Prostatic stromal sarcomas (PSS) are rare solid organ mesenchymal sarcomas. PSS may pose difficult diagnostic challenges on fine needle aspiration biopsy. We report a 48-year-old man diagnosed with metastatic high grade prostatic stromal sarcoma by a CT-scan guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy of a right lower lung lobe nodule. We reviewed the literature on the epidemiologic, cyto-histol...

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...

This study aims to present the origins and the historical evolution of fine-needle aspiration biopsy and to also underline its importance in the history of modern cytology. The article focuses on the advances made in the 20th century that have led to the modern techniques associated with the procedure. The authors conducted a thorough review of early reports on needle biopsy, particularly those...

Background Context. Computed tomography- (CT-) guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the vertebral body is an important tool in the diagnostic evaluation of vertebral osteomyelitis. The procedure is considered simple to perform and it is considered a safe procedure with few complications. Purpose. The purpose of this study was to describe an unusual complication due to a CT-guided fine-needle...

CASE REPORT. A 78-year-old woman presented with a five week history of a lump in her left breast and a four week history of a blocked right nostril. On examination, she had a hard, immobile mass in the breast and there was also obvious enlargement of her right nasal area, extending towards the eye and maxillary sinus. It was assumed that she had a carcinoma of her breast with a secondary metast...

UNLABELLED Thyroid nodules are a common pathology of the thyroid gland. Thyroid fine-needle biopsy (FNB) is a technique used as the first step in the assessment of thyroid nodules. Some au- thors have demonstrated the superiority of nonaspiration compared with aspiration biopsy. AIM The objective was to assess whether there are significant differences between the two thyroid biopsy techniques...

Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) was performed in 46 patients with an orbital mass. Positive cytological identification was made in 43 biopsy specimens. In 26 cases with histopathological control the accuracy was 81%. In experienced hands FNAB is safe and appears to be a valuable tool in establishing a diagnosis of malignancy in orbital tumours.

Prostatic massage specimens are not consistent in producing adequate material. Also, the possibility of contamination from other parts of the urinary tract cannot be discounted. It is of no value in latent or occult carcinoma (6, 13, 22), though some authors have been highly successful in the diagnosis of prostatic carcinoma by this method (16). Popular concensus of opinion agrees that 85-950/o...

Implantation of cancer cells from needle biopsy has been reported in a wide range of malignancies. Fine needle aspiration biopsy has become an accepted method for assessment of thyroid nodules. Local reappearance of thyroid cancer from needle track dissemination is a rare complication of thyroid aspiration. A 45-year-old female developed local recurrence of papillary thyroid carcinoma four year...