma of spinal nerve root. Case report P. Xirou, S. Barbanis, I. Efstratiou, P. Sevastiadou, I. Tsitouridis (Thessaloniki, Greece) P-236 Macrocellular lung cancer with neuroendocrine differentiation associated with subacute sensorimotoric neuropathy/encephalomyelitis: an autopsy case B. Gazič, L. Dolenc-Grošelj, V. Švigelj, M. Popovič (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-237 Isolated extranodal spinal Rosai-Dorfman disease. A case report A.I. Freitas R.C. Silva L. Costa, V. Velasco, P. Monteiro, M. Teixeira, F. Pardal de Oliveira (Braga, Portugal) P-238 Ezrin immunoreactivity: Is it a usefull marker for the prognosis and grading of astrocytoma ? I.E. Gurer, G.A. Gökhan, T. Uçar (Antalya, Turkey) P-239 Withdrawn P-240 Mononeuritis multiplex due to vasculitis in a patient with antiphospholipid syndrome J. Jeruc, M. Popović, A. Vizjak, B. Lestan, D. Ferluga (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-241 Immunoautoradiographic characterization of serotonin transporter in human pineal gland M. Castagna, M. Boldrini, I. Nardi, A. Giromella, F. Becherini (Pisa, Italy) P-242 Correlations of LOH on chromosome 10q and chosen clinico- morphological features in glioblastoma E. Izycka-Swieszewska, A. Wozniak, J. Limon, J. Slowinski, W. Kloc, K. Jaskiewicz, R. Rzepko, M. Klimkowska (Gdansk, Poland) Monday, September 8, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP18: Dermathopathology Chairperson: V. Jurčić (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-243 Histopathological changes of the skin in systemic lupus erythematosus T. Vervekina (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) P-244 Structural peculiarities of different nevuses and their prognostic value E. Stupina (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) P-245 Cutaneous ciliated cyst of the lower limb M.C. Durán, J.M. Suárez Peńaranda, J. Varela Durán, J. Forteza Vila (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) P-246 p53 and Ki-67 in non-neoplastic and neoplastic proliferative skin diseases T. Batinac, G. Zamolo, N. Jonjić, F. Gruber, M. Krašević (Rijeka, Croatia) P-247 Maspin and beta catenin expression in relation to angiogenesis in basal cell carcinoma L. Seada, N. Khafagy (Cairo, Egypt) P-248 Trichilemmal carcinoma: report of two cases M. Kostov, S. Ilic, N. Djordjevic, G. Lazarevic, B. Stojiljkovic (Nis, Serbia and Monte Negro) P-249 HMB-45 and melan-A positive pigmented epidermotropic breast carcinoma metastasis D. Brasanac, I. Boricic, S. Tatic (Belgrade, Serbia and Monte Negro) P-250 Immunolocalization of lactoferrin in pigmented lesions of the skin G. Barresi, G. Giuffre, F. Fedele, M. Grosso, V. Barresi, G. Tuccari (Messina, Italy) P-251 Immunohistochemical expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), c-kit and c-erbB-2 in cutaneous melanocytic lesions A. Batistatou, A. Zioga, E. Arkoumani, D. Stefanou (Ioannina, Greece) P-252 Apoptosis in cutaneous malignant melanomas M. Costache, E. Ionica, M. Costache, C.D. Vrabie (Bucharest, Romania) P-253 Morphological and immunohistochemical findings in systemic small vessel vasculitis B. Bogoeva, S. Kostadinova, A. Pusevski, M. Ristovski (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) P-254 Cutaneous angiomyolipoma H. Cingil (Istanbul, Turkey) P-255 Primary cutaneus B-cell lymphoma. Experience in a comunity hospital I. Espańol, I. Trias, U. Gonzalez, R. Pedragosa (Barcelona, Spain) P-256 CD30 expression in inflammatory lymphoid cells in scabies L. Pijuan Andújar, C. Barranco, F. Gallardo, M. Jimeno, E. Díaz, A. Munné, R.M. Pujol, S. Serrano (Barcelona, Spain) P-257 Proliferative and apoptotic markers in cutaneous melanocytic lesions G. Zamolo, D. Fučkar, N. Jonjić, T. Batinac, D. Stojanović, V. Mičović (Rijeka, Croatia) P-257a (O-122) Primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma D. Radulescu, S. Stolnicu, C. Amalinei, C. Ardeleanu, S. Mocan, G. Dobrescu, A. Stanciu (Iasi, Romania) Monday, September 8, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP19: NePHROPATHOLOGY Chairperson: B. Iványi (Szeged, Hungary) P-258 Myofibroblastic transdifferentiation of mesangial and interstitial cells as prognostic criteria of glomerulonephritis in kidney biopsy analysis S.B. Petrov, A.P. Kiasov, A.E. Homiacov, A.S. Hairullov (Kazan, Russian Federation) P-259 Glomerular pathology in 100 school children with abnormal urinalysis detected by mass urine screen in Taiwan C.C. Tsai, H.C. Hsu (Taipei, Taiwan) P-260 Kidney biopsy study in patients with nephrotic syndrome B. Magrupov, B. Allaberdiev (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) P-261 The role of proliferation, growth arrest and apoptosis in the carcinogenesis and prognosis of renal cell carcinoma G.A. Gökhan, G. Karpuzoglu, T. Köksal (Antalya, Turkey) P-262 Immunophenotypisation of amyloid deposits in kidney biopsies - Our experience S. Kostadinova-Kunovska, G. Petrusevska, L. Grcevska, M. Tolovska, B. Bogoeva (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) P-263 The role of matrix metalloproteinase-11 protein in various types of glomerulonephritis C. Eftychiadis, A. Lazaris, I. Boletis, S. Michail, P. Zeis, H. Gakiopoulou, C. Iatrou, C. Stathakis, L. Nakopoulou (Athens, Greece) P-264 Investigation of diffuse mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis in children M. Ćorić, M. Šćukanec-Špoljar, S. Čužić, D. Batinić, M. Matković, D. Batinić, L. Grković (Zagreb, Croatia) P-265 Evaluation of the renal biopsy importance in isolated microhematuria in children M. Šćukanec-Špoljar, M. Ćorić, D. Batinić, S. Čužić, M. Matković, D. Batinić, L. Grković (Zagreb, Croatia) P-266 Mesoblastic nephroma of adult. Report of a case S. Vazquez Navarrete, J. Pinzon Bohorquez, J.M. Romero Maturana, J.M. Conde Sanchez (Cádiz, Spain) P-267 Expression of cyclin D1 in secondary parathyroid hyperplasia G. Dordević, N. Jonjić, D. Matić-Glažar, V. Licul (Rijeka, Croatia) P-268 Proteins of extracellluar matrix as predictors of glomerulonephritis outcome S. Čužić, M. Šćukanec-Špoljar, B. Jelaković, Z. Sonicki, D. Kuzmanić, M. Laganović (Zagreb, Croatia) P-269 Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Slovenia from 1983 to 2002: clinical aspects and clinical-pathological correlations J. Pajek, K.Grego, T. Avšič-Zupanc, A. Vizjak, A.F. Bren (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Monday, September 8, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP20: Transplantation and Immunopathology Chairperson: N. Markussen (Aarhus, Denmark) P-270 Renal parenchymal malakoplakia after kidney-pancreas transplantation. Case report E. Honsova, T. Havrdova, A. Lodererova, L. Voska, P. Boucek (Prague, Czech Republic) P-271 Morphometric study of transbronchial biopsies in pulmonary transplantation E. Caballero, R. Vilallonga, M. Ferran, J. Majo (Barcelona, Spain) P-272 The importance of glomerular deposits of Von Willebrand factor in human renal allografts B.H. Ozdemir, B. Demirhan, M. Haberal (Ankara, Turkey) P-273 The role of microvascular injury on steroid and OKT3 response in renal allograft rejection B.H. Ozdemir, B. Demirhan, M. Haberal (Ankara, Turkey)   P-274 Acute rejection in renal allografts: possible role for hepatocyte growth factor P. Kaynak Aksoy, B. Bilezikçi, B. Demirhan, S. Görür, A. Aktas, M. Haberal (Ankara, Turkey) P-275 Graft biopsies after renal transplantation in children: differences between FK506 and CyA immunosuppression M. Chadimova, E. Simkova, P. Rossmann, M. Hladikova (Prague, Czech Republic) P-276 BK-polyomavirus infection in a renal transplant recipient - Diagnosis with renal biopsy, urinary cytology and electron microscopy of the urine I. Kilicaslan, A. Turkmen, S. Alisir, S. Solakoglu, H. Ander, M. Sever, V. Uysal (Istanbul, Turkey) P-277 Vascular changes in donor kidneys may have an impact on late graft-dysfunction E. Kemeny, A.N. Fricska, E. Szederkenyi, J. Eller, Z. Morvay, G. Illyes, B. Iványi, P. Szenohradszky (Szeged, Hungary) P-278 Importance of the immunofluorescence morphology in autoimmunity M. Ristovski, V. Janevska, L. Spasevska, P. Cvetkovski (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 08.30-12.00 Gallus Hall - GD TUMOURS WITH DIVERGENT DIFFERENTIATION (Sy16) Chairpersons: T. Krausz (Chicago, USA), V. Eusebi (Bologna, Italy) 08.30-09.00 BREAST TUMOURS SHOWING DIVERGENT DIFFERENTIATION V. Eusebi (Bologna, Italy) 09.00-09.30 HEAD AND NECK TUMOURS WITH DIVERGENT DIFFERENTIATION ESPECIALLY SALIVARY GLAND TUMOURS A.G. Huvos (New York, USA) 09.30-10.00 LUNG TUMOURS WITH DIVERGENT DIFFERENTIATION W.J. Mooi (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 10.00-10.30 Break 10.30-11.00 DIVERGENT DIFFERENTIATION IN HEPATIC AND COLON TUMOURS J. Hart (Chicago, USA) 11.00-11.30 TUMOURS WITH DIVERGENT DIFFERENTIATION OF THE UTERINE CORPUS K. Cooper (Burlington, USA) 11.30-12.00 SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS WITH DIVERGENT DIFFERENTIATION T. Krausz (Chicago, USA) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 08.30-10.00 Linhart Hall - LD MOLECULAR ANALYSIS IN PARAFFIN EMBEDDED TISSUES (PET) (SP6) Chairpersons: G. Stanta (Trieste, Italy), G. Bevilacqua (Pisa, Italy) 08.30-08.50 FISH IN PET A. Cavazzana (Pisa, Italy) 08.50-09.10 REAL-TIME RT-PCR IN PARAFFIN-EMBEDDED TISSUES K. Specht (Munich, Germany) 09.10-09.30 GENE EXPRESSION  ANALYSIS IN PET S. Bonin (Trieste, Italy) 09.30-09.50 TISSUE-MICROARRAY IN PET G. Sauter (Basel, Switzerland) 09.50-10.00 DISCUSSION Tuesday, September 9, 2003 08.30-10.00 Kosovel Hall - KD MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY OF HEAD AND NECK TUMOURS (Sy17) Chairpersons: A. Nadal (Barcelona, Spain), P. Slootweg (Utrecht, The Netherlands) 08.30-08.50 GENE EXPRESSION IN MAJOR TYPES OF SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA I. Leivo (Helsinki, Finland) 08.50-09.10 THE ROLE OF iNOS AND COX-2 PATHWAYS IN HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA A. Franchi (Florence, Italy) 09.10-09.30 TELOMERASE CATALYTIC SUBUNIT IN THE CARCINOGENESIS OF SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE LARYNX AND HYPOPHARYNX B. Luzar (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 09.30-09.50 THE ROLE OF THE p14ARF/p16INK4A/p53 TUMOUR SUPPRESSOR PATHWAYS IN LARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CARCINOMA A. Nadal (Barcelona, Spain) 09.50-10.00 DISCUSSION Tuesday, September 9, 2003 08.30-10.00 Štih Hall - ŠD CORE BIOPSY VS FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY IN BREAST LESIONS (Sy18) Chairpersons: B.M. Hagmar (Oslo, Norway), A.M. Bofin (Trondheim, Norway) 08.30-08.40 INTRODUCTION B.M. Hagmar (Oslo, Norway) 08.40-09.00 FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY IN NON-PALPABLE BREAST LESIONS: RADIOLOGICAL ASPECTS P. Skaane (Oslo, Norway) 09.00-09.20 FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY (FNAC) IN MULTIFOCAL LESIONS OF THE BREAST L. Di Bonito, F. Zanconati (Trieste, Italy) 09.20-09.40 CORE NEEDLE COMPARED WITH FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION IN A BREAST DIAGNOSTIC UNIT J. Malina (Malmö, Sweden) 09.40-10.00 CYTOLOGICAL CRITERIA IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST TUMOURS A.M. Bofin (Trondheim, Norway) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 08.30-10.00 Conference Room – E1 NEONATAL AND PERINATAL INFECTIONS (Sy19) Chairpersons: I. Jeffrey (London, UK), I. Scheimberg (London, UK) 08.30-08.50 PERINATAL AND NEONATAL BACTERIAL INFECTIONS G. Bulfamante (Milan, Italy) 08.50-09.10 PERINATAL FUNGAL & PROTOZOAL DISEASES I. Jeffrey (London, UK) 09.10-09.30 PERINATAL AND NEONATAL VIRAL INFECTIONS (EXCEPT HIV) A. L'Herminé-Coulomb (Clamart, France) 09.30-09.50 VERTICAL TRANSMISSION OF HIV - IMPLICATIONS FOR PATHOLOGISTS S. Lucas (London, UK) 09.50-10.00 DISCUSSION   Tuesday, September 9, 2003 08.30-10.00 Conference Room - E2 Free Paper Session FP9: UROPATHOLOGY Chairpersons: T. van der Kwast (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), F. Algaba (Barcelona, Spain) 08.30-08.40 O-079 Expression of p53 and c-erbB-2 oncoproteins in chronic schistosomal urinary bladder lesions O. Hammam, H.E.L. Baz, M. Wishahi (Giza, Egypt) 08.40-08.50 O-080 CD10 expression in a subset of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma G. Martignoni, M. Pea, M. Brunelli, M. Chilosi, M. Bertaso, J.N. Eble, G. Mikuz, V. Ficarra, G. Novella, F. Bonetti (Verona, Italy) 08.50-09.00 O-081 Expression of tenascin in superficial and invasive bladder cancer A.E. Brunner, H. Rogatsch, C. Ensinger, G. Mikuz (Innsbruck, Austria) 09.00-09.10 O-082 Prognostic significance of cytokeratin 20, CD44v6, bcl-2 and c-erbb-2 in stage T1, grade 3 urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (T1G3) R.J. Luque, A. Lopez-Beltran, A. Quintero, F. Merlo, M.F. Lara (Jaen, Spain) 09.10-09.20 O-083 Second primary malignant tumors in patients with primary renal cell carcinoma I. Novosel, M. Turčić, A. Znaor, A. Reljić, M. Strnad, M. Belicza, B. Krušlin (Sisak, Croatia) 09.20-09.30 O-084 DNA damage repair in bladder urothelium after the Chernobyl accident in Ukraine A. Romanenko, A. Vozianov, S. Fukushima (Kiev, Ukraine) 09.30-09.40 O-085 Validation of combined use of Thin Prep monolayer preparation and multiprobe UroVysion FISH test for enhanced sensitivity of urinary cytology in detection of bladder cancer L. Baron, M. Postiglione, A. Cesarano, P. Beltotti, F. Quarto (Castellamare, Italy) 09.40-09.50 O-086 Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma: the variant with the best outcome? S. Rotman, P. Jichlinski, L. Guillou (Lausanne, Switzerland) 09.50-10.00 O-087 c-kit expression in fetal, normal adult and neoplastic renal tissues D. Miliaras, F. Karasavidou (Thessaloniki, Greece) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 10.30-12.00 Linhart Hall - LD PROGNOSIS IN MELANOMA (Sy21) Chairperson: M.G. Cook (Guildford, UK) 10.30-11.00 MICROSTAGING IN PRIMARY MELANOMA D. Massi (Florence, Italy) 11.00-11.30 MELANOMA/STROMA