Methods An ongoing prospective study conducted from June 2012October 2013 in 90 HIV seropositive patients presenting with various complaints. CSF and lymphnode aspirates were subjected to preliminary microscopic examination, c (Giemsa staining, mucicarmine staining, negative staining and Gram’s staining). Latex agglutination test was done for CSF samples. Sampls inoculated on SDA at 37C and 25C...

To evaluate the use of a panel of markers to differentiate adenocarcinoma and the reactive/inflammatory process in fluid cytology, we stained 29 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded cell blocks of effusion fluid from patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma and 24 cell blocks from patients with benign effusion with mucicarmine and antibodies to carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), B72.3, and calretinin....

The cytological dilemma of distinguishing malignant cells from proliferating mesothelium has generated volumes of research but no clear consensus regarding an optimal staining panel. nm23 has been frequently described in malignant cells as a metastasis suppressor, but its mechanism of action and the relationship between nm23 expression, metastases, and prognosis is controversial. This is the fi...

Methods: The resection specimens and biopsies from tumours of colon (n=16), ovaries (n=13) and lung (n=5) were included and stained with H&E to determin the histological diagnosis for selecting tissues with mucin production. Slides were stained with PAS, Alcian blue, High iron diamine-Alcian blue, Meyer’s mucicarmine and Alcian blue-PAS to demonstrate the mucin production and to identify types ...

© 2017 Indian Dermatology Online Journal | Published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow A 70‐year‐old man presented with an itchy eczematous well‐defined plaque of size 10 × 7 cm involving the pubic region, penis, and scrotum. It was eroded at places and covered with grayish‐white scales and crusts [Figure 1]. The lesion had persisted almost unchanged for 15 years despite treatment. Skin biopsy stained ...

The metastasis of a visceral malignancy to the umbilicus is known as "Sister Mary Joseph's nodule". It is a rare clinical sign indicating advanced, metastasizing intraabdominal cancer. We report a 50-year-old man who developed metastatic skin cancer in the form of semicircular indurated plaque on top of which was a firm mobile rounded nodule at the umbilical area. Histopathological examination ...

BACKGROUND Adenoid basal carcinoma (ABC) of uterine cervix is an extraordinary example of carcinoma with both basal and glandular cell types. Here we present such a case of ABC combined with invasive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of 55-year-old woman. METHODS The tumor was stained with Hematoxylin-Eosin (HE), Mucicarmine, PAS/Alcian Blue, CK AE1/AE3, CK7, CD117 and Ki67. RESULTS The whitish...

OBJECTIVE Thoracentesis is the first investigation to be performed in a patient with lung cancer and pleural effusion. The diagnostic yield of conventional smear studies varies in the first thoracentesis. In this study, we aimed to investigate if the cell block method increases the diagnostic yield in exudative pleural effusions accompanying lung cancer. MATERIAL AND METHOD Forty patients wit...

hyalinizying clear cell carcinoma is a rare tumor which affects women more than men and is more common in minor salivary glands. the purpose of this paper was to describe a case of hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma of buccal vestibule in a 55-year-old woman. it is important to differentiate this neoplasm from other tumors with clear cell features because of their differences in treatment and cli...