Pitfalls in the diagnosis of adult rhabdomyoma by fine needle aspiration: report of a case and a brief literature review.

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：BACKGROUND:Primary salivary gland-type tumors of the tracheobronchial tree are rare; their cytologic features have been seldom reported. We aim to describe the clinical and cytomorphologic features of tracheobronchial salivary gland-type tumors diagnosed by transbronchial fine needle aspiration (TBNA) at our institutio...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Doxtader EE,Shah AA,Zhang Y,Wang H,Dyhdalo KS,Farver C

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：:Myoepithelial carcinoma is a rare locally aggressive malignant neoplasm of the salivary glands. The tumor is composed almost exclusively of tumor cells with myoepithelial differentiation and characterized by infiltrative growth and potential for distant metastasis. Tumor cells often display morphologic heterogeneity w...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Wang Z,Herrington B,Schwartz MR,Laucirica R

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cervicovaginal cytology as a follow-up study in women with a history of a cervical carcinoma treated with chemo-radiotherapy (CRT) plays an important role; however, the cytomorphological characteristics for the diagnosis of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (H-SIL) in post-CRT patients have not bee...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Serrano-Arévalo ML,Flores-Hernández L,Villegas-González LF,Zamora-Zarco S,España-Ferrufino A,Lino-Silva LS,Barquet-Muñoz SA

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonitis is a common opportunistic infection in lung transplant recipients. Its diagnosis usually rests on the identification of viral inclusions in lung parenchyma obtained by transbronchial biopsy, or by examination of the cytologic material obtained by bronchioloalveolar lavage (BAL). To de...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Solans EP,Yong S,Husain AN,Eichorst M,Gattuso P

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brushing cytology is frequently utilized for the investigation of pancreatic and biliary strictures but is associated with low diagnostic sensitivity. The Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology has presented a system for diagnostic classification which includes the categories benign, atypical, suspicious for malignancy...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Chadwick BE,Layfield LJ,Witt BL,Schmidt RL,Cox RN,Adler DG

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the role of cervicovaginal cytology in diagnoses and surveillance of the patients with endometrial carcinoma (EC). METHODS:Patients who underwent EC surgery that included a follow-up were reviewed retrospectively. The cohort was limited to the patients who had an available cervical cytology result...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Kilic D,Yetimalar MH,Bezircioglu I,Yigit S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-catheter aspiration cytology of the peritoneal cavity is a new system for obtaining a sample of peritoneal cells in the absence of fluid or the need for lavage. Its potential use in the diagnosis of peritoneal malignancy is illustrated by two case reports. ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Stewart RJ,Gupta RK

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Well-differentiated papillary mesothelioma (WDPM) is an uncommon subtype of epithelioid mesothelioma. In contrast to malignant epithelioid mesothelioma, WDPM has a low malignant potential and an indolent clinical course. WDPM may be difficult to diagnose and differentiate from benign reactive mesothelial cells and oth...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Wheeler YY,Burroughs F,Li QK

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:A 54-yr-old female diabetic presented with a febrile illness and respiratory distress associated with bilateral alveolar infiltration. The left lobe of the thyroid gland was enlarged and failed to concentrate pertechnetate. The patient was euthyroid. Cryptococcus neoformans was recognized in a fine-needle aspirate and...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Vaidya KP,Lomvardias S

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is a rare but aggressive form of undifferentiated thyroid carcinoma which arises from previously well-differentiated thyroid carcinomas, such as papillary carcinoma or follicular carcinoma. We report on an interesting case of ATC found in an enlarging neck mass with metastatic papill...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Costaldi ME,Zhou Z

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic leiomyosarcoma is a rare malignancy to involve the liver, occurring as a primary liver sarcoma in patients without an underlying medical disorder, as a metastatic malignancy, and with increasing incidence, as a primary tumor in AIDS patients. A series of hepatic leiomyosarcomas diagnosed by FNA biopsy, includi...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Smith MB,Silverman JF,Raab SS,Towell BD,Geisinger KR

