POSTER SESSION III
Tuesday, March 20, 2012   —  9:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
CC Exhibit Hall B3 & C


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CYTOPATHOLOGY



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38 Trend of Population Coverage, Frequency and Volume of Pap Tests: An Attempt To Estimate the Extent of Unnecessary Pap Tests in the Era of HPV-Testing (356)
I Eltoum, J Roberson - University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham
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39 Value of p16/Ki67 Dual Immunostaining Evaluation of Cervical Cytology Specimen (424)
L Rodriguez-Carunchio, V Fuste, T Benavides, P Castillo, A Rodriguez, I Alonso, A Torne, M del Pino, J Ordi - Hospital Clínic - CRESIB (Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain; Hospital Clínic - Institut d´Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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40 Hybrid Capture 2 Test Results after an Initial Equivocal RLU/ CO Value Are Dependent on Age (355)
CT Elkins, CE de Vries, JA Stephens, AA Suarez - The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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41 Comparison of HR HPV Positive Rates Using the HC2 Versus the Cervista Test in Women 30 Years of Age or Older with NILM Cytology Results and Clinical Follow-Up (354)
C Duckworth, M Hoskins, KZ Hanley - Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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42 Utility of ProExC and IMP3 Immunocytochemical Staining of Atypical Glandular Cells of Undetermined Significance (AGUS) in Liquid-Based Cervical Cytology (392)
RR Lastra, JJ Ou, ME Reilly, WD Lawrence, JS Brooks, JE Barroeta - Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA; Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
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43 Implementation of BD FocalPoint GS in Clinical Practice: Impact on Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Rates and Biopsy Diagnoses (401)
TN Mettler, A Samad, S Amirouche, G Rahimaghaei, J Holler, SE Pambuccian - University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, Minneapolis, MN
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44 Histologic Follow-Up Results in Patients with Pap Test Findings of Endometrial Cells: Results from a Large Academic Women Hospital Laboratory (394)
Z Li, H Yang, B Weng, C Zhao - Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA; Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, PA
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45 Immunocytochemistry with p16INK4a (p16) and Ki-67 as Adjuncts to the Pap Test (381)
ET Jones, LJ Fowler, EJ Wilkinson - University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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46 SIRT-1 Over-Expression and Its Association with p16INK4a in Cervical Intraepithelial Lesions (449)
X Wang, F Abreo, S Zhang - Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Shreveport, LA
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47 HSIL Is as Elusive on ThinPrep Paps as on Conventional Paps (339)
SM Brandt, M Guo, MR Bennett, B Vakil, RS Hoda - New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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48 Endometrial Wash Cytology Revisited Utilizing 101 Cases with Subsequent Endometrial Biopsies among Postmenopausal and Perimenopausal Women with Vaginal Bleeding (452)
VL Wilkes, J Tsang, J Pathiparampil, M Benedicto, WL Thelmo, CD Del Rosario - Ross Medical School, Roseau, Dominica; Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
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49 Cervical Cytology and High Risk HPV Genotype Distribution in Blacks (456)
X Yang, J Somma, R Gupta, C Ragin, F Lacbawan - SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn; Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia
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50 Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance (ASC-US) Associated with Atypical Repair in Liquid-Based (Surepath) Pap Tests: Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Infections and Follow-Up Biopsy Diagnoses (409)
AC Nelson, A Samad, SA Amirouche, JL Holler, SE Pambuccian - University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, Minneapolis, MN
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51 Validation of Cervista HPV16/18 in SurePath Pap Specimens Using a PCR-Based HPV Genotyping Assay (386)
A Khanna, S Patel, J Feng, L Payne, W Zhang, G Staerkel, M Guo - MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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52 Frequency and Etiology of Unsatisfactory Cervical Cytology by ThinPrep® Method in a Tertiary Care Urban Setting – A Snapshot of Brief Duration (382)
T Kalinicheva, N Nazeer, L King, T Giorgadze, S Bandyopadhyay, S Madan, D Shi, V Shidham - Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
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53 Should Cervical Cancer Screening Begin at Age 21? A Quantitative Analysis (425)
D Saeed-Vafa, Y Huang, X Zhang, M Carrozza, V Manucha - Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
