OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Pediatric and Developmental Pathology is 3. 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
Interferon γ Expressing Mucosal Cells in Pediatric Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease	40
Hereditary Multiple Intestinal Atresia With a Novel TTC7A Pathogenic Variant: Gastrointestinal Manifestations in Two Cases	36
Intrahepatic Cholestasis, Refractory Epilepsy, Skeletal Dysplasia, Endocrine Failure, and Dysmorphic Features in a Child With a Monoallelic 2q24-32.2 Deletion Encompassing ABCB11	28
Fetal Vascular Ectasia Can be an Artifact of Placental Fixation	17
Evaluation and Diagnosis of Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors (Non-Medulloblastoma)	12
Triaging and Evaluation of Products of Conception in Abortions and Post-Partum Hemorrhage	11
Third Trimester Stillbirth Associated With Hamartoma of Mature Cardiac Myocytes (HMCM)	11
Giant Cell Myocarditis in Children: Elusive Giant Cells Might Not Be the Only Clue	11
Molecular Profiling of a Hepatocellular Neoplasm Not Otherwise Specified (HCN-NOS) Demonstrates Distinct Molecular Features in Hepatoblastoma and HCC-Like Components	10
Transnasal Endoscopy Acquires Esophageal Biopsies Adequate for Comprehensive Pathology Evaluation in Patients With Eosinophilic Esophagitis	10
Mullerian Serous Cystadenoma Occurring in the Scrotum Post-Orchidopexy: A Rarely Reported Yet Distinctive Entity	9
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	9
Clinicopathological and Molecular Characteristics of Intraosseous Rhabdomyosarcoma Involving Head and Neck Region: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	9
Chronic Inflammatory Placental Lesions Correlate With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Severity in Extremely Preterm Infants	9
A Malignant Mimicker: Features of Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in the Pediatric Population	8
2022 SPP Fall Meeting Abstracts	8
Congenital Bile Acid Synthesis Defect Type 3 With Severe Neonatal Cholestasis	8
Aortic Dissection and a Previously Unreported ACTA2 Missense Variant Mutation in a Young Patient: A Case Report	8
Hidden Coronary Artery Ostium and Sudden Death	7
Validation of A Nationwide Digital Pediatric Pathology Consultation Network	7
Intestinal Pathology in Patients With Pathogenic ACTG2-Variant Visceral Myopathy: 16 Patients From 12 Families and Review of the Literature	7
Anaplastic Sarcoma of Kidney and DICER1	7
Severe Ciliopathy-Like Phenotype in an Infant With a Novel MPDU1 Missense Variant	7
Is Conservative Management of Noninvasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm With Papillary-Like Nuclear Features (NIFTP) Possible in Children?	6
Sarcomatoid Morphology in Pediatric Langerhans Cell Neoplasm Does Not Always Predict Aggressive Clinical Course	6

Renal Expression of CLC-5 and Megalin/Cubilin in Dent-1 Disease With Nonsense Mutations of CLCN5 Gene	6
Civatte Bodies in Pediatric Esophageal Biopsies: Does Lichen Esophagitis Pattern Occur in Children?	6
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Childhood: Autopsy Findings from a Specialist Centre	6
Fatal Bowel Obstruction Due to Paraduodenal Hernia: A Case Report	6
Abstracts From the Joint PPS/SPP meeting, Dublin 2024: (P = poster presentation, O = oral presentation)	6
Autopsy Study of Calretinin Immunohistochemistry in the Anorectal Canal in Young Infants and Potential Implications for Rectal Biopsy Approach in the Neonatal Period	6
Pseudodiverticulum of the Cervical Esophagus With Remnant of Branchial Tissues in a Newborn: A Case Report	5
Absence of Ductus Venosus: A Comparison of 2 Distinctive Fetal Autopsy Cases and Embryologic Perspectives	5
Vitelline Vessel Remnant-Derived Funisitis Is a Sensitive and Specific Predictor of Histological Evidence of Amniotic Fluid Infection	5
Wilms Tumor With Raised Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein: Highlighting the Need for Novel Circulating Biomarkers	5
Anatomy of the Ductus Arteriosus in Fetal Autopsies: Correlations With Placental Pathology and Cause of Death	5
Abnormal Uterine Involution May Lead to Atony and Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Hypothesis, With Review of the Evidence	5
Distinctive Clinicopathologic Features of Monomorphic B-cell Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders in Children	5
Correlations of Placental Histopathology, Neonatal Outcome, and Cardiotocogram Baseline Variability and Acceleration Patterns in the Growth Restricted Preterm Population	5
PIK3CA Mutational Analysis in Patients With Macrodactyly	5
Extensive Perivillous Fibrin and Intervillous Histiocytosis in a SARS-CoV-2 Infected Placenta From an Uninfected Newborn: A Case Report Including Immunohistochemical Profiling	5
