Cervical cancer is the one of leading cause death for women worldwide. It occurs due to infection with human papilloma virus (HPV) which attacks cervix in female reproductive organs. The detecting cervical method by using pap smears and liquid based cytology (LBC) vaccinations. However, both methods are limited quickly accurately. This study aims find potential biomarkers that will be used dete...

OBJECTIVE To compare the accuracy of liquid based cytology using the computerised ThinPrep Imager with that of manually read conventional cytology. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Pathology laboratory in Sydney, Australia. PARTICIPANTS 55,164 split sample pairs (liquid based sample collected after conventional sample from one collection) from consecutive samples of women choosing both t...

BACKGROUND Exfoliative cytology is the microscopic examination of shed or desquamated cells from the epithelial surface. Centrifuged liquid-based cytology (CLBC) is a modified technique that was used in the current study. AIMS To compare the efficacy of CLBC with conventional cytology in apparently normal mucosa after staining with Papanicolaou (PAP) stain. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty cases...

OBJECTIVE To compare test performance characteristics of conventional Pap tests and liquid-based cervical cytology samples. DATA SOURCES Eligible studies, published between 1991 and 2007, were retrieved through PubMed/EmBase searching and completed by consultation of other sources. METHODS OF STUDY SELECTION Studies were selected if a conventional and a liquid-based sample were prepared fro...

Angiosarcoma with predominantly epithelioid features is a rare soft tissue neoplasm and the interpretation of its cytopathologic findings may be difficult. We report a case of metastatic angiosarcoma with predominantly epithelioid features diagnosed by liquid-based cytology. The cytopathologic findings in this case differed from those of the conventional preparation and we found a clean backgro...

OBJECTIVE To assess the feasibility of testing for chlamydia directly on a single liquid based specimen (ThinPrep test) collected for cervical screening. METHOD Cervical smears were taken using a Cervex spatula and rinsed in the liquid based cytology collection vial. Following this, the conventional sample for chlamydia testing was taken from the endocervix using an Abbott Collection kit. Cyt...

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...

BACKGROUND Subjective visual assessment of cervical cytology is flawed, and this can manifest itself by inter- and intra-observer variability resulting ultimately in the degree of discordance in the grading categorisation of samples in screening vs. representative histology. Biospectroscopy methods have been suggested as sensor-based tools that can deliver objective assessments of cytology. How...