Computed tomography-guided fine needle aspiration of peripheral lung opacities. An initial diagnostic procedure?

Objective: To evaluate the results of computed tomography (CT)-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology following negative fiberoptic bronchoscopy and sputum cytology.

Study Design: Retrospective study of 64 patients who underwent CT-guided needle aspiration of lung opacities over one year. Following a review of the CT studies, patients were selected according to image characteristics of a primary neoplasm and pleural effusion in cases with pleural lesions.

Male breast myofibroblastoma and MR findings.

Myofibroblastoma of the breast is a rare benign tumor seen predominantly in men in the sixth to seventh decades of life. We present a case of breast myofibroblastoma in a man and describe the mammographic, sonographic, and MR findings.

Human papilloma virus in verrucus carcinoma of the vulva: an immunopathological study of three cases.

The pathological features of three cases of verrucus carcinoma of the vulva, examined in our laboratory during the last decade are presented. Verrucus carcinoma of the vulva is of special interest because of its rarity (6.5% of our cases of malignant lesions of the vulva), its special morphology and the problems in differential diagnosis that are encountered.

Human papillomavirus identification and typing of both sexual partners.

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of diagnostic methods for human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.

Study Design: The diagnostic methods were morphologic and immunohistochemical techniques and in situ hybridization. The first ones consisted of (1) a cytologic smear on the females, (2) cytologic examination of a urethral brushing on the males, (3) colposcopy on the females, and (4) histologic examination of the uterine cervix.