BACKGROUND In the recent years, dramatic increases in HIV transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM) have been observed in China. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection related anal cancer is more common among HIV-infected MSM as compared to the general population. However, HPV infection and anal cytology has been rarely studied in HIV-infected MSM in China. METHODS HIV-infected MSM in ...

Background: In a country like India which has got rersource constraints, Fine needle aspiration cytology is a less time consuming, reliable, suitable for moribund patients as well as an inexpensive diagnostic method. It is suitable for the developing countries like India and state like Bihar for the diagnosis of lymphadenopathy at any approachable site. Fine needle aspiration cytology not only ...

OBJECTIVES The sensitivity of voided urinary cytology has been reported as very low. In this study, we investigated the sensitivity and clinical utility of voided urinary cytology in the detection of various grades and stages of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder compared with the urinary nuclear matrix protein-22 (NMP-22) qualitative assay. METHODS From March 2004 to April 2006...

The majority of lung cancer patients are diagnosed at advanced stages of disease. This study evaluated the diagnostic value of ThinPrep (TP) bronchial brushing cytology in lung cancer. A total of 595 patients with suspicious lung cancer were enrolled in this study. The bronchial brushing samples were prepared by TP. The data were then compared to histology of lung tissue samples. Histologically...

OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical performance of the NMP22 BladderChek test, which is a qualitative test, and to compare it with voided urine cytology for the detection of recurrent bladder cancer. We also evaluated whether cystoscopy can be omitted from the surveillance protocol by combining the two tests. METHODS A total of 131 patients with a history of superficial transitional cell carcino...

PURPOSE To evaluate the applicability of in vivo laser scanning confocal microscopy as a tool of conjunctival cytology in a prospective case-control study. METHODS Nineteen right eyes of 19 Sjogren's syndrome dry eye patients (19 females; mean age: 55.8±15 years), and 18 right eyes of 18 normal healthy control subjects (12 females and 6 males; mean age: 50.8±14 years) were evaluated in this s...

OBJECTIVE Cystoscopic biopsy is the most accurate technique used to assess the efficacy of treatment and to detect recurrence of superficial TCC of urinary bladder. Implementation of voided urine cytology to detect tumor cells in urine samples may represent an additional tool. The aims of this study are: (1) To estimate the reliability of combined cystoscopy and urine cytology examination in th...

Address correspondence to: Myriam Allende-Vigo, MD, FACP, FACE. University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, School of Medicine, Internal Medicine Department, Endocrinology Division, PO Box 365067, San Juan, PR 00936-5067. Email: [email protected] Objective: This study aimed to establish a profile of the ultrasound-guided thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsies (FNABs) performed at...

BACKGROUND The diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology for the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBLN) is confounded by mimicking cytomorphologic disorders. The objective of this study was to determine whether supplementing FNA cytology with bacteriological methods improves the overall accuracy of TBLN diagnosis. METHODS Two hundred presumptive TBLN cases were inclu...

High-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) testing has a higher sensitivity but lower specificity than cytology for detection of high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). To avoid over-referral to colposcopy and overtreatment, hrHPV-positive women require triage testing and/or followup. A total of 25,658 women (30-60 years) enrolled in a population-based cohort study had an adequate baseline Pap ...