Cytodiagnosis in dermatology

Cytodiagnosis of Pleural Effusions

THERE are several varieties of pleural effusion where an examination of the cells in the fluid is as a rule unnecessary. These are the various forms of purulent effusion or empyema. Pus is pus all the world over, and its main scientific interest is not to be found in the cells which it contains, but in the organisms which cause its production and are to be found in it. It makes a great deal of ...

History of cytodiagnosis.

Cytodiagnosis and the necropsy.

AIMS To assess the efficacy of cytodiagnosis in necropsy practice. METHODS Fifty three focal lesions from 46 necropsies were assessed by direct smears taken from the lesions. The smears were air-dried and stained by a modified Giemsa technique, with two cases having supplementary histochemistry. All of the slides were assessed independently before review of the necropsy histology. RESULTS O...

Cytodiagnosis of histoid leprosy.

This paper presents cytomorphological features of the histoid variety of lepromatous leprosy. Fine needle aspiration of a lepromatous nodule showed cytological features consistent with those of histoid leprosy. Simultaneously, a biopsy of the nodule was also performed and the case confirmed as histoid leprosy. The advantages of the fine needle aspiration technique are that it is simple, quickly...

Cytodiagnosis of Sacral Chordoma.

We report the cytological findings of a sacro-coccygeal chordoma in a 53 year male diagnosed preoperatively by guided fine needle aspiration cytology. The smears shows characteristic Physalliphorous cells in a metachromatic background of myxoid material entrapping cords of cuboidal cells. Differential diagnosis in cytology include conventional and myxoid chondrosarcoma, myxoid liposarcoma, myxo...