The aim of our study was to compare the various diagnostic modalities for evaluation chronic vulval symptoms. We studied 100 women presenting with symptoms who underwent examination vulva low magnification, scrape cytology, colposcopy & directed biopsy. overall sensitivity and specificity detecting vulvar lesions 29.87% 100% magnification 58.44% 13.04% cytology 77.92 % 17.39 colposcopy. con...

INTRODUCTION Brush cytology is a rapid, cost-effective, and reliable tool to diagnose gastrointestinal tract (GIT) lesions in low-resource settings. Most of the studies on GIT brushings have focused on upper GI lesions. We have studied the diagnostic accuracy of brush cytology in the entire length of GIT and correlated the cytological diagnosis with histopathology. The aim of this study is to s...

Introduction: Salivary gland Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology is a well-established pre-operative diagnostic tool done routinely worldwide. Heterogeneity of salivary lesions makes cytology diagnosis challenging for most cytopathologists. Milan system reporting six tier developed to minimize inter-observer variability, thus enhance reproducibility cyto-diagnosis.
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BACKGROUND Cervical cancer in young women presents a diagnostic challenge because gynaecological symptoms are common but underlying disease is rare. AIM To explore the potential for using cytology as a diagnostic aid for cervical cancer in young women. DESIGN AND SETTING Retrospective review of primary care records and cytology data from the national cervical screening database and national...

BACKGROUND/AIM Mesothelin (SMRP) is regarded as a biomarker of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Herein, we analyzed the contribution of SMRP detection in pleural effusion and in serum to the diagnosis of MPM with non-positive cytology. MATERIALS AND METHODS The present study included 52 cases of MPM, 43 of pleural benign lesions and 25 of non-MPM pleural metastases. SMRP was measured by ...

e i ackground & Aims: Two advanced cytologic techniques or detecting aneuploidy— digital image analysis (DIA) and flurescence in situ hybridization (FISH)— have recently been deeloped to help identify malignant pancreatobiliary strictures. he aim of this study was to assess the clinical utility of ytology, DIA, and FISH for the identification of malignant ancreatobiliary strictures. Methods: Br...

Follow-up of high-risk HPV positive women by combined cytology and bi-marker CADM1/MAL methylation analysis on cervical scrapes 8 Chapter 8 136 ABSTRACT Objectives Triage of HPV screen-positive women is needed to identify those with underlying cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2/3 or worse (CIN2/3+). Presently, cytology on a physician-taken cervical scrape at baseline is mostly accepted ...

We compared cytology with Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2), cobas, CLART and APTIMA Human Papillomavirus (HPV) assays in primary cervical screening at age 23-29 years based on data from the Danish Horizon study. SurePath samples were collected from 1278 women undergoing routine cytology-based screening. Abnormal cytology was managed according to the routine recommendations, and women with cytology-normal...

OBJECTIVES For patients undergoing lung resection for cancer, macroscopic evidence of metastasis is clearly associated with adverse prognosis. However, less is known about the significance of tumor cells detected by using tests such as pleural lavage cytology. To ascertain the frequency and quantify the effect of this finding on survival, we performed a prospective study of intraoperative pleur...

Primary screening for high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) requires a triage protocol. Repeat cytology testing at baseline and after 6 to 12 months has emerged as a reasonable triage approach, but carries the risk of loss to follow-up. Repeat cytology testing may be omitted if cytology is supplemented with another, complementary triage test at baseline. In this study, the performance of combi...