OBJECTIVE Anal cytology is being increasingly used as part of anal cancer screening in patients at high risk for anal neoplasia. Most studies in anal cytology have focused on correlating the abnormal anal Pap smear with histopathologic outcomes. The aim of this study was to document histopathologic or repeat anal cytology outcomes in patients with unsatisfactory cytology. MATERIALS AND METHOD...

BACKGROUND Limited data are available on the current status of cytology practices in Korea. This nationwide study presents Korean cytology statistics from 2015. METHODS A nationwide survey was conducted in 2016 as a part of the mandatory quality-control program by the Korean Society for Cytopathology. The questionnaire was sent to 208 medical institutions performing cytopathologic examination...

Objectives: To compare doing brush cytology before and after biopsy. in the diagnosis of gastric malignancies Study Design: This prospective study included 7 4 cases referred to endoscopy clinic for suspected gastric lesions during a year (2013-2014). In 38 cases brush was done before and in ,36 cases it was done after biopsy. All the cytology and biopsy slides were randomly coded and reviewed ...

AIM To assess clinical utility of NMP22 Bladder Check Test and to compare it with voided urine cytology and cystoscopy in early detection of Bladder Cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 115 patients of follow up cases of bladder cancer were enrolled in this study. Urine samples were assayed for the presence of NMP22 using NMP22 Bladder Check Test and cytology was performed by a cytopatholo...

BACKGROUND In Norway, women with low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL) are followed up after six months in order to decide whether they should undergo further follow-up or be referred back to the screening interval of three years. A high specificity and positive predictive value (PPV) of the triage test is important to avoid unnecessary diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. MATER...

OBJECTIVE To compare the accuracy of conventional cytology with liquid based cytology for primary screening of cervical cancer. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Nine screening programmes in Italy. PARTICIPANTS Women aged 25-60 attending for a new screening round: 22 466 were assigned to the conventional arm and 22 708 were assigned to the experimental arm. INTERVENTIONS Conve...

This study aimed to evaluate the correlation and agreement between Siriraj liquid-based cervical cytology (Siriraj -LBC) and conventional cytology. A total of 479 women who attended the Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology Siriraj Hospital for cervical cancer screening were enrolled. For each woman collection of cervical cells was performed using VCE technique. After smearing cells on a glas...

OBJECTIVE After endoscopic resection of high-grade superficial urothelial neoplasms (Ta, T1 or Tis), adjuvant bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy is performed routinely to avoid recurrence and/or progression. Vesical biopsies often are performed to assess the efficacy of treatment. The aim of our study was to evaluate the usefulness of these biopsies. MATERIALS AND METHODS During this retr...

frozen section and touch imprint cytology are important diagnostic procedures for surgeons during operation and must be accurate if the patient is to receive maximum benefit. to assess the accuracy of intraoperative pathologic consultation including frozen section and touch imprint cytology during a five year period (1995- 2000), a retrospective survey of 1000 consecutive cases of frozen sectio...

the aim of this study was to evaluate the role of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of abdominal and retroperitoneal masses in children on this study. in 53 cases of childhood abdominal and retroperitoneal masses within a 4 year period (1998- 2001) preoperative fine needle aspiration was done under the guide of ct scan. 2 pathologists reviewed fine needle aspiration smears. in al...