Susan C. Abraham, M.D.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Varma A, Abraham SC, Mehta RS, Saini NY, Honhar M, Rashid M, Chen J, Srour SA, Bashir Q, Rondon G, Oran B, Hosing CM, Nieto Y, Kebriaei P, Alousi AM, Ahmed S, Marin D, Khouri IF, Ciurea SO, Qazilbash MH, Rezvani K, Anderlini P, Andersson BS, Shpall EJ, Champlin RE, Popat UR. Idiopathic refractory ascites after allogeneic stem cell transplantation: a previously unrecognized entity. Blood Adv 4(7):1296-1306, 2020. PMID: 32236526.
2. Mahadeo KM, Bajwa R, Abdel-Azim H, Lehmann LE, Duncan C, Zantek N, Vittorio J, Angelo J, McArthur J, Schadler K, Chan S, Tewari P, Khazal S, Auletta JJ, Choi SW, Shoberu B, Kalwak K, Harden A, Kebriaei P, Abe JI, Li S, Moffet JR, Abraham SC, Tambaro FP, Kleinschmidt K, Richardson PG, Corbacioglu S, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network and the Pediatric Diseases Working Party of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantations. Diagnosis, grading, and treatment recommendations for children, adolescents, and young adults with sinusoidal obstructive syndrome: an international expert position statement. Lancet Haematol 7(1):e61-e72, 2020. PMID: 31818728.
3. Taggart MW, Abraham SC, Overman MJ, Mansfield PF, Rashid A. Goblet cell carcinoid tumor, mixed goblet cell carcinoid-adenocarcinoma, and adenocarcinoma of the appendix: comparison of clinicopathologic features and prognosis. Arch Pathol Lab Med 139(6):782-790, 2015. PMID: 26030247.
4. Estrella JS, Wang H, Bhosale PR, Evans HL, Abraham SC. Malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pancreas. Pancreas 44(6):988-994, 2015. PMID: 26166470.
5. Abraham SC, Taggart MW, Loftus EV, Wu TT. Dysplasia-like epithelial atypia in ischemic bowel disease. Hum Pathol 45(7):1348-1357, 2014. PMID: 24946975.
6. Ramineni M, Taggart MW, Rashid A, Abraham SC. Benign Glandular Downgrowth in Gastric Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: A Potential Mimic of Composite Tumor. Histopathology 65(6):897-907, 2014. PMID: 25041266.
7. Foo WC, Wang H, Prieto VG, Fleming JB, Abraham SC. Squamoid cystosis of pancreatic ducts: a variant of a newly-described cystic lesion, with evidence for an obstructive etiology. Rare Tumors 6(3):5286, 2014. PMID: 25276318.
8. Estrella JS, Taggart MW, Rashid A, Abraham SC. Low-grade neuroendocrine tumors arising in intestinal adenomas: evidence for alterations in the adenomatous polyposis coli/β-catenin pathway. Hum Pathol 45(10):2051-2058, 2014. PMID: 25149552.
9. Taggart MW, Rashid A, Ross WA, Abraham SC. Oesophageal hyperkeratosis: clinicopathological associations. Histopathology 63(4):463-473, 2013. PMID: 23879628.
10. Taggart MW, Galbincea J, Mansfield PF, Fournier KF, Royal RE, Overman MJ, Rashid A, Abraham SC. High-level microsatellite instability in appendiceal carcinomas. Am J Surg Pathol 37(8):1192-1200, 2013. PMID: 23648460.
11. Estrella JS, Othman ML, Taggart MW, Hamilton SR, Curley SA, Rashid A, Abraham SC. Intrabiliary growth of liver metastases: clinicopathologic features, prevalence, and outcome. Am J Surg Pathol 37(10):1571-1579, 2013. PMID: 23797727.
12. Bartley AN, Rashid A, Fournier KF, Abraham SC. Neuroendocrine and mucinous differentiation in signet ring cell carcinoma of the stomach: evidence for a common cell of origin in composite tumors. Hum Pathol 42(10):1420-1429, 2011. PMID: 21419473.
13. Perry KD, Reynolds C, Rosen DG, Edgerton ME, T Albarracin C, Gilcrease MZ, Sahin AA, Abraham SC, Wu Y. Metastatic neuroendocrine tumour in the breast: a potential mimic of in-situ and invasive mammary carcinoma. Histopathology 59(4):619-630, 2011. PMID: 22014043.
14. Tang F, Wei B, Tian Z, Gilcrease MZ, Huo L, Albarracin CT, Resetkova E, Zhang H, Sahin A, Chen J, Bu H, Abraham SC, Wu Y.. Invasive mammary carcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation: histologic features and diagnostic challenges. Histopathology 59:106-115, 2011. PMID: 21668471.
15. Zhang L, Lewis JT, Abraham SC, Smyrk TC, Leung S, Chari ST, Poterucha JJ, Rosen CB, Lohse CM, Katzmann JA, Wu TT. IgG4+ plasma cell infiltrates in liver explants with primary sclerosing cholangitis. Am J Surg Pathol 34(1):88-94, 2010. PMID: 20035148.
16. Lappinga PJ, Abraham SC, Murray JA, Vetter EA, Patel R, Wu TT. Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth: histopathologic features and clinical correlates in an underrecognized entity. Arch Pathol Lab Med 134(2):264-270, 2010. PMID: 20121616.
17. Abraham SC, Poterucha JJ, Rosen CB, Demetris AJ, Krasinskas AM. Histologic abnormalities are common in protocol liver allograft biopsies from patients with normal liver function tests. Am J Surg Pathol 32(7):965-973, 2008. PMID: 18460980.
18. Abraham SC, Wang H, Wang KK, Wu TT. Paget cells in the esophagus: assessment of their histopathologic features and near-universal association with underlying esophageal adenocarcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol 32(7):1068-1074, 2008. PMID: 18496141.
