background: nodular hidradenoma or clear cell hidradenoma is a rare adnexal tumor arising from the eccrine glands. case report: a 60-year old female presented to the surgical out-patient clinic with complaints of breast lump of one year duration. fine needle aspirate (fna) of the lump yielded fluidly aspirate mixed with hemorrhage. on giemsa-stained smears, a possibility of benign cystic lesion...

There has always been a need to develop simple and accurate techniques to improve the predictive value of the serum ferritin concentration (sFC) in patients with systemic inflammation and malignancies. This prospective study examined the impact of adjusting sFC for acute phase reactants with the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), using the bone marrow aspirate Perl’s stain as a gold standard...

UNLABELLED The aim of this study was to compare, prospectively, traditional pervaginal cul-de-sac aspiration cytology with an ultrasonographic-guided aspirate in the detection of residual or recurrent ovarian carcinoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty-one patients with ovarian carcinoma were monitored during chemotherapy (21 patients) or follow-up (30 patients) after first-line treatment. All pati...