J C Prolla ~ Cytopathology Cases of the month
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  • March 2000
  • FNA of inguinal lymph node of 45-year old male
  • April 2000
  • FNA of inguinal lymph node of 3-year old boy
  • May 2000
  • FNA of inguinal lymph node of 60-year old woman
  • June 2000
  • FNA of breast of 47-year old woman
  • July 2000
  • FNA of retroperitoneal mass, 10-year old female child
  • August 2000 case A
  • Pleural fluid, 20-year old male
  • August 2000 case B
  • Pleural fluid, 52-year old male
  • September 2000
  • Bronchoalveolar lavage, 30-year old male
  • October 2000
  • FNA of left 3rd rib osteolytic lesion, 68-year old female
  • November 2000
  • Imprint of mesenteric node, 29-year old male
  • December 2000
  • Peripheral blood smear, 60-year old female
  • January 2001
  • Pleural fluid cytology, 57-year old female
  • February 2001 A
  • Bronchoalveolar lavage, 71-year old female
  • February 2001 B
  • Bronchoalveolar lavage, 70-year old female
  • March 2001
  • FNA of inguinal mass, 76-year old female
  • April 2001
  • Lumbar spinal fluid, cytocentrifuge cytology, 03-year old boy
  • May 2001 A
  • FNA thyroid nodule, 29-year old female
  • May 2001 B
  • FNA breast mass, 50-year old female
  • June 2001
  • Endoscopic gastric brushings, 69-year old male
  • July 2001
  • Cytology voided urine, 70-year old male
  • August 2001 A
  • Cervical Pap smear (gynecologic cytopathology), 21-year old female
  • August 2001 B
  • Lumbar spinal tap, cytocentrifuge cytology, 01-year old boy
  • August 2001 B ada
  • Lumbar spinal tap, cytocentrifuge cytology, 01-year old boy
  • September 2001 A
  • Retro-orbital tumor, imprint cytology, 02-year old boy
  • September 2001 B
  • Bronchoalveolar lavage cytology, 27-year old male
  • October 2001 A
  • FNA thyroid nodule, 37-year old female
  • October 2001 B
  • FNA thyroid nodule, 27-year old female
  • November 2001 A
  • FNA salivary gland, nodule left parotid gland, 12-year old girl
  • November 2001 B
  • Tzanck's test: scrapings of perineal ulcers, 31-year old male
  • December 2001 A
  • FNA of liver with multiple nodules, 62-year old male
  • December 2001 B
  • Pericardial fluid, 66-year old male
  • January 2002 A
  • FNA left cervical mass, 04-year old girl
  • January 2002 B
  • FNA inferior lobe right lung nodule, 72-year old male
  • February 2002 A
  • FNA left supraclavicular node, 74-year old male, with left hilar mass
  • February 2002 B
  • Routine Pap smear (exo- and endo-cervix) of 32-year old female
  • March 2002 A
  • Sputum cytology, 39-year old female with wheezing
  • March 2002 B
  • FNA 4cm nodule, left lobe thyroid of 75-year old female
  • April 2002 A
  • Endometrial sampling of 62-year old female with postmenopausal bleeding
  • April 2002 B
  • Ballon esophageal cytology of asymptomatic 62-year old male from Taquara, RS Brazil
  • May 2002 A
  • Bronchoalveolar lavage, 09-year old boy with hemoptysis
  • May 2002 B
  • FNA of large left sided thoracic mass of 49-year old female
  • June 2002 A
  • CSF cytocentrifuge smears, 12-year old boy
  • June 2002 B
  • FNA cytopathology of large thoracic mass, 51-year old male
  • July 2002 A
  • Pleural effusion, 35-year old female
  • July 2002 B
  • Corneal ulcer scrapings, 34-year old female
  • July 2002 C
  • FNA (transrectal) of prostate mass, 71-year old male
  • August 2002 A
  • Esophageal endoscopic brushings cytology, 72-year old male
  • August 2002 B
  • FNA of left sided thoracic mass, 67-year old female
  • September 2002
  • FNA 7cm diameter mass in left breast, one week post partum, 34-year old female
  • October 2002
  • FNA cytopathology of mass in left tibia, 14-year old male
  • November 2002
  • Cervico-vaginal cytology: 37-year old female, two years post radiation treatment
  • Dec. 2002 A
  • Routine Cervico-vaginal cytology: 39-year old female
  • Dec. 2002 B
  • Routine Cervico-vaginal cytology: 68-year old female
  • Jan. 2003 A
  • FNA right upper lobe lung mass, 41-year old male
  • Jan. 2003 B
  • Pleural fluid, 33-year old female with acute myeloid leukemia
  • Feb. 2003 A
  • Pleural effusion and imprint of lung surgical biopsy, 49-year old female.