INTERACTIONS AND MELANOMA PROGRESSION D.J. Ruiter (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) 11.30-12.00 SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY FOR MELANOMA M.G. Cook (Guildford, UK) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 10.30-12.00 Štih Hall - ŠD PHAENOTYPING AND GENOTYPING IN DIAGNOSTIC AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY (SSy5) organised by VENTANA Medical Systems S.A. Chairperson: Ph. U. Heitz (Zürich, Switzerland)   10.30-10.45 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS/PHAENO- AND GENOTYPING OF NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOURS Ph. U. Heitz (Zürich, Switzerland) 10.45-11.10 DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHMS FOR PHAENOTYPING OF MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS T. Grogan (Tucson, USA) 11.10-11.35 VALUE OF PHAENOTYPING IN THE SEARCH FOR TUMOUR CELLS IN SENTINEL LYMPH NODES G. Viale (Milan, Italy) 11.35-12.00 PERSPECTIVES IN PHAENOTYPING AND GENOTYPING B. Odermatt (Zürich, Switzerland) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 10.30-12.00 Kosovel Hall - KD BONE TUMOURS IN CHILDREN (SC8) Chairpersons: E. Bruder (Basel, Switzerland), E. de Alava (Pamplona, Spain) 10.30-10.40 TOWARDS A MOLECULAR UNDERSTANDING OF CARTILAGINOUS TUMOURS: OSTEOCHONDROMATOSIS, ENCHONDROMATOSIS AND CHONDROSARCOMA P.C.W. Hogendoorn (Leiden, The Netherlands) 10.40-10.50 OSTEOBLASTIC BONE LESIONS IN CHILDREN F. Bertoni (Bologna, Italy) 10.50-11.00 LANGERHANS-CELL-HISTIOCYTOSIS OF BONE I. Leuschner (Kiel, Germany) 11.00-11.10 FIBRO-OSSEOUS AND RELATED LESIONS OF BONE R. Reid (Glasgow, UK) 11.10-11.20 ANEURYSMAL BONE CYST, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY, HISTOLOGICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS G. Arató (Budapest, Hungary) 11.20-11.30 MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS OF EWING TUMOUR E. de Alava (Pamplona, Spain) 11.30-11.40 ANGIOMATOUS LESIONS OF BONE IN CHILDREN E. Bruder (Basel, Switzerland) 11.40-12.00 DISCUSSION AND CLOSING REMARKS Tuesday, September 9, 2003 10.30-12.00 Conference Room – E1 MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY OF BRAIN TUMOURS (Sy22) Chairpersons: P. Kleihues (Lyon, France), O.D. Wiestler (Bonn, Germany) 10.30-11.00 GENETIC PATHWAYS TO GLIOBLASTOMA P. Kleihues (Lyon, France) 11.00-11.30 EPENDYMOMAS – REVIEW OF MOLECULAR GENETICS AND EPIGENETIC CHANGES H.K. Ng (Hong Kong) 11.30-12.00 MEDULLOBLASTOMA: MOLECULAR GENETICS AND HISTOGENESIS O.D. Wiestler (Bonn, Germany)   Tuesday, September 9, 2003 10.30-12.00 Conference Room - E2 Free Paper Session FP10: HAEMATOPATHOLOGY Chairpersons: L. de Leval (Liege, Belgium), J. Diebold (Paris, France) 10.30-10.40 O-088 Expression of B-cell markers in classical Hodgkin lymphoma: a tissue microarray analysis of 330 cases A. Tzankov, A. Zimpfer, A.C. Pehrs, A. Lugli, P. Went, R. Maurer, S. Pileri, S. Dirnhofer (Innsbruck, Austria) 10.40-10.50 O-089 Increased proliferation due to enhanced activation of the RAF/MEK/ERK pathway in relapsed and refractory acute myeloid leukemia P. Staber, W. Linkesch, D. Zauner, C. Beham-Schmid, C. Guelly, S. Schauer, H. Sill, G. Höfler (Graz, Austria) 10.50-11.00 O-090 Expression of VEGF, BFGF and VEGF receptors in diffuse large B cell lymphoma F.J. Bot, E.V. Meulemans, A.W. Griffioen, J.W.J. Bergs, M. Roestenberg (Maastricht, The Netherlands) 11.00-11.10 O-091 Analysis of provisional extracellular matrix in lymph nodes - loss of the laminin gamma2-chain indicates follicular lymphoma K. Hertel, R. Dahse, K. Scheibner, A. Berndt, L. Zardi, H. Kosmehl (Erfurt, Germany) 11.10-11.20 O-092 Follicular lymphoma grading by Mann and Berard is predictive of overall survival and time to treatment failure, however, only grade 1 has favorable OS and TTF N. Bilalovic, R. Golouh, J.M. Nesland, I. Selak, E. Torlakovic (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 11.20-11.30 O-093 BCL-6 and CD10 protein expressions are prognostic factors of overall survival and time to treatment failure in follicular lymphoma N. Bilalovic, R. Golouh, J.M. Nesland, I. Selak, E. Torlakovic (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 11.30-11.40 O-094 CD30+ primary cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders (PCLDs): TCR-gamma gene analysis by PCR on DNA extracted from CD30+ microdissected cells R. Riboni, E. Boveri, M. Lucioni, P. Incardona, A. Viglio, M. Paulli (Pavia, Italy) 11.40-11.50 O-095 Malignant testicular lymphoma accompanied with complete AV block – case report M. Mocko, P. Budakov, D. Donat, M. Štajnic, D. Petrović, B. Stojiljković, S. Štajnic (Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro) 11.50-12.00 O-096 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of bone: an analysis of differentiation-associated antigens with clinical correlation L. de Leval, K. Braaten, M. Ancukiewicz, E. Kiggundu, T. Delaney, H. Mankin, N. Lee Harris (Liège, Belgium) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 12.15-13.00 Gallus Hall - GD KEYNOTE LECTURE (KL2) Chairperson: G. Mikuz (Innsbruck, Austria) CURRENT ISSUES IN DIAGNOSTIC PATHOLOGY OF THE PROSTATE D.G. Bostwick (Richmond, USA) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 14.30-16.30 Gallus Hall - GD HISTOPATHOLOGICAL REACTION PATTERNS IN INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISORDERS (SS11) Chairpersons: S. Regauer (Graz, Austria), M.G. Cook (Guildford, UK) Clinical Moderator: R.A. Marsden (London, UK) M.G. Cook (Guildford, UK) G. Collina (Bologna, Italy) A. Moreno-Carazo (Barcelona, Spain) S. Regauer (Graz, Austria) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 14.30-16.30 Linhart Hall - LD CONTROVERSIAL AND DIFFICULT CASES DISCUSSED BY A PANEL OF UROPATHOLOGISTS (SS12) Chairpersons: F. Algaba (Barcelona, Spain), Z. Ovčak (Ljubljana, Slovenia) A. Haitel (Vienna, Austria) E. Bolito (Turin, Italy) I. Trias (Barcelona, Spain) Ö. Tulunay  (Ankara, Turkey) M. Gómez Dorronsoro (Pamplona, Spain) R. J. Luque (Jaen, Spain) R. Cabrera (Lisbon, Portugal) J. E. Tomaszewski (Philadelphia, USA) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 14.30-16.30 Kosovel Hall - KD SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH (Sy23) Chairpersons: G. Thiene (Padua, Italy), A. Kadar (Budapest, Hungary) 14.30-15.00 SUDDEN DEATH DUE TO ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE A.C. van der Wal (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 15.00-15.30 CARDIOMYOPATHIES AT RISK OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH C. Basso (Padua, Italy) 15.30-16.00 SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH: FORENSIC IMPLICATIONS G. Rutty (Leicester, UK) 16.00-16.30 SUDDEN DEATH “SINE MATERIA”: GENETICS AND THE EXPANDING HORIZON G. Thiene (Padua, Italy) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 14.30-16.30 Štih Hall - ŠD ENDOCRINE TUMOURS (SS13) Chairpersons: S. Lax (Graz, Austria), B. Franc (Boulogne, France) G. Klöppel (Kiel, Germany) M. Sobrinho-Simões (Porto, Portugal) M. Papotti (Turin, Italy) S. Frković-Grazio (Ljubljana, Slovenia) B. Franc (Boulogne, France) S. Lax (Graz, Austria) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 14.30-16.30 Conference Room – E1 DECISIVE ROLE OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF BIOPSY CASES (SS14) Chairpersons: M. Santucci (Florence, Italy), J. Lloreta-Trull (Barcelona, Spain) A. Hvala (Ljubljana, Slovenia) A. Franchi (Florence, Italy) R. Boldrini (Rome, Italy) C.E. Comin (Florence, Italy) G. Pasquinelli (Bologna, Italy) B. Carlén (Lund, Sweden), U. Stenram (Lund, Sweden) R. De Vos (Leuven, Belgium) B. Eyden (Manchester, UK) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 14.30-16.30 Conference Room - E2 Free Paper Session FP11: LIVER AND DIGESTIVE TRACT PATHOLOGY Chairpersons: L. Pollice (Bari, Italy), D. G. Tiniakos (Athenes, Greece) 14.30-14.40 O-097 Ultrastructural characteristics of liver-associated lymphocytes in chronic delta hepatitis B. Aliev, S. Khodjaev (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) 14.40-14.50 O-098 Hepatic steatosis in relation to serum apolipoprotein level in egyptian patients with HCV and HCV-associated HCC: histopathological, biochemical and clinico-sonographic study T. Aboushousha, N. Assaly, A. El-Ray (Cairo, Egypt) 14.50-15.00 O-099 Steatohepatitis – shortcut to diagnosis J. Gligorijevic, K. Katic, V. Zivkovic, S. Ciric, V. Katic (Nis, Serbia and Montenegro) 15.00-15.10 O-100 Mutations of the BRAF gene in cholangiocarcinoma, but not in hepatocellular carcinoma A. Tannapfel, F. Sommerer, J. Hauss, C. Wittekind (Leipzig, Germany) 15.10-15.20 O-101 Prognosis and treatment of cholangitis after cholecystectomy N. Akhtar, A.E. Kuzmenko, V.V. Khatsko, G.A. Grintsov, A.M. Dudin, Y.G. Kolkin (Donetsk, Ukraine) 15.20-15.30 O-102 Study of c-myc oncogene in hepatocellular carcinoma S. Abdel Salam, N.M. Moustafa, A. Amer, M. El Moufty, A. Abdel Aziz, S. Zaki (Alexandria, Egypt) 15.30-15.40 O-103 Histological sectioning of brush bristles allows improved diagnosis of biliary tract and bronchial lesions G. Bussolati, G. Accinelli, L. Macri (Turin, Italy) 15.40-15.50 O-104 Is telomerase catalytic subunit gene re-expression an early event in gallbladder carcinogenesis? B. Luzar, M. Poljak, A. Coer, U. Klopčič, V. Ferlan-Marolt (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 15.50-16.00 O-105 Spontaneous intestinal perforation vs. necrotizing enterocolitis: 2 different entities clinically and pathologically G. De Hertogh, P. Van Eyken, M. Miserez, H. Devlieger, K. Geboes (Leuven, Belgium) 16.00-16.10 O-106 Impact of epitope retrieval in detection of CD117 (c-kit) in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) using manual and automated immunohistochemical (IHC) procedures H. Winther, H.G. Wendelboe, B. Crillesen, A. Larsen, T. Knoll, D. Chenoweth, R. Welcher, J. Askaa (Glostrup, Denmark) 16.10-16.20 O-107 Loss of heterozygosity and microsatellite instability in early onset gastric carcinomas A.A.N. Milne, R. Carvalho, B.P. van Rees, E.. Caspers, G.J.A. Offerhaus, M.A.J. Weterman (Amsterdam,The Netherlands) 16.20-16.30 O-108 A place of foveolar hyperplasia in benign epithelial gastric polyps development and classification: Ki-67 LI analysis J. Orlowska, A. Cerar, E. Kraszewska, J. Pachlewski, E. Butruk, J. Kupryjanczyk (Warsaw, Poland) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 17.00-18.30 Gallus Hall - GD CURRENT ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES IN PROSTATE CANCER – ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION BY A PANEL OF PATHOLOGISTS AND CLINICIANS (RT2) Moderators and panellists: D. Bostwick (Richmond, USA), C. Godec (New York, USA) Panellists: A. Bono (Varese, Italy) G. Mikuz (Innsbruck, Austria) R. Montironi (Ancona, Italy) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 17.00-18.30 Linhart Hall - LD PATHOLOGY OF BILIARY DISEASES (SC9) Chairpersons: T. Roskams (Leuven, Belgium), Ch. Wittekind (Leipzig, Germany) 17.00-17.15 DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN BILE DUCT SYSTEM T. Roskams (Leuven, Belgium), Ch. Wittekind (Leipzig, Germany) 17.15-17.40 PAEDIATRIC BILIARY DISEASES V.J. Desmet (Leuven, Belgium) 17.40-18.05 BILIARY DISEASES IN TRANSPLANTATION PATHOLOGY S.G. Hübscher (Birmingham, UK) 18.05-18.30 BIOPSY OR CYTOLOGY IN EXTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT LESIONS? A. Tannapfel (Leipzig, Germany) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 17.00-18.30 Kosovel Hall - KD MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY OF SOFT TISSUE TUMOURS (Sy24) Chairpersons: A. Llombart-Bosch (Valencia, Spain), A.P. Dei Tos (Treviso, Italy) 17.00-17.15 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF LIPOMATOUS AND MYXOID TUMOURS J.-M. Coindre (Bordeaux, France) 17.15-17.30 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF GIST AND ASSOCIATED NEOPLASMS A.P. Dei Tos (Treviso, Italy) 17.30-17.45 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF SPINDLE CELL TUMOURS L. Guillou (Lausanne, Switzerland) 17.45-18.00 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF SRCT A. Cavazzana (Pisa, Italy) 18.00-18.15 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF OSTEO AND CHONDROSARCOMAS A. Llombart-Bosch (Valencia, Spain) 18.15-18.30 DISCUSSION Tuesday, September 9, 2003 17.00-18.30 Štih Hall - ŠD PATHOLOGY TRAINING AND EXAMINATION CROSSING EUROPEAN BORDERS (SP7) Chairpersons: J.G. van den Tweel (Utrecht, The Netherlands), D.J. Ruiter (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) 17.00-17.20 PATHOLOGY TRAINING CROSSING EUROPEAN BORDERS D.J. Ruiter (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) 17.20-17.40 PATHOLOGY TRAINING IN EUROPE: THE GENERALIST AND SUBSPECIALIST J. Prat (Barcelona, Spain) 17.40-18.00 THE ROLE OF VIRTUAL MICROSCOPY IN PATHOLOGY TRAINING J. Pardo (Pamplon, Spain) 18.00-18.20 A EUROPEAN PATHOLOGY EXAMINATION: NECESSARY OR REDUNDANT J.G. van den Tweel (Utrecht, The Netherlands) 18.20-18.30 DISCUSSION Tuesday, September 9, 2003 17.00-18.30 Conference Room – E1 DIAGNOSTIC ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF NON-NEOPLASTIC DISEASES (SC10) Chairpersons: Z. Schaff (Budapest, Hungary), C. Bosman (Rome, Italy) 17.00-17.30 CURRENT DIAGNOSTIC USE OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IN NON-NEOPLASTIC RENAL PATHOLOGY G. Monga (Novara, Italy) and G. Mazzucco (Turin, Italy) 17.30-18.00 PATHOGNOMONIC FINE STRUCTURAL FEATURES IN NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES J. M. Schröder (Aachen, Germany) 18.00-18.30 ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF SPERM PATHOLOGY B. Baccetti (Siena, Italy)   Tuesday, September 9, 2003 17.00-18.30 Conference Room - E2 Free Paper Session FP12: DIGESTIVE TRACT PATHOLOGY Chairpersons: F. Carneiro (Porto, Portugal), A. Cerar (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 17.00-17.10 O-109 Histopathological and immunohistochemical evaluation