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Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy reliably diagnoses parotid gland lesions preoperatively, whereas intraoperative frozen section (FS) has the additional benefit of assessing surgical margins and refining diagnoses; however, the role of FS in the setting of prior FNA diagnosis is not well established. Our aim was to determine whether FS should still be performed after a prior FNA/ CNB diagnosis. Parotid gland resections from January 2009 to January 2020 were identified; however, only patients who had both FNA and FS constituted our study population. For the purpose of statistical analysis, FNA diagnoses were classified into non-diagnostic (ND), non-neoplastic (NN), benign neoplasm (BN), indeterminate, and malignant. FS diagnoses were classified into benign, indeterminate, or malignant. Resections were dichotomized into benign and malignant and regarded as the gold standard to subsequently calculate diagnostic accuracy of FNA and FS. A total of 167 parotid gland resections were identified, but only 76 patients (45.5%) had both FNA and FS. In 35 cases deemed as benign preoperatively, three (8.6%) were reclassified as malignant on FS. Out of 18 lesions reported as malignant on FNA, four (22.2%) were interpreted as benign on FS, with three of these benign lesions confirmed on permanent slides. In addition, in patients with both FNA and FS, compared to FNA, FS was able to provide a definitive diagnosis in all five ND cases and in 61.1% (11/18) of indeterminate tumors. Intraoperative assessment provided a relative increase of 33.3% in specificity and 38.5% in positive predictive value when compared to preoperative FNA. The addition of FS to FNA was helpful to further refine the diagnoses of parotid gland lesions, which may provide better guidance for surgical intervention.
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Biopsia con Aguja Fina/métodos , Secciones por Congelación/métodos , Neoplasias de la Parótida/diagnóstico , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estudios Retrospectivos , Sensibilidad y EspecificidadRESUMEN
Genital human papillomavirus (HPV) is the etiologic agent of more than 99% of all cervical cancers worldwide, with 14 genotypes being considered oncogenic or "high risk" because of their association with severe dysplasia and cervical carcinoma. Among these 14 high-risk types, HPV-16 and -18 account for approximately 70% of cervical cancers. The aim of this study was to evaluate three FDA-approved HPV nucleic acid-based tests for the ability to predict high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasias (CIN2 or worse) in corresponding tissue biopsy specimens. Residual specimens (total n = 793, cervical n = 743, vaginal n = 50) collected in ThinPrep PreservCyt medium with a cytologic result of ≥ atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance were tested by the Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2) assay (Qiagen, Gaithersburg, MD), the cobas HPV test (Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, IN), and the APTIMA HPV assay (Hologic, San Diego, CA). Genotyping for HPV-16 and HPV-18 was simultaneously performed by the cobas HPV test. Results were compared to cervical or vaginal biopsy findings, when they were available (n = 350). Among the 350 patients with corresponding biopsy results, 81 (23.1%) showed ≥ CIN2 by histopathology. The ≥ CIN2 detection sensitivity was 91.4% by the cobas and APTIMA assays and 97.5% by HC2 assay. The specificities of the cobas, APTIMA, and HC2 assays were 31.2, 42.0, and 27.1%, respectively. When considering only positive HPV-16 and/or HPV-18 genotype results, the cobas test showed a sensitivity and a specificity of 51.9 and 86.6%, respectively. While the HC2, cobas, and APTIMA assays showed similar sensitivities for the detection of ≥ CIN2 lesions, the specificities of the three tests varied, with the greatest specificity (86.6%) observed when the HPV-16 and/or HPV-18 genotypes were detected.
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Cuello del Útero/virología , Técnicas de Diagnóstico Molecular/métodos , Papillomaviridae/clasificación , Papillomaviridae/aislamiento & purificación , Infecciones por Papillomavirus/diagnóstico , Manejo de Especímenes/métodos , Vagina/virología , Biopsia , Femenino , Genotipo , Técnicas de Genotipaje/métodos , Humanos , Papillomaviridae/genética , Infecciones por Papillomavirus/patología , Infecciones por Papillomavirus/virología , Sensibilidad y Especificidad , Neoplasias del Cuello Uterino/diagnóstico , Neoplasias del Cuello Uterino/patologíaRESUMEN
Transthoracic needle biopsy (TNB) has emerged as the semi-invasive technique of choice for the diagnosis of localized intrathoracic lesions. Using CT, fluoroscopic, or sonographic guidance, TNB is highly accurate and safe when combined with expert pathologic interpretation of the aspirated specimen. This article details the preprocedural evaluation of the patient referred for TNB and discusses the technical aspects of performing the biopsy and processing and interpreting the material obtained. The reported results and complications of TNB are reviewed and followed by a brief description of the cost effectiveness of the technique and a comparison with alternative semi-invasive diagnostic techniques including bronchoscopic and video-assisted thoracoscopic biopsy.