19. Abraham SC, Freese DK, Ishitani MB, Krasinskas AM, Wu TT. Significance of central perivenulitis in pediatric liver transplantation. Am J Surg Pathol 32(10):1479-1488, 2008. PMID: 18708942.
20. Abraham SC, Krasinskas AM, Hofstetter WL, Swisher SG, Wu TT. "Seedling" Mesenchymal Tumors (Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors and Leiomyomas) are Common Incidental Tumors of the Esophagogastric Junction. Am J Surg Pathol 31(11):1719-1725, 2007. PMID: 18059218.
21. Abraham SC. Distinguishing gastrointestinal stromal tumors from their mimics: an update. Adv Anat Pathol 14(3):178-188, 2007. PMID: 17452814.
22. Abraham SC, Krasinskas AM, Correa AM, Hofstetter WL, Ajani JA, Swisher SG, Wu TT. Duplication of the muscularis mucosae in Barrett esophagus: an underrecognized feature and its implication for staging of adenocarcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol 31(11):1719-1725, 2007. PMID: 18059229.
23. Abraham SC, Kamath PS, Eghtesad B, Demetris AJ, Krasinskas AM. Liver transplantation in precirrhotic biliary tract disease: portal hypertension is frequently association with nodular regenerative hyperplasia and obliterative portal venopathy. Am J Surg Pathol 30(11):1454-1461, 2006. PMID: 17063088.
24. Abraham SC, Carney JA, Ooi A, Choti MA, Argani P. Achlorhydria, parietal cell hyperplasia, and multiple gastric carcinoids: a new disorder. Am J Surg Pathol 29(7):969-975, 2005. PMID: 15958864.
25. Lee JH, Park SJ, Abraham SC, Seo JS, Nam JH, Choi C, Juhng SW, Rashid A, Hamilton SR, Wu TT. Frequent CpG island methylation in precursor lesions and early gastric adenocarcinomas. Oncogene 23(26):4646-4654, 2004. PMID: 15064707.
26. Abraham SC, Solem CA, Hauser SC, Smyrk TC. Chronic antral ulcer associated with gastroduodenal lymphocytic phlebitis. Am J Surg Pathol 28(12):1659-1663, 2004. PMID: 15577689.
27. Abraham SC, Wilentz RE, Yeo CJ, Sohn TA, Cameron JL, Boitnott JK, Hruban RH. Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple resections) in patients without malignancy: are they all 'chronic pancreatitis'?. Am J Surg Pathol 27(1):110-120, 2003. PMID: 12502933.
28. Abraham SC, Leach S, Yeo CJ, Cameron JL, Murakata LA, Boitnott JK, Albores-Saavedra J, Hruban RH. Eosinophilic pancreatitis and increased eosinophils in the pancreas. Am J Surg Pathol 27(3):334-342, 2003. PMID: 12604889.
29. Abraham SC, Cruz-Correa M, Argani P, Furth EE, Hruban RH, Boitnott JK. Lymphoplasmacytic chronic cholecystitis and biliary tract disease in patients with lymphoplasmacytic sclerosing pancreatitis. Am J Surg Pathol 27(4):441-451, 2003. PMID: 12657928.
30. Abraham SC, Park SJ, Lee JH, Mugartegui L, Wu TT. Genetic alterations in gastric adenomas of intestinal and foveolar phenotypes. Mod Pathol 16(8):786-795, 2003. PMID: 12920223.
31. Gibson MK, Abraham SC, Wu TT, Burtness B, Heitmiller RF, Heath E, Forastiere A. Epidermal growth factor receptor, p53 mutation, and pathological response predict survival in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer treated with preoperative chemoradiotherapy. Clin Cancer Res 9(17):6461-6468, 2003. PMID: 14695149.
32. Abraham SC, Lee JH, Hruban RH, Argani P, Furth EE, Wu TT. Molecular and immunohistochemical analysis of intraductal papillary neoplasms of the biliary tract. Hum Pathol 34(9):902-910, 2003. PMID: 14562286.
33. Abraham SC, Cruz-Correa M, Argani P, Furth EE, Hruban RH, Boitnott JK. Diffuse lymphoplasmacytic chronic cholecystitis is highly specific for extrahepatic biliary tract disease but does not distinguish between primary and secondary sclerosing cholangiopathy. Am J Surg Pathol 27(10):1313-1320, 2003. PMID: 14508392.
34. Abraham SC, Reynolds C, Lee JH, Montgomery EA, Baisden BL, Krasinskas AM, Wu TT. Fibromatosis of the breast and mutations involving the APC/beta-catenin pathway. Hum Pathol 33(1):39-46, 2002. PMID: 11823972.
35. Torbenson M, Abraham SC, Boitnott J, Yardley JH, Wu TT. Autoimmune gastritis: distinct histological and immunohistochemical findings before complete loss of oxyntic glands. Mod Pathol 15(2):102-109, 2002. PMID: 11850538.
36. Abraham SC, Wu TT, Hruban RH, Lee JH, Yeo CJ, Conlon K, Brennan M, Cameron JL, Klimstra DS. Genetic and immunohistochemical analysis of pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma: frequent allelic loss on chromosome 11p and alterations in the APC/beta-catenin pathway. Am J Pathol 160(3):953-962, 2002. PMID: 11891193.
37. Abraham SC, Klimstra DS, Wilentz RE, Yeo CJ, Conlon K, Brennan M, Cameron JL, Wu TT, Hruban RH. Solid-pseudopapillary tumors of the pancreas are genetically distinct from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas and almost always harbor beta-catenin mutations. Am J Pathol 160(4):1361-1369, 2002. PMID: 11943721.