  • Feb. 2003 B
  • FNA of left adrenal mass, 70-year old male.
  • March 2003 A
  • Voided urine, 47-year old male with past history of bladder carcinoma.
  • March 2003 B
  • Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, 70-year old male with AIDS and hemoptysis.
  • April 2003 A
  • Ascites fluid, 68-year old male with past history of urinary bladder carcinoma.
  • April 2003 B
  • Voided urine, 61-year old female with enlarged kidneys, and a B-cell lymphoma.
  • May 2003 A
  • Pleural fluid, 19-year old female with ascites, fever and weight loss
  • May 2003 B
  • Left main bronchus mass, endoscopic brushings, 57-year old female with hemoptysis
  • May 2003 C
  • Ascites, clinical diagnosis of pancreatitis, 48-year old male.
  • June 2003 A
  • Bronchial brushings, 69-year old male with mediastinal mass, and main carina infiltration.
  • June 2003 B
  • FNA thickened left pelvic wall, 45-year old female with stage IIIB cervical cancer treated by surgery and radiotherapy, six months ago
  • June 2003 C
  • Pleural fluid, 64-year old male smoker
  • July 2003 A
  • FNA left para-aortic node, 45-year old female with uterine cervical cancer
  • July 2003 B
  • Chylothorax sediment, 45-day old male boy, post op of cardiac surgery
  • July 2003 C
  • FNA thoraco-abdominal mass, costovertebral angle, 18-year old girl
  • August 2003 A
  • Ascites fluid, 79-year old male
  • August 2003 B
  • Liquor, 02-year old boy, removal of ventriculoperitoneal shunt
  • August 2003 C
  • FNA liver mass, 52-year old HIV+ male
  • Sept 2003 A
  • Esophageal brushings, 68-year old male
  • Sept 2003 B
  • Rectal brushings, 66-year old female, large polypoid lesion
  • Sept 2003 C
  • Cervical smear, 46-year old female, abnormal looking cervix
  • Oct 2003 A
  • FNA left inguinal node, 69-year old male with Left testicle enlargement
  • Oct 2003 B
  • Aquous humor aspiration, 03-year old boy with leukocoria
  • Nov 2003 A
  • Spinal fluid, 31-year old male, follow up after chemotherapy for Burkitt's lymphoma
  • Nov 2003 B
  • CSF, 55-year old female with headache and vomiting, mastectomy for breast carcinoma 7 years ago
  • Nov 2003 C
  • Spinal fluid, 14-year old boy, staging of medulloblastoma
  • Dec 2003 A
  • FNA breast mass, 68-year old female
  • Dec 2003 B
  • FNA right and left breast nodules, 65-year old female.
  • Jan 2004
  • FNA large excavated lesion in left lung inferior lobe, 24-year old female medical student.
  • Feb 2004 A
  • FNA breast mass, 56-year old female.
  • March 2004
  • FNA pancreatic mass, 70-year old male.
  • April 2004
  • FNA Right kidney mass, 66-year old male.
  • May 2004
  • FNA right posterior costo-vertebral sulcus, 68-year old male, 6-month post left lung transplantation
  • June 2004
  • Ascites fluid, 59-year old male with ascites, abdominal pain, and weight loss.
  • July 2004
  • FNA left adrenal mass, 65-year old male with bilateral adrenal enlargement.
  • August 2004
  • Tzanck test, hundreds of lesions in stages of papules, vesicles, pustules, and crusts, skin 2 1/2-year old boy.
  • September 2004
  • Broncho-alveolar lavage, 37-year old man with AIDS.
  • October 2004
  • FNA Pancoast tumor, 71-year old female.
  • November 2004
  • FNA hepatic cyst.
  • December 2004
  • FNA left adrenal mass, 67-year old male.
  • January 2005
  • Liquor, 61-year old male, with signs of intracranial hypertension.
  • February 2005
  • FNA enucleated left eye, 42-year old male, with a choroidal tumor.
  • March 2005
  • Liquor, 45-year old male, with a cutaneous lymphoma.
  • April 2005
  • FNA cervical lymph node, 70-year old male, with suspected cutaneous lymphoma.
  • May 2005
  • Left knee aspiration synovial fluid, 74-year old male, with suspected septic knee arthritis.
  • June 2005
  • Ascites fluid cytopathology, 85-year old female, with endometrial carcinoma.
  • July 2005
  • FNA left kidney mass, 57-year old female.
  • August 2005
  • FNA large liver mass cytopathology, 66-year old female with icterus.
