OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Pediatric and Developmental Pathology 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Severe Ciliopathy-Like Phenotype in an Infant With a Novel MPDU1 Missense Variant	26
Liver Biopsy-Associated Diagnosis of Glycogen Storage Disease Type IV (Andersen Disease)	22
2022 SPP Fall Meeting Abstracts	20
Triaging and Evaluation of Products of Conception in Abortions and Post-Partum Hemorrhage	13
Is Conservative Management of Noninvasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm With Papillary-Like Nuclear Features (NIFTP) Possible in Children?	13
Clinicopathological and Molecular Characteristics of Intraosseous Rhabdomyosarcoma Involving Head and Neck Region: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	11
Evaluating Intestinal Metaplasia in Pediatric Gallbladder Specimens: Clinicopathologic Significance and Sampling Thresholds	10
Foreword	9
Rhabdomyomatous Mesenchymal Hamartoma: Expanding the Histological Spectrum of This Rare Congenital Entity	9
A Rare Case of Early T-Precursor Lymphoblastic Lymphoma (ETP-LBL) in a Child With Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome	8
Correlations of Placental Histopathology, Neonatal Outcome, and Cardiotocogram Baseline Variability and Acceleration Patterns in the Growth Restricted Preterm Population	8
Pediatric Oral Pathology: Odontogenic Cysts	8
Primordial Germ Cells in the Human Fetal Brain: Origins of Intracranial Germ Cell Tumours	7
Histopathological, Ultrastructural, and Immunohistochemical Findings in MYH11 -Variant Visceral Myopathy	7
Ebstein Anomaly and the Range of Right-Sided Heart Defects	7
An Atypical Presentation of a Large Congenital Umbilical Cord Hernia Antenatally Diagnosed as an Omphalocele With the Sole Left Lobe of the Liver: A Case Report	7
Novel Finding of PLAG1 Overexpression and COL3A1::PLAG1 Rearrangement in Nevus Lipomatosus Superficialis	7
Primary Intraosseous Spindle Cell Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Case Report in an Unusual Location	7
Growing Coronary Aneurysm Secondary to Coronary Fistula Despite Decreased Pulmonary Blood Flow/Systemic Blood Flow Ratio in a Child: A Case Report	7
Sex Cord-Stromal Tumours in Children: A Case Series	7
Placental Pathology Reporting Practices in Australian Stillbirths: A Quality Review	7
Intrahepatic Cholangiolitis in Cystic Fibrosis (ICCF): An Under-Appreciated Cause of Persistent Cholestasis in Infancy	7
Single Umbilical Artery Umbilical Cord Is Associated With High-Grade Distal Fetal Vascular Malperfusion	6
Urorectal Septum Malformation Sequence With Retroperitoneal Neuroblastoma: A Case Report of an Unusual Association	6
The Variable Definition of “Negative Appendicitis” Remains a Surgical Challenge	6

Bacillus cereus Sepsis in Preterm Neonates Caused by Central Venous Catheter: A Case Report	6
Histopathologic Features of Biliary Atresia and Outcome Predictors of Kasai Portoenterostomy: A 10-Year Retrospective Study of a Philippine Cohort	6
“What the Mind Does Not Know, the Eye Does Not See”: Epididymal Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor of Infancy Misdiagnosed as Paratesticular Rhabdomyosarcoma—A Rare Case Report	6
A Case Report of I-Cell Disease (Mucolipidosis Type II) With a Novel Placental-Focused Diagnostic Approach	6
Pediatric Odontogenic Tumors	6
Biliary Atresia Remnants Revisited: Myogenesis, Hepatic Duct-Like Structures, and Fate of Peribiliary Glands	6
Thyroid Myofibroma in a Child With Turner Syndrome: Integrated Cytologic, Histopathologic, and Molecular Characterization	6
Enid Gilbert Barness: In Memoriam	6
Diagnostic Utility of BCL-1/Cyclin D1 Immunohistochemical Staining in the Evaluation of Hirschsprung Disease	5
Response to Letter to the Editor: “Remote Placental Sign-Out: What Digital Pathology Can Offer for Pediatric Pathologists”	5
