Prostatic Smear Diagnosis

Diagnosis from the blood smear.

A related slide show is available at www.nejm.org n examination of the blood smear (or film) may be requested by physicians or initiated by laboratory staff. With the development of sophisticated automated blood-cell analyzers, the proportion of blood-count samples that require a blood smear has steadily diminished and in many clinical settings is now 10 to 15 percent or less. Nevertheless, the...

Diagnosis delay in smear positive tuberculosis patients

BACKGROUND Early diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is a major key for effective TB program. Evaluation of delay in diagnosis of smear positive TB is needed to evaluation of TB program situation in each country. The aim of this study was to evaluate of diagnosis delay in smear positive tuberculosis patients in Islamic Republic of Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross sectional study, all smea...

Smear and culture diagnosis in gonorrhoea.

The subject of the diagnosis of gonorrhoea may be considered under three main headings apart from clinical diagnosis. The first is how far smear diagnosis is reliable and what are its limitations; the second is whether culture methods are superior to or at least adjuvant to direct microscopical observations and, if so, what the best methods may be; and the last to what extent reactions based on...

Prostatic Small Cell Carcinoma: Diagnosis and Management

Prostatic small cell carcinoma (PSCC) is a distinct clinical phenotype of prostate cancer. Although rare, this phenotype is highly aggressive with very high mortality. Due to this, it is imperative for clinicians to be aware of it, diagnose it early and treat it appropriately. In this article we discuss the current literature, outline a plan for its diagnosis and management, and highlight lates...

Diagnosis and treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia.