Segmental lymph-node infarction after fine-needle aspiration.

The efficacy of lymph node fine needle aspiration

*Corresponding Author Abstract Introduction: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of lymph nodes is a safe, easy, cheap and quick diagnostic tool, which involves the examination of a random sample of cells from a lymph node. Aim: To assess the distribution of diagnostic categories and the efficacy of lymph node fine needle aspiration cytology at our institution. These were compared to the lit...

Fine needle aspiration cytology of lymph node in leprosy.

The Disappearance of Lymph Node Metastasis from Neuroendocrine Carcinoma after Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Fine Needle Aspiration

A 75-year-old Japanese man was referred to our hospital to undergo the examination of an enlarged peripancreatic lymph node. Computed tomography (CT) showed a lymph node 47 mm in size that was located above the pancreas head and beneath the liver. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) of the enlarged lymph node was performed, and an immunohistological examination of the ...

Delayed peritonitis after endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of a metastatic celiac lymph node.

phagia, lower retrosternal pain following food ingestion, and significant weight loss. Clinical examination found epigastric pain during palpation, while laboratory workup revealed only an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Upper endoscopy visualized an intraluminal mass in the lower esophagus (●" Fig. 1), which was shown by biopsy to be a poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma (●"...

Fine needle aspiration biopsy of lymph nodes.

Colleen Anne Wright, Nat Dip Med Tech (Microbiology), MB BCh, FCPath (Anat Path), FRCPath (Histopathology), MMed (Anat Path), FIAC, PhD Consultant Pathologist, National Health Laboratory Services, Ibhayi, Coastal Region Colleen Wright was previously Professor and Head of Anatomical Pathology at Stellenbosch University and prior to that the Head of the Cytopathology Unit at University of the Wit...