Lymphomatous effusion of monomorphic epitheliotropic intestinal T-cell lymphoma is characterized by azurophilic granules and is a dismal sign: Report of two new cases with literature review.

abstract：BACKGROUND:GATA-3 is a transcription factor involved in human tissue growth and differentiation. It is a potential marker for breast carcinoma origin in metastasis and predictive of good prognosis. We aim to evaluate the role of GATA3 in determining the breast origin of metastatic adenocarcinoma in malignant effusions ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： El Hag MI,Ha J,Farag R,El Hag AM,Michael CW

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strumal carcinoid is a rare ovarian tumor defined as carcinoid associated with struma ovarii. We report here the second cytological case of strumal carcinoid and performed immunocytochemical analysis for the first time. A 68-year-old Japanese female was found to have a solid tumor with small cystic components in the l...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Ishida M,Arimoto T,Sandoh K,Okano K,Ebisu Y,Ito H,Matsumoto M,Mizokami T,Kita M,Okada H,Tsuta K

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis is a frequent sexually transmitted disease. The diagnosis of C. trachomatis infection by cytology is controversial. We compared the ability of Papanicolaou (Pap) smears to detect C. trachomatis infection with antigen detection (enzyme immunoassay; EIA) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). One hun...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Vinette-Leduc D,Yazdi HM,Jessamine P,Peeling RW

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genital tract tuberculosis is usually secondary to an extragenital tubercular focus. Cervical tuberculosis, however, is rare accounting for up to 3% of all genital tract diseases. The diagnosis of tuberculosis is usually established on multiple cervical biopsies followed by bacteriological confirmation. There are only...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Gupta R,Dey P,Jain V,Gupta N

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoma of the lungs remains one of the primary causes of cancer mortality in the United States and represents a significant diagnostic challenge. Current diagnostic protocols depend substantially on cytology as an initial diagnostic modality. Pulmonary cytology can be diagnostically challenging with false positive ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Witt BL,Wallander ML,Layfield LJ,Hirschowitz S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:True thymic hyperplasia (TH) is an age-dependent increase in size and weight of the thymus gland, which by definition maintains a normal histologic architecture. TH can mimic other important diseases, including lymphofollicular hyperplasia, thymoma, lymphoma, and germ-cell tumors. Traditionally, separating these entit...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Hoerl HD,Wojtowycz M,Gallagher HA,Kurtycz DF

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of nodular lesion of the breast in a 37 year old female caused by filariasis is described. The case is instructive since the diagnosis was made by fine-needle aspiration cytology. ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： SenGupta SK,Webb S,Cooke RA,Igo JD

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the fifth most common malignancy in children. Extramedullary involvement in acute myeloid leukemia is rare and can be seen in soft tissues, central nervous system, skin and lymphoreticular organs. The clinical presentations can often be non-specific and hence, the diagnosis can be very ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Jain A,Gupta P,Gupta N,Senguttuvan G,Kapadia AB,Thirunavukkarasu B,Nada R,Varma N

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic pheochromocytomas are rare and typically diagnosed by local resection. We present the first reported case of metastatic pheochromocytoma to the pancreas diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) and cytology. A 67-year-old female presented with 2 to 3 months of abdominal pai...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Yang SX,Dogra VS,Kothari TH,Reyes MCD

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study sought possible factors leading to the cytological diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of uncertain significance (ASCUS) in cases of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL). Based on retrospective histopathological analysis of loop electrical excision procedure (LEEP) products that diagno...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Pinto AP AP,Tuon FF,Torres LF,Collaço LM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of malignant pleural effusion in patients with non-small cell bronchogenic cancer has a poor prognostic significance and is indicative of advanced disease (T4, IIIB). The present study will investigate the role of cytology and identify the various cellular components seen in thoracic washings, in the abse...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Vinette-Leduc D,Yazdi HM,Valji A,Shamji F,Maziak D

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis is the presence of disease in an organ without obvious involvement of the lungs (World Health Organization, Tuberculosis Fact sheet, 2006). The present article focuses on the incidence of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis as an emerging and clinically significant disease to be reckoned with in ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Narayana Reddy RA,Narayana SM,Shariff S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The simplicity and safety of the fine-needle aspiration (FNA) make it a useful procedure for the initial evaluation of supraclavicular lymphadenopathy. We analyzed data (106 patients) in combination with the data of three recently published studies (total 301 patients) to make the observations more meaningful. The use...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Nasuti JF,Mehrotra R,Gupta PK

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adamantinoma-like Ewing Sarcoma (ALES) is a rare subtype of Ewing sarcoma family of tumors (EFTs) which are defined by their EWSR1 gene rearrangements. We present a case of a 15-year old female with a swelling in her anterior neck of 4 months duration which had recently begun to rapidly grow in size. Fine needle aspir...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Chikeka I,Sung S,Tiscornia-Wasserman P,Cimic A

