chapter 3 Urine and Bladder Washings Andrew A. Renshaw Specimen Collection Voided Urine Catheterized Urine Bladder Washings Upper Tract Washings and Brushings Ileal Conduit Samples Processing Reporting Terminology and Adequacy…
chapter 5 Peritoneal Washings Edmund S. Cibas Specimen Collection, Preparation, and Reporting Terminology Accuracy The Normal Peritoneal Washing Benign Conditions Endosalpingiosis and Similar Benign Proliferations Endometriosis Malignant Tumors Ovarian Cancer…
chapter 8 Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy Technique and Specimen Handling Amy Ly Introduction Materials and Supplies Procedure for Performing a Fine-Needle Aspiration of a Palpable Mass Determining If a Fine-Needle Aspiration…
Fig. 14.1 Whipple specimen. Voluminous acinar cell carcinoma with multi-nodular aspect involving extensively the head of the pancreas and dislocating the common bile duct. Foci of necrosis are present (asterisk)…
Fig. 17.1 Autoimmune pancreatitis Whole-mount section of the head of the pancreas: ill-defined, firm mass extending into the peri-pancreatic tissues and narrowing the secondary ducts Fig. 17.2 Distinctive microscopic findings…
Fig. 5.1 Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN), intestinal type papillae, with moderate dysplasia (a) and MUC2-positivity (b) Fig. 5.2 IPMN, pancreatobiliary type papillae, with severe dysplasia (a) and MUC1-positivity (b)…
Fig. 15.1 Metastatic breast cancer. Histologically, the neoplastic cells involve the duodenal wall (a) and pancreatic lobules, replacing normal acinar tissue (b) With regard to the location, 25% of the…
, Marco Dal Molin, Federica Pedica, Paola Capelli, Mirko D’Onofrio and Giovanni Butturini (1) Surgery Unit, Casa di cura, “Dr. P. Pederzoli”, Peschiera del Garda, (VR), Italy Abstract Histologic variants of ductal adenocarcinoma are neoplasms…