of gastric carcinoma investigated by endobiopsy M.S. Mihailovici, M. Danciu, S. Teleman, L. Ivan, C. Stanciu, M. Stan, G. Balan, A. Potoroaca (Iasi, Romania) 17.10-17.20 O-110 Von Recklinghausen's disease: gastrointestinal manifestations of type 1 neurofibromatosis C. Kutlesic, B. Stamenkovic, V. Katic, L. Velickovic, K. Katic, M. Krstic, M. Mitrovic (Nis, Serbia and Montenegro) 17.20-17.30 O-111 Increased expression of muc1 and muc6 and decreased expression of muc2 in colorectal adenoma-carcinoma spectrum: A tissue array study I. Kuzu, S. Ozturk, G. Kaygusuz, A. Ensari, E.O. Kirimker, A. Kuzu (Ankara, Turkey) 17.30-17.40 O-112 Immunophenotypic analysis of submesothelial fibroblasts during peritoneal dialysis-related fibrosis J. Jimenez-Heffernan, A. Perez-Campos, C. Perna, M.A. Bajo, G. del Peso, P. Gonzalez-Peramato, A. Aguilera, C. Gamallo, M. Lopez-Cabrera, R. Selgas (Guadalajara, Spain) 17.40-17.50 O-113 Immunohistochemical and genetic high-throughput analysis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors D. Di Vizio, L. Insabato, G. Pettinato, A. Boscaino, R. Russo, E. Carafa, G. Duchini, A. Di Blasi, L. Terracciano, L. Tornillo (Naples, Italy) 17.50-18.00 O-114 Digital slide and virtual microscopy based routine and telepathology evaluation of routine gastrointestinal biopsy specimen L. Berczi, C. Diczhazy, V. Varga, A. Tagscherer, B. Molnar, B. Szende, Z. Tulassay, L. Kopper (Budapest, Hungary) 18.00-18.10 O-115 MUC4 neoexpression in intraductal papillary mucinous carcinomas and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas J. Lüttges, K. Richter, L. Schminke, C. Heinitz, G. Klöppel (Kiel, Germany) 18.10-18.20 O-116 Hypermethylation of hMLh5 AND HPP1 in adenocarcinomas of the upper gastrointestinal tract M. Sarbia, H. Geddert, S. Kiel, E. Iskender, A. Florl, T. Krieg, S. Vossen, H. Gabbert (Dusseldorf, Germany) 18.20-18.30 O-117 Antral G-cells in sporadic fundic gland polyps patients: an immunohistochemical study P. Declich, E. Tavani, L. Pastori, A. Prada, E. Giannini, S. Bellone, M. Buono, C. Gozzini, M. Porcellati, A. Bortoli (Rho, Italy) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP21: Digestive tract pathology Chairperson: A. Cerar (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-279 Expression of p53 in gastrointestinal stromal tumors predicts biological behavior and survival. A multivariable study of 49 cases J. Nuncio, J. Baquera, H. Medina-Franco, M.M. Urist (Mexico City, Mexico) P-280 Granulomas in gastric mucosa, with focus on microgranulomas (mg) S. Holck, M. Schmidt, T. Rannem (Lyngby, Denmark) P-281 Intravascular signet ring-like cells CD68/lYsozYme positive in gastric ulcer due to chronic use of NSAID, diagnostic implications in endoscopic biopsy and surgical management of an unusual invasive cancer mimicker J. Nuncio, J. Arista-Nasr, B. Martinez (Mexico City, Mexico) P-282 Ileal mucosa changes after total colectomy in patients with juvenile polyposis and familial adenomatous polyposis A. Tertytchnyi, A. Talalaev, D. Sotnikov, V. Lukin (Moscow, Russian Federation) P-283 Eosinophilic gastroenteritis with pleural outflow and ascites. A case report M. Mrčela, V. Blažičević, M. Pajtler, Z. Hrgović (Osijek, Croatia) P-284 Expression of TNF-alpha and IL-4 in patients with chronic pancreatitis N. Shirinskaya , V. Akhmedov (Omsk, Russian Federation) P-285 Gastric glomus tumor: report of one case H. El Attar, J. Lamia, S. Saida, I. Ahmed (Casablanca, Morocco) P-286 Composite carcinoid-adenocarcinoma of the ileum associated with transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder I. Venizelos, D. Sioutopoulou, Z. Tatsiou (Athenes, Greece) P-287 Mutational analysis and expression of CDX1 homeobox gene in 20 cases of colorectal carcinomas E. Pilozzi, M. Rapazzotti Onelli, C. Fidler, V. Ziparo, J.S. Wainscoat, L. Ruco (Roma, Italy) P-288 The potential role of TGF-beta-1, TGF-beta-2 and TGF-beta-3 proteins expression in colorectal carcinomas and their possible correlation with classic histopathologic factors and patients survival A. Tsamandas, V. Zolota, P. Ravazoula, T. Kourelis, C. Kalogeropoulou, T. Petsas, K. Tepetes, D. Kardamakis, D. Bonikos, H. Kalofonos (Patras, Greece) P-289 CDX2 is useful in distinguishing primary colorectal adenocarcinoma form pulmonary, mammary and pancreatic adenocarcinomas metastatic to the colorectum G. Groisman, A. Meir, M. Amar (Hadera, Israel) P-290 Infiltrative and proliferative activity in central versus peripheral parts of colorectal cancer A. Nalecz, R. Rzepko, M. Klimkowska, W. Kruszewski, E. Izycka-Swieszewska, K. Jaskiewicz (Gdansk, Poland) P-291 Angiogenesis in primary and metastatic foci of colorectal cancer M. Klimkowska, R. Rzepko, A. Nalecz, W. Kruszewski, E. Izycka-Swieszewska, K. Jaskiewicz (Gdansk, Poland) P-292 Clonality analysis of mutant E-cadherin-positive, diffuse-type early gastric cancers M. Bamba, H. Sugihara, K.F. Becker, I. Becker, T. Hattori, M. Stolte, H. Hoefler (Ohtsu-Shiga, Japan) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1   Poster Session PP22: Digestive tract pathology Chairperson: Carneiro F. (Porto, Portugal) P-293 Unusual types of Gastrointestinal Malignant Lymphomas (GIMLs) E. Tsikou-Papafragou, T. Papadaki, M. Tsamouri, E. Nikolaou, C. Barbatis (Athenes, Greece) P-294 Malignat gastrointestinal stromal tumor: morphological and immunohistochemical investigation A. Petrescu, G. Berdan, C. Ardeleanu, M. Dan (Bucharest, Romania) P-295 Cardiac mucosa develops during pregnancy: an autopsy study in embryos, fetuses and infants G. De Hertogh, P. Van Eyken, N. Ectors, J. Tack, K. Geboes (Leuven, Belgium) P-296 Gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) and non-MALT lymphomas: clinicopathological study of 32 cases S. Taban, A. Dema, N. Tudose (Timisoara, Romania) P-297 MSI-L and MSI-H in colorectal serrated adenocarcinomas M. Mäkinen, K. Tuppurainen, O. Junttila, T.J. Karttunen (Oulu, Finland) P-298 Thyroid hormone receptor beta-1 expression in colorectal cancer is associated with polypoid growth type and K-RAS mutations T. Hörkkö, T.J. Karttunen, P. Jernvall, M.J. Mäkinen (Oulu, Finland) P-299 Gastric mucosal calcinosis in chronic renal failure patients A.N. Haberal, B. Demirhan, G. Künefeci, M. Gürsoy, A. Kut (Ankara, Turkey) P-300 The value of histology in diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) V. Tzioufa, G. Karayannopoulou, I. Venizelos, A. Asimaki, E. Vrettou, C. Kalekou, T. Kehaya, A. Kriaka, E. Nenopoulou, K. Patsiaoura (Thessaloniki, Greece) P-301 Atypical multinucleated stromal cells in the polypoid tumor lesions of the gastrointestinal tract S. Taban, A. Dema, N. Tudose (Timisoara, Romania) P-302 Prognostic value of nm 23 and c-erbB-2 expression in colorectal cancer V. Delektorskaya, A. Perevoschikov, N.E. Kushlinsky (Moscow, Russian Federation) P-303 Relationship between gastritis severity, Helicobacter pylori intensity and mast cell density in the antrum and corpus: An immunohistochemical study with mast cell tryptase F. Kayaselcuk, Y. Gumurdulu, E. Serin, F.A. Bolat, B. Ozer, I. Tuncer (Adana, Turkey) P-304 Apoptosis and activated intraepithelial cytotoxic T lymphocytes in gastric carcinomas characterized for microsatellite instability and Epstein Barr virus infection A.M. Chiaravalli, M. Feltri, E. Bagnoli, D. Furlan, R. Cerutti, C. Capella (Varese, Italy) P-305 Goblet cell carcinoid of the appendix: A clinicopathologic study and MUC1, MUC2 and MUC5A expression S.M. Jung, P.H. Chu, T.S. Yeh (Taoyuan, Taiwan) P-306 Gastric parietal cell carcinoma: report of three cases M.L. Gomez-Dorronsoro, R. Beloqui, I. Amat, P. De llano, A. Cordoba, B. Larrinaga, E. Borobio (Pamplona, Spain) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP23: Digestive tract pathology Chairperson: J.F. Fléjou (Paris, France) P-307 Analysis of CD8 positive cells of gastric mucosa in cases of peptic ulcer and gastritis R. Kleina, V. Ose (Riga, Latvia) P-308 Prognostic value of nuclear area and microvessel density in gastric cancer D. Kovač, M. Jašić, A. Eubranić, M. Krašević, H. Grbas, N. Pavlović, A. Šustić, C. Rizzardi, M. Melato, N. Jonjić (Rijeka, Croatia) P-309 Immunoexpression of c-kit and Ki-67 in GISTs F. Iordanidis, E. Vrettou, E. Nenopoulou, P. Hytiroglou,C. Papadimitriou (Thessaloniki, Greece) P-310 Expression of PCNA and Ki-67 protein in colorectal carcinomas. Correlation with tumor grade V. Zivkovic, A. Nagorni, V. Katic, J. Gligorijevic, B. Djordjevic, M. Milentijevic, Z. Mijovic (Niš, Serbia and Montenegro) P-311 Collision tumours at the gastro-oesophageal junction: do they exist? A.A.N. Milne, R. Carvalho, B.P. van Rees, J.J.B. Lanschott, M.A.J. Weterman, G.J. Offerhaus (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) P-312 The histologic spectrum of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) A. Nasierowska-Guttmejer, W. Michej (Warsaw, Poland) P-313 Carcinosarcoma of the esophagus: two cases of the unusual neoplasm M. Malinowska, A. Nasierowska-Guttmejer (Warsaw, Poland) P-314 p21/WAF1/CIP1 expression in gastric carcinomas: relationship with p53 and prognosis N. Akyürek, A. Dursun, D. Yamaç, N. Günel (Ankara, Turkey) P-315 Altered distribution and decrease of interstitial cells of Cajal in patients with colonic inertia L. Spasevska, V. Janevska, M. Ristovski, G. Petrusevska, S. Kostadinova, R. Jovanovic (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) P-316 Immunohistochemical detection of the hMLh5 and hMSh5 proteins in hereditary and sporadic colon cancer tissues P. Plevova, A. Krepelova, M. Papezova, E. Sedlakova, R. Curik, L. Foretova, J. Palas, J. Novotny, J. Nieslanik, Z. Kolar (Olomouc, Czech Republic) P-317 Study of mucin changes in colorectal adenoma-carcinoma sequence M. Danciu, M.S. Mihailovici, M. Stan, A. Trifan, C. Sfarti, S. Khder, A.M. Gruia (Iasi, Romania) P-318 Histological and immunohistochemical analysis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) M. Tolovska, S. Duganovska, Z. Boceska, B. Stojmanovska (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) P-319 What is the relation of age, gender and histological types to the subsite location of colon carcinoma? I. Drandarska, A. Mihova-Pancheva, H. Kadian (Sofia, Bulgaria) P-320 Cathepsin B and L expression in colorectal carcinomas: relationship with tumor progression and clinico-pathological parameters C. Iglesias, R. Miquel, A. Castells, A. Nadal, E. Campo, A. Cardesa (Barcelona, Spain) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP24: Digestive tract pathology Chairperson: G. Zamboni (Negrar-Verona, Italy) P-321 Concomitant presence of gastric signet ring and breast ductal carcinoma M. Krstic, M. Visnjic, V. Katic, L. Velickovic, K. Katic, M. Andjelkovic-Matic (Niš, Serbia and Montenegro) P-322 Gastric MALT lymphoma: histological features before and after eradication therapy V. Katic, N. Suzuki, A. Nagorni, V. Zivkovic, B. Petrovic (Niš, Serbia and Montenegro) P-323 Comparative evaluation of the prognostic value of MUC1 and MUC2 antigens in colorectal adenocarcinoma K. Katic, V. Katic, T. Hattori, R. Kushima, D. Tasic (Niš, Serbia and Montenegro) P-324 Sporadic form of colon cancer of an 12-year-old boy I. Stojanovic, V. Katic, J. Gligorijevic, K. Katic, M. Andjelkovic-Matic (Niš, Serbia and Montenegro) P-325 The histological findings in the gastroesophageal junction of fetuses Š. Hadravská, A. Chlumská, L. Boudová, P. Mukenšnabl, M. Šulc (Plzen, Czech Republic) P-326 ABO and Rh blood groups distribution and correlation with pathologic stage of colon adenocarcinoma M.R. Jalali Nadoushan, A. Dievan Beigi, N. Fallah, B. Mofid (Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran) P-327 Vascular endothelial growth factor, microvessels count and overexpression of p53 protein in colorectal carcinomas S. Usaj, A. Bogdanovic, M. Perunicic, G. Brajuskovic, S. Cerovic, I. Klem, Z. Eri, M. Panisic, D. Tarabar, J. Dimitrijevic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-328 Occult involvement of lymph nodes in the splenic hilus and along the splenic artery in patients with proximal gastric carcinoma M. Bjelovic, P. Pesko, V. Todorovic, M. Micev, M. Cosic-Micev (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-329 Lymph node micrometastases in patients with gastric carcinoma: immunohistochemical evaluation M. Cosic-Micev, M. Micev, V. Todorovic, M. Bjelovic, P. Pesko (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-330 Gastrointestinal stromal tumors of the stomach M. Micev, M. Cosic-Micev, V. Todorovic, M. Bjelovic, P. Pesko (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-331 Deep topographic compartments of colorectal adenocarcinomas: down-regulation of mlh5/msh5 expression results in lack of physiologic cell kinetic balance A. Blanes, J.J. Jimenez-Martin, J.J. Sanchez-Carrillo, B. Cabra, M.T. Miranda, S.J. Diaz-Cano (Malaga, Spain) P-332 Gastro-intestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) classifications and their predictive value J. Sandbank, I. Rabin, M. Maklakovsky, H. Mehrdad, I. Wasserman, G. Hermann, A. Halevi (Zerifin, Israel) P-333 Epithelial metaplasias circle gastric ulcer disease B. Vukomanovic, S. Jancic, N. Djurdjevic, J. Sopta (Kragujevac, Serbia and Montenegro) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP25: Digestive tract pathology Chairperson: A. Ensari (Ankara, Turkey) P-334 Choice of immunohistochemical method for detection of defect mismatch repair system C. Fenger, O. Nielsen, T.P. Hansen (Odense, Denmark) P-335 Immunoexpression of Muc1 and Muc2 mucins in advanced gastric cancer M. Grosso, E. Vitarelli, A. Ieni, R. Caruso, G. Tuccari, G. Barresi (Messina, Italy) P-336 Colon's metaplasia of gaster mucosa circle ulcer disease B. Vukomanovic, S. Jancic, N. Djurdjevic, S. Milenkovic, Z. Tepavcevic (Kragujevac, Serbia and Montenegro) P-337 Upregulated expression of RELP, a REG-like protein, in inflammatory, metaplastic and neoplastic gastrointestinal mucosa L.C. Andersson, M. Kämäräinen, K. Heiskala, P. Lankila, M. Heiskala (Helsinki, Finland) P-338 Current approach to the biopsy diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) - is it possible to predict clinical behaviour? P. Szepe, P. Ondrejovic, K. Kajo, P. Slavik, L.A. Sokol, L. Plank (Martin, Slovakia) P-339 Multiple gastric composite carcinomas (adenocarcinoma and endocrine carcinoma) with adenosquamous differentiation Y. Kapran, N. Akbas, M. Aksoy, F. Dizdaroglu (Istanbul, Turkey) P-340 Primary retroperitoneal malignant fibrous histiocytoma metastasing to the stomach Y. Kapran, O. Mete, O. Asoglu, I. Kilicaslan, M. Demiryont, F. Dizdaroglu (Istanbul, Turkey) P-341 Role of p16INK4a in gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) R. Ricci, V. Arena, N. Maggiano, F. Castri, M. Martini, A. Rinelli, L.M. Larocca, F.M. Vecchio (Roma, Italy) P-342 Investigation of glandular epithelium cells proliferative activity in chronic superficial and deep inflammations of gastric mucosa W. Kozlowski, C. Jochymski, G. Klupińska, A. Dabek, J. Patera (Warszaw, Poland) P-343 Chromogranin-A-plus and D cells in superficial and deep gastric mucosa inflammation W. Kozlowski, C. Jochymski, G. Klupinska, A. Dabek, J. Patera (Warszaw, Poland) P-344 Withdrawn P-345 Value of the mitosis-related PHh5 antibody in the prognosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors M. Jimeno Ramiro, M. Iglesias Coma, N. Pérez, R. Orellana, J. Lloreta, J. Vila, T. Ribalta, E. Musulén, R. Miquel, E. Díaz (Barcelona, Spain) P-346 Immunohistochemical expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in human colorectal cancer F. Patakiouta, D. Tzilves, P. Xirou, N. Pasteli, M. Papagianni, I. Katsos, M. Kalaitzi (Thessaloniki, Greece) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP26: Haematopathology Chairperson: L. Plank (Martin, Slovakia) P-347 The expression of Bcl 2 family proteins in B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia G. Brajuskovic, S. Vukosavic, S. Cerovic, S. Knezevic Usaj, S. Marjanovic, J. Dimitrijevic, S. Romac, A. Skaro Milic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-348 Recurrent Kikuchi-Fujimoto desease during pregnancy I. Venizelos, D. Sioutopoulou, Z. Tatsiou, S. Vakalopoulou, V Garipidou (Athenes, Greece) P-349 Monitoring of patients with follicular lymphoma carrying t(14;18)(q32;21) by real time quantitative PCR M. Mrhalova, M. Kalinova, L. Krskova, J. Soukup, R. Kodet (Prague, Czech Republic) P-350 Phosphatase activity dependent apoptotic effect of transforming growth factor beta1 in HT58 human lymphoma cells L. Kopper, A. Sebestyén, G. Barna, S. Paku, R. Mihalik (Budapest, Hungary) P-351 Clinicopathological study of chromosome 7 abnormality related hematological disorders M. Ito, R. Ichihashi, K. Kitamura, I. Sugiura, H. Kosugi (Nagoya, Japan) P-352 Expression of topoisomerase I and topoisomerase II alpha as an independent prognostic factor and evaluation of the overall survival in NHL E. Catalano (Camden, USA) P-353 Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL): Ki-67 antigen and chromosome 12 ploidy in an estimate of the tumor progression R. Kodet, M. Mrhalova, L. Krskova, J. Soukup, V. Campr, P. Szepe, L. Plank, K. Kubackova (Prague, Czech Republic) P-354 Morphological criteria for differentiation of lymphocyte predominance Hodgkin’s lymphoma from lymphocyte-rich classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma A. Kovrigina, N. Probatova ( Moscow, Russian Federation) P-355 Bone marrow sinusoids in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) V. Rugal (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation) P-356 Complex diagnosis of follicular lymphomas E. Toth, E. Csernak, Z. Melegh, N. Udvarhelyi, T. Schneider, A. Rosta, Z. Szentirmay (Budapest, Hungary) P-357 Prognostic significance of angiogenesis, apoptosis and proliferation in B cell lymphomas E. Ozel, B. Kilicarlan Akkaya, H. Bekoz, A. Ugur, K.H. Gulkesen, S. Karakaya, L. Undar, G. Karpuzoglu (Antalya, Turkey) P-358 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the maxillary sinus complicated with Blastomycotic leptomeningitis G. Petrusevska, A. Stojanovic, L. Hagi-Pecova (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) P-359 Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas of head and neck in Macedonia classified accordingly to the WHO classification of lymphoid neoplasms G. Petrusevska, A. Stojanovic, L. Hagi-Pecova, B. Georgievski, P. Cvetkovski, S. Banev, M. Tolovska, V. Janevska, L. Spasevska, S. Duganovska (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) P-360 Expression of the bcl-2 family proteins, caspase 3 (CPP32) and poly adp-ribose polymerase (PARP-1) in multiple myelomas V. Zolota, M. Melachrinou, I. Xagoraris, A. Mouzaki, P. Aroukatos, D. Koumoundourou, D.S. Bonikos (Patras, Greece) P-361 Immunoexpression of bcl-2 family members, p53, caspase 3 (CPP32) and poly adp-ribose polymerase (PARP-1) in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas M. Melachrinou, V. Zolota, P. Matsouka, A. Symeonidis, D. Koumoundourou, P. Aroukatos, D.S. Bonikos (Patras, Greece) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1   Poster Session PP27: Haematopathology Chairperson: J.M. Cabecadas (Lisbon, Portugal) P-362 Bcl-2 expression and apoptosis in non Hodgkin lymphomas S. Stifter, A. Duletić-Načinović, M. Sever-Prebilić, K. Lučin, N. Jonjić (Rijeka, Croatia) P-363 The heterogeneity of anaplastic large cell lymphomas (ALCL) O. Mederle, M. Raica (Timisoara, Romania) P-364 Leiomyosarcoma of the Meckel's diverticulum. Synchronous occurence with B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia. A case report R. Jovanovic, G. Petrusevska, A. Stojanovich, G. Damjanovski, K. Vasilevska, M. Nikolovski (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) P-365 Composite low grade B cell lymphomas: Report of three cases C. Romagosa, L. Colomo, V. Morente, M. Garrido, D. Colomer, A. López-Guillermo, A. Palacin, E. Campo (Barcelona, Spain) P-366 Malignant B-cell lymphomas non-associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) V. Morente, L. Colomo, C. Romagosa, E. Roselló, D. Colomer, A. Palacín, E. Campo (Barcelona, Spain) P-367 Pregranulomatous phase of sarcoidosis: immunohistochemical diagnosis? K. Jaskiewicz (Gdansk, Poland) P-368 Haemophagocytic syndrome followed by a large B-cell lymphoma showing only bone marrow involvement: Case report S. Barbanis, V. Kaloutsi, E. Katodritou, C. Hadjileontis, E. Panoussi, C. Papadimitriou (Thessaloniki Greece) P-369 Nodular type of mycosis fungoides. A case report L. Macukanovic-Golubovic, V. Katic, D. Dimov, L. Spalevic, M. Paravina, M. Krstic, M. Milenovic, M. Pavlovic, G. Stoiljkovic, A. Petrovic (Niš, Serbia and Montenegro) P-370 Low expression of p27 protein combined with altered p53 and Rb/p16 expression status is associated with increased expression of cyclin A and cyclin B1 in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas D. Papachristou, E. Tsanou, S. Dimou, K. Grepi, V. Galani, S. Stefanaki, P. Kanavaros, N. Agnantis, M. Bai (Ioannina, Greece) P-371 Expression of cyclin D3 and cyclin E and identification of distinct clusters of proliferation and apoptosis in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas S. Kamina, M. Bai, D. Papachristou, E. Tsanou, K. Zioga, A. Skyrlas, A. Batistatou, V. Galani, P. Kanavaros, N. Agnantis (Ioannina, Greece) P-372 Immunohistochemical expression of p53, p21/waf1, Rb, p16, cyclin D1, p27, Ki67, cyclin A, cyclin B1, bcl2, bax and bak proteins and apoptotic index in normal thymus A. Papoudou-Bai, D. Papachristou, M. Doukas, K. Grepi, V. Galani, P. Stefanaki, D. Rontogianni, M. Bai, N. Agnantis, P. Kanavaros (Ioannina, Greece) P-373 Blastic MDS and AML - bone marrow biopsy findings versus clinical manifestation L. Plank, P. Szépe, K. Poliaková, Z. Kviatkovská, P. Kuchťáková, M. Ševčíková, M. Adamkov (Martin, Slovakia) P-374 Increased expression of the bcl6 and CD10 proteins is associated with increased apoptosis and proliferation in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas M. Bai, D. Papachristou, A. Skyrlas, E. Tsanou, S. Kamina, V. Galani, V. Kordela, P. Kanavaros, N. Agnantis (Ioannina, Greece) P-375 Primary non-Hodgkin lymphomas of bone: morphologycal and immunohistocehmical aspects V. Cemerikic-Martinovic, M. Perunicic, S. Knezevic-Usaj, Z. Bogdanovic, M. Atanackovic, J. Sopta, B. Mihaljevic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-376 Peripheral T-cell lymphoma with perifollicular growth pattern expressing CD10 J.M. Kim, Y.H.3 Ko (Daejeon, Republic of Korea) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1   Poster Session PP28: Haematopathology Chairperson: J. Jakić-Razumović (Zagreb, Croatia) P-377 Primary bone CD30+ anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Clinico-pathologic analysis of 5 cases E. Boveri, P. Incardona, U. Gianelli, M. Lucioni, R. Riboni, M. Zecca, F. Locatelli, E. Orlandi, U. Magrini, M. Paulli (Pavia, Italy) P-378 Immunohistochemical detection of follicular dendritic cells in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma L. Boudova, F. Fakan, P. Mukensnabl, A. Skalova, M. Michal (Pilzen, Czech Republic) P-379 Usefulness of CD34 immunoreactivity in classification of myelodysplastic syndromes E. Conde, J. Salamanca, I. Alemany, M.A. Martínez (Madrid, Spain) P-380 Primary intestinal lymphoma: clinical and pathologic features of 16 patients T. Terzic, A. Laban, Z. Stojsic, I. Boricic, V. Todorovic, S. Radojevic, G. Basta-Jovanovic, D. Cvetkovic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-381 Bone marrow angiogenesis in hairy cell leukaemia - a morphometric study A. Androulaki, P. Korkolopoulou, N. Kavantzas, I. Thymara, D.A. Gribabis, M. Perdiki, C. Eftychiadis, G.A. Pangalis, E. Patsouris (Athens, Greece) P-382 Inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen and its relationship to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV): report of a case E.P. Labropoulou, V. Zolota, E. Katsiki, D. Karavias, C. Labropoulou (Patras, Greece) P-383 Histopathological and immunohistochemical patterns of nodal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in Montenegro F. Vukmirovic (Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro) P-384 Lack of CD 20 expression in herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) infected cells in multicentric Castleman’s disease (MCD) I. Oehri, M. Baumann, G. Cathomas (Liestal, Switzerland) P-385 Anaplastic large cell lymphoma - pathological and immunohistochemicals aspects C. Dobrea, C. Iosif, D. Terzea, F. Vasilescu, L. Caban, F. Andrei, M. Ceausu, G. Butur, C. Ardeleanu, F. Halalau (Bucharest, Romania) P-386 Myeloid sarcoma - 9 cases analysis F. Vasilescu, C. Dobrea, E. Niculescu-Mizil, A. Colita, L. Caban, R. Stoia, D. Ostroveanu, A. Iofciulescu, D. Terzea, C. Iosif (Bucharest, Romania) P-387 B-cell prolymphocytic “leukemia” (B-PLL): a heterogeneous disorder with a broad clinical and genetic spectrum C. Lome Maldonado, A. Lazo-Langner, L. Quintanilla-Martínez, B. Martínez-Benítez, G. Kelly, E. Reyes, A. Angeles-Angeles (Mexico City, Mexico) P-388 EBV-positive anaplastic large cel lymphoma (ALCL) in Mexican patients C. Lome Maldonado, B. Martínez-Benítez, S. Valdés, A. Lazo-Langner, A .Angeles-Angeles (Mexico City, Mexico) P-389 CDk9/Cyclin T expression in reactive lymph nodes and malignant lymphomas S. Lazzi, C. Bellan, G. De Falco, K. Schuerfeld, P. Micheli, S. Bartolommei, S. Pileri, L. Leoncini, P. Tosi, A. Giordano (Siena, Italy) P-390 The value of tartrate resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) immunoreactivity in diagnosis of hairy cell leukaemia H. Akkaya, O. Dogan, G. Dincol, M. Agan (Antalya, Turkey) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP29: HEPATOPATHOLOGY Chairperson: V. Ferlan-Marolt (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-391 Cathepsin L participation in collagen degradation during the recovery from experimental hepatic fibrosis V. Ryvnyak, E. Ryvnyak, R. Tudos (Kishinev, Republic of Moldova) P-392 Solitary necrotic nodule of the liver. A report of three cases A. Córdoba, M.L. Gómez, B. Larrinaga, I. Amat, R. Beloqui (Pamplona, Spain) P-393 The significance of morphometrical analysis in staging of fibrosis in liver biopsies from patients with chronic hepatitis C A. Matsionis, E. Romanova, Y. Kirichenko, Y. Ambalov, P. Povilaitite (Rostov on Don, Russian Federation) P-394 Phenotypic comparison of hepatic mucinous cystadenomas with mesenchymal stroma and ovarian mucinous cystadenomas K.N. Vandewalker, B. Stabile, A. Suriawinata, B. Ruebner (Sacramento, USA) P-395 Assessment of periodontum condition in hepatitis C infected patients with rapid and slow dynamics of advanced fibrosis P. Radlowski, K. Dabrowka, A. Gabriel, A. Dziambor, E. Janczewska-Kazek (Zabrze, Poland) P-396 Molecular evidence for a toxic memory effect in chronic liver disease C. Stumptner, K. Wagner, H. Denk, K. Zatloukal (Graz, Austria) P-397 The role of keratin in toxic liver injury K. Zatloukal, C. Stumptner, A. Fuchsbichler, P. Fickert , M. Trauner, H. Denk (Graz, Austria) P-398 Evaluation of FAS, FASL and TGF-beta1 molecules in hepatocellular carcinoma K. Pancaroglu, F. Doran, A. Uguz (Adana, Turkey) P-399 Dynamics of liver histology in patients with chronic hepatitis C after interferon-alpha and ribavirin therapy B. Manevska, I. Ivanova, I. Kotzev (Varna, Bulgaria) P-400 Neonatal hepatitis and intrahepatic bile duct paucity: the value of quantitative analysis of histopathological parameters A. Okcu Heper, E. Erden,T. Doganci , Z. Kuloglu, A. Kansu, Y. Genc (Ankara, Turkey) P-401 Immunohistochemical analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocellularcarcinoma using markers supposed to indicate respective levels of diffentiation of the hepatic cell lineage K. Ishida, M. Endoh, J. Takeyama, K. Sakamoto, M. Watanabe, T. Moriya, H. Sasano (Sendai, Japan) P-402 Morphological consequences of starvation