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54 Grading and Staging of Pancreatic Endocrine Tumor: EUS- FNA-Based Compared to Surgical Pathology (405)
F Mukhtar, SH Magee, S Li, I Eltoum - University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham; University of Vanderbilt, Nashville
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55 Diagnostic Challenges of Pancreatic Cysts: A Proposal for a Multimodality Approach (414)
IV Oliva, C Ky, N Salami, NA Moatamed, SK Apple - UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
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56 Pancreatic Cyst Fluid Cytology and Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) Level Obtained by Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided- Fine Needle Aspiration: Which Is Better at Identifying High Grade Dysplasia/Invasion in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms? (373)
J House, J Klapman, M Leon, M Malafa, J Weber, BA Centeno - University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
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57 Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS- FNA) Biopsy of Solid Pancreatic Lesions: Review of 681 Cases (343)
G Cai, B Ustun, A Alomari, GH Levy, M Harigopal, HR Aslanian, U Siddiqui, D Chhieng - Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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58 Detection of Chromosomal Abnormalities by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization on Ultrasound Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Samples from Pancreas (458)
Y Zhang, M Garcia-Buitrago, P Ganjei, Y-S Fan, A Ribeiro - University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine-Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL; University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine-UMHC/Sylvester, Miami, FL
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59 Cytology and Pitfalls of EUS Sampling of Ectopic Splenic Tissue (402)
J Mitros, R Askeland, C Jensen - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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60 Cell Block Cellularity Correlation with Clinico-Pathologic Variables in Pancreatic Neoplasms (407)
S Navina, AM Krasinskas - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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61 Prospective Analysis of Atypical Epithelial Cells as a High Risk Cytological Feature for Malignancy in Pancreatic Cysts (417)
MB Pitman, KA Yaeger, WR Brugge, M Mino-Kenudson - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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62 Pancreatic Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology in Patients < 35-Years of Age: A Retrospective Review of 175 Cases Spanning a 16-Year Period (421)
M Redelman, HH Wu, HM Cramer - Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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63 Assessment of On-Site Evaluation (OSE) and Diagnostic Yield of EUS-Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Versus EUS-Guided Needle Core Biopsy Using EchoTip ProCore (ETP) Device (350)
SS Dalal, L Pitelka-Zengou, AS Paintal, P Kulesza, A Mahajan, K Krishnan, S Komanduri, X Lin, R Keswani, R Nayar - Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
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64 EUS-FNA in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic and Peri-Pancreatic Lymphoma (411)
A Nunez, F Mukhtar, I-E Eltoum - University of Alabama at Birmingham; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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65 Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration of Metastatic Malignancies Involving the Pancreas: A Single- Institution 10-Year Retrospective Study of 46 Cases (347)
S Chen, X Wang, H Cramer - Indiana University, Indianapolis
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66 Biliary Stent-Related Atypia Can Be Reliably Distinguished from Adenocarcinoma on Common Bile Duct Brushings Using a Limited Number of Cytologic Features (371)
JE Heath, JR Arsala, LB Goicochea, PN Staats - University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
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67 Fluorescent In-Situ Hybridization as an Ancillary Test for Residual Biliary Brush Cytology Specimens (435)
GD Smith, BT Collins, EV Gopez, BE Chadwick - University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT; Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
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68 Detection of Soluble Mesothelin-Related Peptides as Diagnostic Markers of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Effusions: Comparison with Cytology (362)
F Fedeli, P Canessa, P Ferro, E Battolla, P Dessanti, C Manta, C Franceschini, V Fontana, B Bacigalupo, S Colli, M Pistillo, S Roncella - ASL5, La Spezia, Italy; ASL5, Sarzana (SP), Italy; IRCCS A.O.U. San Martino-IST, Genova, Italy
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69 Utility of Immunocytochemistry on Direct Smear Preparations in the Diagnosis of Effusions (389)