Early-Onset Severe Liver Fibrosis in a Toddler with Erythropoietic Protoporphyria Associated with Rare Compound Heterozygous FECH Variants	5
An Unexpected Bond: Unraveling a Case of Spleno-Gonadal Fusion Anomaly Mistaken for Lymph Node and Testicular Tumor	5
CLPB Deficiency Associated Neonatal Cavitating Leukoencephalopathy: A Potential Pathomechanism Underlying Neurologic Disorder	5
Clear Cell Sarcoma of the Kidney (CCSK) With BCOR-CCNB3 Fusion: A Rare Case Report With a Brief Review of the Literature	5
A Cardiocraniofacial Syndrome Associated With a Novel Missense Variant in GATA6 : A Fetal Case Report	5
Chitayat Syndrome: A Rare Case of Respiratory Distress in a Preterm Infant	5
Thanks to Reviewers	5
Remote Placental Sign-Out: What Digital Pathology Can Offer for Pediatric Pathologists	5
Heterotopic Salivary Gland in the Rectum Associated with Lumbosacral Lipomeningocele: A Dual Developmental Anomaly	5
Fetal Supraventricular Tachycardia: Histologic Evidence of Accessory Pathways Due to Incomplete Annulus Fibrosus Formation	5
Indian Childhood Cirrhosis: Report of 2 Cases With Review of Literature and Implication of Metallothionein Immunohistochemical Expression	5
Persistent Müllerian Duct Syndrome and Concurrent Pre-Germ Cell Neoplasia In Situ	5
Gross and Histologic Placental Abnormalities Associated With Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy	5
Case Series of 6 Fetuses With Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type II: A Retrospective Study of Heart Pathology	5
Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia Presenting with Unusual Immunonologic Manifestations: Report of a Case with Multiple Somatic Genetic Aberrations Including KRAS	5
Validation of a Recently Proposed Histologic Grading System (The Farooq Grade) for Colonic Graft-Versus-Host Disease in the Pediatric Population	4
Anomalous Origin of the Right Coronary Artery From Pulmonary Trunk in a Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome With 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 Microdeletion: A Novel Association	4
Case Report of Concomitant Pleuropulmonary Blastoma and Hepatoblastoma in a 25-Month-Old Child With a Germline DICER1 Pathogenic Variant	4
EWSR1 Fusion Driven Pediatric B-Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Diagnosis and Review of Literature	4
Maternal Hemoglobin A1c in the Third-Trimester May Underestimate Maternal Hyperglycemia and Its Impact on Offspring in Perinatal Demise Associated With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: An Autopsy Case S	4
The Association of Fetal Cyanotic Versus Non-Cyanotic Cardiac Malformations and Placental Vascular Malperfusion	4
Clinical, Pathological, and Molecular Findings in a Mexican Patient With Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Type 2: Support for Pathogenicity of the c.1226 G>T Variant and for Presence of Cherry-Red Sp	4
A Reassessment of Chorionic Histiocytic Hyperplasia in Association With Other Inflammatory Lesions of the Placenta	4
Exploring the Impact and Prospects of Social Media in Advancing Pediatric Pathology	4
Pathology of Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis: An update	4
Fetal and Neonatal Autopsy in the Molecular Age: Exploring Tissue Selection for Testing Success	4
Aortic Dissection and a Previously Unreported ACTA2 Missense Variant Mutation in a Young Patient: A Case Report	4
Spondylocostal Dysostosis-1 Associated With Pancreatic Heterotopia: Coincidence or True Association?	4
Validation of A Nationwide Digital Pediatric Pathology Consultation Network	4
Society for Pediatric Pathology Abstracts of the 2023 Fall Meeting October 6-8, 2023 Hybrid Meeting	3
Clinicopathologic Characterization of Invasive Fungal Intestinal Infections in Pediatric Patients	3
