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Unusual benign cells in CSF?
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-choroid plexus/ependymal cells (acinar formation may mimic met adenoca)
-leptomeningeal cells (sheets. like mesos) -cartilage from disc (either individual chondrocytes or sheets of fibrocartilage) -neurons (rare. large nucleolus, nissl substance) |
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Most common primary brain tumor to shed cells to CSF?
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GBM
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Small round cell tumor in CSF in kids?
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-Medulloblastoma (25% of primary brain tumors in kids!)
-Retinoblastoma (identical to medullo on cytology) -ALL -met Ewings -met rhabdomyosarc -met small cell ca (in adults) |
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Top 3 tumors to met to brain?
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Lung
Breast Melanoma |
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adenovirus in bronchial cells?
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smudged nuclear chromatin
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decoy cell in urine?
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BK (polyoma) virus. smudged nucleus with central clearing and thick nuclear rim/membrane
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Measles gives what special type of cell?
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Warthin-Finkeldey multinucleated giant cells (may have tiny eosinophilic inclusions, scant cytoplasm, bunch of grapes appearance)
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Respiratory syncytial virus?
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giant cell with basophilic cytoplasmic inclusion surrounded by halo (may mimic CMV)
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Actinomyces on pap?
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cotton balls (fuzzy)
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Leptothrix on pap? associated with ___?
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long thin bacteria. assoc with Trichomonas.
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Nocardia?
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-delicately branched filamentous gram + bacteria.
-beaded/PEARLS ON STRING! -partially acid fast. |
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Old name for lactobacilli?
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Doderlein bacilli
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Chlamydia on pap?
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cells with distinctly outlined vacuoles and cyanophilic granular inclusions
(very hard to dx on pap. may have "pseudo-Chlamydia" |
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Alternaria?
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"snowshoe" appearance, demateaceous/pigmented.
(may be contaminant or pathogen) |
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Aspergillus (especially niger) may be assoc with which crystals?
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calcium oxalate
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Adequacy for SurePath pap test:
cells per 40x hpf? cells total? |
Adequacy for SurePath pap test:
~11 cells per 40x hpf minimum of 5000 squamous cells |
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Adequacy for conventional pap?
cells total? |
Adequacy for conventional pap:
minimum 8,000-12,000 squamous cells |
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Transformation zone adequacy:
How many cells? Which 2 types of cells? |
Transformation zone adequacy:
minimum of 10 well-preserved endocervical or metaplastic cells |
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Clusters of naked nuclei on pap resembling endometrials. Due to which drug?
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Tamoxifen
http://nih.techriver.net/view.php?patientId=90 |
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Cytolysis of squamous cells on pap (naked nuclei) can be caused by what organism?
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Lactobacilli
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Single cells with reniform/bean shaped nuclei on pap?
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Single cells with reniform/bean shaped nuclei on pap?
1. single endometrials 2. histiocytes 3. superficial endometrial stromal cells http://nih.techriver.net/view.php?patientId=84 http://nih.techriver.net/view.php?patientId=35 |
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Large fragments of bland spindle cells with or without embedded glands on pap?
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LUS sampling (aggressive brush). NILM...Do NOT report as endometrials because they are not shedding on their own.
http://nih.techriver.net/view.php?patientId=21 |