Sarcomatoid variant of urothelial carcinoma: Cytological analysis of three cases.

Sarcomatoid variant of urothelial carcinoma (SV-UC) is characterized by the presence of biphasic malignant neoplastic components exhibiting morphological and/or immunohistochemical evidence of epithelial and mesenchymal differentiation. SV-UC is a rare variant of UC and the cytological features of this tumor have not been well described. In the present study, we analyzed the cytological features of a series of SV-UC cases; 6 voided urine specimens from 3 patients with SV-UC were reviewed.

Ascitic fluid due to type II herpes simplex virus infection: report of a case with immunocytochemical confirmation.

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection is usually observed in the oral cavity and external genitals, and HSV peritonitis is extremely rare. Herein, we report a case of type II HSV peritonitis successfully diagnosed by ascitic cytology. A 66-year-old Japanese man, who had been treated with steroid inhalation for 5 years due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, was suspected to have acute cholecystitis.

Efficacy of chloroquine plus primaquine treatment and pfcrt mutation in uncomplicated falciparum malaria patients in Rangamati, Bangladesh.

A combination of chloroquine (CQ) and primaquine (PQ) had been used as the first-line treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Rangamati, Bangladesh until the end of 2004. Doctors or medical staffs had felt that CQ plus PQ had become less effective against uncomplicated falciparum malaria patients, but that it was more effective against the minority-indigenous patients than the Bengali patients. The efficacy of CQ plus PQ and the mutation status of the CQ resistance transporter (pfcrt) gene of infecting P.