All thyroid nodules are not cancer and the fine needle aspiration cytology is an accepted cost effective simple method for screening the nodules for malignancy. A three-year study of thyroid lesions (March 2012 to march 2015) with aspiration and nonaspiration cytology for each. The main purpose of the study was to detect the prevalence of carcinoma by cytology and quality assessment of non -asp...

AIMS To evaluate the correlation of fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology and frozen section biopsy in the diagnosis of thyroid nodules. METHODS The medical records of 662 patients who underwent FNA cytology of the thyroid and thyroid surgery were analysed. Frozen section biopsies were taken from 586 of the 662 patients. The diagnostic correlations of FNA cytology, frozen section, and both FN...

PURPOSE We investigated the merit of ultrasound (US) features and BRAF(V600E) mutation as an additional study of cytology and compared the diagnostic performances of cytology alone, cytology with US correlation, cytology with BRAFV600E mutation, and a combination of cytology, US, and BRAFV600E mutation all together. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study included 185 patients (mean age, 48.4 years;...

UNLABELLED Intra-operative imprint cytology is an important diagnostic modality in the diagnosis of thyroid lesions. A correct intra-operative diagnosis helps eliminate the need for second surgery. AIM To study diagnostic accuracy of imprint cytology and to compare the imprint cytology results with that of the corresponding paraffin section diagnosis in thyroidectomy cases. MATERIALS AND ME...

PURPOSE The sensitivity of urine cytology is higher for carcinoma in situ and poorly differentiated tumors in bladder cancer, while being fairly low for low-grade or well-differentiated tumors. Development of a sensitive diagnostic test to detect bladder carcinoma would significantly facilitate patient management and allow earlier treatment of this disease. This study compared ThinPrep urine cy...

BACKGROUND Animals with chronic cough can have normal bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cytology when small airway disease is absent. Cytology of a tracheobronchial brushing can detect inflammation in larger airways; however, evaluation of this technique has been limited in veterinary medicine. OBJECTIVE To compare airway brush cytology to bronchoalveolar lavage fluid analysis in dogs and cats wit...

PURPOSE To compare a new Biopore membrane impression cytology method with the routinely used exfoliative cytology in patients with a melanocytic lesion of the conjunctiva. METHODS Sixty-eight consecutive patients with a conjunctival melanocytic lesion underwent Biopore membrane impression cytology as well as exfoliative cytology. A histologic sample was also available in 26 cases. All Biopore...

OBJECTIVE High-risk HPV (hrHPV) and cytology co-testing is utilized for primary cervical cancer screening and for enhanced follow-up of women who are hrHPV-positive, cytology negative. However, data are lacking on the utility of this method to detect pre-cancer or cancer in community-based clinical practice. This study describes cytology and hrHPV results preceding high-grade cervical intraepit...

BACKGROUND This study was undertaken to evaluate the long-term prognostic significance of conventional peritoneal cytology in patients with advanced colorectal carcinoma after curative resection. METHODS A review was performed of 189 patients who underwent curative resection for pT3/T4 carcinoma of the colon and upper/middle rectum between March 1987 and December 1991. Patient outcomes were r...

UNLABELLED Self-sampling could increase cervical cancer screening uptake. While methods have been identified for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing, to date, self-sampling has not provided adequate specimens for cytology. We piloted the validity and reliability of using a self-lavaging device for cervical cytology and HPV testing. We enrolled 198 women in New York City in 2008-2009 from three a...