BACKGROUND: Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a very rare primary pulmonaryneoplasm. Cytologic findings of pulmonary washing and brushing in 2 cases of primary bronchialadenoid cystic carcinoma with special histologic features are described, with an emphasis on somepoints that have not been reported previously, (more…)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the usefulness of endometrial aspiration cytology forassessing malignant cells of extrauterine origin. STUDY DESIGN: Endometrial cytology was performedon 224 patients with primary ovarian cancer, 10 with fallopian tube cancer and 45 with peritonealtumors. (more…)
BACKGROUND: To describe the cytologic, histologic and immunohistochemicalfindings of a case of epithelial myoepithelial carcinoma (EMC) arising from a pleomorphic adenoma(PA) of the parotid with both malignant epithelial and myoepithelial components. CASE: A 29-year-oldfemale presented with a 1.5 x 1.5-cm, palpable mass of the left parotid of 7-8 months’ durationwith recent enlargement and pain. Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) revealed biphasic epithelial(small cell) and myoepithelial (large/clear cell) clusters arranged in a pseudopapillary andtrabecular pattern with abundant hyaline material with many naked nuclei, together with areastypical of pleomorphic adenoma (PA) was noted. (more…)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the FocalPoint Location-Guided Screening (FPGS) performance in computer-assisted primary screening of Papanicolaou-stained cervicovaginal smears. STUDY DESIGN: A total of 37,306 routine consecutive conventional Pap slides were prospectively processed on the FPGS. (more…)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of abdominal fat pad aspiration cytology as a screening procedure for systemic amyloidosis and to assess the clinical usefulness of semiquantitative grading criteria of fat pad amyloid deposits. STUDY DESIGN: Aspiration cytology samples from 297 cases of abdominal fat pad were retrospectively analyzed for amyloid deposits. (more…)
OBJECTIVE: To compare percutaneous and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided biopsy techniques. Study DESIGN: From July 2005 to February 2006, all patients referred for EUS-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) were considered. If inclusion criteria were met, the first 2 biopsy passes were performed without suction (fine needle capillary [FNC] sampling). (more…)
Deng F; Hu Q; Tang B; He F; Guo S; Chen J; Li F; Wu X; Zhang J; Zhang H; ZhaoJ; Zhong H; He L; Li J; Zhang L; Wang S
Abstract To investigate the relationship between 27 bp repeat polymorphism in intron 4in the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS4) gene and essential hypertension in the KazakhChinese population, (more…)
Damgaard BM; Borsting CF; Engberg RM; Jensen SK
Abstract The effects of high dietary levels of fresh or moderately oxidised fish oilon performance and blood parameters in mink females were investigated during the winter,reproduction, and lactation periods. Furthermore, the effects of the diets on kit performance wereinvestigated during the lactation and early growth periods. (more…)
