POSTER SESSION VI
Wednesday, March 21, 2012   —  1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
CC Exhibit Hall B3 & C


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CYTOPATHOLOGY



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48 The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology: A Meta-Analysis (337)
M Bongiovanni, A Spitale, WC Faquin, L Mazzucchelli, ZW Baloch - Institute of Pathology, Locarno, Switzerland; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia
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49 Indeterminate Thyroid Cytology Cases with BRAF Mutations – Underlying Cytologic, Molecular, and Pathologic Characteristics (434)
R Singhal, MN Nikiforova, KE Schoedel, YE Nikiforov, NP Ohori - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA
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50 Relative Sensitivity of Fine Needle Aspiration by Tumor Type and Size (422)
AA Renshaw, VY Jo, JF Krane - Baptist Hospital of Miami, Miami, FL; Brigham and Women´s Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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51 Radiologic and Clinical Predictors of Malignancy in the Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance (344)
R Carr, B Ustun, C Theoharis, D Chhieng, K Schofield, AJ Adeniran - Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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52 The Benefits of a Repeat FNA in Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance (FLUS) Cases (420)
S Ravula, A Zopfi Conklin, PC Fung, SL Hirschowitz, PS Sullivan - UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
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53 Diagnostic Value of BRAF (V600E) Mutation Analysis in Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration Specimens in Indeterminate, Suspicious and Diagnostic Papillary Carcinoma. Our Institutional Experience in 45 Cases (439)
N Tallada, J Hernandez-Losa, C Zafon, R Somoza, M Alberola, C Iglesias, C Dinares, J Castellvi, J Mesa, G Obilos, S Ramon y Cajal - Vall d´Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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54 Molecular Genetic Findings in Pediatric Thyroid Fine Needle Aspirations: Experience from a Large Academic Medical Center (404)
SE Monaco, L Pantanowitz, WE Khalbuss, V Benkovich, J Ozolek, J Simons, YE Nikiforov - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; Children´s Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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55 Cost Analysis of Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) On- Site Evaluation (OSE) (416)
LA Pitelka-Zengou, K Zanocco, S Dalal, C Sturgeon, R Nayar - Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
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56 Follicular Neoplasm: Evaluation of the Risk of Malignancy Using the Modified Bethesda Classification (443)
B Ustun, D Chhieng, C Theoharis, K Schofield, AJ Adeniran - Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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57 Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Accuracy of FNA Diagnosis and Implications for Patient Management (442)
B Ustun, A Al-Omari, C Theoharis, D Chhieng, K Schofield, AJ Adeniran - Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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58 Repeat Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy in Patients with Cytologically Atypical Thyroid Lesions (430)
TM Shattuck, CK Jones - Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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59 Thyroid Bed Fine-Needle Aspiration: A Clinicocytologic Correlation (331)
LJ Adhikari, J Reynolds, S Jenkins, A Nassar - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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60 Retrospective Review of False-Negative Thyroid FNAs (375)
J Jean-Gilles, CL Owens, A Fischer - UMASS Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
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61 Atypia of Undetermined Significance: The Thyroid FNA Experience at University Hospital in San Antonio (333)
K Arora, T Duran, P Valente, ML Policarpio-Nicolas - University of Texas Health Science Centre, San Antonio, TX
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62 The Combination of HBME-1 and Galectin-3 with BRAF-1 Mutation on Liquid-Based Cytology Identifies High-Risk Follicular Thyroid Lesions (358)
G Fadda, ED Rossi, M Martini, GF Zannoni, VG Vellone, CP Lombardi, A Pontecorvi, LM Larocca, G Rindi - Universita´ Cattolica, Rome, Italy
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63 A Single Institution Experience with the New Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology: Correlation with Existing Cytologic, Clinical and Histological Data (399)
MK McElroy, M Sepi, F Hasteh - University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA; VA San Diego Health Care System, La Jolla, CA
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64 The Value of Repeated Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy in an Academic Community Hospital after the Bethesda System (365)
CR Ferreira, PP Lima, MS Mentem, JP Esposito, LH Wasserstein, A Felipe-Silva - Hospital Universitario - Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil; HU-USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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65 Nuclear Pseudo-Inclusions Are Rare, but Nuclear Grooves Are Nearly Always Present, in Cytopathology and Histopathology Material of Encapsulated Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (395)
F Loo, A Schreiner, T Scognamiglio, S Hoda, R Hoda - Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY
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66 Cytohistologic Correlations of 124 Hürthle Cell Lesions (455)
GCH Yang, AM Schreiner, W Sun - Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York; New York University School of Medicine, New York
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67 Utility of BRAF Gene Testing on Thyroid Nodules Diagnosed as Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance (FLUS) (345)
S Chang, RT Phan, NA Moatamed, SK Apple - David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; VA Greater Los Angeles Health System, Los Angeles, CA
