Bilateral axillary node calcifications: a case report and revisiting causes.

A 48-year woman was found to have bilateral axillary nodal microcalcifications on screening mammogram; a new finding compared to the prior mammogram done about 8 years ago. Combining the new finding with the amorphous and fine morphology of the microcalcifications, deemed it suspicious. In the absence of a definite benign cause, that could be attributed to this finding, biopsy was performed.

Diagnosis of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lung by bronchial brushing: a case report.

Background: A diagnosis of pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinoma on exfoliative cytology specimen is very uncommon. The diagnostic cytologic material typically is obtained following a tissue biopsy. No previous report of the diagnosis has been made on bronchial brushing cytologic material when the procedure preceded a tissue biopsy.

Is high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia on needle biopsy different in an Asian population: a clinicopathologic study performed in Singapore.

Objectives: To evaluate the incidence, pathologic findings, and follow-up of high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) in a series of prostate core biopsies from Singaporean men.

Methods: We studied isolated HGPIN diagnosed on prostate core biopsies and the incidence of cancer discovered in men who had undergone repeat biopsies from 1999 to 2003 at the Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital.

Results: Of 1219 men undergoing prostate needle biopsy, 56 (4.