Cytomictic Anomalous Male Meiosis and 2n Pollen Grain Formation in Mertensia echioides Benth. (Boraginaceae) from Kashmir Himalaya by Reyaz Ahmad Malik, Raghbir Chand Gupta, Santosh Kumari, Akhtar Hussain Malik

“…(Boraginaceae) collected from Kashmir Himalaya, India, is cytologically analyzed for the first time revealing 2n=2x=24 (diploid). …”
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Bone Marrow-Liver-Spleen Type of Large B-Cell Lymphoma Associated with Hemophagocytic Syndrome: A Rare Aggressive Extranodal Lymphoma by Kirill A. Lyapichev, Jennifer R. Chapman, Oleksii Iakymenko, Offiong F. Ikpatt, Uygar Teomete, Sandra Patricia Sanchez, Francisco Vega

“…The bone marrow core biopsy showed cytologically atypical large lymphoma cells present in a scattered interstitial distribution and hemophagocytosis and infrequent large lymphoma cells were seen in the bone marrow aspirate smears. …”
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A Rare Presentation of Autonomously Functioning Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Malignancy in Marine-Lenhart Syndrome Nodule by Mehmet Uludag, Nurcihan Aygun, Alper Ozel, Feyza Yener Ozturk, Rabia Karasu, Banu Yilmaz Ozguven, Bulent Citgez, Mehmet Mihmanli, Adnan Isgor

“…Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of the nodule and lymph node revealed cytological findings consistent with papillary cancer. …”
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The Role of Vacuum-Assisted Wound Closure Therapy after the Surgical Treatment of the Pilonodal Sinus by M. F. Cherkasov, K. M. Galashokyan, Yu. M. Startsev, D. M. Cherkasov, A. A. Pomazkov, S. G. Melikova, V. Yu. Katsiyaev, A. A. Matvienko

“…Following one month of treatment, complete wound healing was observed in 24 (82.8 %) patients in the main group, with no patients in the control group showing signs of complete healing (p < 0.0001). Cytologically, starting from the 8th day of VAC-therapy, a decrease in inflammation was observed in 24 (82.8 %) patients in the main group, with the wound regenerative processes being recorded on the 16th day in 17 (58.6 %) patients (p < 0.05). …”
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B-Flow Twinkling Sign in Preoperative Evaluation of Cervical Lymph Nodes in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma by Giuseppina Napolitano, Antonio Romeo, Andrea Bianco, Maurizio Gasperi, Pio Zeppa, Luca Brunese

“…Our findings suggest that BFI can be helpful in the selection of suspicious neck LNs that should be examined at cytologic examination for accurate preoperative staging and individual therapy selection.…”
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Posterior Mediastinal Adenomatoid Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Vishwas Parekh, Thomas Winokur, Robert J. Cerfolio, Todd M. Stevens

“…Lesional cells showed vacuolated eosinophilic cytoplasm and peripherally displaced nuclei with prominent nucleoli. There was focal cytologic atypia but no mitotic figures or necrosis was identified. …”
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Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma Metastatic to the Kidney: Report of a Case with Cytohistologic Correlation by Vikas Nath, Mithra Baliga, Jack Lewin, Frederico Souza, Israh Akhtar

“…The differential diagnoses of renal metastasis of FTC include the encapsulated follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), which possesses some of the nuclear features seen in conventional PTC but may occasionally be indistinguishable from FTC in cytologic preparations, and renal lesions such as benign thyroidization of the kidney and thyroid-like follicular carcinoma of the kidney, which mimic FTC in histologic appearance but do not stain with thyroid markers.…”
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Highlights of Thirty-Year Experience of CO2 Laser Use at the Florence (Italy) Department of Dermatology by Piero Campolmi, Paolo Bonan, Giovanni Cannarozzo, Andrea Bassi, Nicola Bruscino, Meena Arunachalam, Michela Troiano, Torello Lotti, Silvia Moretti

“…Our experience has demonstrated that the use of CO2 laser involves a reduced healing time, an infrequent need for anaesthesia, reduced thermal damage, less bleeding, less inflammation, the possibility of intra-operative histologic and/or cytologic examination, and easy access to anatomically difficult areas. …”
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HPV E6/E7, hTERT, and Ki67 mRNA RT-qPCR Assay for Detecting High-Grade Cervical Lesion with Microscope Slides by Geehyuk Kim, Jemberu Taye, Kwangmin Yu, Sunyoung Park, Jungho Kim, Sunghyun Kim, Dongsup Lee, Hye-young Wang, Kwang Hwa Park, Hyeyoung Lee

“…Since human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is known to be the predominant cause of cervical cancer, molecular HPV screening is currently used along with cytological and histological examination methods for precancer diagnosis. …”
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Developing an Effective Therapeutic HPV Vaccine to Eradicate Large Tumors by Genetically Fusing Xcl1 and Incorporating IL-9 as Molecular Adjuvants by Zhongjie Sun, Zhongyan Wu, Xuncheng Su

“…Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a prevalent infection affecting both men and women, leading to various cytological lesions. Therapeutic vaccines mount a HPV-specific CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte response, thus clearing HPV-infected cells. …”
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Mucinous Appendiceal Neoplasm Presented as Acute Appendicitis by Ioannis Kehagias, Apollon Zygomalas, Georgios Markopoulos, Thanasis Papandreou, Pantelis Kraniotis

