Unsatisfactory exfoliative anal cytology samples, 15-year experience with histologic, cytologic, and molecular follow-up.

abstract：:Synovial sarcomas (SS) of the head and neck region are extremely rare and arise in only 5% of cases. We present a case of secondary SS of the thyroid originally diagnosed as medullary carcinoma on fine needle aspiration (FNA). A 41-year-old man presented with several weeks of dysphonia and a left thyroid mass. FNA of ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Murro D,Slade JM,Syed S,Gattuso P

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell blocks (CBs) are often prepared with fine-needle aspirates (FNAs) from multiple organs as an adjunct to smears in the diagnosis of aspirated lesions. However, the literature contains few reports on their utility with regard to specific organ sites. At our institution, CBs are made routinely on FNAs when there is ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Sanchez N,Selvaggi SM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloproliferative disease may be associated with extramedullary hematopoiesis (EH). Clinically, however, the differential diagnosis of solid masses in these patients includes not only EH but also inflammatory lesions and malignant neoplasms, including granulocytic sarcoma. We report the fine-needle aspiration (FNA) c...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Raab SS,Silverman JF,McLeod DL,Geisinger KR

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a rare vascular neoplasm of low-grade malignancy. We observed a case of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma arising in a cervical lymph node. Fine needle aspiration cytology showed several characteristic findings of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, that is, nuclear inclusion bodies, n...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Kurisu Y,Tsuji M,Kuwabara H,Shibayama Y

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spindle epithelial tumor with thymus-like differentiation (SETTLE) is a rare biphasic tumor of the thyroid with approximately 20 well-documented cases reported in the English literature. Although a monophasic variant of SETTLE is conceivable, the majority of the reported cases were truly biphasic tumors. A minimal amo...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Tong GX,Hamele-Bena D,Wei XJ,O'Toole K

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it traditionally presents with signs and symptoms of small intestine involvement, such as diarrhea and malabsorption, Whipple's disease (WD) can involve many other organs. Typically, WD diagnosis is established by biopsy of the small intestine. A case of WD, established by duodenal biopsy, in a 36-yr-old male...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Saleh H,Williams TM,Minda JM,Gupta PK

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloidosis of the vitreous body is a rare disorder that causes progressive visual loss. In this report, a 36-yr-old female with familial amyloidosis is described in whom a progressive reduction of vision in both eyes over the last 4 yr was ascribed to vitreous opacities due to amyloid. A left pars plana vitrectomy wa...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Gupta RK,Wakefield J,Halliwell T,Foo K,Lallu S,Naran S,Fauck R

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if fine needle aspiration (FNAB) of mycobacterial lymphadenopathy can differentiate infection with M. bovis BCG (BCG) from M. tuberculosis (TB) and whether HIV status affects discriminatory cytological features. A retrospective study of culture positive, fine needle aspiration biopsies of lymph nodes in c...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Schubert PT,Cotton MF,Wright CA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyomavirus BK (BKV) has ebeen identified as the main cause of polyomavirus-associated nephropathy, a major cause of renal allograft failure. Although BKV-associated nephropathy develops in only 2% to 5% of renal transplant recipients, its prognosis when present is very poor, with irreversible graft failure developin...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Cimbaluk D,Pitelka L,Kluskens L,Gattuso P

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoblastoma is a peculiar variant of lipoma occurring almost exclusively during infancy and early childhood. It is found most commonly in the upper and lower extremities; less common sites are head and neck, trunk, mediastinum, and retroperitoneum. It has a greater predilection for boys and commonly presents as a slo...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Kalaivani Selvi S,Pradhan P,Rajesh NG,Gochhait D,Barwad A

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microfilariae of various nematodes, including Loa loa, Dirofilariae, and Onchocerca volvulus, have been identified in the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS, however, is a rare site for the isolation of microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti. To the best of our knowledge, the presence of microfilariae of W. bancroft...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Aron M,Kapila K,Sarkar C,Verma K

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic malignancy represents a common cause of effusions. Immunocytochemistry (ICC) is useful in confirming malignancy and gaining insight into the site of origin. Cell blocks are commonly utilized for this purpose; nonetheless, when the malignant cells are sparse, they may not be represented in cell blocks thereb...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Knoepp SM,Placido J,Fields KL,Thomas D,Roh MH

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While metastatic tumors to bone or lymph nodes from previously known primaries are often successfully diagnosed via fine-needle aspiration (FNA), a metastatic deposit in a patient with no previously known cancer may pose a diagnostic dilemma. Here, we present a case of metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma that prese...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Jedrzkiewicz J,Witt BL

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Swellings in the hand and wrist are frequently encountered in clinical practice and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is used as a primary diagnostic modality in most of them. A wide spectrum of lesions can be encountered at these sites. The aim of this study was to report the prevalence and spectrum of...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Goyal A,Pathak P,Sharma P,Sharma S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2001 Bethesda System diagnostic category of atypical squamous cells cannot exclude a high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (ASC-H) was developed and implemented after many studies that proved its clinical relevance. In this study, we describe the practice experience of a hospital-based reference laboratory wi...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Duncan LD,Jacob SV

