Center for Infectious Disease Imaging, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the microbial and cytopathological changes and genital symptoms in oral contraceptive pill (OCP) and intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD) users. METHODS Included in the study were 34 women using OCP and 34 women using IUCD for 24 to 36 months period and 34 women as control group. We conducted the study between March to September 2005 in Antakya Maternity Hospital,...

Data have been collected from 47 centers in Europe and North America on the treatment with porcine factor VIII concentrate of 74 acute bleeding episodes in 65 patients with acquired hemophilia. The median initial anti-human factor VIII auto-antibody inhibitor level was 38 Bethesda unit (BU)/mL (range 1.2 to 1,024) whereas that against porcine was 1 BU/mL (range 0 to 15). The mean initial dose o...

Objective: Thyroid nodule is the most common disease of thyroid gland and closely associated with cancer. The gold standard method in diagnosis Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB). Although relationship between nodules containing microcalcification malignancy well known, there no consensus on relation macrocalcification to adequacy FNAB. In this study, it was aimed compare results FNAB without...

Objective: This study aims to present the experience of implementation Bethesda system for reporting thyroid cytopathology in Alpha Prolipsis Medical Laboratories, a private medical laboratory located Athens, Greece. Methods: 617 FNAs, performed since 2017, were included study. Reports issued according The System Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC). Aspirates prepared with both conventiona...

1 Philips Healthcare, Cleveland, OH, USA, 2 Molecular Imaging Program, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA, 3 SAIC-Frederick, Frederick, MD, USA, 4 Philips Research North America, NY, USA; 5 Laboratory of Pathology, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA; 6 Center for Interventional Oncology, NCI and Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA; 7 Urologic Oncology Branch, NCI, NIH, Bet...

OBJECTIVES To assess the malignancy rates of thyroid nodules repeatedly classified as Bethesda category III on fine needle aspiration (FNA), and to suggest management guidelines for these lesions. METHODS This is a retrospective study that included 395 thyroid nodules categorized as Bethesda III undergone either surgery or ultrasound (US) follow-up. There were 67 nodules classified a second t...