“…The initial operation should include appendectomy and resection of the appendicular mesenteric fat along with any fluid collection for cytologic examination. During urgent appendectomy it is important to consider every mucocele as malignant in order to avoid iatrogenic perforation causing pseudomyxoma peritonei. …”
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Late Metastatic Melanoma after 25 Years: A Case Report and a Brief Literature Review by Elena Pescarini, Gabriela Spanikova, Zacharia Mbaidjol, Eleonora De Antoni, Vincenzo Vindigni, Franco Bassetto

“…Fine-needle aspiration and cytological analysis of the lesion proved to be a subcutaneous localization of malignant melanoma. …”
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GIANT CELL TUMOR OF THE RIBS: A CASE REPORT by I Putu Gede Pradnyadewa Pradana, Mouli Edward

“…There was tenderness on palpation and limited range of motion (ROM). The cytological and radiological finding suggests GCT of bone. …”
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Differential responses of Bradyrhizobium sp. SUTN9-2 to plant extracts and implications for endophytic interactions within different host plants by Teerana Greetatorn, Pakpoom Boonchuen, Pongdet Piromyou, Pongpan Songwattana, Jenjira Wongdee, Kamonluck Teamtisong, Nantakorn Boonkerd, Shusei Sato, Neung Teaumroong, Panlada Tittabutr

“…Transcriptomic and cytological analyses revealed that genes associated with CAMP resistance, nitrogen metabolism, nitrogen fixation, defense responses, and secretion systems were upregulated, while genes related to the cell cycle and certain CAMP-resistance mechanisms were downregulated, particularly in response to chili extract. …”
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Feasibility and Safety of Pleuroscopic Cryobiopsy of the Pleura: A Prospective Study by Chia-Hung Chen, Wen-Chien Cheng, Biing-Ru Wu, Chih-Yu Chen, Wei-Chun Chen, Wei-Chih Liao, Chih-Yen Tu

“…A total of 92 patients (median age 64 years) were included in the study, most of whom were men (65.2%). Cytological cell block (CCB) and CPB made definitive diagnoses in 32/92 (34.8%) and 25/92 (27.5%), respectively; flexible forceps biopsy (FFB) and cryoprobe biopsy (CB) established definitive diagnoses in 84/92 (91.3%) and 91/92 (98.9%), respectively. …”
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Clinical and histopathological manifestations of oral erythroplasia in tobacco smokers by Gladys Aída Estrada Pereira, Liliet Antonia Agüero Despaigne

“…The tissue dysplastic signs most involved were alteration of the interpapillary nails, loss of polarity of the basal cells, and hyperplasia of the basal layer cells; while the most relevant cytological dysplastics were hyperchromasia of nuclei and nucleoli, nuclear pleomorphism and increased nucleus-cytoplasm ratio, with the soft palate being the most frequent site.…”
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Vimentin-Rab7a Pathway Mediates the Migration of MSCs and Lead to Therapeutic Effects on ARDS by Kai Wang, Boxiang Du, Yan Zhang, Congyou Wu, Xiuli Wang, Xu Zhang, Liwei Wang

“…As a result, we found that MSCs from wild-type mice can significantly alleviate ARDS and reduce lung inflammation, while vimentin gene knockout reduced the therapeutic effect of MSCs in ARDS. Cytological experiments showed that vimentin gene knockout can significantly inhibit the migration of MSCs and showed that it changes the proliferation and differentiation status of MSCs. …”
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Nε-Carboxymethyl-Lysine Negatively Regulates Foam Cell Migration via the Vav1/Rac1 Pathway by Zhengyang Bao, Lili Zhang, Lihua Li, Jinchuan Yan, Qiwen Pang, Zhen Sun, Yue Geng, Lele Jing, Chen Shao, Zhongqun Wang

“…In this study, we used anterior tibiofibular vascular samples from diabetic foot amputation patients and accident amputation patients, and histological and cytological tests were performed using a diabetic ApoE-/- mouse model and primary peritoneal macrophages, respectively. …”
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Telediagnosis of Transbronchial Fine Needle Aspirations – A Feasibility Study by K. Kayser, G. Kayser, H. D. Becker, F. Herth

“…Material and Methods: A double blind study was performed on cytological slides of 54 randomly selected cases with transbronchial fine needle aspirations. …”
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Artificial intelligence-derived gut microbiome as a predictive biomarker for therapeutic response to immunotherapy in lung cancer: protocol for a multicentre, prospective, observat... by Ryo Toyozawa, Fumihiro Shoji, Takanori Yamashita, Fumihiko Kinoshita, Shinkichi Takamori, Takatoshi Fujishita, Kensaku Ito, Koji Yamazaki, Naoki Nakashima, Tatsuro Okamoto

“…The main inclusion criteria are as follows: (1) pathologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic or postoperative recurrent lung cancer including non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer; (2) age≥20 years at the time of informed consent; (3) planned treatment with immunotherapy including combination therapy and monotherapy, as the first-line immunotherapy; and (4) ability to provide faecal samples. …”
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