BACKGROUND The majority of thyroid nodules are diagnosed using fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies. The authors recently described the clinical validation of a molecular microRNA-based assay, RosettaGX Reveal, which can diagnose thyroid nodules as benign or suspicious using a single stained FNA smear. This paper describes the analytical validation of the assay. METHODS More than 800 FNA sli...

objective the aim of this study was to compare the sensitivity and specificity of acid fast and auramine-rhodamine staining and multiplex pcr for the detection of mycobacterium tuberculosiscomplex and non tuberculosis mycobacteria on formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissues (ffpe) materials and methods forty cases of ffpe pleural and bronchial tissue with chronic granulomatous inflammation and ...

CONTEXT The incidence of cervical cancer is higher among low-income and minority women who have never undergone a conventional Papanicolaou test or who do not follow up after testing. Screening has been shown to reduce cervical cancer incidence rates. OBJECTIVES To determine the feasibility and acceptability of immediately treating women with severely abnormal Papanicolaou test results by usi...

This study was performed to evaluate the importance of obtaining postpartum Papanicolaou (Pap) smears routinely. Four hundred eighty-nine patients receiving pregnancy care had a normal prenatal Pap smear and a repeat Pap smear at their postpartum visit. Twenty-four (4.9 percent) had an abnormal postpartum Pap smear (95 percent confidence interval: 3.1-6.9 percent). Twenty-one (87.5 percent) of ...

Introduction: Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) is the frontline diagnostic tool in assessing Thyroid enlargement. FNAC simple, easy to perform, cost effective procedure with rapid diagnosis. Other tests like Ultrasound, radionucleotide scanning, profile are adjuvant which more reliable. Aim: To categorise spectrum of lesions on according Bethesda system for Reporting Cytopathology (TBSRTC...