Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology
This commentary serves to impress the astonishing and selfless contributions that Andromache (Mary) Papanicolaou made toward the scientific development of the Papanicolaou (Pap) test; for she alone was, and remains, the hidden soul of gynecological cytopathology. The odyssey assumes even greater significance as 2014 marks 100 years since the beginn...
Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology
Recently published guidelines now specifically recommend cytology and HPV cotesting as follow-up after high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN 2/3) excision. A total of 988 patients with CIN 2/3 treated by excision between July 2005 and December 2009 were identified with available "test of cure" follow-up results over an average of 36 mo...
Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology
Performing immediate assessment (IA) has become the standard of care for endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EBUS-FNA) specimens. Despite the benefits of aiding interventional pulmonologists to achieve higher adequacy rates and fewer unnecessary passes, the time required by attending cytopathologists to be present for on-site as...
Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology
Cytologic screening for urothelial carcinoma is fraught with low sensitivity, a high indeterminate rate, and until recently, poor standardization of terminology. The Johns Hopkins Hospital John K. Frost Cytopathology Laboratory has recently developed and published a template for reporting urine cytopathology; herein, we evaluate its interobserver r...
Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology
Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology
Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) has emerged as a superior method for the diagnosis of pancreatic tumors. Very few large studies have been published. We retrospectively examined 1000 cases to determine the sensitivity and specificity of EUS-guided FNA for solid and cystic lesions. EUS-guided FNA was performed in 1000 ...
Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology
The Progressive Evaluation of Competency (PEC) program was developed to help cytopathology fellowship directors evaluate the progress of fellows before program completion. There are no data on how PEC examination results compare with American Board of Pathology (ABP) certification status. PEC final examination results from the 2011/2012 academic ye...
Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology
We review endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspirate samples and investigate cases with discrepancies between rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) and final diagnosis in patients with bronchogenic carcinoma. Endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspirates from 2009 to 2010 were studied. On-site adequacy assessments were compared with fin...
Published in Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology
Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy is a commonly used method for the evaluation of pancreatic lesions. EUS-guided FNA of the intra-abdominal lymph nodes (LNs) can provide critical diagnostic information that is important for clinical management and tumor staging. This study examines the predictive value of i...
