Introduction: The 2014 Bethesda System categorizes squamous lesions as low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL) and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL). It also includes intermediate morphologic terminology, such as atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) and atypical squamous cells, cannot rule out a high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (ASC-H). Consensus is lacking if when ASC-H is present in an unequivocal LSIL (LSIL + ASC-H) versus ASC-H alone predicts a neoplasm with a different biologic behavior and which is its association with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCOVID-19 has extraordinarily impacted every facet of the health care facilities' operations. Various strategies and policies were implemented promptly to preserve resources, not only to provide medical care to the expected massive numbers of COVID-19 patients, but also to mitigate the contagion spread at the workplace to ensure safety of healthcare workers. All routine, non-essential medical services and procedures were ramped down and workers deemed non-essential were directed to work remotely from home to reduce the number of people at hospital premises and preserve much needed personal protective equipment that were in short supply at the outset of the pandemic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The objective of this study was to conduct a retrospective analysis of results of cytology and Roche cobas (RC) and Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2) human papillomavirus (HPV) screening tests in cases of biopsy-proven invasive cervical carcinoma.
Materials And Methods: The clinical data were obtained at a university hospital in New York, NY, between 2004 and 2017. Results of cytology, reported per Bethesda classification system, and HPV screening in 177 identified cases with cytology and biopsy-proven diagnosis of cervical carcinoma were included in the analysis.
Adamantinoma-like Ewing Sarcoma (ALES) is a rare subtype of Ewing sarcoma family of tumors (EFTs) which are defined by their EWSR1 gene rearrangements. We present a case of a 15-year old female with a swelling in her anterior neck of 4 months duration which had recently begun to rapidly grow in size. Fine needle aspiration showed a small blue round cell tumor with immunoreactivity for cytokeratin, CD99 and FLI1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Risk stratification is a critical element for the successful implementation of cytopathology reporting systems. To the authors' knowledge, there are limited prior studies regarding risk stratification for The Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology System for Reporting Pancreaticobiliary Cytology (PSCPC). In the current study, the authors reported on a single-institution experience on 3-year prospective PSCPC regarding risk of malignancy (ROM) and the overall risk of malignancy (OROM).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The second edition of The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology has incorporated the recent change in nomenclature, noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTP), with an anticipated change in the risk of malignancy (ROM). We examined our institutional experience in the incidence of NIFTP and the change in the ROM in The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology.
Materials And Methods: A computerized search was performed from January 2013 to August 2017 for all thyroid fine needle aspirations (FNAs), the corresponding surgical resection specimens, and clinical follow-up data.
Renal cell carcinoma metastases to pancreas, thyroid, and contralateral adrenal gland are decidedly uncommon. Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC) is the most frequent subtype. Cytology diagnosis may be challenging.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMeningiomas are well-recognized neoplasms of the central nervous system. Primary extracranial meningiomas (ECMs) are extremely rare and arise in various anatomic sites. We present a 56-year-old female with 13-year history of primary grade I meningothelial meningioma of right pubic symphysis, orthotopic heart transplant, and right total hip arthroplasty, who presented with progressive right hip pain for 3 weeks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActa Gastroenterol Latinoam
June 2015
The present tests were undertaken in order to analyze in male Wistar rats the changes in the exocrine and endocrine pancreas and on the interactions that normally evolve in the insulo-pancreon-axis. To evaluate this by a single i.p.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClear cell carcinoma of the thymus is a rare tumor. Few cases of clear-cell carcinoma of thymus have been documented (Truong et al., 1990 and Wolfe III et al.
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February 1990
A 40-year-old man with prolonged constitutional symptoms and clinical evidence of pancreatitis and biliary tract obstruction underwent exploratory laparotomy. Intraoperative liver and pancreatic biopsies revealed acid-fast bacilli. Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsequently grew from both sputum and urine cultures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 33-yr-old white woman treated for alcoholic hepatitis developed acute pancreatitis during her hospital stay. At autopsy, two major pathological processes were found: alcoholic cirrhosis and chronic pancreatitis. In both, there was evidence of an acute episode, i.
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