38. Lee JH, Abraham SC, Kim HS, Nam JH, Choi C, Lee MC, Park CS, Juhng SW, Rashid A, Hamilton SR, Wu TT. Inverse relationship between APC gene mutation in gastric adenomas and development of adenocarcinoma. Am J Pathol 161(2):611-618, 2002. PMID: 12163385.
39. Abraham SC, Montgomery EA, Singh VK, Yardley JH, Wu TT. Gastric adenomas: intestinal-type and gastric-type adenomas differ in the risk of adenocarcinoma and presence of background mucosal pathology. Am J Surg Pathol 26(10):1276-1285, 2002. PMID: 12360042.
40. Montgomery E, Torbenson MS, Kaushal M, Fisher C, Abraham SC. Beta-catenin immunohistochemistry separates mesenteric fibromatosis from gastrointestinal stromal tumor and sclerosing mesenteritis. Am J Surg Pathol 26(10):1296-1301, 2002. PMID: 12360044.
41. Abraham SC, Lee JH, Boitnott JK, Argani P, Furth EE, Wu TT. Microsatellite instability in intraductal papillary neoplasms of the biliary tract. Mod Pathol 15(12):1309-1317, 2002. PMID: 12481012.
42. Abraham SC, Singh VK, Yardley JH, Wu TT. Hyperplastic polyps of the stomach: associations with histologic patterns of gastritis and gastric atrophy. Am J Surg Pathol 25(4):500-7, 2001. PMID: 11257625.
43. Abraham SC, Nobukawa B, Giardiello FM, Hamilton SR, Wu TT. Sporadic fundic gland polyps: common gastric polyps arising through activating mutations in the beta-catenin gene. Am J Pathol 158(3):1005-1010, 2001. PMID: 11238048.
44. Abraham SC, Montgomery EA, Giardiello FM, Wu TT. Frequent beta-catenin mutations in juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibromas. Am J Pathol 158(3):1073-1078, 2001. PMID: 11238055.
45. Nobukawa B, Abraham SC, Gill J, Heitmiller RF, Wu TT. Clinicopathologic and molecular analysis of high-grade dysplasia and early adenocarcinoma in short- versus long-segment Barrett esophagus. Hum Pathol 32(4):447-454, 2001. PMID: 11331963.
46. Abraham SC, Bhagavan BS, Lee LA, Rashid A, Wu TT. Upper gastrointestinal tract injury in patients receiving kayexalate (sodium polystyrene sulfonate) in sorbitol: clinical, endoscopic, and histopathologic findings. Am J Surg Pathol 25(5):637-644, 2001. PMID: 11342776.
47. Abraham SC, Singh VK, Yardley JH, Wu TT. Hyperplastic polyps of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction: histologic and clinicopathologic findings. Am J Surg Pathol 25(9):1180-1187, 2001. PMID: 11688578.
48. Abraham SC, Wu TT, Klimstra DS, Finn LS, Lee JH, Yeo CJ, Cameron JL, Hruban RH. Distinctive molecular genetic alterations in sporadic and familial adenomatous polyposis-associated pancreatoblastomas : frequent alterations in the APC/beta-catenin pathway and chromosome 11p. Am J Pathol 159(5):1619-1627, 2001. PMID: 11696422.
49. Abraham SC, Nobukawa B, Giardiello FM, Hamilton SR, Wu TT. Fundic gland polyps in familial adenomatous polyposis: neoplasms with frequent somatic adenomatous polyposis coli gene alterations. Am J Pathol 157(3):747-754, 2000. PMID: 10980114.
50. Abraham SC, Ravich WJ, Anhalt GJ, Yardley JH, Wu TT. Esophageal lichen planus: case report and review of the literature. Am J Surg Pathol 24(12):1678-1682, 2000. PMID: 11117791.
51. Abraham SC, Fox K, Fraker D, Solin L, Reynolds C. Sampling of grossly benign breast reexcisions: a multidisciplinary approach to assessing adequacy. Am J Surg Pathol 23(3):316-322, 1999. PMID: 10078923.
52. Abraham SC, Yardley JH, Wu TT. Erosive injury to the upper gastrointestinal tract in patients receiving iron medication: an underrecognized entity. Am J Surg Pathol 23(10):1241-1247, 1999. PMID: 10524525.
53. Abraham SC, Yardley JH, Wu TT. Alendronate-associated esophageal injury: pathologic and endoscopic features. Mod Pathol 12(12):1152-1157, 1999. PMID: 10619269.
54. Abraham S, Pack A, Judy K, Welles G, Mourelatos Z. 21-year-old man with new onset seizures and a temporal lobe mass (neurocysticercosis). Brain Pathol 9:187-188, 1999. PMID: 9989459.
55. Abraham SC, DeNofrio D, Loh E, Minda JM, Tomaszewski JE, Pietra GG, Reynolds. Desmin myopathy involving cardiac, skeletal, and vascular smooth muscle: Report of a case with immunoelectron microscopy. Hum Pathol 29:876-882, 1998. PMID: 9712432.
56. Abraham S, Orel S, Reynolds C. Secretory carcinoma of the breast and the use of core biopsy in tumor diagnosis. ASCP Check Sample. Tumor Diagnosis TD96-6:73-87, 1997.
57. Abraham S, Furth EE. Quantitative evaluation of histological features in "Time-Zero" liver allograft biopsies as predictors of rejection or graft failure: Receiver-operating characteristic analysis application. Hum Pathol 27:1077-1084, 1996. PMID: 8892594.
58. Abraham SC, Furth EE. Receiver operating characteristic analysis of serum chemical parameters as tests of liver transplant rejection and correlation with histology. Transplantation 59(5):740-6, 1995. PMID: 7886803.
59. Abraham S, Furth EE. Receiver operating characteristic analysis of glycogenated nuclei in liver biopsy specimens: quantitative evaluation of their relationship with diabetes and obesity. Hum Pathol 25(10):1063-8, 1994. PMID: 7927311.

