Marie L. Rivera-Zengotita, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
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Dept. of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine |
Currently Involved In:
Surgical Neuropathology (adult and pediatric), Autopsy Neuropathology, skeletal muscle and peripheral nerve biopsies interpretation, eye pathology and GYN pathology.
Abstracts, Posters and Presentations
- Kelly Devers, MD, Marie Rivera-Zengotita, MD, Charles A. Williams, MD, Anthony Yachnis, MD. The Neuropathology of Mucopolisaccharidosis Type VII (Sly Disease): A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Poster presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neuropathologists (AANP).
- Emmanuel Agosto-Arroyo, MD; Roman Velez, MD; Maria Marcos, MD; Marie Rivera-Zengotita, MD. Metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma to the tongue. Poster presented at the CAP 10 Meeting, Chicago, IL, September 2010.
- Leslie Lopez, MD; Marie L. Rivera, MD; Fanor M. Saavedra, MD; Juan Vigo, MD. Sclerosing paraganglioma of the cauda equina. A case report and review of literature. Poster presented at the XXX Annual Forum of Investigation and Education, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, March 2010. (Third place award for poster presentation)
- J. Billoch-Lima, MD; R. Velez-Rosario, MD; M. Rivera-Zengotita, MD. Myeloid Sarcoma of the brain presenting as a posterior fossa tumor: A case report. Poster presented at the XXX Annual Forum of Investigation and Education, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, March 2010.
- Rivera-Zengotita M, M.D.; Nunez M, M.D.; Mehta V, MS; Courteau G; Chintagumpala M, M.D., Dauser R, M.D., Adesina AM, M.D., Ph.D. Anaplastic progression in nodular medulloblastoma: relationship with myc amplification. Platform presentation at the AANP 2009 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, June 2009
- Marie Rivera-Zengotita, MD; Jianyi Li, MD, PhD; Hidehiro Takei, MD, PhD; Gregory N. Fuller, MD, PhD; Suzanne Z. Powell, MD. Sclerosing paraganglioma of the filum terminale. Poster presented at the CAP 08 Meeting, San Diego, CA, September 2008.
- Marie Rivera-Zengotita, David Murdock, A Beaudet, Meena B. Bhattacharjee. Neuromuscular presentation of severe neonatal onset glycogenosis type IV. Poster presented at the Experimental Biology 2008 Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2008.
- Rivera-Zengotita M, Mehta V, Craigen W, Scaglia F, Bhattacharjee M, Wong L-J, and Adesina AM. Mitochondrial immunofluorescence assay as an adjunctive tool in the diagnosis of mitochondrial myopathy. Poster presented at the Experimental Biology 2008 Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2008.
- M Rivera-Zengotita, W Whitehead, M Chintagumpala, GN Fuller, J Jones, AM Adesina. Malignant Epithelioid Glioneuronal Tumor: Unusual Phenotype or New Entity? Poster presented at the 2008 USCAP Meeting, Denver, CO, March 2008.
- Rivera M, Jimenez L, Ferra S, Colon L, Carro E. Prolactinoma with extensive amyloid deposits: A case report. Poster presented at the XXVII Annual Forum of Investigation and Education, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, March 2007.
- Rosa M, Rivera M, Colon L. Renal angiomyolipoma: Report of a case. Abstract submitted for presentation at the VIII Congreso Virtual Hispanoamericano de Anatomia Patologica.
- Rivera M, Climent C. Serous surface papillary carcinoma of peritoneum: An autopsy case report. Poster presented at the XXVI Annual Forum of Investigation and Education, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, April 2006.
- De Marino S, Rivera M, Tulla M, Barranco E. San Lucas: Becoming a Baby Friendly Hospital. Poster presented at the 2001 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS).
Publications
- Jimenez L, Rivera ML, Ferra S, Colon LE, Carro E. Prolactinoma with extensive amyloid deposits: a case report. P R Health Sci J. 2008 Dec; 27(4):343-345.
- Rivera-Zengotita M, Illner A, Adesina AM: Malignant epithelioid glioneuronal tumors (book chapter); In Adesina, AM, Tihan T, Fuller C, Poussaint TY (Editors): Atlas of Pediatric Brain Tumors. Publisher - Humana Press.
- Rivera-Zengotita M, Illner A, Adesina AM: Papillary glioneuronal tumors (book chapter); In Adesina, AM, Tihan T, Fuller C, Poussaint TY (Editors): Atlas of Pediatric Brain Tumors. Publisher - Humana Press.
- Rivera-Zengotita M, Illner A, Adesina AM: Rossette forming glioneuronal tumors (book chapter); In Adesina, AM, Tihan T, Fuller C, Poussaint TY (Editors): Atlas of Pediatric Brain Tumors. Publisher - Humana Press.
- Marie Rivera-Zengotita, M.D., Vidya Mehta, M.S., William James Craigen, M.D., Ph.D., Fernando Scaglia, M.D., Meena Bhattacharjee, M.D., Lee-Jun Wong, Ph.D., and Adekunle M. Adesina, M.D., PhD. Immunofluorescence (IF) assay as an adjunctive tool for diagnosis of mitochondrial myopathy. In preparation