2023
Cytologic evaluation of upper urinary tract specimens: An institutional retrospective study using The Paris System for Reporting Urine Cytology second edition with histopathologic follow‐up
Khajir G, Sun T, Wang H, Sprenkle P, Adeniran A, Cai G, Levi A. Cytologic evaluation of upper urinary tract specimens: An institutional retrospective study using The Paris System for Reporting Urine Cytology second edition with histopathologic follow‐up. Cytopathology 2023, 35: 235-241. PMID: 37916579, DOI: 10.1111/cyt.13328.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-grade urothelial carcinomaLow-grade urothelial carcinomaUpper urinary tractUrothelial carcinomaUrinary tractCytologic evaluationCytology specimensInstitutional retrospective studyParis SystemHigh-grade malignancyAtypical urothelial cellsCytologic categoriesRetrospective studyInstitutional databaseCytological diagnosisUrinary cytopathologyHistopathologicMalignant cellsBenign casesUrothelial cellsTPS categoryCarcinomaReporting systemTractAUCUtility of parathyroid hormone immunocytochemistry in fine needle aspiration diagnosis of parathyroid tissue
Sardana R, Abi‐Raad R, Adeniran A, Cai G. Utility of parathyroid hormone immunocytochemistry in fine needle aspiration diagnosis of parathyroid tissue. Cytopathology 2023, 34: 597-602. PMID: 37534757, DOI: 10.1111/cyt.13283.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParathyroid tissueFine-needle aspirationPTH casesClinicopathological characteristicsCytomorphological featuresThyroid lesionsThinPrep slidesFine needle aspiration diagnosisNeck soft tissuePatients' clinicopathological characteristicsNeedle aspiration diagnosisNegative predictive valueClinical suspicionStudy cohortPathology databaseRetrospective studyDiagnostic challengeDifferential diagnosisInstitutional experienceNeedle aspirationCytological diagnosisFNA casesAspiration diagnosisPredictive valueAdjunct test
2022
Intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct: Cytomorphologic and molecular features
Stendahl K, Gilani SM, Basturk O, Hui P, Sigel C, Cai G. Intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct: Cytomorphologic and molecular features. Cancer Cytopathology 2022, 131: 37-49. PMID: 36041224, PMCID: PMC9812877, DOI: 10.1002/cncy.22637.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntraductal papillary neoplasmBile ductCytomorphologic featuresFine granular chromatinPapillary neoplasmVacuolated cytoplasmGranular chromatinCase of IPNBColumnar cellsComplex papillary architectureOriginal cytological diagnosisCommon bile ductCharacteristic cytomorphologic featuresHigh-grade dysplasiaMolecular featuresBackground mucinKRAS testingHepatic ductRetrospective studyAcute inflammationHistopathologic confirmationKRAS mutationsPapillary architecturePapillary clustersCytological diagnosis
2013
Performance of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in diagnosing pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Bernstein J, Ustun B, Alomari A, Bao F, Aslanian HR, Siddiqui U, Chhieng D, Cai G. Performance of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in diagnosing pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. CytoJournal 2013, 10: 10. PMID: 23858320, PMCID: PMC3709383, DOI: 10.4103/1742-6413.112648.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEndoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspirationPancreatic neuroendocrine tumorsUltrasound-guided fine-needle aspirationFine-needle aspirationNeuroendocrine tumorsNeedle aspirationCytological diagnosisMucinous cystic neoplasmSmall-sized tumorsDiagnosis of neoplasmRetrospective studyCystic neoplasmsRare tumorDefinite diagnosisDifferential diagnosisSized tumorsFNA diagnosisCytomorphologic featuresAtypical diagnosisDiagnostic pitfallsPatientsDiscrepant casesTumorsImmunocytochemical studyDiagnosis