Background & Objective: Chronic non healing ulcers or scar undergoing malignant transformation is a rare phenomenon with an estimated incidence of 2%. Though, numerous predisposing factors have been identified, still it is rarely diagnosed and commonly mistaken for a benign condition. The objective of this study was to verify the efficacy of the Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology/ Scrape cytolo...

background & objective: chronic non healing ulcers or scar undergoing malignant transformation is a rare phenomenon with an estimated incidence of 2%. though, numerous predisposing factors have been identified, still it is rarely diagnosed and commonly mistaken for a benign condition. the objective of this study was to verify the efficacy of the fine needle aspiration cytology/ scrape cytol...

background & objective: chronic non healing ulcers or scar undergoing malignant transformation is a rare phenomenon with an estimated incidence of 2%. though, numerous predisposing factors have been identified, still it is rarely diagnosed and commonly mistaken for a benign condition. the objective of this study was to verify the efficacy of the fine needle aspiration cytology/ scrape cytol...

Aim: To determine the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on overall practice histopathological and cytological laboratory at University Hospital Centre Rijeka, diagnosis most common cancers. Methods: The numbers reports, newly diagnosed cancers breast, lung, colon, endometrium, prostate, molecular tests for EGFR mutations HPV were extracted. Two periods, from March 1 to September 30 in 2019 2020 analy...

The purpose of this article was to identify the diagnostic significance HPV testing and cytoscopic examination in terms cervical pathology. In course study during 2020-2021. 10,716 women aged 25-65 years were examined, who did not present complaints, indicating gynecological pathology have a history erosive lesions cervix. study, sensitivity, specificity PCR test calculated detecting screening ...

BACKGROUND In women with cancer-related hysterectomy, the vaginal vault cytology has a low efficacy - when performed by conventional methods - for the early detection of vaginal recurrence. The amount of exfoliated cells collected is generally low because of atrophy, and the vaginal vault corners can be so narrow that the commonly used Ayres spatula cannot often penetrate deeply into them. This...

Aspergillus is an opportunistic fungus present in humid environments, whose natural environment is in soil, hay and compost. It is a frequent contaminant in the clinical laboratory. Because of this, the fungus is often inhaled, affecting those with an underlying pulmonary disease or immune deficiency. Fungal genitourinary tract infections are relatively common. A rare Aspergillus spp cervical i...

Peritoneal cytology is crucial in the diagnosis and staging of abdominal pelvic malignancies. Diagnostic pitfalls can be avoided by having an understanding different methods sampling, a familiarity with cytomorphology various specimen types, adequate clinical history, ability to prepare cell blocks and/or review other prior or concurrent specimens. Ovarian cancer second most frequent type gynec...