Increased detection of clue cells in smears from cervical intraepithelial lesions with reduced expression of COX-2.

abstract：:We used various meta-analytic methods to compare 25 studies describing fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytologic analyses performed from 1984 to 2007 on palpable breast masses. We found that in the 25 studies examined, the sensitivity ranged from 78% to 100%, the specificity ranged from 76% to 100%, and the diagnostic od...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Akçil M,Karaağaoğlu E,Demirhan B

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-needle aspiration of prostatic carcinoma usually yields an acinar carcinoma that is immunoreactive for prostatic-specific antigen (PSA) and prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP). We report on two FNAs of metastatic sarcomatoid prostatic carcinoma that were PSA- and PAP-negative. Our methods included a review of the me...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Renshaw AA,Granter SR

更新日期：2000-09-01 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：:Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is a rare lymphoma that is characterized by a diffuse proliferation of large neoplastic cells resembling B immunoblasts, but shows the immunophenotype of plasma cells. PBL is most commonly seen in the oral cavity of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients. Epstein-Barr virus (...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Hatanaka K,Nakamura N,Kishimoto K,Sugino K,Uekusa T

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:The diagnosis of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) in bladder washes is a diagnostic challenge to cytology. This study assessed the role of flow cytometry (FCM), image analysis (IA), and interphase cytogenetics by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) as adjuncts in the cytodiagnosis of TCC in bladder washes. Fort...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Cajulis RS,Haines GK 3rd,Frias-Hidvegi D,McVary K,Bacus JW

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：:Malignant mesothelioma is a rare neoplasm with poor prognosis. The pleural form is defined as a malignant tumor of mesothelial cells with a diffuse growth pattern involving the visceral and parietal surfaces of the pleura. To our knowledge, there have only been two reported cases in the literature where fine-needle as...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Tafazzoli A,Raza A,Martin SE

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Location-guided screening is a feature of the AutoPap primary screening software. Areas of the smear most likely to contain an abnormality are identified for prompt review by the cytotechnologist, thereby facilitating diagnostic accuracy and reducing laboratory workload. A two-armed retrospective study comprising 6,00...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Stevens MW,Milne AJ,Parkinson IH,Nespolon WW,Fazzalari NL,Arora N,Dodd TJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to identify key cytologic features for the morphologic differentiation of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma from reactive pulmonary proliferations, and to determine if morphometry of the cytologic specimens could provide additional data to distinguish the two processes. We analyzed 15 morp...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Zaman SS,van Hoeven KH,Slott S,Gupta PK

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of minimal deviation adenocarcinoma (MDA) of the uterine cervix showing varicolored cytopathologic features on Papanicolaou (Pap) smear, which may indicate features suggestive of lobular endocervical glandular hyperplasia (LEGH)-adenocarcinoma sequence. A 57-year-old woman presented with a profuse amo...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Omori M,Kondo T,Nakazawa K,Shinohara S,Watanabe Y,Fukasawa H,Nakazawa T,Hashi A,Hirata S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extramedullary multiple myeloma (EMM) involving the liver as a focal space-occupying lesion is very rare, especially in the patients with cirrhosis. Here, we report a case of EMM in the liver and periportal lymph node, diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound guided-fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA). A 57-year-old male patie...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Suo L,Liu S,Vega I,Thrall M

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:Five cases of mammary Paget's disease were diagnosed by nipple scrape cytology. The neoplastic material obtained was abundant in two cases, moderate in one, but in two, only a few cell aggregates feature in three cases and this, together with dense tumour cell cytoplasm and the background of keratinous debris, may imp...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Samarasinghe D,Frost F,Sterrett G,Whitaker D,Ingram D,Sheiner H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histoplasmosis not uncommonly causes systemic infection, particularly in immunocompromised patients. In systemic infection, the urinary tract is often involved, although the diagnosis of histoplasmosis in urine cytologic specimens has never been reported. Urinary tract histoplasmosis may present with gross hematuria, ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Mukunyadzi P,Johnson M,Wyble JG,Scott M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic values of the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), NMP22 BladderChek, and liquid-based cytology (LBC) in the detection of bladder urothelial carcinoma (UC). Consecutive voided urine samples were collected from 138 in-house patients with a variety of urologic co...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Li HX,Wang MR,Zhao H,Cao J,Li CL,Pan QJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on current literature and the best available research to date, the current FDA workload limits for automated image-assisted screening, including the ThinPrep Imaging System and the FocalPoint GS, of 100 slides/day (imaged only slides counted as 0.5) are extremely high and may be associated with significant reduc...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Elsheikh TM,Austin RM,Chhieng DF,Miller FS,Moriarty AT,Renshaw AA,American Society of Cytopathology.

