Adenomatous neuroendocrine tumors of the middle ear (MEANTs) with local invasion and lymph nodes metastasis: A brief report of a rare neoplasm.

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：:Needle aspiration cytology, immunocytochemistry, and electron-microscopic findings are presented in three cases of an unusual pancreatic carcinoma in which pleomorphic giant cells formed an integral part of the tumour. All three patients were elderly males (age range 66-83 years) and had pancreatic masses. Notable cyt...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Gupta RK,Wakefield SJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-five cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens from 42 patients with suspected meningeal tumor involvement were reviewed. Cytology in conjunction with immunocytochemistry identified 26 CSF specimens as malignant. There were fifteen cases of lymphoma, four cases of leukemia, two cases of carcinoma, and two cases of mel...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Tani E,Costa I,Svedmyr E,Skoog L

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a case of granulocytic sarcoma presenting as bilateral breast masses in a 40-yr-old woman with concurrent unsuspected chronic myeloid leukemia diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration. The granulocytic differentiation was recognized on Diff-Quik-stained cytology smears and confirmed rapidly on flow cytometry on the...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Ngu IW,Sinclair EC,Greenaway S,Greenberg ML

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression may be a prognostic factor in lung cancer. In previous studies, COX-2 expression has almost exclusively been evaluated with immunohistochemical methods performed on histology sections of tissue biopsies. However, in clinical practice, lung cancer is often diagnosed with cytological ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Koch A,Gustafsson B,Fohlin H,Sörenson S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaginal reconstruction has become an established method to restore sexual function in women who have undergone ultraradical surgery and/or irradiation for the treatment of gynecologic malignancies. Cytologic evaluation of the neovagina serves a major role in the detection of recurrent disease. The purpose of this retr...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Selvaggi SM,Haefner HK,Lelle RJ,Pearl ML,Roberts JA

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytological evaluation of cervical smears has been carried out in 4,338 women attending the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department and Family Planning Clinic of Queen Mary's Hospital, Lucknow, India, since April 1971. The incidence of cervical dysplasia was found to be 4.6% (205 out of 4,338) in the series, while malign...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Engineer AD,Misra JS

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical neoplasia is attributed to a persistent Human Papilloma Virus infection. The Pap smear being the mainstay of cervical cancer screening in low-resource settings, we studied the nonclassical features which might indicate HPV infection. These included abortive koilocytes, mild dyskeratosis, parakeratosis, mild n...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Nijhawan R,Mittal N,Suri V,Rajwanshi A

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signet-ring lymphoma is a rare entity in which the synthesis or secretion of immunoglobulins is impaired, producing a signet-ring appearance to the lymphoma cells. A case of this type of lymphoma is described, and the cytologic aspects of the cells obtained from the fixative fluid are described. ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Manivel-Rodriguez JC,Monroy MN,Alonso-De Ruiz P,Larraza O,Orazco-Estevez H,Valenzuela Espinoza A

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Warthin-like papillary thyroid carcinoma (WLPTC) is a rare morphological variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma which mimics various benign and malignant lesions on thyroid aspiration cytology. As correct cytological diagnosis is the cornerstone for appropriate patient management, awareness of the salient cytomorpholo...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Vallonthaiel AG,Agarwal S,Jain D,Yadav R,Damle NA

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used various meta-analytic methods to compare 25 studies describing fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytologic analyses performed from 1984 to 2007 on palpable breast masses. We found that in the 25 studies examined, the sensitivity ranged from 78% to 100%, the specificity ranged from 76% to 100%, and the diagnostic od...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Akçil M,Karaağaoğlu E,Demirhan B

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nodular pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH) of the breast is rare and often indistinguishable from fibroadenoma, clinically and on aspiration biopsy smears. We report our observations in 10 patients with PASH, evaluated by fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy and core biopsy. We retrospectively reviewed the cl...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Levine PH,Nimeh D,Guth AA,Cangiarella JF

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asbestos pollution is a global problem. Asbestos exposure induced mesothelioma does not require an 'occupational' type of exposure. Bystander exposures may result in earlier age of disease onset and more aggressive disease progression as described in the following 3 case reports. ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Ampleford EJ,Ohar J

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very rarely lymphoma primarily or secondarily involves the pancreas. Involvement of the pancreatic parenchyma with lymphoma clinically may mimic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) and other mass-forming pancreatic lesions. Endoscopic ultrasound fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is the first step in the diagnostic p...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Savari O,Al-Duwal Z,Wang Z,Ganesan S,Danan-Rayes R,Ayub S

