Cryptococcal thyroiditis: report of a case diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology.

abstract：:The standard screening test for detecting cervical lesions and cancers is a Papanicolaou (Pap) smear. While squamous cell abnormalities remain the most common positive Pap test result, cytologic findings of glandular cell abnormalities have become more frequent in recent decades. The 2014 Bethesda System for reporting...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： González-Espinoza D,Ponce Camus K,Meneses Pérez I,Molina Cruz C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is a genetic disease showing somatic mutations of multiple genes, including SMAD4. SMAD4 is a tumor suppressor gene that is inactivated in a sub-set of pancreatic adenocarcinoma, either by the intragenic mutation of one allele in combination with the loss of the other allele or by homozygous ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Ali S,Cohen C,Little JV,Sequeira JH,Mosunjac MB,Siddiqui MT

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A correlated cytologic and histologic study of seven cases of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma is presented. The diagnosis of rhabdomyosarcoma was established by light and electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry of the operative specimens. The cytologic appearance of the smears corresponded well with the histopathologi...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Seidal T,Walaas L,Kindblom LG,Angervall L

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) primarily is a disease of children and adolescents. Most patients experience spontaneous regression at a later age, while others continue to be affected throughout their lives. Here, we present the case of a 26-yr-old man who presented with persistent cough, worsening dyspnea...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Parwani AV,Sheth S,Ali SZ

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although fine-needle aspiration cytology is a routine procedure for the diagnosis of breast carcinoma, cytologic specimens have rarely been used for evaluation of hormone receptor status and HER2/neu overexpression. In order to compare the biological markers on cytology and on histology, routinely fixed smears of 110 ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Moriki T,Takahashi T,Ueta S,Mitani M,Ichien M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytologic features of five cases of epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma arising in major salivary glands (four parotid and one submandibular gland) are presented. All cases were initially diagnosed as low-grade malignancies. The smears were generally cellular, with no specific architectural pattern. Single cells an...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Miliauskas JR,Orell SR

更新日期：2003-03-01 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：:Benign and malignant papillary lesions of the breast (PBL) can be difficult to distinguish in fine-needle aspirates (FNA). This study evaluates the use of smooth muscle actin (SMA) and a new smooth muscle-specific protein, calponin, for identifying myoepithelial cells (MEC) by immunohistochemical methods in paraffin-e...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Mosunjac MB,Lewis MM,Lawson D,Cohen C

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analyses of pancreatic juice by proteomics have identified many proteins that are overabundant in pancreatic cancer (PC) juice. The mechanism by which secretion of these proteins occur remains unclear. Pancreatic juice was collected from patients with three pancreatic diseases: PC, chronic pancreatitis (CP), and simpl...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Lv S,Gao J,Zhu F,Li Z,Gong Y,Xu G,Ma L

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:A 25-yr-old male presented with a cerebellar mass, underwent a suboccipital craniotomy, and was diagnosed with medulloblastoma. Six months later he developed a large mass in the right iliac crest. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic medulloblastoma. The diagnosis of metastatic me...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： New KC,Bulsara KR,Dodd LG,Cummings TJ

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary tumor of the pineal region (PTPR) is a rare neuroepithelial tumor of the pineal region of adults. We herein describe on a 34-year-old female the cytologic features of a PTPR studied using Diff-Quik stain. The patient presented hydrocephalia secondary to a pineal tumor. During surgery an intraoperative pathol...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Jiménez-Heffernan JA,Bárcena C,Gordillo C,Cañizal JM

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:A case of osteitis fibrosa cystica or brown tumor of bone in a patient presenting with acute spinal cord compression that was suggested initially by needle aspiration biopsy of the spine is described. Following the aspiration biopsy, excision of vertebral lesions, cord decompression, and spinal fusion were successfull...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Kashkari S,Kelly TR,Bethem D,Pepe RG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Islet cell tumors of the pancreas are neuroendocrine neoplasms whose biologic behavior has been well characterized. Frequently, these tumors produce one or more hormones which may strongly affect the patients' clinical presentation. In this study, we have examined fine-needle aspirates (FNA) from 13 islet cell tumors ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Collins BT,Cramer HM

