Dr S Di Palma – Activities 2013-14
Recent publications.
Lower, S. Di Palma, S. Kousparos, G. Sino-Nasal Tract Myoepithelial Carcinoma
Ex-Pleomorphic Adenoma – A case report and review of the literature. Edinburgh
Pathology, June 2013-03-12
Bruno Ping,. Di Palma, S. Lower S, Collins, N. HER2 Testing in FEPE breast
tumours using droplet digital PCR. Edinburgh Pathology, June 2013-03-12
B Thiagarajah, S Di Palma, A Fehr, M Danford, C. Smith, G Stenman
Primary sinonasal adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting with skin metastases both
carrying the t (6;9) (q22-23;p23-24) chromosomal translocation. A new diagnostic
biomarker for adenoid cystic carcinoma? Edinburgh Pathology, June 2013-03-12
Delayed Metatastasis to the Mandible of Osophageal Adenocarcinoma. Lawes KP,
Danford M, Di Palma S. Head & Neck Pathol. 2013 Jun 6
Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma, with particular emphasis on early lesions. Di
Palma S. Head Neck Pathol. 2013 Jul;7 Suppl 1:S68-76.
Basal Cell Carcinoma Metastatic to Parotid Gland. Kurian RR, Di Palma S, Barrett
AW. Head Neck Pathol. 2013 Nov 15.
Di Palma S, Fehr A, Danford M, Smith C, Stenman G. Primary sinonasal adenoid
cystic carcinoma presenting with skin metastases - genomic profile and expression
of the MYB-NFIB fusion biomarker. Histopathology. 2014 Feb;64(3):453-5.
Recent advances in the diagnostic pathology of salivary carcinomas. Simpson RH,
Skálová A, Di Palma S, Leivo I. Virchows Arch. 2014 Aug 30 (Epub ahead of print)
B Thiagarajah, S Di Palma, A Fehr, M Danford, C. Smith, G Stenman
Primary sinonasal adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting with skin metastases both
carrying the t (6;9) (q22-23;p23-24) chromosomal translocation. A new diagnostic
biomarker for adenoid cystic carcinoma? Edinburgh Pathology, June 2013-03-12
Presentations
Gunasekera, L.Pitkin, S Di Palma, I. Bagwan IgG4 related chronic sclerosing
sialadenitis – does it exist? Oral presentation. 26th European Congress of Pathology,
London 30 Aug – 3 Sept 2014.
T. Gunasekera, S. Di Palma, I. Bagwan. Lymphoepithelial sialadenitis (LESA) – A
clinicopathologic study. Poster presentation. Association of Clinical Pathologists,
London June 2014
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S. Appukutty, S. Di Palma, I. Bagwan, S. Beeslaar. Cribriform adenocarcinoma of
the tongue and minor salivary glands. Poster presentation. 26th European Congress
of Pathology, London 30 Aug – 3 Sept 2014
O. McKinney, A. Moore, B. Ping, L. Pitkin, S. Di Palma. Histological and molecular
epigenic analysis of mucosal melanomas of the head and neck. Poster presentation.
26th European Congress of Pathology, London 30 Aug – 3 Sept 2014.
O. McKinney, R. Kurian, S. Di Palma, S. Whittaker, I. Bagwan. A retrospective
analysis of head and neck Extranodal lymphomas at a Tertiary Cancer Centre.
Poster presentation. 26th European Congress of Pathology, London 30 Aug – 3 Sept
2014.
Chapters in Books
S. Di Palma, A. Skalova, R. Simpson, S Ihrler and I. Leivo. Major and minor salivary
glands. Pathology of the Head and Neck. Chapter 5 (in preparation) SpringerVerlag.GmbH
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Invited Speaker at the The XXXTH Congress of the International Academy of
Pathology, October 2014
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Invited Speaker at the 26th European Congress of Pathology, London 2014
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Secretary for the Head & Neck Working Group of the European Society of
Pathology, meeting organizer for laryngeal pre-neoplastic lesions.