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Research Interests:
Dr. Krasinskas is a surgical pathologist with subspecialty training in gastrointestinal and liver pathology. Her main area of research interest is pancreatic neoplasia, which involves the development of molecular and immunohistochemical assays for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of pancreatic neoplasia, including ductal adenocarcinoma, mucinous cystic lesions, pancreatic endocrine neoplasms. Additional interests include: (1) differentiating intrahepatic from extrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas using molecular and immunohistochemical techniques and defining possible precursor lesions for each type of tumor, including dysplasia in primary sclerosing cholangitis, infection with Helicobacter pylori and other inflammatory states, including inflammatory pseudotumors; (2) defining the molecular characteristics of appendiceal mucinous neoplasms; and (3) studying HER2 amplification in colorectal and pancreatic cancers. She is also involved in collaborative research projects with clinical colleagues, including the detection of metastatic disease in the lymph nodes of patients with esophageal cancer and imaging whole explanted livers with and without hepatocellular carcinomas.
Selected Publications:
View Dr. Krasinskas' recent publications on PubMed
View Dr. Krasinskas' previous publications on PubMed
Krasinskas AM , Goldsmith JD, Burke A and Furth EE. Abnormal intrahepatic portal vasculature in native and allograft liver biopsies: A comparative analysis. AJSP (Accepted for publication, 4/20/05).
Abraham SC, Kamath PS, Eghtesad B, Demetris AJ and Krasinskas AM . Liver Transplantation in Pre-Cirrhotic Chronic Biliary Tract Disease: Portal Hypertension is Frequently Associated with Nodular Regenerative Hyperplasia and Obliterative Portal Venopathy. AJSP (Accepted for publication, 4/4/05).
Krasinskas AM , Eghtesad B, Kamath PS, Demetris AJ and Abraham SC. Liver Transplantation for Severe Intrahepatic Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension. Liver Transplantation (Accepted for publication, 1/27/05).
Ozolek JA, Sasatomi E, Swalsky PA, Rao U, Krasinskas A , Finkelstein SD. Inflammatory fibroid polyps of the gastrointestinal tract: clinical, pathologic, and molecular characteristics. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2004; 12 (1):59-66.
Krasinskas AM , Minda J, Saul SH, Shaked A, Furth EE. Redistribution of thorotrast into a liver allograft several years following transplantation: a case report. Mod Pathol 2004; 17 (1):117-20.
Demetris AJ, Eghtesad B, Marcos A, Ruppert K, Nalesnik MA, Randhawa P, Wu T, Krasinskas A , Fontes P, Cacciarelli T, Shakil AO, Murase N, Fung JJ, Starzl TE. Recurrent hepatitis C in liver allografts: prospective assessment of diagnostic accuracy, identification of pitfalls, and observations about pathogenesis. Am J Surg Pathol 2004; 28 (5):658-69.
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