Diabetes Related Deaths in a Tertiary Pediatric Referral Institution in England: The Value of Biochemical Analyses in Post-Mortem Samples	5
Fetal and Neonatal Autopsy in the Molecular Age: Exploring Tissue Selection for Testing Success	5
Cranial Fasciitis in Children: Expanding the Spectrum of USP6-Associated Clonal Transient Neoplasms	5
Pediatric Oral Pathology: Odontogenic Cysts	5
Syndecan-1 Level, a Marker of Endothelial Glycocalyx Degradation, Is Associated With Fetal Exposure to Chorioamnionitis and Is a Potential Biomarker for Early-Onset Neonatal Sepsis	4
Massive Perivillous Fibrin Deposition and Chronic Histiocytic Intervillositis a Complication of SARS-CoV-2 Infection	4
Are PDFGRA Dinucleotide Alterations Definitional for Myxoid Glioneuronal Tumor? Report of PDFRA p. K385L Mutation in a Neonatal High-Grade	4
Expression of Calretinin in the Cecal Muscularis Interna: Observation and Hypothetical Relevance to Appendicitis	4
Examining the Relationship Between Gastroschisis and Placental Fetal Vascular Malperfusion	4
PLAG1 Immunohistochemical Staining Is a Surrogate Marker for PLAG1 Fusions in Lipoblastomas	4
Focal Nodular Hyperplasia-Like Lesions With Glypican-3 Positivity in Infancy	4
Undifferentiated Embryonal Sarcoma of the Liver With Rhabdoid Morphology Mimicking Carcinoma: Expanding the Morphologic Spectrum or a Distinct Variant?	4
A Rare Case of Early T-Precursor Lymphoblastic Lymphoma (ETP-LBL) in a Child With Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome	4
Evaluating Bone Marrow Involvement in Pediatric Neuroblastoma: Traditional Methods and Emerging Technologies—A Systematic Review	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
Long-Term Effect of TBX4 Germline Mutation on Pulmonary Clinico-Histopathologic Phenotype	4
Variant Pseudocystic Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor With Heterologous Mullerian Cysts	4
Fatal Pediatric Streptococcal Infection: A Clinico—Pathological Study	4
Molecular Alterations in Pediatric Fibroblastic/Myofibroblastic Tumors: An Appraisal of a Next Generation Sequencing Assay in a Retrospective Single Centre Study	3
Granulomatous Lymphocytic Interstitial Lung Disease in a Spectrum of Pediatric Primary Immunodeficiencies	3
Pediatric Rectosigmoid Atypical Juvenile Polyps Presenting With Rectal Prolapse and Acute Bleeding: A Case Report and a Comprehensive Literature Review	3
Evaluating the Prognostic Implication of the Collins Histology Scoring System in a Pediatric Eastern Ontario Population With Eosinophilic Esophagitis	3
Dissecting the Vitelline Vessel Remnant	3
Histopathological, Ultrastructural, and Immunohistochemical Findings in MYH11-Variant Visceral Myopathy	3
Unique Case of Congenital Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Presenting as Intrauterine Fetal Demise	3
Growing Coronary Aneurysm Secondary to Coronary Fistula Despite Decreased Pulmonary Blood Flow/Systemic Blood Flow Ratio in a Child: A Case Report	3
Maud Menten: Pioneering Pediatric-Perinatal Pathologist, Clinician-Scientist, and “the Most Wonderful Human Being in the World”	3
First Reported Histologically and Molecularly Confirmed Bilateral High-Grade Serous Ovarian Adenocarcinoma Metastasized to Placental Decidua of the Membranes	3
Society for Pediatric Pathologists Abstracts of the 2023 Fall Meeting October 6-8, 2023 Hybrid Meeting	3
Hepatic Expression of Fibroblast Growth Factor 19 Significantly Correlates With Serum Bile Acids in Neonatal Cholestasis	3
Exploring the Impact and Prospects of Social Media in Advancing Pediatric Pathology	3
A Pediatric Primary Cardiac Spindle Cell Neoplasm With a Rare PDGFRA::USP8 Gene Fusion: A Case Report	3
Quantifying Proximal Collecting Tubule Deficiency in Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor and Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker Fetopathy	3
Author(s)’ Reply: Is MYCN Overexpression Associated With Poor Outcome in MYCN Non-Amplified Neuroblastomas?	3

Thanks to Reviewers	3
Placental Pathology and Its Associations With Clinical Signs in Different Subtypes of Fetal Growth Restriction	3
Clinicopathologic Features of IDEDNIK (MEDNIK) Syndrome in a Term Infant: Histopathologic Features of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Report of a Novel AP1S1 Variant	3
Automated Tumor Count for Mitosis-Karyorrhexis Index Determination in Neuroblastoma Using Whole Slide Image and Qupath, an Image Analytic Software	3
Malignancy Rates by Bethesda Subcategory in the Pediatric Population	3
Expanding the Spectrum of EWSR1::CREM Fusion Tumors: An Unusual Pediatric Intranasal Myxoid Tumor	3
Nephrotic Syndrome in a Child With NPHS2 Mutation	3
Neuroblastoma Arising in an Immature Teratoma of the Ovary in a 13-Year-Old	3