OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Neuropathology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The neostriatum in polyglutamine diseases: preferential decreases in large neurons in dentatorubral‐pallidoluysian atrophy and Machado‐Joseph disease and in small neurons in Huntington dise	23
Neuropathology of spinocerebellar ataxia type 8: Common features and unique tauopathy	23
Neurolymphomatosis in follicular lymphoma: an autopsy case report	15
Cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) with a high prevalence of hydrocephalus without clinical symptoms	12
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A case of Epstein–Barr virus‐associated smooth muscle tumor of the posterior interosseous nerve mimicking schwannoma	12
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Calcifying pseudoneoplasm of the neuraxis (CAPNON) associated with neurenteric cyst. An autopsy case showing unusual fatal outcome	10
A case of trigeminal malignant melanotic nerve sheath tumor in the wide spectrum of melanotic and nerve sheath tumors	9
Effectiveness of radiation therapy on brain invasion by human papillomavirus‐related multiphenotypic sinonasal carcinoma: A case report	8
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Melanotic pilocytic astrocytoma	8
A case of myxopapillary ependymoma with predominant giant cell morphology: A rare entity with comprehensive genomic profiling and review of literature	8
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An autopsy case of Alzheimer's disease with amygdala‐predominant Lewy pathology presenting with frontotemporal dementia‐like psychiatric symptoms	8
Associations of late‐life blood pressure with CERAD, Braak, and Thal: Findings from the National Alzheimer's coordinating center neuropathology dataset	8
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Neuropathological report of propionic acidemia	7
Pituitary apoplexy in endocrinologically silent adenoma during somatostatin analog administration for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor: A case report	7
A case of a pilocytic astrocytoma with histological features of anaplasia and unprecedent genetic alterations	7
Clinicopathological features of titinopathy from a Chinese neuromuscular center	6
Ependymoma‐like tumor with mesenchymal differentiation (ELTMD) with ZFTA:NCOA1 fusion: A diagnostic challenge	6
Comparison of clinical imaging and pathological findings of various brain lesions including cerebrovascular diseases and other systemic diseases	6

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The large neuron involvement in the neostriatum in Lewy body diseases	6
Leptomeningeal and intraventricular myelomatosis manifesting an aggressive form of communicating hydrocephalus	5
Embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes arising from the internal auditory canal of an adult: Illustrative case with molecular investigations	5
Expression and distribution of hypoxia‐inducible factor‐1α and vascular endothelial growth factor in comparison between radiation necrosis and tumor tissue in metastatic brain tumor: A case report	5
Pituitary tuberculoma with panhypopituitarism masquerading as a pituitary adenoma	5
Gliosarcoma with unusual glial components: Two case reports	5
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with speech apraxia, predominant upper motor neuron signs, and prominent iron accumulation in the frontal operculum and precentral gyrus	5
Ribosomal protein SA is a common component of neuronal intranuclear inclusions in polyglutamine diseases and Marinesco bodies	5
Cerebellar liponeurocytoma: clinical, histopathological and molecular features of a series of three cases, including one recurrent tumor	5
Exophytic cerebellopontine angle tumor showing mostly an embryonal appearance with H3‐3A K27M	5
A case of “genetically defined” radiation‐induced glioma: 29 years after surgery and radiation for pilocytic astrocytoma	4
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The clinical and neuropathological picture of adult neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease with no radiological abnormality	4
Primary degeneration of oculomotor, motor, and somatosensory systems and auditory and visual pathways in spinocerebellar ataxia type 7: A clinicopathological study in a Japanese autopsy case	4
Vanishing Contrast Enhancement of a Diffuse Midline Glioma	4
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Lactotroph PitNET/adenoma associated to granulomatous hypophysitis in a patient with Crohn's disease: A case report	4
Erdheim‐Chester disease of brain parenchyma without any systemic involvement: A case report and review of literature	4
Quantitative analysis of MGMT promoter methylation status changes by pyrosequencing in recurrent glioblastoma	4
Concurrent intraventricular intracranial myxoid mesenchymal tumor and ependymoma in a long‐term Ewing sarcoma survivor	4
Solitary subependymal giant cell astrocytoma lacking TSC1/2 mutations and TTF‐1 expression: A potential diagnostic pitfall	3
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Amyloid‐beta pathology in a case with dementia with Lewy bodies with a rapidly progressive clinical course similar to Creutzfeldt–Jacob disease	3
In‐house molecular diagnosis of diffuse glioma updating the revised WHO classification by a platform of the advanced medical care system, Senshin‐Iryo	3
