The cytological and ultrastructural findings of Pneumocystis carinii(PC) obtained from rats by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) are described. All developmental forms of the PC organisms were obtained in the lavage fluid. Papanicolaou stain revealed conglomeration of PC as a foamy cast. The cystic walls of PC were well identified on Gomori's methenamine silver stain. Trophozoites and intracystic bodies were stained by Giemsa and Diff-Quik techniques. Some PC organisms were seen within the alveolar macrophages. Ultrastructurally, the cysts were almost circular in shape, and were nearly devoid of surface tubular extensions. The wall of the cyst was composed of an unit membrane, an intermediate electron lucent layer and an external electron dense layer The cysts frequently contained intracystic bodies, so called sporozoites. Occasionally empty or collapsed cysts with no intracystic bodies, and precysts were found. Trophozoites were variable in size and shape with abundant tubular extensions along the single electron dense pellicle. BAL is a useful method for concentrating the various morphologic forms of PC organisms, and is a rapid diagnostic method for PC pneumonia.

The expression of sex steroid hormone receptors by neoplastic cells is an important predictor of response to hormone therapy. Thus, the selection of treatment modality is often based on the identification of receptors in tumor tissue. Various monoclonal antibodies of high specificity are now available for analyzing the estrogen receptor (ER). With these antibodies, biochemical enzyme immunoassay and immunohistochemistry using histologic sections have been used for ER analysis. We used fine needle aspirates from 15 human primary breast carinomas for the analysis of ERs. The semiquantitative receptor values obtained in cytologic specimens were correlated well with those from histologic specimens. The results of ER in fine needle aspirates were concordant with ER in histologic specimens(r=0.94). Only three cases showed a little difference in staining intensity and proportion of positive cells. Our results showed a good correlation between the receptor values determined in cytologic smears and those determined in tissue sections. It is suggested that measurement of the ER in cytologic smears may be a reliable technique which can be performed on aspiration cytologic samples.

Cancer of the cervix is the most common malignancy in women in developing countries and the second most common cancer in women throughout the world with approximately 500,000 new cases each year. Prevention of this large number of premature deaths among women is, therefore, a goal worthy of urgent and serious consideration. Due to its high diagnostic disagreement among pathologists and large quantity of specimens, it is necessary to develop an automatic screening system measuring morphologic and densitometric features of the samples. Many research works have been published but most of them used Feulgen stained specimens which are not a usual staining method used in clinics. In this thesis, an automatic cancerous nucleus detection method essential to a screening system with papanicolaou stained specimens called Pap-smear is proposed which employs image processing techniques. It uses edge information to segment objects and morphologic as well as densitometric information to distinguish cancerous nuclei from dirts or normal nuclei. It has produced useful results in our study.

Three cases of subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis diagnosed by fine needle aspiration (FNA) of enlarged lymph nodes are reported. The FNA smears contained randomly activated lymphoid cells, necrotic debris and histiocytes. The same patterns were found in subsequently examined excised lymph nodes from these cases. The differential diagnosis of this entity is discussed and the value of preparing FNA cell blocks and accompanying AFB stain with culture is emphasized. FNA may be able to provide a diagnosis in case of this benign disease, therefore avoiding a more traumatic excisional biopsy.

Aspiration biopsy cytology is a convenient, easy and non-invasive method for diagnosis of tumors. The results and cytologic features of carcinoma in various organs have been reported frequently, however, those of soft tissue sarcoma are relatively rare to find. Here we describe fine needle aspiration cytologic features of various soft tissue sarcomas and discuss cytologic differential points. The material is 6 cases of soft tissue sarcoma that were confirmed by histologic examination. They are composed of 2 cases of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans and one case of malignant fibrous histiocytoma, synovial sarcoma, alveolar soft pan sarcoma, and malignant schwannoma respectively.

저자들은 접할 기회가 흔치 않은 갑상선의 저분화암종인 일명 "도암종"의 세침흡인 세포검사 1예를 경험하고 조직학적으로 확인하였기에 문헌검색과 함께 보고하는 바이다. 흡인 도말된 세포들은 비교적 깨끗한 도말배경에 중등도 이상의 높은 세포밀도를 보였으며, 세포들은 개개로 흩어지는 양상과 판상의 군집을 이루는 양상이 어우러져 관찰되었다. 때로 세포들이 소포배열을 이루는 곳도 관찰되었다. 대부분의 종양세포들은 비교적 비슷한 크기와 모양을 나타내었으나 일부의 세포들은 현저한 다형성을 보였다. 일부의 세포에서 핵에 주름을 보였으나 소수에 불과하여 이는 어떤 갑상선병변에서나 관찰할 수 있는 비특이적 변화로 간주되었다. 세포의 겹침이 별로 없이 높은 세포밀도를 보이는 점, 세포가 개개로 흩어지는 양상과 소수 다형성이 현저한 세포의 혼재 등은 본 종양을 진단하는데 도움이 되는 소견으로 생각되며, 이러한 소견을 염두에 둠으로써 수술전 진단에 도움을 줄 수 있으리라 생각된다.

Most common metastatic tumors of the thyroid gland are squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck region, adenocarcinoma of breast and lung, malignant melanoma, and renal cell carcinoma of kidney in order of frequency. Metastasis from gastrointestinal tract to the thyroid gland rarely occurs. We experienced a case of fine needle aspiraton cytology of metastatic adenocarcinoma of both thyroid glands from the colon. Cytologic smears showed picket-fence like arrangement of nuclei of carcinoma cells and syncytial type of tissue fragments with acinar pattern on necrotic or mucoid background.