  • September 2005
  • FNA lung mass cytopathology, 63-year old female.
  • October 2005
  • FNA cervical node, 69-year old male, with tongue ulcerated lesion and bilateral interstitial reticular infiltrates in the lungs.
  • November 2005
  • Routine Pap smear of 44-year old female.
  • December 2005
  • Cytology of spontaneous urine of 31-year old male, kidney transplant 4 weeks previously
  • January 2006
  • Ascites, 34-year old female with a left ovarian mass
  • February 2006
  • FNA Thyroid nodule, 58-year old male with previous laryngeal tumor resection.
  • March 2006
  • Ascites fluid, 34-year old male with large gastric folds.
  • April 2006
  • Submucosal cystic lesion, ascending colon, 72-year old female, transendoscopic aspiration.
  • May 2006
  • FNA breast mass, 50-year old female.
  • June 2006
  • Routine cervico-vaginal smear, 62-year old female.
  • July 2006
  • Pleural fluid, Cytospin preparation, 22-week old fetus, intra-uterine aspiration.
  • August 2006
  • FNA salivary gland, right parotid mass, 55-year old male.
  • September 2006
  • FNA Left parotid mass, 62-year old male.
  • October 2006
  • Ascites, 57-year old female.
  • November 2006 A
  • Pleural fluid, 66-year old male, with large mediastinal mass.
  • November 2006 B
  • Nipple bloody discharge, 50-year old female.
  • December 2006 A
  • CNS fluid, 21-year old male, with history of a testicular tumor previously resected.
  • January 2007
  • Voided urine, 62-year old female, with hematuria.
  • Feb 2007 A
  • Pleural fluid, 64-year old male with a gastric tumor
  • March 2007
  • Pleural fluid, 59-year old female, with a left leg angiosarcoma resected one year previously
  • April 2007
  • Pleural fluid, 70-year old male, with mediastinal mass and pleural effusion
  • May 2007 A
  • Voided urine, 51-year old male, 6mos post kidney transplant
  • June 2007
  • CSF, Cytospin preparation, 04-year old boy with previous history of retinoblastoma
  • July 2007
  • Ascites fluid, 73-year old female, 6 months post op total hysterectomy for endometrial carcinoma
  • Aug 2007
  • FNA breast nodule, 66-year old male
  • Sept 2007
  • FNA thoracic nodule, 60-year old female, with walking difficulty (neuro-sensory polyneuropathy, probably paraneoplastic)
  • Oct 2007
  • FNA of 3,5cm in diameter left ovarian mass, 14 cm mass in right ovary not aspirated, 11-year old female.
  • Nov 2007
  • CNS fluid of 52-year old female with meningeal irritation signs.
  • Dec 2007
  • FNA of one of several paravertebral thoracic masses of 56-year old male.
  • Jan 2008
  • FNA of breast masses of 28-year old female, with AIDS and B-cell lymphoma.
  • Feb 2008
  • FNA left adrenal of 24-year old female with Cushing? syndrome
  • March 2008
  • FNA mass right thigh, 64-year old male
  • April 2008
  • Ascites, 38-year old female, with previous uterine cervix squamous cell cancer
  • May 2008
  • Voided urine, 34-year old female, with kidney transplant 6mos previously
  • June 2008
  • Pleural fluid, 66-year old male, with lung mass
  • July 2008
  • FNA left maxillary sinus mass, 40-year old male
  • August 2008
  • Ascites fluid, 29-year old male, with high grade abdominal lymphoma, and sepsis
  • September 2008
  • FNA mass left breast, 37-year old female, lactation pharmacologically stopped one month before
  • October 2008
  • Ascites fluid, and FNA of a mass in the left groin, 26-year old gravida.
  • Nov 2008
  • Endoscopic esophageal brushings, 78-year old female with past history of Barrett?s esophagus.
  • Dec 2008
  • Ascites fluid, 65-year old female with gastric tumor.
  • Jan 2009
  • FNA Portal vein thrombus, 51-year old female with hepatic tumor.
  • Feb 2009
  • Pericardial fluid, 52-year old female.
  • March 2009
  • FNA choroid right eye, 52-year old female.
  • April 2009
  • Spinal tap 25-year old female with AIDS and mental confusion.
  • May 2009
  • Pleural effusion, 66-year old female, 6-mos post-op of thyroid neoplasm.
  • June 2009
  • Left cervical node, transoperative imprint, quick Pap staining, 67-year old male.
  • July 2009
  • Cervico-vaginal cytology, 55-year old female, 4-year post radiation therapy for cervical squamous cell carcinoma.
  • September 2009
  • Voided urine, 82-year old female, with bilateral hydronephrosis.

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