Invited Articles

1. Abraham SC. Fundic gland polyps: common and occasionally problematic lesions. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y) 6(1):48-51, 2010. PMID: 20567541.
2. Abraham SC. Gastric Carcinoid Tumors: Distinction Among Types and Why Evaluation of the Background Mucosa Reality Matters. Pathology Case Reviews 13:179-188, 2008.
3. Abraham SC. Gastric Polyps: Classification and Meaning. Pathology Case Reviews 7(1):2-11, 2002.

Other Articles

1. Abraham S, Krasinskas A, Kricka LJ Serum Protein Electrophoresis Update. Penn Pulse(57):26, 1996.

Book Chapters

1. Abraham SC, Wu TT. Esophageal cancer. In: Principles and Practice of Gastrointestinal Oncology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 179-191, 2008.
2. Abraham SC, Burgart LJ, Odze RD. Polyps of the large intestine. In: Surgical Pathology of the GI Tract, Liver, Biliary Tract, and Pancreas. Saunders: Philadelphia, PA, 327-379, 2004.

Books (edited and written)

1. Abraham, SC. Pancreatic Cancer: Advances in Molecular Pathology, Diagnosis & Clinical Management. In: Human Pathology. Ed(s) FH Sarkar, MC Dugen, 625-626, 2000.