갑상선 미분화 "도암종"은 예후가 나쁘고 희귀한 종양으로 이 종양의 세침흡인 세포학적 소견에 관한 보고는 1990년 Pietribiasi에 의해 처음 기술된 이후 현재까지 8례가 있을 따름이다. 최근 저자들은 23세 여자의 좌측 경부의 갑상선 종괴로 부터 세침흡인 세포 검사를 시행하여 진단된 갑상선 도암종을 경험하여 그 세침흡인 세포학적 소견을 기술하는 바이다. 환자는 10년전부터 좌측 경부에 서서히 자라는 종괴를 호소하였으며 본 종괴에서 세침흡인 세포학적 검사를 시행하였다. 종괴의 세침흡인 도말은 세포밀도가 높았고 일정한 모양의 작고 둥근 세포들이 "도"구조 혹은 "지주" 구조를 보이며 간혹 개개로 산재되어 있는 세포 및 소포형태도 보였다. "도" 구조 및 "지주" 구조 내에는 미세한 소포형태가 관찰되었고 종양세포들의 핵은 자주 중첩되어 있었다. 갑상선 여포상 선종에서 보이는 성글게 배열된 소포구조도 드물게 관찰 되었다. 세포간의 크기나 모양은 거의 일정하였고 유사분열은 거의 관찰되지 않았다. 핵은 둥글고 뚜렷한 핵막과 미세하게 뭉친 염색질을 가지며 핵소체는 뚜렷하지 않았으며 드물게 젖빛 유리모양의 핵과 핵구가 관찰되었으나 유두상 구조는 관찰되지 않았다. 세포질의 경계는 불명확하였고 간혹 세포질내에 공포가 관찰되었다. 이상의 도암종의 세포학적 소견은 여포상 종양이나 유두상 종양들과는 구분되는 특징적인 소견이라 생각되며 세포학적 소견으로도 도암종의 진단이 가능하다고 생각된다.

We experienced a case of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology of breast which showed atypical proliferative lesion. It was very difficult to differentiate this case from malignancy, because of hypercellular smear and many clusters composed of large, atypical ductal cells. However, it showed other features favoring benignancy, such as tendency of cellular cohesiveness, only slightly increased nucleus/cytoplasm ratio and most importantly presence of myoepithelial cells. It's histologic diagnosis was intraductal hyperplasia with atypia. This case indicates that all atypical breast FNA specimen should lead to the suggestion of surgical biopsy for avoiding over- or under-diagnosis.

Medullary carcinoma (MC) of the breast is an uncommon histologic form of infiltrating ductal carcinoma and the cytologic features of MC are not well delineated. We recently experienced a case of fine needle aspiration cytology of MC of the breast. The characteristic cytopathologic features were cellular aspirate consisting of large, pleomorphic cells in background of many single to clusters of lymphocytes.

Chondroblastoma is a benign bone tumor accounting for less than 1 % of bone tumor. It infrequently involves the flat bones, among which ribs are particularly rare. On fine needle aspiration cytology, the diagnostic smear consists of chondroblasts, osteoclast-like giant cells, and chondroid matrix. The cytologic hallmark to differentiate from other giant cell-containing lesions is chondroblasts. We experienced a case of chondroblastoma in a 13-year-old female. Fine needle aspiration cytology from the 5 th rib revealed dispersed chondroblasts and osteoclast-like giant cells on hemorrhagic background. Chondroblasts had round to oval nuclei with fine, evenly distributed chromatin and distinctive grooves or indentation. Their cytoplasm was well-defined.

We describe a case of fine needle aspiration cytology of renal angiomyolipoma which was not associated with the clinical complex of tuberous sclerosis and was incidentally found. It was a solitary lesion and the clinical impression before needle aspiration was renal ceil carcinoma. The aspirated specimen showed mature fat cells, clusters of renal tubular epithelial cells and sheets of pleomorphic smooth muscle cells with fibrillary cytoplasm. The nuclei of smooth muscle celis varied in size and shape. Since the treatment of renal angiomyolipoma differs from that of renal ceil carcinoma, the preoperative cytological diagnosis is of great value.

Rhabdomyosarcomas are found mainly in young patients, but rare in adults. A correlated cytological and histologic study of one case of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma is presented. The cytologic appearance of the urine smear corresponded well with the histologic findings. Cytologically, two main cell types were distinguished ; a predominant primitive, small round cell with scant cytoplasm and a large cell with abundant cytoplasm. The cytologic feature proving rhabdomyoblastic differentiation, such as cross-striation, was absent.

A case of retroperitoneal paraganglioma is presented with fine needle aspiration cytologic features. A 57-year-old woman complained of abdominal discomfort and left flank pain for 2 years. The abdominal CT scan revealed an ovoid mass left to the abdominal aorta. Percutaneous fine needle aspiration was performed from the mass. The smear revealed cellular sheets or groups on hemorrhagic background. The tumor cells were ovoid, round to spindle shaped with mild to moderate cellular pleomorphism. The nuclei were round to ovoid and had evenly dispersed chromatin and small nucleoli. The cytoplasm was amphophilic, finely granular and poorly defined. Cells having large or spindle nuclei were quite frequently observed, however, mitosis was not present The cytologic findings suggested paraganglioma, but the frequent spindle cell pattern and the pleomorphism made it difficult to exclude other endocrine tumors and sarcomas. The clinical, histological and ultrastructural findings as well as cytologic findings contributed to confirmatory diagnosis.