“Burnt‐out” progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in idiopathic CD4⁺ lymphocytopenia	3
An autopsy case of progressive supranuclear palsy. Pallido‐nigro‐luysian type with argyrophilic grains clinically presenting with personality and behavioral changes	3
Tufted astrocyte‐like glia in two autopsy cases of multiple system atrophy: Is it a concomitant neurodegenerative disorder with multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy?	3
Further discussion on choroid plexus epithelial cell changes in neurodegenerative disorders	3
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An autopsy case of progressive supranuclear palsy with severe corticospinal tract degeneration	3
Macroscopic diagnostic clue for parkinsonism	3
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Anti‐neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody‐associated central nervous system vasculitis mimicking brain tumor: A case report	3
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Anti‐N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptor encephalitis with concurrent human herpes virus‐6A deoxyribonucleic acid detection: An autopsy case	3
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Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism: Clinicopathological discrepancies on diagnosis in three patients	3
Elevated expression of N‐myc downstream regulated gene 1 protein in glioblastomas reflects tumor angiogenesis and poor patient prognosis	3
Association between hypothalamic Alzheimer's disease pathology and body mass index: The Hisayama study	3
A glioneuronal tumor with neurocytic rosettes harboring FGFR1 internal tandem duplication – A report of a unique case	3
Tumefactive eosinophil‐rich non‐granulomatous small vessel vasculitis in the cerebrum in a patient with idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome	3
Calcifying pseudoneoplasms of the neuraxis (CAPNON). A case report	3
An autopsy case of amyloid angiopathy‐related cerebellar hemorrhage	3
Let's cluster cases in Neuropathology Case Cluster series!: Unveil clinical masqueraders (Neuropathology Cluster Case 1–13)	3
Increased expression of leucine‐rich α‐2 glycoprotein 1 as a predictive biomarker of favorable progression‐free survival in meningioma	2
Engeletin ameliorates sevoflurane‐induced cognitive impairment by activating PPAR‐gamma in neonatal mice	2
Senile plaque‐associated transactive response DNA‐binding protein 43 in Alzheimer's disease: A case report spanning 16 years of memory loss	2

A comparison of cerebral amyloid angiopathy in the cerebellum and CAA‐positive occipital lobe of 60 brains from routine autopsies	2
Intravascular large B‐cell lymphoma affecting multiple cranial nerves: A histopathological study	2
Increase in cathepsin K gene expression in Duchenne muscular dystrophy skeletal muscle	2
Granular cell tumor of the neurohypophysis presenting as a third ventricle mass	2
Japanese Society of Neuropathology Award 2024	2
Primary central nervous system extranodal NK/T‐cell lymphoma, nasal type with CD20 expression: Case report and review of the literature	2
A case of cerebral paragonimiasis misdiagnosed as eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis	2
Simple and clear differentiation of spinocerebellar degenerations: Overview of macroscopic and low‐power view findings	2
The predominance of “astrocytic” intranuclear inclusions in neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease manifesting encephalopathy‐like symptoms: A case series with brain biopsy	2
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Pediatric fibromyxoid tumor with PLAG1 fusion: An emerging entity with a novel intracranial location	2
Hemorrhage from metastatic brain epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: A case report	2
Ipsilateral simultaneous multiple hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhages: Analysis of hematoma formation and comparison with distribution of hypertensive mixed‐type hematoma	2
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Morphometry of choroid plexus epithelial cells in neurodegenerative diseases	2
An autopsy case of progressive supranuclear palsy treated with monoclonal antibody against tau	2
Pembrolizumab‐caused polyradiculoneuropathy as an immune‐related adverse event	2
MYB::QKI fusion‐positive diffuse glioma of the cerebellum: A case report	2
Embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes, DICER1‐mutated, showing histologically unique neuronal differentiation after chemoradiotherapy	2
Ependymosarcoma harboring C11orf95:RELA fusion transcript: Report of two cases and review of the literature	2
Corticobasal degeneration with visual hallucination as an initial symptom: A case report	2
Clinicopathological study of dementia with grains presenting with parkinsonism compared with a typical case	2
Spinal cord‐predominant neuropathology in an adult‐onset case of POLR3A‐related spastic ataxia	2
Neuropathologic findings in a patient with hemiparkinsonism and hemiatrophy syndrome	2
Cervical myelopathy and extensive body destruction caused by primary Gli1 fusion sarcoma	2
Unveiling primary intracranial eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosis: A rare case report and diagnostic dilemmas	2