Synovial sarcoma metastatic to the parotid gland: A possible pitfall in salivary gland fine needle aspiration cytology. Report of a case with immunocytochemical and fluorescence in situ hybridization findings.

abstract：:Metastatic carcinoma to the pancreas is uncommon and head and neck squamous carcinoma metastatic to the pancreas is extremely rare. Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma to the pancreas presents a unique diagnostic challenge: in addition to mimicking the rare primary squamous cell carcinoma of the pancreas based on cytol...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Glass R,Andrawes SA,Hamele-Bena D,Tong GX

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Needle tract seeding refers to implantation of tumor cells by contamination when instruments like biopsy needles are used to examine, excise or ablate a tumor. Implantation along needle tract may lead to change of stage of the tumor, converting a resectable tumor into an inoperable one. In this paper we have reviewed ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Tyagi R,Dey P

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise preoperative diagnosis of three malignant nerve sheath tumors (MNST) was based on their remarkably uniform and highly characteristic cytologic appearance. The differential diagnosis with benign nerve sheath tumors and other spindle cell sarcomas is addressed, and the possibility of achieving confident diagnosi...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Vendraminelli R,Cavazzana AO,Poletti A,Galligioni A,Pennelli N

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Clear cell hepatocellular carcinoma (CCHCC) is an uncommon morphologic variant of HCC and rarely invades into the main bile ducts. Here we describe a case of CCHCC that was diagnosed by bile duct brushing cytology. Liquid-based preparation of brushing specimen showed clusters of atypical epithelial cells with abundant...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Fu LY,Mitchell KA,Cai G

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lobular endocervical glandular hyperplasia (LEGH) is a cervical lesion with pyloric gland metaplasia. Minimal deviation adenocarcinoma (MDA) is an extremely well differentiated form of endocervical adenocarcinoma (AC). To date, it is difficult to differentiate LEGH from MDA because they share similar clinical, radiolo...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Hashi A,Yuminamochi T,Xu JY,Kondo T,Katoh R,Hoshi K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The largest series, to date, of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) findings in clear-cell sarcoma of the kidney (CCSK) is presented. All fine-needle aspirates of pediatric renal masses over a 17-yr period were reviewed. Eight out of 119 aspirates from late-stage childhood renal tumors (6.72%) were found to be CCSK...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Iyer VK,Agarwala S,Verma K

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lobular endocervical glandular hyperplasia (LEGH) was first described by Nucci et al. in 1999 and is believed to be a precancerous lesion of minimal deviation adenocarcinoma and gastric-type adenocarcinoma in the uterine cervix. LEGH lesions do not always exhibit apparent cellular and structural atypia, so a...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Kimura F,Kobayashi T,Kanai R,Kobayashi Y,Yuhi O,Ota H,Yamaguchi M,Yokokawa Y,Uehara T,Ishii K

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that cervical intraepithelial lesions have a more aggressive course in HIV-seropositive than in HIV-seronegative women. In the present investigation, the progression of these cervical lesions was studied in a group of HIV-seropositive women. Of 1,587 patients, 200 (12.6%) had a cytological diagnos...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Calore EE,Pereira SM,Cavaliere MJ

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liquid-based cytology (LBC) testing induces morphologic changes due to the use of specific fixatives and preparation techniques, and the cytologies of effusions determined in this manner differ morphologically from those of conventional cytopreparation (CCP) smear methods. We compared the cytologic features ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Kim L,Choi SJ,Park IS,Han JY,Kim JM,Chu YC