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Afirma gene expression classifier (GEC) is being increasingly utilized to confirm the benign nature of indeterminate FNA cytology results thus avoiding unnecessary surgical procedures. However the "suspicious" result of the Afirma GEC does not classify these indeterminate nodules further in determining a...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Roychoudhury S,Klein M,Souza F,Gimenez C,Laser A,Shaheen Cocker R,Chau K,Das K

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little information is available on the relative value of intraoperative cytology (IOC) and frozen section (FS) in evaluation of ovarian lesions. We compared the two methods in 63 histologically proven cases of resected ovaries studied by imprints (40 cases), FNAs (38 cases), and scrapes (5 cases). Diagnoses were: 10 n...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Michael CW,Lawrence WD,Bedrossian CW

更新日期：1996-12-01 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：:Cytological and histological findings of a rare case of a malignant phyllodes tumor (with liposarcomatous components) of the breast are presented. The atypia of the stromal cells and naked nuclei in a lesion considered benign clinically and on imaging alerted us to the possibility of a phyllodes tumor, despite the low...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Satou T,Matsunami N,Fujiki C,Tanaka K,Hayashi Y,Hashimoto S

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：:The objective of this study was to analyze large-scale genomic patterns during disease progression from primary tumor to effusion in ovarian carcinoma, and to study the association between DNA ploidy parameters in effusions, proliferation/survival markers, and clinicopathologic characteristics. DNA ploidy status, DNA ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Kleinberg L,Pradhan M,Tropé CG,Nesland JM,Davidson B,Risberg B

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of invasion in urothelial carcinomas of the urinary bladder cannot be determined on cytology and can be particularly challenging in biopsy cases with limited sampling. Recent studies of bladder resection specimens suggest that fascin overexpression may be a marker of aggressive urothelial carcinomas and...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： McKnight R,Cohen C,Siddiqui MT

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:Mites were observed in 55 pulmonary specimens examined routinely over a 4.5-yr period. The 55 specimens included 33 spontaneous and 12 aerosol-induced sputum samples, nine bronchial washings, and one fine-needle aspirate. Two specimens contained only fragments of mites; however, in most cases the mites were relatively...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Farley ML,Mabry LC,Hieger LR

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilic pleural effusions (EPFs), defined as the presence of 10% or more eosinophils in the pleural fluid, are relatively rare. Their diagnostic and prognostic significance, however, remains controversial, as most of the studies are based almost entirely on retrospective case studies. This prospective study exami...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Matthai SM,Kini U

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary cryptococcoma is a life threatening mycosis and is an unusual disease for immunocompetent individuals. Herein we report a case of large pulmonary cryptococcoma associated with cryptococcal meningitis, presenting radiologically as a lung mass in right upper lobe, in a previously healthy, HIV negative, immunoc...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Singh R,Joshi D,Gupta A,Gangane N

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The simplicity and safety of the fine-needle aspiration (FNA) make it a useful procedure for the initial evaluation of supraclavicular lymphadenopathy. We analyzed data (106 patients) in combination with the data of three recently published studies (total 301 patients) to make the observations more meaningful. The use...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Nasuti JF,Mehrotra R,Gupta PK

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paget's disease of the vulva is a rare entity; since it may show the same clinical symptoms as benign chronic vulvitis, it may result in a delayed diagnosis. A 63-year-old woman was found to have an eczematoid pink to red lesion located in the vulva. Scraping cytology of the vulva showed isolated malignant cells of Pa...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Funamoto Y,Haba R,Kobayashi TK,Kushida Y,Kouno K,Matsunaga T,Shiota A,Hata T

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00