abstract：:Microfilariae of various nematodes, including Loa loa, Dirofilariae, and Onchocerca volvulus, have been identified in the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS, however, is a rare site for the isolation of microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti. To the best of our knowledge, the presence of microfilariae of W. bancroft...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Aron M,Kapila K,Sarkar C,Verma K

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：:We developed the Auto Cyto Fix (ACF) 1000 as an experimental model, which was adapted as a membrane filter method for automatically making smear preparations fixed with 95% ethanol. In this study, immunohistochemistry was applied to the cells smeared on the membrane filter, and effectiveness was examined. Twenty-four ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Iijima J,Shiina Y,Ohkoudo M,Sakuma K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study sought possible factors leading to the cytological diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of uncertain significance (ASCUS) in cases of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL). Based on retrospective histopathological analysis of loop electrical excision procedure (LEEP) products that diagno...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Pinto AP AP,Tuon FF,Torres LF,Collaço LM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of an immature teratoma of the ovary in the peritoneal fluid of a 10-yr-old girl who presented with a pelvic mass is presented and discussed. The ThinPrep preparation showed a few tight clusters of small tumor cells with a high nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio, round to oval nuclei with evenly distributed chromatin an...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Selvaggi SM,Guidos BJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 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：:Cultured anaplastic cell lines with previously characterized phenotypes are considered to be the best positive controls for immunocytochemistry. We assessed the validity of using anaplastic cell line cytospins as positive controls for immunocytochemistry performed on ThinPrep-processed clinical samples. We compared Th...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Wiatrowska BA,Berner A,Torlakovic G,Emilsen E,Mykelbost GL,Torlakovic E

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 22-yr-old male who after a brief febrile episode developed autoimmune hemolytic anemia and right pulmonary infiltrate with pleural effusion is presented. Cytologic examination of the pleural fluid revealed lymphocytosis and hemophagocytosis, primarily of red blood cells (RBCs) by mature histiocytes. Ther...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Zaharopoulos P

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary neuroendocrine carcinoma (carcinoid tumor) is among the rarest of middle-ear (ME) neoplasms, with only a rare case of metastatic disease having been reported. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) was performed in a 51-yr-old male with a two-decade history of multiple local recurrences from a right middle-ear n...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Menezes G,Wakely P Jr

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：: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：:To find out the gross and microscopic differentiating features between nipple discharges (ND) due to various breast lesions, smears of 602 ND samples from 484 cases were reviewed by one of the investigators (D.K.D.). The reviewed cytodiagnoses were as follows: benign nipple discharge (59.1%), inflammatory ND (6.5%), ?...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Das DK,Al-Ayadhy B,Ajrawi MT,Shaheen AA,Sheikh ZA,Malik M,Pathan SK,Ebrahim B,Francis IM,Satar SA,Abdulla MA,Luthra UK,Junaid TA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of epithelioid cells in fine-needle aspirations of a liver nodule is rare, but may complicate the diagnosis of the nodule. We report on a case of a liver nodule in hepatitis C cirrhosis. Results of fine-needle aspiration mainly revealed the presence of epithelioid cells, without any recognizable tumor cel...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Mourra N,Flejou JF

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：:The role of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis of benign skin lesions has been restricted primarily to the evaluation of bacteriologic and morphologic indices in leprosy. This study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of FNAC in the diagnosis and classification of lepromatous lesions. Aspirate...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Rao IS,Singh MK,Gupta SD,Pandhi RK,Kapila K

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently observed numerous microspheroliths consisting of microscopic organized crystalline structures of varying shapes, sizes, and colors in a bile specimen from a 65-yr-old woman obtained directly from the gallbladder during a surgical procedure for cholecystectomy. Detection of microspheroliths could be very us...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Sandmeier D,Mihaescu A

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase is inactive in most somatic cells, but has been found to be reactivated in a majority of cancers. Our principal goal was to test whether the presence of telomerase activity concurred with positive cytology, and was thus of potential use in detecting cancer cells in effusions. The telomeric repeat amplificat...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Braunschweig R,Yan P,Guilleret I,Delacretaz F,Bosman FT,Mihaescu A,Benhattar J

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：:This is a case of granulocytic sarcoma presenting as bilateral breast masses in a 40-yr-old woman with concurrent unsuspected chronic myeloid leukemia diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration. The granulocytic differentiation was recognized on Diff-Quik-stained cytology smears and confirmed rapidly on flow cytometry on the...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Ngu IW,Sinclair EC,Greenaway S,Greenberg ML

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:True thymic hyperplasia (TH) is an age-dependent increase in size and weight of the thymus gland, which by definition maintains a normal histologic architecture. TH can mimic other important diseases, including lymphofollicular hyperplasia, thymoma, lymphoma, and germ-cell tumors. Traditionally, separating these entit...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Hoerl HD,Wojtowycz M,Gallagher HA,Kurtycz DF