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：:Most of the available data in the literature describe the cytomorphological features of exfoliated malignant epithelial cells in urine. There are no established diagnostic features that characterize the morphology of exfoliated malignant mesenchymal tumor in urine. Here we highlight the problems in the diagnosis of th...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Hemachandran M,Nada R,Rajwanshi A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytodiagnosis of pulmonary hamartomas (PHs) by transthoracic fine-needle aspiration (FNA), successful in 11 of a series of 14 cases, has been found to rely less on the presence of mature cartilage than on the recognition of fibromyxoid fragments. These fragments, wispy yet discrete, consisting of variable numbers of f...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Dunbar F,Leiman G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-needle aspiration cytology of a presacral chordoma without the classic physaliforous cells is reported. The potential for the misdiagnosis of these lesions when these cells are absent is discussed. The pertinent literature related to this case is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Thompson SK,Callery RT

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marginal zone B cell lymphomas (MZBCLs) represent a category of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma which may arise in a wide variety of extranodal organs where they are termed low grade B cell lymphomas of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT). MZBCLs may involve primarily lymph nodes and or spleen where they are designated mo...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Matsushima AY,Hamele-Bena D,Osborne BM

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two women with uterine carcinoma with morphological alterations postradiation treatment suggestive of Chlamydia trachomatis infection were analyzed by direct immunofluorescence. The diagnosis was confirmed in 12 (54.4%) cases. Discussions of the presence of Chlamydia in irradiated cells were not found in the li...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Maeda MY,Longatto Filho A,Shih LW,Cavaliere MJ,Oyafuso MS,Marziona F,Santos DR,Carvalho MI

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：: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：:Rounded atelectasis, a rare, benign mass lesion, is most often seen in association with asbestos-related pleural changes. Often a presumptive diagnosis can be made on the basis of characteristic CT and chest radiographic findings. However, not infrequently radiographic imaging fails to differentiate rounded atelectasi...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Miller WT Jr,Gupta PK,Grippi MA,Miller WT

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:The diagnostic significance of grooved nuclei in the cytology of extrathyroid lesions is not well-described in the literature. Isolated cases of metastatic adult granulosa cell tumor, reactive mesothelial hyperplasia, Langerhans' cell histiocytosis, recurrent renal cell carcinoma, and round cell liposarcoma were revie...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Ng WK,Collins RJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:Primary bladder signet-ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) is extremely rare and associated with an aggressive course. To our knowledge, we describe the first metastatic bladder SRCC identified in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). A 68-year-old male with 1 year history of primary bladder SRCC with spinal metastasis presented with mul...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Lin DM,Park JW,Gattuso P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two homosexual men with parotid swellings were shown to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive. They initially presented with a painless solitary parotid mass accompanied by diffuse cervical lymphadenopathy. In case 1, the patient further developed bilateral multiple cystic lesions. Aspirate preparations from ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Tao LC,Gullane PJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNAB) has become a widely used method of pre-operatively evaluating pancreatic masses. This technique introduces gastrointestinal contamination into the specimen, which poses a diagnostic pitfall. The cytomorphologic features of these contaminants have no...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Nagle JA,Wilbur DC,Pitman MB

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GATA binding protein 3 is a zinc finger transcription factor with high affinity for urothelial tissue and is a promising immunohistochemical marker in detection of urothelial carcinomas (UC). We studied its usefulness in metastatic high-grade UC. This study was performed on cell blocks (CB) of fine needle aspirates fr...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Siddiqui MT,Seydafkan S,Cohen C

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic nephromas are rare tumors of the kidney most commonly affecting boys or adult females. The fine-needle aspiration cytomorphology has not yet been described. A renal cystic mass in a 56 year old female was aspirated under ultrasound guidance. Papanicolaou stained smears of the cyst fluid revealed markedly atypic...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Clark SP,Kung IT,Tang SK

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This is a multicenter study which was conducted to evaluate the follow-up on thyroid aspirate cases with atypia of undetermined significance/follicular cells of undetermined significance (AUS/FLUS) and follicular neoplasm or suspicious for follicular neoplasm (FN/SFN) using the Bethesda system for reporting t...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Al-Abbadi MA,Shareef SQ,Yousef MM,Almasri NM,Mustafa HE,Aljawad H,Ali JA,Groves A,Alsaihati Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00