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytohistologic correlation was performed by 3 observers on 100 atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) cases from a colposcopy clinic. Our objectives were to: 1) subclassify ASCUS cases and determine their clinical significance; 2) assess the independent predictive value of different cytologic par...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Ettler HC,Joseph MG,Downing PA,Suskin NG,Wright VC

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-six unselected breast cancers were analyzed in cytologic smears and histologic sections for the expression of Ki-67, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), estrogen receptor protein (ERP), and p53 protein using a standard immunochemical method. The results, expressed as both positive cases and labelling inde...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Pelosi G,Bresaola E,Rodella S,Manfrin E,Piubello Q,Schiavon I,Iannucci A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian tumors of sex-cord stromal derivation rarely exfoliate malignant cells in serous effusions. Adult granulosa cell tumor (AGCT) often presents as a stage I disease and association with ascites is about 10%. AGCT is rarely known to exfoliate tumor cells in the ascitic fluid. Exfoliation of malignant cells in the ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Gupta N,Rajwanshi A,Dey P,Suri V

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagenous spherulosis of the breast is a rare incidental finding frequently associated with other benign lesions of the breast. The estimated incidence of this innocuous condition is only about 0.2% in cytological material. It is of utmost importance to differentiate collagenous spherulosis from its malignant mimics...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Gangane N,Joshi D,Anshu.,Shivkumar VB

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Thin Prep Pap Test (Cytyc Corp., Boxborough, MA) received approval by the Food and Drug Administration in May 1996 as an alternative to the traditional conventional smear. The present direct-to-vial study assessed the utility of thin-layer technology for cervicovaginal screening in clinical practice. From May 1997...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Guidos BJ,Selvaggi SM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of esophageal carcinoma continues to increase whilst its prognosis remains poor. The most dramatic reduction in mortality is likely to follow early diagnosis of the preinvasive precursor lesion, Barrett's esophagus (BE), coupled with treatment of dysplastic lesions. The major risk factor for BE is gastro...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Paterson AL,Gehrung M,Fitzgerald RC,O'Donovan M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since cyclophosphamide and busulphan used for therapy of bone marrow transplantation (BMT) can cause urothelial cell changes similar to those found in bladder cancer, comparative morphologic and morphometric urinary cytologic research was carried out, examining 812 urine samples taken from 121 patients undergoing BMT ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Stella F,Battistelli S,Marcheggiani F,De Santis M,Donnorso RP,Baronciani D,Durazzi SM,Troccoli R,Lucarelli G

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)-producing small-cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix is described. In a 70-yr-old woman, clusters of small cells with hyperchromatic nuclei at a high nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio were detected cytologically in the cervix. These clusters were diagnosed as a small-cel...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Watanabe A,Wachi T,Omi H,Nishii H,Ochiai K,Tanaka T,Endo Y

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of positive cultures in fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) specimens is evaluated, and the value of submitting FNAB culture is assessed. Review of 3,300 FNAB specimens from 2,416 patients were tabulated for culture results, when obtained from the FNAB material. For positive culture results, clinical impact ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Granville LA,Laucirica R,Verstovsek G

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of nodular sclerosing classical Hodgkin lymphoma (NSCHL) by fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy has historically been a diagnostic challenge due to the usual paucicellularity of the specimen. This case report, and other previously published reports, suggests that there is another facet to the potentially...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Florentine BD,Cohen AN

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-four fine needle aspiration biopsies (FNAB) of breast were selected from the 133 cases with surgical biopsy follow up, from a total of 1,154 consecutive breast FNAB received in a 6-month-period. These 74 cases were reviewed and scored using all relevant cytological criteria for proliferative breast lesions use...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Field A,Mak A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the cytomorphologic features of 16 fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies of seminoma obtained from 16 male patients. The aspirates included two primary gonadal tumors (one occurring in a cryptorchid testis), two primary mediastinal tumors, and 12 metastases (two with unknown primaries). Analysis of the aspir...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Caraway NP,Fanning CV,Amato RJ,Sneige N

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) of the liver is an extremely rare tumor that masquerades as an epithelial neoplasm and poses significant diagnostic pitfalls for the cytopathologist. This report describes a 64-year-old woman whom on computerized tomography was found to have multiple peripherally calcified hypode...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Jurczyk M,Zhu B,Laskin W,Lin X

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Urothelial carcinoma (UCC) of the bladder is the most common malignancy of the urinary tract. The performance of urine cytology (UCy) after radical cystectomy (RC) and urinary diversion is quite variable and there is no consensus regarding its role in post-treatment surveillance. The goal of this study is ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Shanmugam V,Geraghty B,DeSimone RA,Hoda RS

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00