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleomorphic lipoma is a rare soft-tissue tumor, most commonly seen in the head and neck regions of middle-aged men. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of these lesions can present a diagnostic challenge. Its large, hyperchromatic cells and multinucleated forms (floret cells) can easily be mistaken for a malignancy. A patien...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Yong M,Raza AS,Greaves TS,Cobb CJ

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelioid gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) may cause significant diagnostic confusion on fine-needle aspiration (FNA) with carcinomas, neuroendocrine tumors, and melanoma, particularly when metastatic. This study characterizes the cytologic features of nine cases of epithelioid GISTs that were obtained by com...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Dong Q,McKee G,Pitman M,Geisinger K,Tambouret R

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the absence of previously documented sarcoma, the initial diagnosis of angiosarcoma (AS) on fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy of the liver is difficult. However, awareness of its occurrence and the assistance of immunocytochemical stains may aid in arriving at the correct diagnosis. In this paper, a 59-yr-old smo...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Saleh HA,Tao LC

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively reviewed 74 fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cases of presumptive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). All the cases had cytology and core-needle biopsy and 53 cases had concurrent flow cytometric analysis. FNA (cytology and flow cytometry) and core-needle biopsy were evaluated independently. FNA was diagnostic ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Gong JZ,Snyder MJ,Lagoo AS,Vollmer RT,Dash RR,Madden JF,Buckley PJ,Jones CK

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:Salivary duct carcinoma (SDC) is an extremely rare and highly aggressive primary epithelial neoplasm of the salivary glands associated with increased tendency for lymph node and vascular metastases. Histologically, this lesion resembles intraductal cribriform and comedo carcinoma of the breast. Fine-needle aspiration ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Elsheikh TM,Bernacki EG Jr,Pisharodi L

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytology specimens are the main samples used for the diagnosis of advanced lung cancer. The objective of our study was to assess anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) and c-ros oncogene 1 receptor tyrosine kinase (ROS1) genes by an amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS)-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) us...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Cao Z,Wu W,Zhang W,Li Z,Gao C,Huang Y,Zhang L

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：:Tumor cytology has proven to be inadequate for precise diagnosis of thyroid follicular adenoma. This suggests the need for a molecular approach for its diagnosis. Expression of CD26/DPPIV (dipeptidyl peptidas IV), p53, and PTEN was analyzed in smears or sections obtained from 19 patients with histologically proven thy...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Miyake Y,Aratake Y,Sakaguchi T,Kiyoya K,Kuribayashi T,Marutsuka K,Ohno E

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To avoid contamination of equipment and reduce risks of infection, intraoperative cytology (IOC) is a useful substitute to conventional frozen section in the diagnosis of infectious diseases. One of the various histomorphologic patterns of infections is the granuloma, which sometimes may be difficult to diagnose cytol...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Eltoum IA,Tabbara S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic angiomyolipoma (HAML) is a rare mesenchymal neoplasm that belongs to the perivascular epithelioid tumor family. Though it is characteristically, a triphasic tumor composed of smooth muscle, blood vessels, and adipocytes, the smooth muscle cells are often epithelioid and can represent the near-entirety of the t...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： De la Sancha C,Khan S,Alruwaii F,Cramer H,Saxena R

更新日期：2020-12-29 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：:Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a technique that can overcome tissue-sampling disaggregation problems related to DNA flow cytometry analysis. The aim of this study, with long-term follow-up (median, 72 mo), was to investigate the prognostic value of DNA ploidy and S-phase fraction (SPF) in patients with non-...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Pinto AE,Cabeçadas J,Nóbrega SD,Mendonça E

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we describe the cytologic features of an unusual thymic carcinoid tumor containing prominent cytoplasmic lipid vacuoles that was diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy. The tumor presented as a presternal subcutaneous mass in an 81-yr-old female, with a contiguous mediastinal mass on computed tomogr...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Smith NL,Finley JL

更新日期：2001-08-01 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：:Ciliated muconodular papillary tumors (CMPTs) of the lung are rare, likely benign neoplastic lesions. Here we describe a case of a CMPT, focusing on its cytologic features, which to our knowledge have not been reported previously. Owing to dull back pain, a 69-year-old male non-smoker underwent CT, which revealed a 1....

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Mikubo M,Maruyama R,Kakinuma H,Yoshida T,Satoh Y

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00