upon the liver L. Bizjak Mali, V. Ferlan-Marolt, B. Bulog (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-403 Evaluation of T lymphocyte subpopulations in chronic hepatitis- relationship with histological lesions C.I. Iosif, F. Vasilescu, G. Butur, D.C. Terzea, C. Dobrea, F. Andrei, C. Ardeleanu (Bucharest, Romania) P-404 The role of survivin in regulation of proliferative and apoptotic activity of hepatocellular carcinoma C. Joksimovic, J. Pizem, B. Luzar, V. Ferlan-Marolt, A. Coer (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-405 The histopathological effects of offloading on liver of rat embryo A. Khaki, A.A. Khaki, J. Solimany Rad (Tabriz, Islamic Republic of Iran) P-406 Gene expression profiling of human hepatocellular carcinoma J.H. Neumann, C. Gülly, K. Panzitt, C.R. Buck, H. Strohmaier, H. Denk, K. Zatloukal (Graz, Austria) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP30: Infectious disease pathology Chairperson: E.. Van Marck (Edegem, Belgium) P-407 Actinomycosis: a report of 10 cases - an experience of the Anatomy and Pathology Laboratory of Casablanca Hospital H. El Attar, S. Azzouzi, S. Saida, I. Ahmed (Casablanca, Morroco) P-408 Further autopsy hazards: Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the autopsy room R. Flavin, S.O. Briain (Dublin, Ireland) P-409 Testing of the histological parameters for predicting the liver fibrosis in hepatitis C virus infection in drug abusers J. Gligorijevic, D. Tasic - Dimov, D. Dimov, M. Milentijevic, M. Kostov (Niš, Serbia and Montenegro) P-410 Clinical, parasitological and morphological features of amebiasis in Vilnius A. Barakauskiene, A. Marcinkute (Vilnius, Lituania) P-411 Conjunctival epithelial neoplasia and HIV infection in Africa G. Stropahl, A. Timm, C. Sinzidi, C. Fischer, E. Herz, E. Reisinge, H. Nizze, R. Guthoff (Rostock, Germany) P-412 Craniofacial Botryomycosis: an unusual South African case P. Medley, N. Ramlachan (Pretoria, South Africa) P-413 Tuberculous meningitis in adulthood F. Staniceanu, A. Streinu-Cercel, S. Zurac, A. Oprisan (Bucharest, Romania) P-414 Surgical extrapulmonary tuberculosis - 12 years of experience S.D. Enache, I.E. Plesea, M. Ghilusi, E. Vollmer, T. Goldmann, J. Galle (Craiova, Romania) P-415 Molecular analysis of caseous granulomas A. Fassina, M. Menegazzo, R. Provvedi, R. Manganelli (Padova, Italy) P-416 Cerebral abscesses caused by Cladosporium bantianum - A report of six cases M. Chaturvedi, A. Shenoy, A. Goel (Mumbai, India) Tuesday, September 9, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP31: Ultrastructural pathology Chairperson: J. Lloreta-Trull (Barcelona, Spain) P-417 Necrobiotic changes of skeletal muscle simulating myxoid sarcoma. Report of a case with immunohistochemical and electron microscopic studies K.W. Min, I.S. Seo (Oklahoma City, USA) P-418 Peritoneal psammocarcinoma. A case report with ultrastructural study I.S. Seo, H. Michael, M. Goheen, K.W. Min (Indianapolis, USA) P-419 Application of electron- and immunoelectron microscopy in the differential diagnosis of pituitary adenomas M. Maksymowicz, W. Olszewski (Warsaw, Poland) P-420 Apoptosis, sarcomere disruption and myofibrilar degeneration in skeletal muscles of stable COPD patients: an ultrastructural study M.D. Ferrer , M. Orozco-Levi, J. Lloreta Trull, E. Diaz, S. Boluda, L. Pijuan, E. Barreiro, S. Serrano, J. Gea (Barcelona, Spain) P-421 Differential CD68 expression in chromophylic (papillary) renal cell carcinoma and clear cell renal cell carcinoma: an immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study E. Díaz, J. Lloreta, L. Ferrer, T. Baró, M. Iglesias, V. Baena, L. Pijuan, L. Magán, J.M. Corominas, S. Serrano (Barcelona, Spain) P-422 Nucleolar features and prognosis of breast cancer: an ultrastructural morphometric study M. Arumi-Uria, M. Iglesias, J. Lloreta, J. Vila, J.M. Corominas, S. Serrano (Barcelona, Spain) Wednesday, September 10 08.30-10.00 Gallus Hall - GD CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HER 2 AND HORMONE RECEPTORS DETERMINATION IN BREAST CANCER (SP8) Chairperson: G. Bussolati (Turin, Italy) 08.30-08.45 INTRODUCTION G. Bussolati (Turin, Italy) 08.45-09.10 IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL DETECTION OF HER2: TECHNICAL APPROACH AND QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION  A. Sapino, G. Bussolati (Turin, Italy) 09.10-09.35 FISH TECHNOLOGY IN DETECTING HER2 AMPLIFICATION J.M.S. Bartlett (Glasgow, UK) 09.35-10.00 CHROMOGENIC IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION IN TUMOUR PATHOLOGY J.J. Isola (Tampere, Finland) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 08.30-10.00 Linhart Hall - LD CONTROVERSIAL AND DIFFICULT DIAGNOSES IN UROPATHOLOGY (Sy25) Chairpersons: A. Lopez-Beltran (Cordoba, Spain), H. Moch (Basel, Switzerland) 08.30-08.45 PATTERN OF EARLY INVASION IN BLADDER CANCER: TA VS. T1 Th. van der Kwast (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) 08.45-09.00 ATYPICAL MICROGLANDULAR PROLIFERATIONS IN THE PROSTATE L. Boccon-Gibod (Paris, France) 09.00-09.15 EPITHELIOID AND MALIGNANT ANGIOMYOLIPOMAS A. Lopez-Beltran (Cordoba, Spain) 09.15-09.30 UNUSUAL RENAL TUMOURS H. Moch (Basel, Switzerland) 09.30-09.45 MALIGNANT LYMPHOMA OF THE UROGENITAL ORGANS F. Fend (Munich, Germany) 09.45-10.00 DISCUSSION Wednesday, September 10, 2003 08.30-10.00 Kosovel Hall - KD MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY TECHNIQUES - BASIC PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION (SC11)  Chairpersons: K. Zatloukal (Graz, Austria), V. Paradis (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France) 08.30-08.45 ROLE OF TISSUE BANKS IN FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS K. Zatloukal (Graz, Austria) 08.45-09.00 PRINCIPLES AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TISSUE MICROARRAY TECHNOLOGY G. Sauter (Basel, Switzerland) 09.00-09.15 PROTEOMICS: THE NEW INSIGHT INTO PATHOLOGIC ALTERATIONS AT THE PROTEIN LEVEL A.J. Kungl (Graz, Austria) 09.15-09.30 ANALYSIS OF MUTATIONS AND GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS D. Glavač (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 09.30-09.45 LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION FOR CLONALITY ANALYSIS V. Paradis (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France) 09.45-10.00 DISCUSSION Wednesday, September 10, 2003 08.30-10.00 Štih Hall - ŠD FAMILIAL ENDOCRINE TUMOUR SYNDROMES AND THEIR SPORADIC TUMOURAL COUNTERPARTS (Sy26) Chairpersons: P. Komminoth (Baden, Switzerland), X. Matias-Guiu (Lleida, Spain) 08.30-08.50 MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 1 (MEN1) P. Komminoth (Baden, Switzerland) 08.50-09.10 MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE II, COWDEN SYNDROME X. Matias-Guiu (Lleida, Spain) 09.10-09.30 FAMILIAL PARAGANGLIOMA AND VON HIPPEL-LINDAU DISEASE R.R. de Krijger (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) 09.30-09.50 FAMILIAL PAPILLARY AND OXYPHILIC TUMOURS OF THE THYROID M. Papotti (Turin, Italy) 09.50-10.00 DISCUSSION Wednesday, September 10, 2003 08.30-10.00 Conference Room – E1 SPLEEN PATHOLOGY (SC12) Chairperson: Ph. Gaulard (Créteil, France) 08.30-09.00 NORMAL HISTOLOGY OF THE SPLEEN J.H.J.M. van Krieken (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) 09.00-09.30 SPLENIC MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA M.A. Piris (Madrid, Spain) 09.30-09.55 SPLENIC T AND NK-CELL LYMPHOMAS Ph. Gaulard (Créteil, France) 09.55-10.00 CONCLUDING REMARKS Wednesday, September 10, 2003 08.30-10.00 Conference Room - E2 Free Paper Session FP13: DERMATOPATHOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE PATHOLOGY Chairpersons: B. Luzar (Ljubljana, Slovenia), G. Collina (Bologna, Italy) 08.30-08.40 O-118 Activation of caspases could contribute to degradation of AP-2a and c-kit during melanoma progression C. Woenckhaus, J. Giebel, K. Failing, I. Fenic, T. Dittberner, M. Poetsch (Greifswald, Germany) 08.40-08.50 O-119 VEGF-A induced micronodular transformation as a novel mechanism of melanoma metastasis B. Kusters, R.M.W. de Waal, P. Wesseling, C. Maass, K. Verrijp, D.J. Ruiter, W.P.J. Leenders (Nijmegen,The Netherlands) 08.50-09.00 O-120 Correction of cytogenetic disturbances in patients with relapsing genital herpes L.A. Lebedinskya, O.P. Abaza (Donetsk, Ukraine) 09.00-09.10 O-121 Different expression patterns of S-100 versus S-100B in primary skin melanoma J. Timar, N. Udvarhelyi, Z. Orosz (Budapest, Hungary) 09.10-09.20 O-123 In malignant melanoma CD10 protein expression is associated with metastatic tumors, higher Clark levels and tumor thickness according to Breslow N. Bilalovic, R. Golouh, J.M. Nesland, I. Selak, E. Torlakovic (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 09.20-09.30 O-124 Sclerosing adenosis of the skin G. Collina, L. Di Tommaso, M. Reggiani (Bologna, Italy) 09.30-09.40 O-125 Immunolocalization of human sperm protein 17 in skin cancer B. Franceschini, F. Grizzi, P.L. Hermonat, M. Monti, N. Dioguardi, M. Chiriva-Internati (Milan, Italy) 09.40-09.50 O-126 Histopathological findings in autopsy tissues of Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever - a case report J. Dimitrijevic, S. Zaki, G. Brajuskovic, S. Usaj Knezevic, S. Cerovic, I. Tufegdzic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10.30-12.00 Gallus Hall - GD SELECTED TOPICS IN GYNAECOLOGIC PATHOLOGY (Sy27) Chairpersons: E. Sivridis (Alexandroupolis, Greece), F. Nogales Fernandez (Granada, Spain) 10.30-10.45 ENDOMETRIAL CANCER: NEW INSIGHTS INTO AN OLD DISEASE E. Sivridis (Alexandroupolis, Greece) 10.45-11.00 ANGIOGENESIS IN GYNAECOLOGIC TUMOURS A. Giatromanolaki (Alexandroupolis, Greece) 11.00-11.15 Recent advances in Lichen sclerosus S. Regauer (Graz, Austria) 11.15-11.30 BRCA1 AND BRCA2 MUTATIONS AND THE FEMALE GENITAL TRACT M.L. Carcangiu (Milan, Italy) 11.30-11.45 EXPRESSION OF CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 (COX-2) IN HUMAN OVARIAN CARCINOMA C. Denkert (Berlin, Germany) 11.45-12.00 DISCUSSION Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10.30-12.00 Linhart Hall - LD MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS OF LYMPHOMAS (Sy28) Chairpersons: H. Stein (Berlin, Germany), B. Falini (Perugia, Italy) 10.30-11.00 CLONALITY ANALYSIS FOR ANTIGEN RECEPTORS GENES J.H.J.M. van Krieken (Nijmegan, The Netherlands) 11.00-11.30 LOOKING AT LYMPHOMA/LEUKEMIA GENETIC LESIONS BY IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY B. Falini (Perugia, Italy) 11.30-12.00 GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING IN LYMPHOMAS H. Stein (Berlin, Germany) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10.30-12.00 Kosovel Hall - KD T-CELL LYMPHOMAS OF THE SKIN (SC13) Chairpersons: M. Santucci (Florence, Italy), H.K. Müller-Hermelink (Würzburg, Germany) 10.30-10.50 MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES M. Santucci (Florence, Italy) 10.50-11.10 THE CLINICOPATHOLOGIC SPECTRUM OF CD30+ LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE LESIONS H.K. Müller-Hermelink (Würzburg, Germany) 11.10-11.30 CYTOTOXIC / NATURAL KILLER CELL CUTANEOUS LYMPHOMAS A. Chott (Vienna, Austria) 11.30-11.50 THE ROLE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF CUTANEOUS T-CELL LYMPHOMAS J. Wechsler (Paris, France) 11.50-12.00 DISCUSSION Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10.30-12.00 Štih Hall - ŠD HOW TO PROCESS A LUNG TUMOUR SPECIMEN? (SC14) Chairpersons: H. Popper (Graz, Austria), P. Pääkkö (Oulu, Finland) 10.30-10.50 GROSS PATHOLOGY M. Toetsch (Geneva, Switzerland) 10.50-11.10 METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN ROUTINE AND RESEARCH OF LUNG PATHOLOGY E. Vollmer (Borstel, Germany) 11.10-11.30 USE AND ABUSE OF IHC P. Hasleton (Manchester, UK) 11.30-11.50 LYMPHNODE STAGING, LYMPHATIC AND VASCULAR INVASION E. Alvarez (Madrid, Spain) 11.50-12.00  DISCUSSION Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10.30-12.00 Conference Room – E1 EXFOLIATIVE CYTOLOGY - UNDERESTIMATED DIAGNOSTIC AND RESEARCH POTENTIAL? (SC15) Chairpersons: B. Davidson (Oslo, Norway), C. Bedrossian (Chicago, USA) 10.30-10.40 INTRODUCTION B. Davidson (Oslo, Norway) 10.40-11.05 MESOTHELIOMA VS. ADENOCARCINOMA: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND ITS PITFALLS C. Bedrossian (Chicago, USA) 11.05-11.30 CYTOLOGY OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; AN OVERVIEW J.L. Peterse (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 11.30-11.55 DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF UROEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA IN URINARY CYTOLOGICAL SPECIMENS A. Deery (London, UK) 11.55-12.00 CONCLUDING REMARKS Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10.30-12.00 Conference Room - E2 Free Paper Session FP14: INFECTIOUS DISEASE PATHOLOGY AND NEUROPATHOLOGY Chairpersons: P. Racz (Hamburg, Germany), F. Giangaspero (Rome, Italy) 10.30-10.40 O-127 The modern morphological characteristic of placenta in syphilis Z. Parpiev, G. Reymnazarova, B. Magrupov (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) 10.40-10.50 O-128 Immunohistochemical detection of deleted LMP1 in EBV associated lesions J. Nicholls, F. Grasser, E. Kremmer (Hong Kong) 10.50-11.00 O-129 Visceral leishmaniasis primarily diagnosed in duodenal biopsy: report of three cases F. Pardal, A. Silva, V. Velasco, M. Teixeira (Braga, Portugal) 11.00-11.10 O-130 Impact of sudden acute resoiratory syndrome (SARS) on the pathology labaratory: a Singapore experience A.R. Chang, A. Wee, C.M. Chong, T. Ming (Singapore) 11.10-11.20 O-131 Angiotropic large cell lymphoma of the central nervous system - report of four cases D. Cvetkovic Dozic, M. Skender Gazibara, B. Dozic, T. Terzic, S. Dozic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) 11.20-11.30 O-132 Evaluation of cell death in animal model of brain contusion treated by hyperbaric oxygen therapy E. Vlodavsky, J. Soustiel (Haifa, Israel) 11.30-11.40 O-133 Surgery