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Biopsia con Aguja/métodos , Pulmón/patología , Mediastino/patología , Pleura/patología , Biopsia con Aguja/efectos adversos , Biopsia con Aguja/economía , Biopsia con Aguja/instrumentación , Contraindicaciones , Costos y Análisis de Costo , Humanos , Pulmón/diagnóstico por imagen , Mediastino/diagnóstico por imagen , Agujas , Pleura/diagnóstico por imagen , Radiografía Intervencional/métodos , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X , Ultrasonografía Intervencional/métodosRESUMEN
A case report of an elderly male with multiple medical problems and hemorrhagic, ischemic proctitis is presented. The proctitis was refractory to all other medical options but responded to topical instillation of 4 percent formalin.
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Formaldehído/administración & dosificación , Hemorragia Gastrointestinal/tratamiento farmacológico , Isquemia/tratamiento farmacológico , Proctitis/tratamiento farmacológico , Recto/irrigación sanguínea , Anciano , Biopsia , Hemorragia Gastrointestinal/etiología , Hemorragia Gastrointestinal/patología , Humanos , Instilación de Medicamentos , Isquemia/complicaciones , Isquemia/patología , Masculino , Proctitis/complicaciones , Proctitis/patologíaRESUMEN
Desmoplastic small round cell tumour (DSRCT) is an extremely aggressive neoplasm belonging to the family of "small round blue cell tumours", which includes primitive neuroectodermal tumour (PNET), Wilms' tumour and Ewing's sarcoma. DSRCT is considered to be a neoplasm derived from a primitive cell. It is immunohistochemically reactive with epithelial, neuronal and mesenchymal cell markers, demonstrating divergent differentiation along three cell lines. Originally thought to arise from serosal surfaces, the tumour has recently been reported in the central nervous system and ovary. The tumour in this case is a neoplasm that meets the histological, immunohistochemical, cytological and cytogenetic criteria of DSRCT; it is not associated with serosal membranes, and it has supraclavicular and axillary lymph node deposits and multiple pulmonary and brain metastases. Tumour cells from our case show cytogenetic similarities with Ewing's sarcoma and PNET. Electron microscopic findings suggest similarities between DSRCT and Wilms' tumour. Cloning and sequencing of PCR products showed in-frame fusion of EWS exon 7 to WT1 exon 8.
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Neoplasias Pulmonares/secundario , Neoplasias Primarias Desconocidas/patología , Tumores Neuroectodérmicos Periféricos Primitivos , Adulto , Biomarcadores de Tumor/metabolismo , Cilios/ultraestructura , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Humanos , Inmunohistoquímica , Cariotipificación , Metástasis Linfática , Masculino , Neoplasias Primarias Desconocidas/genética , Neoplasias Primarias Desconocidas/metabolismo , Tumores Neuroectodérmicos Periféricos Primitivos/genética , Tumores Neuroectodérmicos Periféricos Primitivos/metabolismo , Tumores Neuroectodérmicos Periféricos Primitivos/patología , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa , Sarcoma de Ewing/genética , Sarcoma de Ewing/metabolismo , Sarcoma de Ewing/patologíaRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: To compare the cytologic diagnoses and specimen adequacy of the ThinPrep Pap Test with historical data within a distinct patient population to assess test performance and its impact on clinical practice. STUDY DESIGN: A total of 16,314 ThinPrep Pap tests were processed and evaluated at Fletcher Allen Health Care over a seven-month period. A subset of 8,574 tests from a selected provider group (cohort) was compared to the historical conventional cervical cytologic smear data from the cohort population for both cytologic diagnoses and specimen adequacy. The cohort consisted of 12 practice groups, including 60 physicians and providers, utilizing the ThinPrep Pap Test as their primary cervical cancer screening sampling technique. Cytologic diagnoses and specimen adequacy were classified using the Bethesda system. RESULTS: Using a three-tiered diagnostic system similar to the Cytyc clinical trials (within normal limits [WNL], atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance [ASCUS]/atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance [AGUS] and low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion and higher [LSIL]+), the ThinPrep method increased the percentage of cases that could be definitively diagnosed as WNL by 1.71%, lowered the percentage of ambiguous or borderline cases diagnosed as ASCUS/AGUS by 26.59% and increased the percentage of cases diagnostic of LSIL+ by 52.15% in the cohort population. Further subdivision by the Bethesda classification showed that the identification of infectious agents increased 25.51% and the detection of high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion/carcinoma increased 55.14%. Concurrently, cases reported as benign cellular changes (reactive/reparative) decreased 23.1%, and the percentage of cases reported as unsatisfactory/"limited by ..." was reduced 52.71%. Histologic correlation of cases reported as squamous intraepithelial lesion revealed that the percentage of patients with subsequent benign biopsies was reduced by 31.7% utilizing the ThinPrep technique. Further, the percentage of ThinPrep patients with histologically confirmed cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 1 and CIN 2/3 increased by 16.3% and 9.3%, respectively. CONCLUSION: Implementation of the ThinPrep Pap Test resulted in statistically significant improvements in both diagnostic yield and specimen adequacy, as seen by others in clinical trials. Comparison of results to historical data within a cohort population reinforced earlier data and lent further support to the claim that the ThinPrep Pap Test is "significantly more effective" than the conventional smear in clinical practice.
