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Financial and educational impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in an academic hospital-based tertiary cytopathology practice

Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology

Background The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic shift in volumes and practice patterns for hospitals around the globe. We analyzed its effect on the cytopathology subspecialty practice and resident education at our institution. Design Specimen volumes were analyzed for the cytology practice for 2019 and 2020. Patient registration and...

Training in cytopathology in times of social distancing: a comparison of remote vs. traditional learning

Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology

Cytologic findings in effusions from patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection

Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology

Erythrocytosis and leukocytosis noted on cell block material from a pleural effusion specimen in an 81-year-old female patient with COVID-19 pneumonia.

Metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma to cervical lymph nodes: an unusual diagnosis on fine-needle aspiration biopsy.

Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology

Metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma (PAC) has mostly involved the pelvic lymph nodes; metastases to the cervical lymph nodes are exceedingly rare. A retrospective review of cytopathology files (January 1990 to March 2019) identified 13 cases of metastatic PAC to cervical lymph nodes diagnosed using fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). The clinical...

Cytopathology of myxofibrosarcoma: a study of 66 cases and literature review.

Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology

Myxofibrosarcoma is one of the more common sarcomas encountered in adults. A search was made of our cytopathology and surgical pathology databases for cases diagnosed as myxofibrosarcoma (MyxoFS). FNA biopsy smears and cell block were performed and examined using standard techniques. Sixty-six cases were retrieved from patients aged 40 to 94 years ...

Negative Roche cobas HPV testing in cases of biopsy-proven invasive cervical carcinoma, compared with Hybrid Capture 2 a...

Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology

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. The clinical data were obtained at a university hospital in New York, NY, between 2004 and 2017. Results of cytol...

Impact of laboratory work-up of lymphoma guidelines on cytopathology practices.

Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology

A multi-society expert panel recently published evidence-based guidelines and recommendations for the primary diagnosis and classification of lymphoma, which included a public comment period. The guideline concludes: "primary diagnosis and classification of lymphoma can be achieved with a variety of specimens." The guideline recommends that fine-ne...

Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma: combining cytopathology with molecular testing to achieve diagnostic accuracy.

Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology

Advances in the genetics of soft tissue neoplasia have allowed for the diagnostic recognition of specific tumor types from small biopsy specimens, including those procured using the fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy technique. Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma (EMC) is a malignant mesenchymal neoplasm characterized by NR4A3 and, less specifical...

Characterization of "suspicious for malignancy" for non-papillary carcinoma diagnoses on thyroid fine-needle aspiration....

Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology

To evaluate the incidence, risk of malignancy, and management of "suspicious for malignancy" (SFM) for non-papillary carcinoma diagnoses according to The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC). A retrospective search was performed for all thyroid fine-needle aspirations (FNAs) with an SFM diagnosis in the electronic Pathology ...

Impact of the Milan System for Reporting Salivary Gland Cytology on risk assessment when used in routine practice in a r...

Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology

Several retrospective studies across the world have validated the role of the Milan System for Reporting Salivary Gland Cytology (MSRSGC) in improving communication between pathologists and clinicians. In this study, we evaluated the applications of MSRSGC in a real-time setting for 2 years. All salivary gland lesions that underwent fine-needle asp...