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored the NCI Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) State of the Science Conference on October 22-23, 2007 in Bethesda, MD. The 2-day meeting was accompanied by a permanent informational Web site and several on-line discussion periods between May 1 and December 15, 2007 (http://t...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Layfield LJ,Abrams J,Cochand-Priollet B,Evans D,Gharib H,Greenspan F,Henry M,LiVolsi V,Merino M,Michael CW,Wang H,Wells SA

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The noninvasive encapsulated follicular variant of papillary carcinoma (nEFVPTC) has recently been reclassified to "noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTP)," removing this entity from the malignant category. This re-categorization has had major implications for cl...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Brandler TC,Yee J,Zhou F,Cho M,Cangiarella J,Wei XJ,Yee-Chang M,Sun W

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：:Leydig cell tumors (LCT) are rare sex cord-stromal tumors that account for 2-3% of all testicular tumors. Approximately 10% of LCTs shows evidence of malignant behavior. We present a case of LCT with severe atypia diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration (FNA) in a 49-year-old man who presented with gynecomastia and right ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Valeri RM,Kotakidou R,Michalakis K,Andreadis C,Kousi-Koliakou K,Destouni C

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was conducted on 100 patients divided in two groups who underwent fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB). Group I consisted of 60 cases of suspected lung malignancy on clinical and radiological examination, while group II consisted of 40 cases of nonneoplastic lung diseases. Pre-FOB sputum, bronchoalveolar ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Garg S,Handa U,Mohan H,Janmeja AK

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1,488 patients, satisfactory sputum was available for cytologic diagnosis. Overall diagnoses were correct in 85.4% of patients, false negative in 193 patients (13.0%), and false positive in 24 patients (1.6%). In patients with a malignant lung process, cytologic diagnoses were correct in 228 patients (54.2%) and ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Risse EK,van't Hof MA,Laurini RN,Vooijs PG

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a case of cardiac angiosarcoma diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration (FNA) in a 33-year-old male. A percutaneous right atrial mass biopsy was performed via a right internal jugular venous approach and under echocardiographic guidance. FNA showed pleomorphic spindle-shaped cells present singly and in ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Bhalla R,Nassar A

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed 130 fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies from 118 patients with a variety of benign and malignant hematopoietic lesions. There were 74 (57%) malignant, 45 (35%) benign, and 11 (8%) atypical diagnoses. Immunocytochemistry of the aspirated material was performed in 47 (36%) and electron microscopy in 4 (3%)...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Silverman JF,McLeod DL,Park HK

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ophthalmoscopically guided intraocular fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) under general anesthesia was performed in three suspected cases of retinoblastoma (Rb). The first case presented with uveitis and the second with unusual radiological features. The third case had classical clinical features of bilateral Rb but...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Sen S,Singha U,Kumar H,Ghose S,Sarkar T,Bajaj MS

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-yr-old man presented with dyspnea. On chest X-ray, multiple pulmonary nodules were observed. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) showed tridimensional aggregates of atypical round epithelial cells, containing numerous cytoplasmic granules. The tissue fragment confirmed the presence of an epithelial tumor compose...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Laforga JB,Aranda FI

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：:Acinar cell carcinoma (ACC) and islet cell tumor (ICT), both rare pancreatic neoplasms, can be diagnosed accurately and rapidly with the use of imaging-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsies. The specific cytologic features of these tumors are described in a series of 17 patients, and histologic and immunocytochemical...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Labate AM,Klimstra DL,Zakowski MF

更新日期：1997-02-01 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：:A silver staining technique was applied to 51 thyroid smears. The numbers of silver-stained nucleolar organizer regions (AgNORs) were counted, and the mean AgNOR and nuclear area per cell were determined with an image analyzer. The mean AgNOR count per cell was significantly higher in malignant than in benign lesions,...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Solymosi T,Tóth V,Sápi Z,Bodó M,Gál I,Csanádi L

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00