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：:The diagnosis on fine needle aspiration of salivary gland tumors with a myoepithelial component is challenging because myoepithelial cells can have a wide cytomorphologic spectrum. The authors report a case of a pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland that expands the spectrum of appearances that myoepithelial cells ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Taweevisit M,Thorner PS

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammary analogue secretory carcinoma (MASC) is a recently described salivary gland neoplasm that is defined by ETV6-NTRK3 gene fusion. There have been few case reports on the cytopathologic features of MASC to date. We examined the clinicopathological and cytological features of seven cases of MASC defined by RT-PCR a...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Higuchi K,Urano M,Takahashi RH,Oshiro H,Matsubayashi J,Nagai T,Obikane H,Shimojo H,Nagao T

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic cancer involving the uterine cervix is exceedingly rare, and accounts for less than 1% of cancer deaths. The cervix is an uncommon location for metastatic lesions due to its limited blood supply and fibrous stroma and metastatic melanoma of the cervix is particularly infrequent. To the best of our knowledge...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Shachner TR,Van Meter SE

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Review of 275 consecutive peritoneal lavages and concurrent histologic material from gynecologic operations suggested that cytologic evaluation was clinically indicated for only 60.7% of the lavages, representing 46% of the patients in the study. More than one concurrent lavage was received from 21.6% of all patients ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Walts AE

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy (SHML) is a benign, self-limiting condition of unknown etiology, which generally presents as massive bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy. It is important to distinguish SHML from other causes of histiocytosis because of the different treatment modalities. This study was ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Deshpande AH,Nayak S,Munshi MM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignancies from many primary sites may metastasize to supraclavicular lymph nodes (SCLN). We reviewed 100 fine-needle aspirations (FNAs) of SCLNs. There were three major types of malignancy detected by this method: adenocarcinoma (n = 40), squamous cell carcinoma (n = 14), and other malignancies (n = 29). Adenocarci...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Carson HJ,Candel AG,Gattuso P,Castelli MJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to determine the value of a panel that consisted of one epithelial marker (MOC-31) and two mesothelial markers (D2-40 and calretinin) for distinguishing between reactive mesothelial cells (RMCs) and adenocarcinomas (ACs) in effusion fluids. A total of 118 cell block specimens from pleural and ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Kim JH,Kim GE,Choi YD,Lee JS,Lee JH,Nam JH,Choi C

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. The cardinal histopathologic features include senile plaques (SPs) and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), and in addition, granulovacuolar degeneration (GVD) and Hirano bodies (HBs) are frequently observed in the hippocampus. We studied hippocampal cytological...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Takei H,Kosarac O,Powell SZ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid pseudopapillary tumors are rare pancreatic neoplasms of uncertain pathogenesis that rarely metastasize and usually occur in young women. We describe the clinical, imaging, and cytopathological features of solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas. We reviewed the clinical presentation, imaging, morphologic/imm...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Bhanot P,Nealon WH,Walser EM,Bhutani MS,Tang WW,Logroño R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the cytologic spectrum of small cell lesions of liver as diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration (FNA). Of 304 FNAs of liver that were performed in our institution between 1990 and 1994, 29 were classified as small-cell lesions. The final diagnoses were as follows: small-cell un...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Pisharodi LR,Bedrossian C

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present clinicopathological and cytological findings of a well-defined breast mass in a patient with history of primary renal carcinoid tumor. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology showed monotonous tumor cells with plasmacytoid appearance arranged singly and in small clusters. Occasional tumor cells were arranged ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Hasteh F,Pu R,Michael CW

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is a minimally invasive, fast, and accurate diagnostic method for the evaluation of patients with locally recurrent or distant metastases of malignant melanoma. In the vast majority of cases, the diagnosis is straightforward with the characteristic cytologic features well documented in the...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Hanley KZ,Weiss SW,Logani S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary cryptococcoma is a life threatening mycosis and is an unusual disease for immunocompetent individuals. Herein we report a case of large pulmonary cryptococcoma associated with cryptococcal meningitis, presenting radiologically as a lung mass in right upper lobe, in a previously healthy, HIV negative, immunoc...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Singh R,Joshi D,Gupta A,Gangane N

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psammoma body is a rare finding in a cervicovaginal smear and can be associated with either benign or malignant diseases. Here we report a case to illustrate the association of psammoma bodies with benign granulomatous reactions to a foreign material (aluminum silicate). ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Li S,Boudousquie AC,Baloch ZW,Minda JM,Gupta PK

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00