更新日期：2020-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three cases of cytomegalovirus (CMV) sialadenitis which presented as parotid gland nodules in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. While CMV is known to widely infect patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), we are aware of only a single report of CMV sialadenitis in a...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Wax TD,Layfield LJ,Zaleski S,Bhargara V,Cohen M,Lyerly HK,Fisher SR

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myoepithelial cells play an important role in the interpretation of breast fine-needle aspiration biopsy, since these cells are believed to be a component of a benign process in breast lesions. Myoepithelial cells are usually easy to recognize, however, other cells can morphologically simulate myoepithelial cells and ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Masood S,Lu L,Assaf-Munasifi M,McCaulley K

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case in which a primary diagnosis of gout was made by fine-needle aspiration. The patient had a right distal ulnar mass, and the initial clinical and radiological diagnoses were that of giant cell tumor of tendon sheath. While tophi are the hallmark of gout, they rarely undergo aspiration because of the k...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Liu K,Moffatt EJ,Hudson ER,Layfield LJ

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculous and fungal infections are among the non-neoplastic lesions of the lung, in which fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) has proven to be a useful technique in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. The presence of polymicrobial infection in a renal transplant recipient is documented in the li...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Duggal R,Rajwanshi A,Gupta N,Lal A,Singhal M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) plays a key role in the preoperative diagnosis of breast carcinoma but is less reliable in the diagnosis of in situ lesions. The objective of the present study was to investigate the cytological features of lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), regarding which little data is availabl...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Ustün M,Berner A,Davidson B,Risberg B

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 85 fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies from orbital space occupying lesions of 82 patients are reviewed. A total of 32 benign lesions and 49 malignant lesions were conclusively diagnosed. In two cases the aspirates were insufficient for diagnosis. Of two cases, which were cytologically suspicious for lym...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Tani E,Seregard S,Rupp G,Söderlund V,Skoog L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Location-guided screening is a feature of the AutoPap primary screening software. Areas of the smear most likely to contain an abnormality are identified for prompt review by the cytotechnologist, thereby facilitating diagnostic accuracy and reducing laboratory workload. A two-armed retrospective study comprising 6,00...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Stevens MW,Milne AJ,Parkinson IH,Nespolon WW,Fazzalari NL,Arora N,Dodd TJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：:Calcinosis cutis is an uncommon condition, and calcific deposits in patients with end-stage renal disease are now somewhat rare, due to improvement in management. Since calcific deposits may clinically resemble a tumor, it is feasible to investigate them by fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). A 52-yr-old male with...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Gupta RK,Naran S,Cheung YK

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past 10 years, 7,495 cytological breast fine-needle aspirations (FNAs) were performed (4,756 FNAs of solid nodes and 2,739 of cystic nodes). Of these, 2,099 cases underwent surgery; 650 (31%) had histologically proven carcinoma. Sensitivity was 83.9%, specificity was 99.5%, the predictive value for negative res...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Fessia L,Botta G,Arisio R,Verga M,Aimone V

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is a valuable technique to use in the evaluation of breast lesions; however, inadequate and discrepant diagnoses do occur. To identify the source and nature of inaccuracies related to the method we studied 39 cases in which FNA posed diagnostic problems. These problems could be attributed ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Scopa CD,Koukouras D,Androulakis J,Bonikos D

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to assess the utility of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the preoperative localization of parathyroid adenoma (PA). Fifty-seven samples from fifty-three cases of PA (four patients had bilateral disease) were obtained by ultrasound (US)-guided fine-needle aspiration. Parathyroid hormon...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Agarwal AM,Bentz JS,Hungerford R,Abraham D

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is a rare but aggressive form of undifferentiated thyroid carcinoma which arises from previously well-differentiated thyroid carcinomas, such as papillary carcinoma or follicular carcinoma. We report on an interesting case of ATC found in an enlarging neck mass with metastatic papill...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Costaldi ME,Zhou Z

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of anal carcinoma has risen in recent decades. Exfoliative cytology screening of selected high risk patients is performed in many centers. Unsatisfactory cytology results are frustrating to patients, clinicians, and laboratorians. The aim of this study is to ascertain outcomes of patients with ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Khattab R,McMeekin E,Taege AJ,Hekman JM,Brainard JA,Underwood D,Procop GW,Sturgis CD

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nipple discharge (ND) either in the presence or in the absence of underlying mass is a very uncommon presentation in males and its bloody nature is still rarer. ND cytology in males has not been reported much in the literature. Spontaneous and expressed ND, however, can be very useful in establishing the diagnosis. Tw...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Sood N

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Columnar cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is an uncommon variant with an aggressive course as compared to classic papillary carcinoma. Cytologic diagnosis of these tumors is difficult due to absence of characteristic nuclear features of classic pattern of papillary carcinoma. We present a case of colu...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Verma R,Paul P

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00