BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine, in a population not submitted to mass screening, the risk of cancer and cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia (CIN) in Pap smears from women without previously reported positive smears. METHODS In a logistic regression model consisting of 58,271 smears from 40,536 Norwegian women the risk of cytologically indicated CIN was studied according to ag...

Majority of the cases fungal infections to be detected in cervicovaginal smears, are caused by Candida species. Aspergillus not just rare, but should also raise alarm regarding immune status patient. Here we report case an adult female with smears showing non-Candida elements, going on prove contamination wooden spatula fumigatus.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Sensitivity of Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) method is known to be low for liquefied sputum smears. Information on the ZN sensitivity for centrifuged deposit smears is not known. This study was carried out to determine the sensitivity of ZN method for acid fast bacilli (AFB) in centrifuged deposit smears and liquefied sputum smears made from sputum samples transported in cetyl-pyri...

INTRODUCTION Transthoracic guided fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of clinically suspected lung tumors is an increasingly common procedure in diagnosis. Cytospin Smear and Cellblock preparations of available material are helpful in subtyping and confirming the diagnosis, and they can also be used for further studies, i.e., special stain and immunohistochemistry, etc. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES...