Pathologic quiz case: a 54-year-old man with multiple pulmonary nodulesKeith E Volmar
Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 127:e319-20. 2003
- Fine needle aspiration of pancreatic cysts: Use of ancillary studies and difficulty in identifying surgical candidates
Keith E Volmar
Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Acta Cytol 50:647-55. 2006
..To evaluate ancillary biochemical testing after pancreatic cyst fine needle aspiration (FNA) in the clinical setting...
- Pancreatic and bile duct brushing cytology in 1000 cases: review of findings and comparison of preparation methods
Keith E Volmar
Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Cancer 108:231-8. 2006
..The emergence of neoadjuvant therapies underscores the importance of accurate preoperative diagnosis by noninvasive means. Liquid-based preparation methods, such as ThinPrep, have become popular for nongynecologic cytology specimens...
- Clear cell hidradenoma: a mimic of metastatic clear cell tumors
Keith E Volmar
Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27599, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 129:e113-6. 2005
..We report the rare case of a patient with renal cell carcinoma who underwent excision of an axillary clear cell hidradenoma, which was clinically suggestive of cutaneous metastatic disease...
- Fine-needle aspiration cytology of endometrioid adenofibroma of the ovary
Keith E Volmar
Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 31:38-42. 2004
..To our knowledge, the cytologic features of ovarian endometrioid adenofibroma have not been previously described...
- Giant cell tumor of rib masquerading as thymoma: a diagnostic pitfall in needle core biopsy of the mediastinum
Keith E Volmar
Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 128:452-5. 2004
..Consequently, definitive therapy was delayed. The case illustrates an important diagnostic pitfall in the biopsy of mediastinal masses...
- Hepatic adenomatosis in glycogen storage disease type Ia: report of a case with unusual histology
Keith E Volmar
Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 127:e402-5. 2003
..Other prominent findings included steatohepatitis and nonspecific granulomatous inflammation--2 findings that are commonly seen in sporadic adenomas but not, to our knowledge, previously reported in glycogen storage disease type Ia...
- Metastases in the pancreas from nonhematologic neoplasms: report of 20 cases evaluated by fine-needle aspiration
Keith E Volmar
Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 31:216-20. 2004
..8 cm) was the largest. In seven cases, the clinical and radiographic impression was of a pancreatic primary. We conclude that metastases to the pancreas are rarely diagnosed by FNA and may clinically mimic a pancreatic primary...
- Pancreatic FNA in 1000 cases: a comparison of imaging modalities
Keith E Volmar
Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7525, USA
Gastrointest Endosc 61:854-61. 2005
..Logistic regression analysis showed that for lesions <3 cm, the EUS method had higher accuracy than US or CT. No statistically significant difference was seen for larger lesions or for the number of FNA passes...
- Primary pancreatic lymphoma evaluated by fine-needle aspiration: findings in 14 cases
Keith E Volmar
Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 121:898-903. 2004
..9 passes; range, 1-8 passes). We conclude that primary pancreatic lymphomas rarely are diagnosed by FNA, tend to be high grade, and clinically and radiographically might mimic primary carcinoma...
Use of the ThinPrep method in bile duct brushings: analysis of morphologic parameters associated with malignancy and determination of interobserver reliabilityMichael S Waugh
Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 36:651-6. 2008
..The relatively high proportion of benign cases thought to be diagnostic of malignancy by at least one reviewer argues for a consensus approach to this diagnosis...
- Molecular diagnostic testing as an adjunct to morphologic evaluation of pancreatic ductal system brushings: potential augmentation for diagnostic sensitivity
Carlynn Willmore Payne
Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 35:218-24. 2007
..Only 8% of specimens from adenocarcinomas had p53 mutations and only 33% of cases had K-ras mutations. Mutational analysis did not appear to improve the cytologic detection of adenocarcinoma by bile duct brushings...
- Florid von Brunn nests mimicking urothelial carcinoma: a morphologic and immunohistochemical comparison to the nested variant of urothelial carcinoma
Keith E Volmar
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 27:1243-52. 2003
..The findings underscore the importance of morphologic assessment in the distinction of florid von Brunn nests and nested variant of urothelial carcinoma...
- Cytomorphology of yolk sac tumor of the liver in fine-needle aspiration: a pediatric case
Kemery L Gilbert
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Diagn Cytopathol 34:421-3. 2006
..The subsequent liver biopsy was consistent with the FNA diagnosis. Our findings may further help to characterize the cytomorphologic features of this rare lesion...