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of T-cell lymphomas by fine-needle aspiration biopsies (FNAB) is extremely difficult. This is mainly due to the rarity of the disease, the morphologic similarity to reactive lymphadenopathy, and the difficulty in identifying abnormal T-cell antigen expression. We studied FNAB of histologically proven T-c...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Al Shanqeety O,Mourad WA

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibromatosis colli is a benign disorder presenting as a neck mass in neonates and older children. The differential diagnosis includes malignancies such as rhabdomyosarcoma. Neck masses in ten infants, discovered between the second and sixth week of age, were evaluated by fine-needle aspiration (FNA). The male to femal...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Kurtycz DF,Logroño R,Hoerl HD,Heatley DG

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)-producing small-cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix is described. In a 70-yr-old woman, clusters of small cells with hyperchromatic nuclei at a high nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio were detected cytologically in the cervix. These clusters were diagnosed as a small-cel...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Watanabe A,Wachi T,Omi H,Nishii H,Ochiai K,Tanaka T,Endo Y

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：: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：:Many reports have been published on the accuracy of the cervical vaginal smear for squamous lesions, and the literature contains fewer reports on the accuracy of the cervical vaginal smear for glandular lesions. The sensitivity of glandular lesion diagnosis depends on the subtype of lesion. The diagnostic sensitivity ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Raab SS

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：:A variety of inflammatory and neoplastic scalp lesions are encountered in surgical pathology. However, the literature on fine-needle aspirations (FNAs) of the scalp is exceedingly rare. We report on a series of 70 FNAs involving cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions on the scalp. A total of 70 fine-needle aspirations of ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Spitz DJ,Reddy V,Selvaggi SM,Kluskens L,Green L,Gattuso P

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：:We present a series of three cases of unsuspected thyroid carcinoma presenting as bony lesions and initially studied by fine-needle aspiration (FNA). This series consists of two cases of follicular carcinoma and a third case of Hurthle cell carcinoma. FNA was performed on all three lesions. In two of these cases, a de...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Smith AR,Silverman JF

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distinction between reactive mesothelial cells and carcinoma in pleural, peritoneal, and pericardial fluids is often difficult. We and others previously showed that E-cadherin, an epithelial-specific adhesion protein, can be useful for this distinction. In this study we tested the sensitivity and specificity of E-...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Schofield K,D'Aquila T,Rimm DL

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential leukocyte counts on noninflammatory synovial fluids (NISF) are not widely reported or used in research, apparently due to technical difficulties related to either high viscosity or low numbers of cells. We describe an evaluation of a technique using hyaluronidase and cytospin preparations to study NISF. T...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Moreno MJ,Clayburne G,Schumacher HR Jr

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of malignant pleural effusion in patients with non-small cell bronchogenic cancer has a poor prognostic significance and is indicative of advanced disease (T4, IIIB). The present study will investigate the role of cytology and identify the various cellular components seen in thoracic washings, in the abse...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Vinette-Leduc D,Yazdi HM,Valji A,Shamji F,Maziak D

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy (SHML) is a benign, self-limiting condition of unknown etiology, which generally presents as massive bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy. It is important to distinguish SHML from other causes of histiocytosis because of the different treatment modalities. This study was ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Deshpande AH,Nayak S,Munshi MM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The following is a correction to the original article that appeared in Diagnostic Cytopathology 1999;21:413-418. Owing to a publisher's error, Figure 4C on p. 415 was incorrectly reproduced. The correct illustrations and captions for this page are given here. ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Saunders CA,Nayar R

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) sialadenitis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is reported. Although a diagnosis of CMV sialadenitis can be established on Diff-Quik-stained slides, the characteristic viral changes are the best appreciated on s...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Santiago K,Rivera A,Cabaniss D,Dhurhar N,Moroz K

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since calcific deposits in soft tissue may clinically resemble a tumor, it is feasible to investigate them by fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology. In this presentation we describe a case in the breast with extensive accumulation of acellular liquid calcific material which was sampled by the noninvasive technique of ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Gupta RK,Naran S,Lallu S,Fauck R,Gaskell D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenal cortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare neoplasm that affects all age groups, with a bimodal peak of incidence, in young individuals in the first decade or two of life and in older subjects in the fifth to seventh decades. It may be clinically "functional" with Cushing's syndrome, virilization, or feminization, or ...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Laforga JB,Aranda FI

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：:Pseudovascular adenoid squamous-cell carcinoma (PASCC) is an epithelial malignancy with spindle-cell features that can mimic vascular neoplasms, particularly angiosarcoma, in its morphologic characteristics. There have been only a few surgical pathology reports of PASCC arising in the lung, skin, and breast. We descri...

journal_title：Diagnostic cytopathology

authors： Smith AR,Raab SS,Landreneau RJ,Silverman JF

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00