Neovaginal cytology after total pelvic exenteration for gynecological malignancies.

abstract：:Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a malignant neoplasm most commonly originating in salivary glands of the head and neck area. When ACC presents outside of these locations, the diagnosis may become more challenging. We describe three cases of ACC presenting in extra-salivary gland sites. Two cases were metastatic; in ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Florentine BD,Fink T,Avidan S,Braslavsky D,Raza A,Cobb CJ

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yolk sac tumors (YST) in extragonadal locations are rare. Cytologic diagnosis of YST on fine-needle aspiration (FNA) smears may be a challenge to the cytopathologist. Further neo-adjuvant therapy may be based on cytologic diagnosis making accuracy important. We studied FNA material from a hepatic mass in a pediatric p...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Gilbert KL,Bergman S,Dodd LG,Volmar KE,Creager AJ

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medullary carcinoma of thyroid is a relatively uncommon malignancy, which can be sporadic and syndromic in nature. It commonly spreads to regional lymph nodes followed by spreading to distant sites. Breast is an uncommon site of metastasis of this malignancy. Our case is a 38-year-old woman married parous woman presen...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Devi CA,Stephen SN,Gochhait D,Shanmugam D,Dharanipragada K,Siddaraju N,Singh D

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Barr body is the inactive X chromosome in a female somatic cell. It is readily identified as plano-convex structure of 2-3 micron in diameter on the periphery of the nuclear membrane. The aim of this study is to evaluate the significance of Barr body count in malignant ovarian tumors on fine needle aspiration cyto...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Agrawal P,Dey P

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objectives were to study the types and incidence of thyroid follicular lesions coexisting with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), the pitfalls in their cytodiagnosis, and the effect on management. All cases of HT diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration (FNA) and/or histology over a 7-yr period were retrospectively studied....

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Kollur SM,El Sayed S,El Hag IA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report one case of metastatic synovial sarcoma (SS) to the parotid gland in a 93-year-old male. The patient had undergone upper left pulmonary lobectomy with mediastinal lymphadenectomy for SS of the lung 5 years before. The cytopathologic presentation and the immunocytochemical findings on the FNA sample were sugg...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Fulciniti F,Barizzi J,Martin V,Tarallo V,Ermanni S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the cytological and clinical findings of 16 fine-needle aspirates (FNAs) performed on recurrent (n = 6) and metastatic (n = 10) mixed mesodermal tumors (MMMTs). The median interval between the primary diagnosis and FNA was 16 mo. Primary sites were the endometrium (n = 11), the ovary (n = 3), the cervix (n =...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Mourad WA,Sneige N,Katz RL,Caraway NP,Fanning TV

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant deciduoid mesothelioma (MDM) is a rare variant of epithelioid mesothelioma. This type of tumor might be associated with the asbestos exposure and carries a poor prognosis in general. MDM was first described by Nascimento et al. in 1994 in a peritoneal lesion of a young woman. And its diagnosis is frequently ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Ustun H,Astarci HM,Sungu N,Ozdemir A,Ekinci C

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign and malignant papillary lesions of the breast (PBL) can be difficult to distinguish in fine-needle aspirates (FNA). This study evaluates the use of smooth muscle actin (SMA) and a new smooth muscle-specific protein, calponin, for identifying myoepithelial cells (MEC) by immunohistochemical methods in paraffin-e...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Mosunjac MB,Lewis MM,Lawson D,Cohen C

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown that argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region-associated proteins (AgNORs) may correlate with DNA ploidy and/or proliferative activity in neoplastic and non-neoplastic conditions. However, studies have estimated only the mean AgNOR counts. Here we used two AgNOR counts, one of which may correlate wit...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Mourad WA,Katz RL,Sembera D,Atkinson EN,el-Naggar AK

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is an acknowledged method for diagnosing prostate cancer. False-positive results are uncommon, but concerns have been raised that prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) could be misinterpreted as carcinoma. Therefore, we attempted to describe cytological features of PIN. Cells...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Valdman A,Jonmarker S,Ekman P,Egevad L

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of osteitis fibrosa cystica or brown tumor of bone in a patient presenting with acute spinal cord compression that was suggested initially by needle aspiration biopsy of the spine is described. Following the aspiration biopsy, excision of vertebral lesions, cord decompression, and spinal fusion were successfull...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Kashkari S,Kelly TR,Bethem D,Pepe RG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corpora amylacea are predominantly found in the brain, prostate, and lung. Recent characterizations of their components suggest an important role in protection and clearing. We report the presence of corpora amylacea in pleural effusion in a patient with lupus. The differential diagnoses and potential significance are...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Mani H,Wang BG

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine needle aspiration (FNA) is a valuable, noninvasive, commonly used technique in the diagnoses of head and neck tumors. Adult rhabdomyoma is a rare benign tumor of striate muscle tissue usually located in the head and neck region. Cytomorphologically, the tumor cells have eosinophilic finely granular cytoplasm, whi...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Jin B,Saleh H

