An 81-year-old female consulted us because of an ulcerated tumor in her left breast of several years’ duration. Partial biopsy showed that the tumor consisted of anaplastic squamous cells, indicating squamous cell carcinoma from unknown origin. CT images demonstrated tumors in the left breast, liver and bile duct. However, further investigation was not possible due to the patient’s refusal. To ...

High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) smear is one of the categories of squamous cell abnormality in the 2001 Bethesda System. HSIL denotes cases who have abnormal squamous cells with an increased nuclear/ cytoplasmic ratio, marked atypical nucleus, and irregular nuclear border (Wright et al., 2011). At the present, HSIL is acknowledged as a high-grade cervical smear abnormality. Ac...

 SUMMARY X. Pis a rare autosomal recessive genodermatosis characteriseJ by photophohia, severe solar sensitivity, cutaneous pigmentary changes, xerosis and early Jevdopment of mucocutaneous and ocular cancer particularly in sun exposeJ skin. Tumors whichinclude solar keratosis, cutaneous horn, keratoachanthoma, squamous and basal cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma and angioma may developeJ in...

IS IT REALLY NECESSARY TO PERFORM COLPOSCOPY IN PATIENTS WITH ASCUS AND HR HPV POSITIVITY? INTRODUCTION: Papanicolaou (Pap) smear is a very important screening method for detection of cervİcal cancer or cell changes that can lead to it. Atypical squamous cells undetermined significance (ASCUS) the most common abnormality seen among all cervical cytologies with percentage 4-5% . Human papillomav...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the accuracy of vaginal cytology in postoperative surveillance for detecting recurrent endometrial cancer and to estimate the optimal management of squamous abnormalities detected in this setting. METHODS This review included women who underwent hysterectomy for endometrial cancer between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2010, and had at least one postoperative Pap test...

LEEP conization has become the treatment of choice in patients presenting with high grade intraepithelial lesions (HSILs), especially in cases with negative surgical margins. However, surveillance after such treatment is necessary due to the potential for recurrence. To evaluate the recurrent rate in patients with negative surgical margins after HSIL treatment with LEEP, the medical records of ...

OBJECTIVE. To investigate the prevalence of pre-cancerous uterine cervix lesions as detected in Papanicolaou (Pap) smears from female sex workers in Hong Kong. DESIGN. Retrospective analysis of laboratory records. SETTING. Private anatomical pathology laboratory, Hong Kong. PATIENTS. Female sex workers undergoing Pap smear examinations at two non-governmental organisations between 2006 and 2012...