for seizures. A pathological review between 1997 and 2003 at Jimenez Diaz foundation, Madrid, Spain A. Ruiz De La Parte, Y. Bouhajeb, J. Albisua, I. Palma, J.L. Sarasa (Madrid, Spain) 11.40-11.50 O-134 Expression of Sperm protein 17, a novel cancer-testis antigen in human nervous system tumours F. Grizzi, B. Franceschini, P. Gaetani, F. Tancioni, R. Rodriguez y Baena, N. Dioguardi, M. Chiriva-Internati (Milan, Italy) 11.50-12.00 O-135 In vitro FDDNP labeling of pathological protein aggregates in the CNS of selected “conformational” disease cases T.D. Vovko, L.M. Šmid, M. Popović, M. Bresjanac (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 14.30-16.30 Gallus Hall - GD RARE/NEW ENTITIES IN DIAGNOSTIC BREAST PATHOLOGY (SS15) Chairpersons: N.J. Agnantis (Ioannina, Greece), V. Eusebi (Bologna, Italy) M.P. Foschini (Bologna, Italy) V. Eusebi (Bologna, Italy) A. Batistatou, A. Nonni, N.J. Agnantis (Ioannina, Greece) M. Hayes (Vancouver, Canada) J. Lamovec (Ljubljana, Slovenia) J. Kulka (Budapest, Hungary) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 14.30-16.30 Linhart Hall - LD DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEMS IN AGGRESSIVE LYMPHOMAS (SS17) Chairperson: L. Leoncini (Siena, Italy) A. Dogan (London, UK) J.H.J.M. van Krieken (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) E. Sabattini (Bologna, Italy) M.A. Piris (Madrid, Spain) H. Stein (Berlin, Germany) J.M. Cabeçadas (Lisbon, Portugal) Ph. Gaulard (Créteil, France) L. Leoncini (Siena, Italy)  Wednesday, September 10, 2003 14.30-16.30 Kosovel Hall - KD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF BRAIN TUMOURS: FOCUS ON PROBLEMS WITH IMPACT ON PROGNOSIS AND THERAPY (SS18) Chairpersons: J.A. Hainfellner (Vienna, Austria), T. Ribalta (Barcelona, Spain) F. Garzuly (Szombathely, Hungary) S. Mørk (Bergen, Norway) T. Ribalta (Barcelona, Spain) M. Popović (Ljubljana, Slovenia) J.A. Hainfellner (Vienna, Austria) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 14.30-16.30 Štih Hall - ŠD PAEDIATRIC GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT PATHOLOGY (SS16) Chairperson: K. Geboes (Leuven, Belgium) K. Geboes (Leuven, Belgium) B.F. Warren (Oxford, UK) V. Villanaci (Brescia, Italy) A. Barakauskiene (Vilnius, Lithuania) J.-F. Fléjou (Paris, France) F. Carneiro (Porto, Portugal) P. Van Eyken, G. de Hertogh (Leuven, Belgium) F. Ten Kate (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) N. Ectors (Leuven, Belgium) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 14.30-16.30 Conference Room – E1 NHS INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP SCHEME (SSy6) Organised by NHS International Fellowship Chairperson: S. Atherton (London, UK) M. Lesna (Bournemouth, UK)   Wednesday, September 10, 2003 14.30-16.30 Conference Room - E2 Free Paper Session FP15: PULMONARY AND ENDOCRINE PATHOLOGY Chairpersons: R.R. de Krijger (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), G. Krag Jacobsen (Copenhagen, Denamark) 14.30-14.40 O-139 Intrapulmonary lymph nodes in South African miners - An autopsy survey K. Honma, J. Murray (Mibu, Japan) 14.40-14.50 O-137 Cellular and connective elements between bronchial glands in sarcoidosis: a quantitative analysis Z. Kosjerina, V. Kosjerina Ostric (Sremska Kamenica, Serbia and Montenegro) 14.50-15.00 O-138 Cytogenetic variants of dysplastic epithelial lesions and their malignant potential in honeycomb lung in usual (UIP) and desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) E. Kogan, N. Paramonova, S. Demoura, T. Manuilova, V. Denguine, B. Kornev (Moscow, Russian Federation) 15.00-15.10 O-136 Remodelling in vascularization: an important step in the development of peripheral adenocarcinomas of lung? G. Kayser, T.S. Szöke, Z.K. Kosjerina, J.O. Nwoye, T. Goldmann, E. Vollmer, I.T. Trojan, M.W. Werner, K. Kayser (Freiburg, Germany) 15.10-15.20 O-140 Karyometric analysis of small cell carcinoma and non-small cell lung carcinoma Z. Mijovic, D. Mihailovic, D. Dimov, V. Zivkovic, B. Djordjevic, M. Krstic (Nis, Serbia and Montenegro) 15.20-15.30 O-141 Use of automated quantitative cytology sputum test for detection of early lung cancer M. Terčelj, A. Aleš, B. Turič, R. Kemp, B. Palčič, T. Rott, N. Zadravec, B. Vrhnjak, J. Eržen (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 15.30-15.40 O-142 Carcinogenesis in bronchial epithelium - an immunohistochemical evaluation of preneoplastic lesions G. Schlake, K.M. Müller (Bochum, Germany) 15.40-15.50 O-143 Pitfalls in diagnosis and assessment of lymphnode metastases in lung cancer - a morphometrical analysis of pulmonary and mediastinal lymphnodes T. Gumprich, K. Junker, K.M. Müller (Bochum, Germany) 15.50-16.00 O-144 Expert system dedicated on diagnosis in thyroid pathology D.L. Rotin, N.N. Petrovichev, A.I. Pavlovskaya, V.G. Nikitaev, E.Y.Berdnickovich, D.A. Popov (Moscow, Russian Federation) 16.00-16.10 O-145 Vascular 3D features in normal and pathological thyroid tissue L. Di Tommaso, A. Parmeggiani, L. Castaldini, M.P. Foschini, V. Eusebi (Bologna, Italy) 16.10-16.20 O-146 The peptide xenin: from the identification of the cellular source in neuroendocrine cells of the upper intestine to endocrine pathology M. Anlauf, G. Hamscher, W. Hartschuh, R. Arnold, G. Klöppel, G.E. Feurle, E. Weihe (Kiel, Germany) 16.20-16.30 O-147 Tall cell variant is frequent in all types of papillary thyroid carcinomas in 405 investigated cases C. Ensinger, R. Prommegger, R. Kremser, K. Schmid (Insbruck, Austria) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 17.00-18.30 Gallus Hall - GD PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS AND LESIONS IN GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, LIVER AND PANCREAS (SC16) Chairpersons: F. Carneiro (Porto, Portugal), G. Klöppel (Kiel, Germany) 17.00-17.30  IS CHRONIC PANCREATITIS INDEED A PRECANCEROUS CONDITION? J. Lüttges (Kiel, Germany) 17.30-18.00 PRECANCEROUS LESIONS IN DIFFUSE TYPE GASTRIC CARCINOMA F. Carneiro (Porto, Portugal) 18.00-18.30 DYSPLASTIC LESIONS IN CIRRHOTIC LIVER: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? P. Bedossa (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 17.00-18.30 Linhart Hall - LD BRAIN TUMOURS (SC17) Chairpersons: S. Mørk (Bergen, Norway), J.A. Hainfellner (Vienna, Austria) 17.00-17.30 CLASSIFICATION OF BRAIN TUMOURS F. Giangaspero (Rome, Italy) 17.30-18.00 MOLECULAR GENETICS OF BRAIN TUMOURS – BRINGING IT INTO COMMON CLINICAL PRACTICE J.A. Hainfellner (Vienna, Austria) 18.00-18.30 AN OVERVIEW ON MENINGIOMAS H. Budka (Vienna, Austria) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 17.00-18.30 Kosovel Hall - KD   MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY OF UROGENITAL TUMOURS (SC18) Chairpersons: G. Mikuz (Innsbruck, Austria), R. Montironi (Ancona, Italy) 17.00-17.20 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF TESTICULAR GERM CELL TUMOURS J.W. Oosterhuis (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) 17.20-17.40 MOLECULAR CYTOGENETICS OF PROSTATE CANCER L. Bubendorf (Basel, Switzerland) 17.40-18.00 MOLECULAR ONCOGENESIS OF BLADDER CANCER F. Hofstädter (Regensburg, Germany) 18.00-18.20 MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY OF RENAL CELL CARCINOMA H. Moch (Basel, Switzerland), S. Störkel (Wuppertal, Germany) 18.20-18.30 DISCUSSION Wednesday, September 10, 2003 17.00-18.30 Štih Hall - ŠD PATHOLOGISTS AND THE PUBLIC - ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS (RT3) Chairperson and Moderator: J.C.E. Underwood (Sheffield, UK) 17.00-17.30 PUBLIC MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT PATHOLOGY J.C.E. Underwood (Sheffield, UK) 17.30-17.50 HUMAN TISSUE, LAW AND ETHICS P. Furness (Leicester, UK) 17.50-18.10 PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND PUBLIC CONFIDENCE C. du Boulay (Southampton, UK) 18.10-18.30 DISCUSSION Wednesday, September 10, 2003 17.00-18.30  Conference Room – E1 ANCILLARY TECHNIQUES IN CYTOLOGY (SC19) Chairpersons: F. Schmitt (Porto, Portugal), Ph. Vielh (Paris, France) 17.00-17.15 Ancillary techniques in cytology: what is really in use? F. Schmitt (Porto, Portugal) 17.15-17.40 FINE-NEEDLE CYTOLOGY AND FLOW-CYTOMETRY IMMUNOPHENOTYPING AND SUB-CLASSIFICATION OF NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA P. Zeppa (Napoli, Italy) 17.40-18.05 FISH FOR IMPROVED SENSITIVITY OF URINARY CYTOLOGY L. Bubendorf (Basel, Switzerland) 18.05-18.30 DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF THYROID NEOPLASMS USING DNA CHIPS Ph. Vielh (Paris, France)   Wednesday, September 10, 2003 17.00-18.30 Conference Room - E2 Free Paper Session FP16: CARDIOPATHOLOGY AND TRANSPLANTATION PATHOLOGY Chairpersons: M. Belicza (Zagreb, Croatia), I. Kholova (Kuopio, Finland) 17.00-17.10 O-148 Myocardial extensions around venae cavae as a potential substrate of atrial fibrillation I. Kholová, J. Kautzner (Kuopio, Finland) 17.10-17.20 O-149 Altered endothelial permeability secondary to ischemia-reperfusion E. Stefanovic, V. Kanjuh, N. Tasic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) 17.20-17.30 O-150 WITHDRAWN 17.30-17.40 O-151 Nuclear factor-kappaB regulates apoptosis of intimal smooth muscle cells A. Orlandi, A. Francesconi, M. Marcellini, A. Ciucci, L.G. Spagnoli (Rome, Italy) 17.40-17.50 O-152 Alpha-actin isoform distribution in normal and failing human heart: a morphological, morphometrical and biochemical study A. Orlandi, S. Clément, A.J.H. Suurmeijer, A. Francesconi, A. Angelini, L.G. Spagnoli, G. Gabbiani (Rome, Italy) 17.50-18.00 O-153 Arrhythmogenic right ventricle dysplasia and sudden cardiac death. Controversial aspects R. Henriques De Gouveia, A. Becker (Lisboa, Portugal) 18.00-18.10 O-154 A new method of quantitative functional morphology for systemic examination of the cardiac muscle T. Ghevondyan, H. Guski, G. Avtandilov (Yerevan, Armenia) 18.10-18.20 O-155 The role of endomyocardial biopsy in end-stage heart failure M. Zorc, O. Vraspir-Porenta, R. Zorc-Pleskovič, N. Ninoslav Radovanović, D. Petrovič (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 18.20-18.30 O-156 Detection of GFP positive dendritic cells in tissues of bone marrow transplanted mice S. Schulz, C. Schimmelpfennig, J. Baker, R. Negrin (Stanford, USA)   Wednesday, September 10, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP32: Urogenital pathology Chairperson: H. Moch (Basel, Switzerland) P-423 Determination of ploidy in different lesions of prostate A. Ibraeva, M. Alchinbaev, A. Seitaliyeva (Almaty, Kazahstan) P-424 Pseudohyperplastic prostatic adenocarcinoma in transurethral resection of the prostate J. Arista-Nasr, B. Martinez, J. Nuncio (Mexico City, Mexico) P-425 Vascular endothelial growth factor: An important angiogenic mediator in chronic urinary bladder lesions O. Hammam, H.E.L. Baz, A.E.l. Baz (Giza, Egypt) P-426 Microvessel density in urothelial tumors of the upper urinary tract M. Raica, C. Suciu, F. Baderca, R. Minciu (Timsoara, Romania) P-427 Is there any prognostic significance for HER2 protein in urothelial tumors of the upper urinary tract? F. Baderca, C. Suciu, R. Minciu, A. Alexa, R. Lighezan, M. Raica (Timsoara, Romania) P-428 Immunohistochemical correlation between pattern of postatrophic hyperplasia and carcinoma of the prostate A.R. Botticelli, P. Incardona, L. Botticelli, G. Stella, A. Pitino, D. Zaffe (Pavia, Italy) P-429 Eosinophilic cystitis: clinico-morphologic aspects D. Staribratova, D. Staikov, D. Dikov, V. Belovejdov, D. Staikov (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) P-430 Adenocarcinoma of the male urethra in association with nephrogenic metaplasia F. Hostalet, J.E. Hernández, J.A. Ruiz, A. Romero (Orihuela, Spain) P-431 Correlations between usual molecular markers and apoptotic index in bladder cancer E. Ionica, C.D. Vrabie, E. Nistor (Bucharest, Romania) P-432 Growth factor expression in cultured, human prostatic stromal cells with upregulated oestrogen receptors P.H. Smith, N.P. Rhodes, Y. Ke, C.S. Foster (Liverpool, UK) P-433 Periacinar retraction clefting in the prostatic needle core biopsies B. Krušlin, D. Tomas, H. Rogatsch, I. Novosel, M. Belicza, G. Mikuz (Zagreb, Croatia) P-434 Unusual causes of ureteral obstruction A. Dema, N. Tudose, S. Taban, V. Bucuras, M. Botoca, R. Bardan (Timisoara, Romania) P-435 Immunohistochemical study of androgen receptor and TGF-alpha in human benign and malignant prostate A. Petrescu, G. Berdan, C. Ardeleanu, V. Jinga, S. Persu (Bucharest, Romania) P-436 Penile leiomyosarcoma - morphological and immunohistochemical study G. Berdan, A. Petrescu, C. Ardeleanu (Bucharest, Romania) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP33: Urogenital pathology Chairperson: M. Belicza (Zagreb, Croatia) P-437 Do human papillomaviruses infect proximal parts of the male genital tract? A. Švec, I. Mikyšková, O. Hes, M. Urban, R. Zachoval, R. Tachezy (Praha, Czech Republic) P-438 Spermatogenetic function of the testis in patients of different varicocele grades É. Magyar, E. Erdei, I. Lellei (Budapest, Hungary) P-439 Synchronous double urogenital cancer – A case report S. Banev, S. Kostadinova - Kunovska, B. Bogoeva, B. Ilievski, V. Vasilev, S. Ristovski (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) P-440 Multiple synchronous renal cell tumors D. Passetchnik (Rostov on Don, Russian Federation) P-441 Loss of Parkin expression in prostate carcinoma A. Di Napoli, A. Vecchione, C. Rossano, L. Ruco, A. Stoppacciaro (Rome, Italy) P-442 The KDR/Flk-1 receptor of vascular endothelial growth factor in urothelial bladder cancer: relation with clinicopathologic parameters and patients' survival P. Rafailidis, H. Gakiopoulou, I. Giannopoulou, J. Mavrommatis, C. Eftychiadis, A. Zervas, C. Couvaris, A. Giannopoulos (Athens, Greece) P-443 TIMP-2 protein expression in relation with cellular proliferation, apoptosis and survival of urothelial bladder cancer patients I. Papadaki, H. Gakiopoulou, A. Siatelis, I. Giannopoulou, E. Panayotopoulou, C. Couvaris, C. Stravodimos, A. Giannopoulos, L. Nakopoulou (Athens, Greece) P-444 Investigation of telomerase protein subunits (hTEP-1 AND hTERT) and RNA component (hTR) in relation with clinicopathological parameters and patients' survival in urothelial cell bladder carcinomas J. Mavrommatis, H. Gakiopoulou, I. Giannopoulou, C. Eftychiadis, A. Kapranou, A. Zervas, C. Stravodimos, A. Giannopoulos, L. Nakopoulou (Athens, Greece) P-445 Gleason score and nodal metastases of prostate cancer R. Radosavljević, J. Hadži-Dokić, S. Mićić, C. Tulić, M. Djokić, M. Aćimović, N. Bojanić (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-446 Immunohistochemical and molecular evaluation of c-erbB2 gene amplification and c-erbB2 protein overexpression in prostate cancer A. Sasor, E. Balcerczak, W. Kozlowski, M. Mirowski (Lodz, Poland) P-447 Comparison of needle biopsy and surgical specimen in prostatic carcinoma S. Nordling, J. Vasama (Helsinki, Finland) P-448 Immunohistochemical profiles as an aid in borderline prostatic lesions M. Ivanovic, A. De las Morenas (Boston, USA) P-449 Myofibroblastic stromal reaction in prostatic adenocarcinoma D. Tomas, H. Cupić, M. Vučić, S. Kozlović, M. Belicza, B. Krušlin (Zagreb, Croatia) P-450 c-kit expression in sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma. Potential treatment with imatinib (sti-571) for this ominous tumor M. Castillo, J. Carreras, B. Mellado, P. Beardo, A. Palacín, C. Mallofré (Barcelona, Spain) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP34: Urogenital pathology Chairperson: Ö. Tulunay (Ankara, Turkey) P-451 Does HPV play a role in the development of bladder TCC? A comparison of PCR and immunohistochemical detection methods S. Youshya, K. Purdie, J. Breuer, C. Proby, M. Sheaff, T. Oliver, S. Baithun (London, UK) P-452 Does TGF-αlpha1 prevent carcinoma spreading? O. Gladskikh, A. Kouznetsova, T. Danilova, B. Alexeev, Y. Andreeva, A. Ivanov, M. Paltsev (Moscow, Russian Federation) P-453 Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the kidney: A case report S. Erdogan, C. Ersoz , G. Gonlusen, A. Tuganalp (Adana, Turkey) P-454 Pathologic stage of urinary bladder cancer at presentation in a non-selected patient population in a high-incidence region of the United States A. Schned, L. Schned, A. Andrew, K. Kelsey, M. Karagas (Hanover, NH, USA) P-455 The relationship between mitotic index and nucleolar organizer region with histologic grade in transitional cell carcinoma of urinary bladder M.R. Jalali Nadoushan, T. Rezaei Nour, N. Fallah, S.K. Foroutan (Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran) P-456 HER2 in invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder K. Peham, G. Hutarew, E. Prokop, O. Dietze, C. Hauser-Kronberger (Salzburg, Austria) P-457 The prognostic importance of tumor volume (TV), non-tumor volume (NTV), TV/NTV, fibronectin distribution, βeta-hCG and PSA expression in localized prostatic adenocarcinoma B.H. Ozdemir, A.N. Sar, F.P. Uyar, B. Demirhan, A. Dirim (Ankara, Turkey) P-458 Neuroendocrine differentiation in prostate cancer: correlation with biochemical failure after radical prostatectomy S. Cerovic, G. Brajuskovic, J. Dimitrijevic, S. Knezevic Usaj, L. Popovic, V. Vukotic Maletic, B. Ajdinovic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-459 Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and correlation with microvessel density in benign hyperplasia and prostate carcinoma N.J. Agnantis, S. Kamina, E. Arkoumani, D. Stefanou (Ioannina, Greece) P-460 Paratesticular solitary fibrous tumor A. Nikolaidou, S. Pervana, A. Papanikolaou, P. Hasakiolis, K. Sachinis (Kilkis, Greece) P-461 The relationship between histologic grade and ABO blood groups in transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder B. Mofid, M.R. Jalali Nadoushan (Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran) P-462 Prostatic mucinous carcinoma with signet ring cells treated by radical prostatectomy N. Medic, S. Cerovic, G. Brajuskovic, S. Knezevic Usaj, J. Dimitrijevic, L. Popovic, N. Milovic, P. Aleksic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-463 Expression of CD10 antigen in testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs) E. Condom-Mundó, A. Vidal-Bel, X. Garcia del Muro, E. Franco, J.R. Germa-Lluch (Barcelona, Spain) P-464 Morphological changes of stromal components of the aging testis from patients with prostatic carcinoma I.E. Plesea, S.D. Enache, M. Ghilusi, L. Mogoanta, B. Zaharia, V. Comanescu, C. Foarfa, F. Bogdan (Craiova, Romania) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP35: Urogenital pathology Chairperson: R. Montironi (Ancona, Italy) P-465 The expression of CD44 molecule in renal cell carcinoma K. Lučin, K. Matušan, G. Dordević (Rijeka, Croatia) P-466 Amplification of c-erbB-2 expression in bone metastasis of prostatic cancer: A pilot immunohistochemical and cytogenetic study V. Baena Perez, J. Lloreta, J. Carles, M. Salido, M. Suárez, E. Díaz, S. Boluda, F. Sole, S. Serrano (Barcelona, Spain) P-467 Sarcoid-like granulomas (SGs) in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) R.A. Queralt-Escarré, A. Vidal-Bel, M.J. Gonzalez, J. Mańá, M.A. Lopez-Costea, E. Condom-Mundó (Barcelona, Spain) P-468 Metanephric adenoma in the kidney coexistent with paraganglioma in the bladder: A case report S. Seckin, I. Paker (Ankara, Turkey) P-469 Co-occurrence of extra-adrenal myelolipoma, renal cell carcinoma and thymoma – a case report K. Steplewska, D. Sabat, W. Zajecki (Zabrze, Poland) P-470 Signet ring cell carcinoma of the prostate: pathologic and immunohistochemical analysis of two cases M. Kowanski, T. Zabkowski (Warsaw, Poland) P-471 Value of Isup (1998) and WHO (1999) criteria in the prediction of prognosis in urothelial tumors J. Lloreta, L. Ferrer, S. Serrano, A. Amoros, D. Puente, A. Tardon, R. Garcia, C. Serra, A. Carrato, M. Kogevinas, F.X. Real, N. Malats (Barcelona, Spain) P-472 Neuroendocrine expression in prostate cancer L. Velickovic, V. Katic, V. Savic, B. Djordjevic, S. Zivkovic (Niš, Serbia and Montenegro) P-473 The p130 retinoblastoma gene protein and p53 expression in transitional cell tumors S. Ramón Y Cajal, C. Corbacho, V. Fernández, J. Guinea, C. Parada, R. Sánchez (Madrid, Spain) P-474 Are there any relationship between Bellini duct carcinoma and urothelial cell carcinoma? I. Trias, I. Espańol, A. Orsola, C. Raventós (Barcelona, Spain) P-475 Serous papillary cystic tumor of borderline malignancy arising in testis (case report) E. Sahan, A. Iddem, N. Erdodan, A. Dengizmen, C. Balci, I. Hazar (Istanbul, Turkey) P-476 Morphological specialties of prostate at tuberculosis of lungs S.I. Arifhanova, R.T. Nigmanov (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) P-477 Cancerogenesis in prostate: ploidometric differential diagnostics G.G. Avtandilov, L.V. Gundorova, O.V. Zajratians, Y.L. Perov (Moscow, Russian Federation) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP36: Endocrine pathology Chairperson: B. Šarčević (Zagreb, Croatia) P-478 Glucagonoma in Mexico. Clinical study, histopathology, immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy of six cases J. Nuncio, J. Arista-Nasr, I. Alvarado-Cabrero, J. Fernandez-Diez (Mexico City, Mexico) P-479 Primary neurilemoma of the thyroid gland: a case report H. El Attar, E. Farida, Z. Soumia, S. Saida, I. Ahmed (Casablanca, Morroco) P-480 Withdrawn P-482 Effect of calcitriol and of its analogues on expression of calcitonin gene in cultured cells of medullary thyroid carcinoma M. Zabel, K. Flig, E. Gebarowska (Wroclaw, Poland) P-483 Allelotyping analysis of GEP endocrine tumors D. Furlan, R. Cerutti, A. Genasetti, S. Uccella, S. La Rosa, C. Capella (Varese, Italy) P-484 Mixed medullary-papillary thyroid carcinoma D.C. Terzea, D. Ioachim, M. Ionescu, C. Vartolomei, M. Ghemigean, B. Stanescu, C. Dobrea, C. Iosif, F. Andrei, C. Ardeleanu (Bucharest, Romania) P-485 Genomic imbalances of sporadic and hereditary thyroid carcinomas R. Hinze, H. Lange, O. Gimm, H. Dralle, H.J. Holzhausen, H. Schmidt (Schwerin, Germany) P-486 Immunohistochemical analysis of tumor infiltrating immunocytes in thyroid tumors V. Zolota, P. Aroukatos, S. Sidira, D. Koumoundourou, D. Papachristou, C.D. Scopa (Patras, Greece) P-487 CK-19, galectin-3, involucrin, p27 and Mib-1 expression in thyroid cells obtained by fine-needle aspiration citology and their histological counterparts: a preliminary report R. Orellana, M. Bella, G. Giménez, G. Marqués, J. Simó, A. Zidan, E. Musulén, D. Maurici, N. Combalia, M. Rey (Barcelona, Spain) P-488 VEGF-C, VEGF-D, and VEGFR-3 in pheochromocytomas K. Salmenkivi, J. Arola, C. Haglund, P. Heikkilä (Helsinki, Finland) P-489 Mixed corticomedullary tumor of the adrenal gland. A case report S. Tatić, D. Brasanac, V. Bozić, A. Diklić, I. Paunović, S. Ognjanović, S. Nikolić, M. Havelka (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP37: ENDOCRINE PATHOLOGY Chairperson: M. Sobrinho-Simões (Porto, Portugal) P-490 Bcl-2 and fas antigen expression - immunohistochemical and molecular studies in chronic thyroiditis A. Ziolkowski, A. Fila, M. Kucharzewski, J. Waler, K. Zwirska-Korczala, K. Tomaszek, U. Mazurek, T. Wilczok (Zabrze, Poland) P-491 The use of galectin-3 and cytokeratin 19 in differential diagnosis of thyroid tumors with follicular growth pattern A. Ryska, J. Laco, J. Cap (Hradec Králové, Czech Republic) P-492 Adrenal cortical adenoma in association with Cushing's syndrome - case report S. Manxhuka-Kerliu, F. Hoxha, M. Maxhuni, F. Zeqiri, S. Dobruna-Manxhuka, A. Kërliu, V. Sahatqiu-Meka (Prishtina, Serbia and Montenegro) P-493 Correlation of histopathology and sequential analysis of gene expression in follicular thyroid neoplasms S.J. Diaz-Cano, S. Arif, A. Blanes (London, UK) P-494 Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid with bone formation : A case report G. Kaygusuz, S. Dizbay Sak, E. Erden, S. Ozturk, S. Kocak (Ankara, Turkey) P-495 Sex hormones receptors in human thymoma - clinicopathological analysis H. Ishibashi, T. Suzuki, S. Suzuki, M. Sunamori, M. Handa, T. Kondo, H. Sasano (Sendai, Japan) P-496 Galectin-3 immunodetection using a biotin-free system in a series of 137 oxyphilic (Hurthle) cell tumors of the thyroid M. Volante, F. Bozzalla, R. Depompa, C. Pecchioni, A. Bartolazzi, M. Papotti (Turin, Italy) P-497 c-kit protein expression in Merkel cell carcinoma of the skin and other extrapulmonary poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas M. Volante, E. Allia, M. Cerrato, L. Ciuffreda, M. Papotti (Turin, Italy) P-498 Carcinoid tumors in the thyroid gland. Primary or metastatic? Report of two cases M. Volante, M. Bongiovanni, P. Filosso, G. Bussolati, M. Papotti (Turin, Italy) P-499 Telomerase expression and proliferation activity in gastroenteropancreatic tumours S. Vural, Y. Kapran, M. Gulluoglu, U. Cevikbas, F. Dizdaroglu (Istanbul, Turkey) P-500 Proliferation, p53 expression and apoptosis in pituitary adenomas: relationship to tumor behaviour C. Tanase, E. Codorean, C. Ardeleanu, D. Terzea, G. Butur, G. Manda, M. Neagu, V. Ciubotaru, I. Ogrezean (Bucharest, Romania) P-501 Differentially expression of NESP55 in Langerhans islets of the human pancreas and overexpression in endocrine pancreatic tumors C. Ensinger, R. Prommegger, K. Schmid, R. Fischer-Colbrie (Innsbruck, Austria) P-502 CLINICAL IMPORTANCE OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR (VEGF) FOR PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMAS A.B. Kilicarslan, M. Ogus, C. Arici, H.E. Pestereli, M. Cakir, G. Karpuzoglu (Antalya, Turkey) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP38: Cytopathology Chairperson: L. Walaas (Oslo, Norway) P-503 Bone mineral density and Pap smears A. Repše Fokter, S.K. Fokter, R. Komadina, D. Štiblar Martinčič (Celje, Slovenia) P-504 Value of repeat fine needle aspiration cytology in the management of thyroid nodules with an initial cytology result of benignity S. Razquin, C. De Miguel, E. Menéndez, E. Urbiola, A. López Cousillas, A.M. Puras (Pamplona, Spain) P-505 Immunocytochemistry in FNA biopsy material B. Szczesniak-Klusek, E. Chmielik, D. Lange, A. Goraj-Zajac (Gliwice,Poland) P-506 Fine needle aspiration of lesions in the thyroid bed E. Chmielik, B. Szczesniak-Klusek, D. Ponikiewska, E. Stobiecka, D. Lange (Gliwice, Poland) P-507 The use of FNA in the management of thyroid goiter J. Sopta, S. Tatic, M. Havelka, B. Vukomanovic, K. Bodlovic, R. Jankovic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-508 Diagnostic guidelines for Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in fine-needle aspirates J. Sopta, S. Tatic, M. Havelka, T. Terzic, S. Radojevic, B. Vukomanovic, K. Bodlovic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-509 Colposcopic and cytologic findings in HPV infection of the uterine cervix R. Zivadinovic, V. Lilic, B. Djordjevic, S. Petric (Niš, Serbia and Montenegro) P-510 Fine needle aspirate of papillary thyroid carcinomas in correlation with histological diagnosis P. Fotiadou, K. Zachou, E. Dionyssopoulou, M. Labropoulou, I. Tolparidou, G. Goutzamanis, K. Papadimitriou (Thessaloniki, Greece) P-511 The value of universal short-term storage cell medium in processing FNAB samples for ancillary diagnostic methods I. Srebotnik Kirbiš, B. Gazič, V. Kloboves Prevodnik, Z. Pohar Marinšek, A. Pogačnik (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-512 Fine needle aspiration cytology of ovarian lesions A. Uguz, C. Ersoz, F. Bolat, A. Gökdemir, M.A. Vardar (Adana, Turkey) P-513 Human papillomavirus detection in cytological material of cervix. Evaluation of hybrid capture hybridisation assay, PCR and PAP smear C. Hauser-Kronberger, A. Vatcheva, K. Biedermann, K. Peham, G. Haitzmann, L. Mustafa, G. Mustafa (Salzburg, Austria) P-514 Fine needle aspiration findings of two different types of gastrointestinal stromal tumor M.G. Gulluoglu, D. Yilmazbayhan, Y. Kapran, K. Acarli, F. Dizdaroglu (Istanbul, Turkey) P-515 