Childhood and Adolescent Relapsed/Refractory Aggressive B-Cell Lymphomas With t(8;14) and BCL2 Expression, Burkitt Lymphoma Versus Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: A Diagnostic Challenge	3
Clinicopathologic Features of IDEDNIK (MEDNIK) Syndrome in a Term Infant: Histopathologic Features of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Report of a Novel AP1S1	3
Variant Pseudocystic Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor With Heterologous Mullerian Cysts	3
Expanding the Spectrum of EWSR1::CREM Fusion Tumors: An Unusual Pediatric Intranasal Myxoid Tumor	3
Comparison of Clinical Diagnosis and Autopsy Findings of Early Neonatal Deaths: Diagnostic Challenges and the Value of Autopsy in Identifying Rare Pathologies	3
The Placenta in Congenital Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A Case Report of Unusual Involvement of Chorionic Plate and Umbilical Vein	3
Umbilical Vessel Aneurysm Presenting a Large Placental Cyst: A Unique Case and Literature Review	3
When Rare Meets Young: Pediatric Presentation of Desmoplastic Fibroblastoma	3
Bilateral Renal Fungal Bezoars and Perinephric Abscess in an Infant With Arthrogryposis-Renal Dysfunction-Cholestasis Syndrome: A Clinico-pathologic Case Report	3

The Role of Adenovirus Immunohistochemistry in Acute Appendicitis in Children	3
Infant With a Severe Form of GLRX5 -Related Atypical Hyperglycinemia Exhibiting Novel Cardiac and Neurologic Disease Manifestations at Autopsy	2
Association of First-Trimester Pan-Immune-Inflammation Value with Chronic Histiocytic Intervillositis and Villitis of Unknown Etiology	2
In Utero Extrahepatic Bile Duct Damage and Repair: Implications for Biliary Atresia	2
Fetal Vertebral Chondrostasis—Significance of Excessive Cartilage in Vertebral Bodies of Newborns	2
In Response to Dr. James R. Wright, Jr.’s Letter to the Editor	2
Novel Pediatric Presentation of Pseudomyogenic Hemangioendothelioma: Diagnostic Pitfalls and Considerations of an Atypical Case	2
Oral Mucosal Calcified Nodule: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature	2
Sclerosing Epithelioid Fibrosarcoma of the Liver in a Pediatric Patient	2
Blasts in AML-RAM Variant Cluster in Cohesive Clumps Mimicking Metastatic Non-Hematopoietic Small Round Cell Tumors	2
Primary Pulmonary Hypoplasia With Congenital Alveolar Dysplasia Associated With TBX4 Gene Deletion: A Case With Autopsy and Molecular Findings	2
Epithelioid Fibrous Histiocytoma With an ETV6::NTRK3 Fusion in a Child: A Case Expanding the Spectrum of Receptor-Tyrosine Kinase Driven Epithelioid Fibr	2
Granulomas in Pediatric Liver Biopsies: Single Center Experience	2
Reply	2
Isolated Hepatic Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Child: A Rare Cause of Granulomatous Hepatitis with Cholestasis	2
Fetiform Teratoma With a Digitiform Projection and Complex Organoid Differentiation (Adrenal and Pancreatic)	2
Stage 2 Basal Plate Myometrial Fibers in Delivered Placentas: Frequent Placenta Retention but Rarely Indicative of Clinical Placenta Accreta Spectrum	2
Sinonasal Teratocarcinosarcoma: A Case Report in a 13-Year-Old Male	2
STK11 Adnexal Tumor in an Adolescent Female: Diagnostic Pitfalls of a Recently Described Entity	2
Measures of Fetal Growth and Cardiac Structure in Stillbirths With Placental Maternal Vascular Malperfusion: Evidence for Heart Weight Sparing and Structural Cardiac Alterations in Humans	2
Challenges in Inter-rater Agreement on Lamina Propria Fibrosis in Esophageal Biopsies	2
A Review of Selected Dental Anomalies With Histologic Features in the Pediatric Patient	2
Normal Fetal Growth and Development	2
Eosinophilic/T-cell Chorionic Vasculitis: Its Incidence Is Increasing but It Does Not Appear to Recur in Subsequent Pregnancies	2
Liver Transplantation in 3 Cholestatic Infants With History of COVID Exposure	2