OBJECTIVE To report the role of selective use of preoperative fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in patients with major salivary gland lesions at a tertiary care cancer center. DESIGN Retrospective review of FNAB results compared with final histologic diagnosis as the criterion standard. SETTING An academic tertiary care cancer center. PATIENTS A consecutive series of 258 patients who u...

RESULTS: Microcalcifications were detected radiographically in 146 of 361 (40%) cores. If calcifications were present on specimen radiographs, histologic detection of these calcifications was made in 114 of 146 (78%) specimens, and diagnosis was made in 118 of 146 (81%). If calcifications were not present on specimen radiographs, histologic detection was obtamed in 27 of 215 (13%) specimens and...

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) describes a pathologic state in which the subaortic region of interventricular septum undergoes significant hypertrophy and fibrosis, resulting septal bowing into left ventricle. The reduced ventricular chamber size altered cardiac function impair diastolic filling, stroke volume, output. This case report evaluates tissue 36-year-old, formalin-emba...

abstract background: enchondroma, is the most frequent bone tumor of the hand , but chondrosarcoma is rare at this location .there is a high possibility of correct diagnosis of enchondroma and differentiating from its malignant counterpart by precise clinical and radiologic assessment without biopsy, a subject of debate in the literature . at the present study we substantially investigate this ...

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), characterized by chamber dilatation and myocardial systolic and diastolic dysfunction, is one of the most common heart diseases in dogs. The clinical diagnosis is based on findings on echocardiographic and Doppler examinations, with the active exclusion of other acquired or congenital heart diseases. However, the echocardiographic criteria for the diagnosis of DCM ...

Primary mesenteric liposarcomas are very rare, especially when they are of mixed histologic pattern. Patient prognosis is based upon the most aggressive histologic type of liposarcoma. A case is reported of a 77-year-old man with a history of slowly increasing abdominal volume over 3 years. The diagnosis of giant intra-abdominal mass suspect of liposarcoma was confirmed by computed tomography a...

Twenty-two cases of primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of the lung are described, and a review of the literature is presented. As in the soft tissue, this sarcoma is found primarily in older individuals, usually as a solitary peripheral mass. Chest wall invasion at diagnosis was seen in four cases. The most common histologic subtype was the storiform-pleomorphic type of MFH. Vascular ...

OBJECTIVE To determine results of cytologic examination of fine-needle aspirates and impression smears of gastrointestinal tract tumors in dogs and cats. DESIGN Retrospective case series. ANIMALS 38 dogs and 44 cats with histologically confirmed gastrointestinal tract tumors. PROCEDURES Results of cytologic examination of fine-needle aspirates (n = 67) or impression smears (31) were compa...

Inflammatory bowel diseases comprise of ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, both which have increasing incidence. Despite not having completely understood pathogenesis, genetic factors, environmental microbiota are thought to play a role in predisposed individual. Common symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, weight loss rectal bleeding. Diagnosis is made by clinical, laboratory,...