Peritoneal fluid cytology of sarcomas K. Zachou, E. Tzartza, A. Orologa, A. Skenderi, K. Patsiaoura, E. Kostopoulou, K. Boni (Thessaloniki, Greece) P-516 Accuracy of cytologic diagnosis of primary malignant bone tumors and metastases in the bones R. Bokun, Z. Tatomirovic, V. Skuletic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-517 The value of combined fine needle aspiration and needle core biopsy in diagnostic assessment of pancreatic tumors P. Sevastiadou, P. Xirou, S. Barbanis, I. Efstratiou, E. Athanasiou, I. Tsitouridis (Thessaloniki, Greece) P-518 Value of fine needle aspiration cytology in subtyping mucinous breast carcinoma U. Klopcic, S. Frkovic-Grazio, M. Us-Krasovec (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP39: Cardiovascular pathology Chairperson: C. Basso (Padua, Italy) P-519 Cardiac lipoma in mexican patient, multidisciplinary approach in a right atrium tumor J. Nuncio, G. Najera-Hernandez, G. Garcia-Ramos (Mexico City, Mexico) P-520 Type I and III collagen synthesis and composition in the valve matrix in aortic valve stenosis Y. Soini, H. Eriksen, J. Satta, M. Veijola, J. Risteli (Oulu, Finland) P-521 A case report of sudden death in a patient recently diagnosed with cardiac hydatid cyst D. Butcovan, C. Borza, C. Arsenescu, G. Georgescu (Iasi, Romania) P-522 A case report of arrhytmogenic right ventricular dysplasia – cause of sudden death C. Borza, D. Butcovan, C. Grigoriu, V. Astarastoaie (Iasi, Romania) P-523 Assessment of diabetic micro- and macroangiopathies V. Anestiadis, V.V. Anestiadis, Z. Anestiadis, I. Tsiple (Chisinau, Republic of Moldova) P-524 Immunomodulatory treatment improves myocardial histopathology and function in patients with biopsy-proven myocarditis J. Vasiljevic, S. Lastic-Maletic, Z. Popovic, D. Babic, S. Glumac, M. Miric (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-525 Morphological changes in heart died of a heart attack of a myocardium V. Ubaydullaeva (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) P-526 Withdrawn P-527 Morphometric analysis of atheroslerotic changes in human coronary arteries adventitia B. Manevska, P. Ghenev, I. Stankulov, A. Tonchev, G. Chaldakov (Varna, Bulgaria) P-528 Study on postmortal autolytic changes of the myocardial blood vessels. Experimental study L. Kostic-Banovic, V. Katic, R. Karadzic, J. Stojanovic, G. Ilic, M. Zdravkovic, A. Antovic (Niš, Serbia and Montenegro) P529 Expression of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and TNF-alpha receptors in human viral myocarditis E. Carturan, F. Calabrese, A. Angelini, M. Crosato, M. Valente, G.M. Boffa, G. Thiene (Padova, Italy) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP40: Cardiovascular pathology Chairperson: J.D. Vasiljević (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-530 Recurrence of viral myocarditis after cardiac transplantation: A retrospective study in a pediatric population F. Calabrese, E. Carturan, A. Angelini, O. Milanesi, M. Valente, G. Thiene (Padova, Italy) P-531 Sudden cardiac death induced by acute viral myocarditis R. Karadzic, L. Kostic-Banovic, V. Katic, I. Burazor, L. Velickovic (Nis, Serbia and Montenegro) P-532 Surgical pathology of primary cardiac and pericardial tumors in the paediatric age C. Basso, M. Valente, G. Stellin, O. Milanesi, G. Thiene (Padova, Italy) P-533 In vivo histologic diagnosis of primary malignant cardiac and pericardial tumors C. Basso, M. Valente, G. Thiene (Padova, Italy) P-534 Haemangioendothelioma retiforme. A case report M. Djukic, L. Popovic, J. Kozarski, J. Jovanovic, A. Salapura, N. Balaban (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-535 Primary intimal sarcoma of the aorta. Report of an autoptic case G. Serio, A. Marzullo, F. Silvestris, A. Scattone, G. Parisi, M. Tucci, G. Caruso (Bari, Italy) P-536 Arterial allografts cryopreservation antigenicity in pigs M. Santos, N. Solanes, M. Rigol, J. Marimon, E. Khabiri, E. Agustí, M. Roqué, F. Perez-Villa, M. Heras, J. Ramirez (Barcelona, Spain) P-537 Cytokeratin profile and neuroendocrine cells in the glandular component of cardiac myxoma A. Pucci, G. Bartoloni, E. Tessitore, A. Carney, M. Papotti (Torino, Italy) P-538 Infection and immune inflammation peculiarities in atherosclerosis I. Zota, E. Foca, E. Melnic (Chisinau, Republic of Moldova) P-539 Cardiac hemangioma Z. Dolenc - Stražar, B. Geršak, M. Koželj (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP41: Peadiatric pathology Chairperson: I. Ariel (Jerusalem, Israel) P-540 Limb-body wall complex (LBWC) versus amniotic band syndrome (ABS): a new pathological hypothesis E. Petcu, J. Kasznica (Boston , USA) P-541 Two cases of pleuropulmonary blastoma K. Vuopala, H. Tuominen, R. Jauhola, P. Valmari, R. Herva (Rovaniemi, Finland) P-542 Causes of intrauterine fatal death associated with placental pathologic features V. Blažičević, V. Štitić, M. Mrčela (Osijek, Croatia) P-543 T - lymphocyte subtypes in the diagnosis of celiac disease M. Sajin, M. Craiu, M. Iordachescu, A. Stanescu (Bucharest, Romania) P-544 Clinical morphological analysis of early forms of polyarteritis nodosa H. Mazur-Zielińska, D. Sabat, R. Zieliński, W. Zajęcki, A. Ziólkowski (Zabrze, Poland) P-545 Comparative morphologic analysis of the small intestine mucosa in a course of coeliac disease W. Zajęcki, D. Sabat, H. Mazur-Zielińska, K. Stęplewska, M. Slimok, A. Sikora, B. Kalita, B. Slaby (Zabrze, Poland) P-546 Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma: a case report S. Kocmanovska - Petreska, B. Ilievski, P. Cvetkovski, L. Spasevska, S. Kostadinova - Kunovska, S. Duganovska (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) P-547 Effects of Sildenafile on ipsilateral testis damage following testicular torsion in rats G. Kale, I.H. Gol, D. Orhan, N. Kale (Ankara, Turkey) P-548 Expression of Bcl-x (S/L) in Wilms tumour G. Basta-Jovanovic, K. Radotic-Smiljanic, D. Brasanac, S. Glumac, M. Savin, S. Skodric (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-549 Expression of alpha, beta and gama catenins in Wilms tumour S. Radojevic, S. Djuricic, D. Brasanac, T. Terzic, M. Nenadovic, J. Sopta, S. Skodric, G. Bunjevacki, G. Basta-Jovanovic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-550 Comparison of apoptosis and Fas, Fas-L and Bcl-2 expression in Wilms’ tumor M. Ergin, A. Uguz, S. Erdogan, G. Gonlusen, N. Tunali (Adana, Turkey) P-551 Uncommon tumours of the neuraxis in childhood J. Vila-Torres (Barcelona, Spain) P-552 Spleen depletion in neonatal sepsis and chorioamnionitis P. Toti, C. De Felice, R. Occhini, M. Stumpo, L. Barbagli, S. Bartolommei, G. Buonocore (Siena, Italy) P-553 Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with CNS involvement - autopsy case presentation G. Kalan, M. Benedik Dolničar, M. Popović (Jesenice, Slovenia) P-554 Evaluation of goblet cells in small intestine epithelium in celiac disease in children E. Zembala-Nozynska, D. Sabat, M. Jedrzejczyk (Zabrze, Poland) P-555 Immunohistohemical evaluation of mast cells activity in small intestine mucosa in children in the course of celiac disease D. Sabat, W. Zajecki, E. Zembala-Nozynska, B. Drozdzowska, K. Steplewska, M. Slimok, A. Sikora, B. Kalita, B. Slaby (Zabrze, Poland) Wednesday, September 10, 2003 08.30-18.30 First Foyer Hall – P1 Poster Session PP42: Miscelaneous Chairperson: M. Volavšek (Ljubljana, Slovenia) P-556 Morphological analysis of tissue reactions in mandible after dental implants of the pressed COCrMo alloy M. Adwent, D. Sabat, T. Cieslik, Z. Szczurek, W. Zajęcki, J.R. Dabrowski (Zabrze, Poland) P-557 Morphological evaluation of bone defects filled with deproteinized bovine bone A. Cieslik-Bielecka, D. Sabat, T. Cieslik, Z. Szczurek, T. Bielecki (Zabrze, Poland) P-558 Withdrawn P-559 The effect of specific inhibitors of caspases on apoptosis of thymocytes induced with paclitaxel T. Kravic, M. Rajkovic, B. Djuricic, V. Bumbasirevic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-561 Immunohistological and pharmacological studies of anti-inflammatory drugs in experimental Schistosomiasis O. Hammam, M. Rabie (Giza, Egypt) P-562 Patterns of injury in car and motorcycle accidents J.M. Suárez Peńaranda, C. Bellido, R. Rico, M.T. Alvarez Iglesias, M. Rodríguez Calvo, I. Muńoz, L. Concheiro (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) P-563 Heat-induced epitope retrieval in immunohistochemistry C. Espersen, B. Crillesen, B. Jepsen, J.W. Hansen, T.H. Veie, H. Winther, J. Askaa (Glostrup, Denmark) P-564 Bone morphology and calcemia in ovariectomised (OVX) Wistar rats L. Markovic, J. Sopta, M. Atanackovic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-565 Vilnius pathological anatomy in the first half of the 19th century D. Sabat (Zabrze, Poland) P-566 Detection of cardiac mast cells in rats poisoned by T-toxin V. Jacevic, L. Zolotarevski, K. Jelic, J. Dimitrijevic, V. Kilibarda, M.P. Stojiljkovic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-567 Effects of bromadiolone on rodent liver: pathohistological findings K. Jelic, V. Jacevic, V. Dragojevic-Simic, Z.A. Milovanovic, S. Dobric, D. Bokonjic, J. Dimitrijevic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) P-568 Mobile telepathology - a new intringuing tool S. Seiwerth, L. Batelja (Zagreb, Croatia) P-569 A novel high throughput marker validation tool J. Korbelik, J. Matisic, C. MacAulay (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) Thursday, September 11, 2003 08.30-10.00 Gallus Hall - GD NEW AND CONTROVERSIAL ENTITIES IN DIAGNOSTIC PATHOLOGY (Sy29) Chairperson and Moderator: I. Damjanov (Kansas City, USA) 08.30-08.50 NEW AND CONTROVERSIAL ENTITIES IN THYROID PATHOLOGY M. Sobrinho-Simões (Porto, Portugal) 08.50-09.10 TWENTY YEARS IN THE LIFE OF THE GASTRIC MUCOSA R.M. Genta (Geneva, Switzerland) 09.10-09.30 NEWLY DESCRIBED EPITHELIAL RENAL TUMOURS NOT INCLUDED INTO CLASSIFICATIONS M. Michal (Plzen, Czech Republic) 09.30-09.50 CUTANEOUS NEURAL NEOPLASMS: STILL A WORLD OF CONUNDRUMS? Z.B. Argenyi (Seattle, USA) 09.50-10.00 DISCUSSION Thursday, September 11, 2003 08.30-10.00 Linhart Hall - LD PRION DISEASES (Sy30) Chairpersons: H. Budka (Vienna, Austria), M. Popović (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 08.30-08.55 REPLICATION AND PROPAGATION OF PRIONS H. Kretzschmar (Munich, Germany) 08.55-09.20 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PRION DISEASES IN EUROPE H. Budka (Vienna, Austria) 09.20-09.35 HUMAN PRION DISEASES IN SLOVENIA FROM 1985 TO 2003 M. Popović (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 09.35-10.00 PRION DISEASE – NEUROPATHOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS J. Lowe (Nothingham, UK) Thursday, September 11, 2003 08.30-10.00 Kosovel Hall - KD MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS OF SOLID TUMOURS/CARCINOMAS (Sy31) Chairpersons: H. Höfler (Munich, Germany), D. Glavač (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 08.30-08.50 PREDICTIVE ARRAY ANALYSIS OF BREAST CANCER K. Specht, H. Höfler (Munich, Germany) 08.50-09.10 MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY OF BARRETT’S ADENOCARCINOMA AND ITS PRECURSOR LESIONS A. Walch, M. Werner (Freiburg, Germany) 09.10-09.30 MOLECULAR GENETIC APPROACHES FOR SCREENING OF HEREDITARY NON-POLYPOSIS COLORECTAL CANCER M. Ravnik-Glavač (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 09.30-09.50 MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY OF GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER X. Matias-Guiu (Lleida, Spain) 09.50-10.00 DISCUSSION Thursday, September 11, 2003 08.30-10.00 Štih Hall - ŠD CHRONIC HEPATITIS – DIAGNOSIS, STAGING AND GRADING (SC20)  Chairpersons: S.G. Hübscher (Birmingham, UK), V. Ferlan-Marolt (Ljubljana, Slovenia)  08.30-08.50 PATHOLOGY OF CHRONIC VIRAL HEPATITIS J.-Y. Scoazec (Lyon, France) 08.50-09.10 PATHOLOGY OF AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS Z. Schaff (Budapest, Hungary) 09.10-09.30 GRADING AND STAGING OF CHRONIC HEPATITIS V.J. Desmet (Leuven, Belgium) 09.30-09.50 CHRONIC HEPATITIS IN THE LIVER ALLOGRAFT S.G. Hübscher (Birmingham, UK) 09.50-10.00 DISCUSSION Thursday, September 11, 2003 08.30-10.00 Conference Room – E1 DIGITALIZATION IN MODERN PATHOLOGY (Sy32) Chairperson: J. M. Nesland (Oslo, Norway) 08.30-09.00 TELEMEDICINE WORLDWIDE - TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN TELEDIAGNOSTIC AND TELETEACHING WITH IPATH M. Oberholzer (Basel, Switzerland) 09.00-09.30 THE USE OF MICROSCOPIC DIGITAL IMAGES IN PATHOLOGY B. Risberg (Oslo, Norway) 09.30-10.00 DISCUSSION Thursday, September 11, 2003 10.30-12.00 PLENARY AWARD SESSION (SP9) Selection Committee and Chairpersons: A. Llombart-Bosch (Valencia, Spain), M. Sobrinho-Simões (Porto, Portugal), G. Bussolati (Turin, Italy), complemented by D.G. Tiniakos (Athens, Greece) SIX BEST FREE PAPER PRESENTATIONS THREE BEST POSTER AWARDS GEORGE TINIAKOS AWARD Thursday, September 11, 2003 12.15-13.00 Gallus Hall - GD KEYNOTE LECTURE (KL3) Chairperson: M. Sobrinho-Simões (Porto, Portugal) ORGAN RETENTION AND THE AUTOPSY - THE GOOD AND THE GRIEF J.C.E. Underwood (Sheffield, UK) Thursday, September 11, 2003 13.00-14.00 CLOSING CEREMONY Chairpersons: G. Bussolati (Turin, Italy), A. Cardesa (Barcelona, Spain) 1. ADDRESS OF THE NEWLY ELECTED ESP PRESIDENT 2. EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF PATHOLOGY AWARDS 3. THE PATHOLOGIST IN 2003: ÜBERMENSCH, UNTERMENSCH, OR RATHER, ÜBER - UNTERMENSCH?  (Humour in Pathology)  R. Heimann (Brussels, Belgium) 4. INVITATION TO THE INTERCONTINENTAL CONGRESS OF PATHOLGOY – IGUASSU 2004  L.F Bleggi-Torres, F.A.Soares (Curitiba, Brazil) 5. FAREWELL FROM LJUBLJANA 2003  D. Ferluga (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 6. INVITATION TO PARIS 2005  P. Bedossa (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France) Thursday, September 11, 2003 14.00-15.00 Conference Room – M2 ELECTRON MICROSCOPY WORKING GROUP BUSINESS MEETING (BM15) Chairperson: B. Eyden (Manchester, UK)