Fine-needle aspiration cytology of cysticercosis in submandibular gland.

Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) has emerged as simple, minimally invasive, low-cost, outpatient diagnostic modality for the evaluation of nodules caused by parasites. Cysticercosis is caused by larval stage of , pork tapeworm. It is endemic in Southeast Asia, Latin America and South Africa.

Cytological spectrum of salivary gland lesions and their correlation with epidemiological parameters.

Background: The role fine-needle aspiration (FNA) in the diagnosis of salivary gland lesions has evolved over the years. Although clinical and radiological parameters help to narrow the differential diagnosis the tissue diagnosis still remains the gold standard.

Materials And Methods: This study is from January 2013 to December 2015 in our Department of Pathology where 170 salivary gland lesions were aspirated.

Epstein-barr virus infection masquerading as acute leukemia: a report of two cases and review of literature.

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is the first herpes virus to be completely sequenced. It is implicated in diseases from the benign infectious mononucleosis to malignant nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Burkitt's lymphoma and primary CNS lymphoma in AIDS patients. It has also been found to be associated with some miscellaneous diseases like chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis etc.

Orbital sarcoma in HIV positive patient: a diagnostic dilemma.

Diagnosis of a high-grade sarcoma on fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) may not pose any difficulty; however, further sub-typing is sometimes difficult. The clinical data, investigations, and finer points on cytomorphology may help for proper categorization of the tumor, however, we encountered a case of orbital sarcoma in an Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive patient, in which further sub-typing was difficult even on histopathology and immunohistochemistry was helpful. The diagnostic difficulties on FNA cytology smears as well as histopathology are highlighted.

Intraoperative evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes in breast carcinoma by imprint cytology, frozen section and rapid immunohistochemistry.

Sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) isolated in 40 patients of breast carcinoma (stage T(1)/T(2)) were evaluated intraoperatively by imprint cytology and frozen section. Rapid immunohistochemistry (IHC) was done in cases where both imprint smears and frozen sections were negative for any metastatic tumor deposits. The results of these different techniques were compared with postoperative paraffin sections taken as "Gold Standard.