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Cuello del Útero/citología , Frotis Vaginal/métodos , Automatización , Biopsia , Carcinoma/diagnóstico , Carcinoma/epidemiología , Carcinoma/patología , Centrifugación por Gradiente de Densidad , Cuello del Útero/microbiología , Cuello del Útero/virología , Estudios de Cohortes , Células Epiteliales/patología , Estudios de Evaluación como Asunto , Femenino , Humanos , Incidencia , Microscopía , Invasividad Neoplásica , Sensibilidad y Especificidad , Manejo de Especímenes/instrumentación , Manejo de Especímenes/métodos , Enfermedades del Cuello del Útero/diagnóstico , Enfermedades del Cuello del Útero/epidemiología , Enfermedades del Cuello del Útero/patología , Neoplasias del Cuello Uterino/diagnóstico , Neoplasias del Cuello Uterino/epidemiología , Neoplasias del Cuello Uterino/patología , Cervicitis Uterina/diagnóstico , Cervicitis Uterina/epidemiología , Cervicitis Uterina/microbiología , Cervicitis Uterina/patología , Cervicitis Uterina/virología , Frotis Vaginal/instrumentación , Vermont , Displasia del Cuello del Útero/diagnóstico , Displasia del Cuello del Útero/epidemiología , Displasia del Cuello del Útero/patologíaRESUMEN
The parallel development of cross-sectional detection and characterization of thoracic lesions with advances in biopsy needle design and increased access to expert cytopathology has led to an expanded role for image-guided transthoracic needle biopsy (TNB) in the diagnostic evaluation of thoracic lesions. There is a growing list of indications for TNB, the most important of which is the evaluation of a solitary pulmonary nodule. A key preparatory step in planning TNB is conducting a preprocedural consultation with the pathologist, which maximizes the likelihood of a positive diagnostic outcome. Computed tomography (CT) has rapidly become the guidance modality of choice for performing TNB. While TNB is highly sensitive in the diagnosis of carcinoma, methods used to enhance the diagnostic yield for other neoplasms and benign conditions include coaxial needle placement for multiple samplings, selective use of core biopsy needles to obtain histologic specimens, and the performance of ancillary tests on the aspirated material. The complications of TNB are well recognized and include pneumothorax, hemorrhage, and systemic air embolism. Although the results of recent cost-analysis studies suggest a central role for TNB in the diagnosis of the indeterminate lung lesion, the availability and yield of alternative diagnostic and therapeutic techniques including positron-emission tomography scanning and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery will determine its true utility.
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Biopsia con Aguja/métodos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/diagnóstico , Pulmón/diagnóstico por imagen , Nódulo Pulmonar Solitario/diagnóstico , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X , Biopsia con Aguja/efectos adversos , Biopsia con Aguja/instrumentación , Contraindicaciones , Humanos , Pulmón/patología , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patología , Selección de Paciente , TóraxRESUMEN
Accuracy of diagnoses rendered using a live video telepathology network was assessed for permanent sections of surgical pathology specimens. To determine accuracy, telepathology diagnoses were compared with those obtained by directly viewing the glass slide using a standard microscope. A total of 294 cases were read via both telepathology and glass slide by attending pathologists at a tertiary care medical center. Overall accuracy was defined as exact concordance between diagnoses. Clinically insignificant differences in diagnoses were excluded to determine clinically significant accuracy. For the 285 cases with complete data, the overall accuracy for telepathology was 0.912 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.872-0.941), whereas the overall accuracy for glass slide readings was 0.968 (95% CI, 0.939-0.985). This difference is statistically significant (p = 0.009). When focusing on clinically significant discrepancies, where the difference in diagnosis might affect therapeutic decisions, the video accuracy was only slightly less than the glass slide accuracy (0.965 [95% CI, 0.934-0.982] vs. 0.982 [95% CI, 0.957-0.994], respectively), but this difference is not statistically significant (p = 0.302). Most of the cases with clinically significant differences involved lesions with inherently high interobserver variation. Certainty of diagnosis did not differ between video and glass slide readings (p = 0.911), but there was an association between certainty of diagnosis and diagnostic accuracy for video (p = 0.003 for clinically significant accuracies). Based on these findings, we recommend when using this telepathology system that only preliminary diagnoses should be given in the following situations: for diagnostic areas with known high interobserver variability; when the consultant has any degree of uncertainty about the presence or absence of the lesion in question; and when there is insufficient experience using telepathology as a diagnostic medium.
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Microscopía por Video , Salud Rural , Telepatología/normas , Enfermedad de Crohn/patología , Femenino , Humanos , Íleon/patología , Leiomiosarcoma/patología , Variaciones Dependientes del Observador , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Neoplasias Vaginales/patología , VermontRESUMEN
Fine-needle aspiration is increasingly used in community practices for the diagnosis of salivary gland lesions, and it often renders an unequivocal diagnosis. This chapter discusses in detail the technical considerations of FNA, non-neoplastic and inflammatory conditions, benign neoplasms, common malignant neoplasms, and rare malignant neoplasms.