Nipple aspirate fluid and ductoscopy to detect breast cancer.

abstract：:Serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma (STIC) has attracted attention as a precursor lesion of high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) of the ovary. We report the rare case of a woman in whom adenocarcinoma cells were detected in cervical smears and demonstrated to be derived from STIC in the fimbria. The patient was a 48-...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Shintaku M,Taniguchi H,Yamamoto Y,Kono F,Sumitomo M

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：:Infection due to Coccidioides spp., a dimorphic fungal pathogen, usually presents as a chronic pulmonary disease, occasionally with pulmonary nodules. On cytology, large spherules filled with endospores are typically seen. We report an unusual case of coccidioidomycosis in a 39-year-old female from an area nonendemic ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Schuetz AN,Pisapia D,Yan J,Hoda RS

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cases with abnormal category, determined by thyroid fine-needle aspiration (FNA), frequently undergo surgical resection, despite the majority of cases being identified as benign after resection. Additional diagnostic markers are needed to guide the management of patients with abnormal thyroid nodules. MATER...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Seneldir H,Kir G,Soylemez T,Girgin RB,Ozbay N,Ozen F,Ankarali H,Bas G,Alimoglu O

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytologic findings observed in fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of four cases of clear-cell sarcoma of the kidney (CCSK) are reported. Smears contained a monomorphic population of cells exhibiting non-descriptive cytoplasm and almost nude round to oval nuclei with smooth contour, evenly dispersed fine chromati...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Drut R,Pomar M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bethesda System for reporting cervical/vaginal diagnoses, introduced in this article, is a flexible guideline and can be modified as appropriate to meet the needs of cytopathologists, referring physicians, and patients. ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors：

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A continuing problem in cytology laboratories is the lack of adequate control material for immunocytochemical testing. Usual control procedures involve testing paraffin-embedded control materials along with the patient specimens. These control materials are fundamentally unlike cytologic preparations. We have develope...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Kurtycz DF,Logrono R,Leopando M,Slattery A,Inhorn SL

更新日期：1997-07-01 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：:Flow cytometry is a rapid method for measuring DNA content. Its high sensitivity and specificity in detecting transitional cell carcinomas in bladder washings should make it a routinely applied adjunct to cytology once universal laboratory standards are firmly established. Diagnostic and prognostic information on soli...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Cibas ES

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the cytomorphology of seven cases of metaplastic carcinoma of the breast studied by fine-needle aspiration cytology and by histology. All seven cases contained foci of ductual adenocarcinoma. This finding was combined with heterologous mesenchymal elements in four cases, a spindle-cell pattern of growth in...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Stanley MW,Tani EM,Skoog L

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytologic diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma is straightforward in most instances. However, there are some mimics including goitrous nodules and Hurthle cell neoplasms. Many studies have shown the combination of HBME-1 and CK19 expression to be useful in reaching a correct histologic diagnosis on tissue sect...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Nga ME,Lim GS,Soh CH,Kumarasinghe MP

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the ThinPrep (TP) technique to the cytospin (CS) preparation in the cytological diagnosis of urine by processing 79 specimens by these two techniques. Ten cases were positive for malignancy (six high grade (HG)/carcinoma in situ; four low grade (LG) transitional cell carcinomas (TCC)). Forty-eight cases we...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Nassar H,Ali-Fehmi R,Madan S

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytologic findings in 13 cases of cervical adenocarcinoma in situ (mean age 33.9 yr) were compared with those in 9 cases of cervical invasive adenocarcinoma (mean age 45.7 yr). All diagnoses were confirmed by biopsy. The major differences found were that a necrotic background (66% invasive vs. 0% in situ) and macr...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Keyhani-Rofagha S,Brewer J,Prokorym P

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：:Adamantinoma of long bones is a rare, primary bone tumor of controversial histogenesis, usually arising in the anterior midshaft of the tibia. This slowly growing, radiolucent, expansile tumor eventually causes thinning or destruction of overlying cortical bone. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is a rapid, safe, a...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Hales MS,Ferrell LD

更新日期：1988-03-01 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：: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：: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：:Between January 1, 1992 and December 31, 1997, a cytopathological diagnosis of follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (FVPC) was made on a series of 16 out of 18 patients with palpable nodules who underwent fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in our Department. The results of aspiration biopsy were followe...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Fulciniti F,Benincasa G,Vetrani A,Palombini L

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Homeobox transcription factors have demonstrated utility in diagnosing neuroendocrine tumors. Orthopedia homeobox protein (OTP) has a well-defined role in embryonic neurodevelopment and has also been described as a prognostic marker in lung neuroendocrine tumors (NET). Additionally, NK6 homeobox-1 (NKX6.1) h...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Yoxtheimer LM,Heymann JJ,Cohen C,Rao RA,Goyal A,Siddiqui MT

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：:Epithelioid angiosarcomas are extremely rare tumors associated with poor prognosis and early metastases. Its epithelioid cytomorphology and limited vasoformation make it difficult to distinguish from more common malignancies, such as, carcinoma. This can be a potential diagnostic pitfall for the cytopathologist. In th...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Lin CF,DeFrias D,Lin X

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of histologically and immunocytochemically confirmed pemphigus vulgaris of the nipple examined by scrape cytology is reported. The scrape cytology showed isolated and somewhat loosely clustered cells with basophilic cytoplasm and vesicular hyperchromatic nuclei dysplaying prominent nucleoli, suggesting Paget's ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Kobayashi TK,Ueda M,Nishino T,Kibe S,Higashida T,Watanabe S

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite Aptima assay as the latest US Food Drug Administration (FDA)-approved high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) test has been implemented as an adjunct in cervical cancer screening for years, histological follow-up data remain limited with respect to its performance in women with ASC-US Pap tests and po...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Wang T,Pradhan D,Zhang H,Matsko J,Zhao C

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：:Nuclear grooves have been described as a cytologic feature in a variety of extrathyroid lesions. When a cytologic specimen demonstrates prominent longitudinal nuclear grooving, a wide range of pathologic lesions should be considered. To our knowledge, the two cases presented are the first report of longitudinal nuclea...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Rollins SD,Berardo MD

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterial infection, tuberculosis (TB) in particular, remains one of the world's deadliest communicable diseases in adults and particularly in children, in low and middle income countries. The combination of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and TB is often lethal with TB accounting for 25% of deaths in the HIV p...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Michelow P,Omar T,Field A,Wright C

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early and accurate diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in liver nodules using fine-needle aspiration biopsy can still pose difficulties, particularly in cirrhotic nodules containing dysplastic hepatocytes. Loss of architectural clues, which may aid diagnosis, can be overcome by using confocal scanning laser microsco...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Boon ME,Barlow Y,Marres EM,Zeppa P,Kok LP

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the 1980s core needle biopsy (CNB) has gained remarkable popularity and in many institutions it has replaced fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). However, similar to FNAB, limitation remains in the ability of this procedure to reliably diagnose a small, but prognostically significant, number of breast lesions. ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Masood S,Loya A,Khalbuss W

更新日期：2003-06-01 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