SM Knoepp, J Placido, K Fields, D Thomas, MH Roh - University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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70 Utility of Immunocytochemistry To Improve Sensitivity of BK Virus Detection in Urine of Renal Transplant Patients (383)
S Karaburun, M O´Donnell, PH Newcomb, R Cartun, T Voytek - Hartford Hospital/ CLP, Hartford, CT
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71 Does Mitosis Specific Marker PHH3 Help Grading Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinomas in Cell Blocks? (436)
C Solomides, R Birbe, D Bagley, M Bibbo - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
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72 ProEx C as an Adjunct Molecular Marker To Improve the Detection of Urothelial Carcinoma (403)
NA Moatamed, S Alexanian, JY Rao, M Cobarrubias, M Levin, G Galliano, SK Apple - David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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73 Diagnosis of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma by Urinary Cytology: Evaluation of Its Efficacy and Limitations (346)
L Chen, H He, C Magi-Galluzzi, M Zhou - Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ; Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; New York University, New York, NY
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74 Hologic Thinprep Imaging System for Routine Urine Screening: Evaluation of Screening Time and Diagnostic Comparison (364)
K Ferraro, A Kanaracus, EM Kurian - Memorial Medical Center, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
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75 Immunocytochemical Detection of HER2 in Urine Cytology in Previously Papanicolaou-Stained Slides Is Comparable to Correspondent Urothelial Carcinoma Tissue Samples (457)
Y Zhang, S Rodriguez, C Gomez-Fernandez, M Garcia, P Ganjei-Azar, G Fernandez-Castro, M Jorda - University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine-Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
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76 Improving the Predictability of Indeterminate Results of Urinary Cytologic Samples: An Outcomes and Cytomorphologic Study (445)
CJ VandenBussche, S Sathiyamoorthy, H Guan, D Rosenthal - The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
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77 Urine Cytology for Investigation of Primary Hematuria: A Redundant Test? (446)
M Varma, MA Rahman, A Jones, E Harris, S Sloan, VI Shah - University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom; Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, United Kingdom
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78 ER, PR, and Her2 Immunocytochemistry on Cell-Transferred Cytologic Smears of Breast Carcinoma – A Study with Comparison to Formalin-Fixed Tissue (363)
JA Ferguson, P Chamberlain, HH Wu - Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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79 ER, PR, HER-2/Neu Immunostaining in Cytology: Effect of Varied Fixation on Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines (353)
O Dorokhova, D van der Helm, S Maleki, K Schlesinger, M Suhrland, M Hrzenjak Oktay - Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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80 Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Palpable Breast Masses Is Associated with Shorter Length of Time to First Treatment Compared with Core Biopsy (397)
A Ly, J Ono, K Hughes, MB Pitman, R Balassanian - Brigham and Women´s Hospital, Boston, MA; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; University of California, San Francisco, CA
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81 Reproducibility Assessment of Hormonal Receptor Status and HER2 in Cytology Specimens by Image Analysis: A Pilot Study (335)
S Bandyopadhyay, L King, D Shi, N Nazeer, T Kalinicheva, S Madan, R Ali-Fehmi, P Tranchida, P Tabaczka, V Shidham, T Giorgadze - WSU/KCC/DMC, Detroit, MI
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82 Diagnostic Value of FNA Processed by ThinPrep for Assessment of Axillary Lymph Node Status in Patients with Invasive Carcinoma of Breast (377)
X Jing, E Wey, CW Michael - The University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
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83 Comparison of Estrogen Receptor Immunostaining in Papanicolaou-Stained Direct Smears and Matched Cell Block Sections (341)
RA Burch-Smith, L Payne, A Bhattacharyya, K Valencia, J Quinones, M Deavers, S Krishnamurthy - UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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84 FNA Is a Highly Accurate Procedure for Detecting Axillary Lymph Node Metastases in Breast Cancer Patients (357)
RE Factor, BE Chadwick, WL Benjamin, LJ Layfield - Huntsman Cancer Hospital, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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85 Atypia in Papillary Lesions of Breast in Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy and Association with Malignancy (336)
R Batra, R Singla, H Pearson, JM Cohen, M Harshan - Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY
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