Nitin Gangane

..Pleomorphic lobular carcinoma of the breast is associated with aggressive behavior...

..Synergistic effects of all three or even two of the risk factors - oral tobacco use, smoking and alcohol consumption- was more commonly seen in cases when compared to controls...

..To correlate acid-fast bacilli (AFB) positivity with cytomorphologic patterns of tuberculous lymphadenitis and evaluate bleach concentration method in diagnosing lymph node tuberculosis compared to Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) method...

..Chronic hypoxia due to congenital cyanotic heart disease is supposed to be the cause of development of paraganglioma in heart in these patients...

..Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) was instrumental in making the diagnosis in absence of previously known Hematlogic abnormality...

..Diagnosis of malignant eccrine tumors cannot be made with certainity on cytology alone, hence the need to document the cytological features of these entities is emphasized...

..The epithelial component was benign in this case. The second case showed presence of rosettes in between areas of typical neurofibroma...

..This article discusses the cytological findings of a case of collagenous spherulosis of breast associated with fibroadenoma, along with a brief review of literature...

..Microwave processed cell blocks prepared from residual cervico-vaginal specimens on sampling devices can add to the diagnostic accuracy of Pap smear without patients needing to undergo an additional procedure...

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..Amyloid in fine needle aspirates tends to be overlooked due to its rarity. It may appear at virtually any site and can be identified by special stains...

..There are limited case reports of this entity in the cytology literature. The authors describe the cytologic features of a histologically confirmed case of basaloid squamous cell carcinoma arising in the floor of the mouth...

..It also shows that it is imperative to maintain a high index of suspicion for rare pathologies in immunocompromised patients...

..In this study, we have described the cytomorphological features of histologically confirmed metaplastic carcinomas and also discussed the diagnostic limitations along with a brief review of the literature...

..The mainstay of treatment remains medical therapy but the underlying cause for severe immunosuppression needs to be ruled out and treated...

..The distinction between eumycetoma and actinomycetoma in fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is as accurate as in histopathology, as demonstrated in the present case...

..The aim of the present study, first one of its kind from India, was to determine if there is a greater association of EBV infection with breast cancer patients as compared to patients with benign breast diseases...

..While there are many case reports in documenting the diagnosis of CCSK by fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), this is the first case in which FNAC was instrumental in diagnosing the condition from a metastatic site...

..We conclude that FNAC should be performed as a standard procedure in the clinical evaluation of male breast masses. Many unnecessary surgical biopsies for histopathologic diagnosis can thus be avoided...

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..Histopathological examination of the lesion showed increased numbers of eccrine glands, as well as dilated vascular channels in the deep dermis and subcutaneous tissue. These findings are consistent with EAH...

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..Reticulocyte counts and hematocrit values of AS patients were found to be significantly higher than AS controls. MCV and MCH values of AS patients were found to be significantly lower, but MCHC was not significantly altered...

..Disseminated cryptococcosis, particularly with peritonitis, is an uncommon manifestation of C. neoformans infection. A high clinical suspicion and early initiation of therapy is needed to recognize and treat patients effectively...

..A large number of these inclusions were present extracellularly as well. Conjunctival impression cytology is a simple procedure which needs to be evaluated for its potential to be used for screening trachoma in endemic areas...

..Radiological appearances must be taken into account. FNAC is helpful as an outpatient diagnostic procedure when it obviates surgical intervention as most lesions tend to regress as the skeleton matures...