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-needle aspiration biopsy findings in three cases of chromophobe cell carcinoma are described and correlated with histologic and ultrastructural observations. In addition, comparisons are made with three cases each of oncocytoma and granular cell carcinoma. The cells in aspiration smears from chromophobe cell carc...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Akhtar M,Ali MA

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is aimed to investigate the role of reflex high-risk human papilloma virus (HPV) DNA testing as an alternative triage method to colposcopy for women with atypical squamous cells cannot exclude high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (ASC-H) on Papanicolaou (Pap) tests. Reflex HPV DNA testing using Hybrid...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Wu HH,Allen SL,Kirkpatrick JL,Elsheikh TM

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphoepithelial cyst (LEC) of the pancreas is an extremely rare benign entity. We describe the cytopathologic findings of such a lesion in a 49-yr-old woman who was examined for epigastric pain. A trans-esophageal ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of a pancreatic mass disclosed an intimate mixture of squamous ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Mandavilli SR,Port J,Ali SZ

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the cytologic features and the immunocytochemical profile of four cases of chordoma on fine-needle aspiration biopsies. The physaliferous cells in signet-ring, pearl-like formations and the trabecular arrangement with rounded contours are distinctive. Other cell types and cellular arrangements are also desc...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Kontozoglou T,Qizilbash AH,Sianos J,Stead R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytology specimens are the main samples used for the diagnosis of advanced lung cancer. The objective of our study was to assess anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) and c-ros oncogene 1 receptor tyrosine kinase (ROS1) genes by an amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS)-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) us...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Cao Z,Wu W,Zhang W,Li Z,Gao C,Huang Y,Zhang L

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytologic features of conventional papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and some of its variants have been documented in the literature, PTC with an adenoid cystic pattern has not so far been described. A 35-year-old woman presented with solitary cold nodule in the right lobe of thyr...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Haji BE,Ahmed MS,Prasad A,Omar MS,Das DK

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Necrosis is a worrisome cytologic feature in breast aspirates which, when paired with suspicious clinical and mammographic findings, could potentially result in a false positive diagnosis. A 66-yr-old female presented with clinical evidence of stage 1 breast carcinoma supported by the mammographic and ultrasound findi...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Greenberg ML,Middleton PD,Bilous AM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), according to the new WHO classification, is a diagnosis limited to T/NK cell lymphomas. We present a case that demonstrates a new morphologic variant of ALCL with significant possible pitfalls for the cytopathologist. A fine-needle aspiration biopsy of a cervical lymph node showe...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Gatter KM,Rader A,Braziel RM

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (ALHE) is an uncommon, benign, inflammatory disorder involving the skin and microvasculature with an undetermined etiopathogenesis. Although the histopathology is well-characterized, the cytologic features of this entity have been rarely described in literature. This study w...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Velamala P,Gupta P,Gupta N,Radotra BD,Rajwanshi A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent microarray studies have shown that the expression of hepatocyte nuclear factor-1beta (HNF-1beta) was significantly up-regulated in clear cell carcinoma (CCC) of the ovary. HNF-1beta may be a useful marker for CCC in peritoneal fluid cytology. We designed an experimental study using three CCC cell lines to evalu...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Kato N,Toukairin M,Asanuma I,Motoyama T

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an extremely rare case of skin collision tumor between primary Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) first diagnosed on ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (US-FNA). A 95-year-old female with a history of CLL presented with a slow growin...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Li Z,Yang JJ,Wu M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we applied artificial neural network (ANN) for the diagnosis of lobular carcinoma in fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) material. We selected a total of 64 cases of histology proven breast lesions consisting of 20 fibroadenomas, 28 infiltrating ductal carcinomas (IDC), and 16 infiltrating lobular ca...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Dey P,Logasundaram R,Joshi K

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-needle aspiration of prostatic carcinoma usually yields an acinar carcinoma that is immunoreactive for prostatic-specific antigen (PSA) and prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP). We report on two FNAs of metastatic sarcomatoid prostatic carcinoma that were PSA- and PAP-negative. Our methods included a review of the me...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Renshaw AA,Granter SR

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological behavior of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) is heterogeneous and differs from that of cholangiocarcinoma, which is the most common malignant tumor of the biliary tree. However, the preoperative diagnosis of NET in the biliary tree is extremely difficult and to our knowledge, diagnosis by brush cytology has...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Choi J,Lee KJ,Kim SH,Cho MY

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant small round cell tumors represent a diagnostic challenge for cytologists and pathologists. This case series describes four cases of unusual metastasis of small round cell tumors subtypes into body cavities generating effusions in which fluid cytological examination suggested the neuroendocrine origin of the ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Oliveira MJ,de Almeida LP,Wengerkievicz AC,Siqueira SA,Antonangelo L

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of oral lesions has not been widely utilized for diagnosis due to rarity and diversity of lesions, peculiar anatomy of maxillofacial region, difficulty in aspirating these lesions, and limited experience. Aim of this study was to determine the role of FNAC in the diagno...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Goyal S,Sharma S,Diwaker P

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00