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68 ´Dense Squamoid Cytoplasm´ and ´Cellular Swirls´ on Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology: Useful Ancillary Findings in the Diagnosis of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (431)
M Shimizu, T Saze, A Sasaki, S-i Murata, M Yasuda - Saitama Medical University, Saitama International Medical Center, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan
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69 The Value of Second Opinion Review of Cytologic Specimens from the Head and Neck (368)
VA George, CM Heaton, DW Eisele, A van Zante - University of California, San Francisco, CA
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70 Malignancy Risk Is Similar for Solitary and Multiple Nodules in Hurthle Cell-Predominant Thyroid Fine Needle Aspirations (378)
VY Jo, JF Krane - Brigham and Women´s Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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71 The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology: A Single-Institution Retrospective Analysis of 2,479 Cases (374)
AS Inman, M Morton, HM Cramer, HH Wu - Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, NY
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72 Diagnostic Value of Thyroid Transcription Factor-1 and Thyroglobulin in Differentiating Thyroid Carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma of the Lung (428)
S Sathiyamoorthy, Z Maleki - Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
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73 Cytological Identification of Adenocarcinoma of the Lung with Minimal Use of Immunohistochemistry. Can We Meet the Challenge? (450)
C Wang, Y Huang, V Manucha - Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
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74 Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS): The Impact on the Cytology Laboratory (398)
S Mansoor, LM O´Donnell, JC West, MS Chacho - Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT
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75 The Utility of Fine-Needle Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Primary Lung Tumors and Metastatic Tumors to the Lung, a Retrospective Examination of 1032 Cases (330)
JA Adams, HH Wu - Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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76 Lung Sarcomatoid Carcinoma (SC): EGFR Mutation Analysis on Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) with Clinicopathologycal Study (23 Cases) (352)
C Dinares, J Hernandez-Losa, C Iglesias, I Koptseva, M Alberola, MA Montero, A Solsona, S Ramon y Cajal, N Tallada - Vall d´Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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77 Fine Needle Aspiration of the Mediastinal Lesions: A 20-Year Retrospective Study of 561 Cases (348)
S Chen, H Cramer, X Wang - Indiana University, Indianapolis
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78 Cytomorphologic Criteria for the Distinction of Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma (433)
CS Sigel, P Andrade, MA Friedlander, AL Moreira, MF Zakowski, WD Travis, N Rekhtman - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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79 Evaluation of Image Guided Core Biopsies by Touch-Prep: Utility and Limitations (342)
J Byers, R Patel, L Samayoa, M Cibull, Y Brill - University of Kentucky, Lexington, KT; Veterans Affairs Hosptial, Lexington, KT
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80 Pathological Diagnoses in Cases of Indeterminate or Unknown Primary Submitted for Molecular Tumor Profiling (429)
BE Schroeder, M Laouri, E Chen, MG Erlander, CA Schnabel - bioTheranostics, Inc., San Diego, CA; Deloitte, San Francisco, CA; Quorum Consulting, Inc., San Francisco, CA
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81 Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration as a Diagnostic and Staging Tool for Rectal and Perirectal Lesions – An Institutional Experience (332)
K Amin, M Olyaee, O Tawfik, P Thomas, F Fan - Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
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82 Cytologic Evaluation of Primary Bone Lesions Sampled by Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy: Diagnostic Utility (423)
V Robila, GF Domson, WC Foster, EA Dragoescu - Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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83 Fine Needle Aspiration of Spleen Lesions: Cytopathologic Analysis of 66 Cases with Clinical and Histological Correlation (410)
HT Nishino, RH Tambouret, X Qian - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Brigham and Women´s Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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84 Utility of Fine Needle Aspiration for c-MYC Interphase Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridization Analysis of Aggressive B-Cell Lymphomas (432)
SW Siddiqui, K Dunleavy, DC Arthur, AC Filie - National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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85 Role of Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy and Imaging in the Preoperative Workup of Salivary Gland Mass Lesions (441)
G Tryggvason, M Gailey, S Hulstein, L Karnell, C Jensen, D Van Daele - The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
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86 Melamed-Wolinska Bodies Are an Additional Cytological Feature of Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma (393)
G Levy, G Cai, J Orfanidis, J Koizumi, RS Hoda - New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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87 Comparison of HER2 Gene Status Determination by HER2 Dual ISH DNA Probe Cocktail Assay Performed on Cell Block Material to Immunohistochemistry (IHC) and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) Performed on the Corresponding Histologic Specimen (370)
A Hartman, B Gorman, D Mody - The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
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88 MicroRNA Expression in Lymph Node Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (349)
S Costinean, A Bottoni, CM Croce, PE Wakely - The Ohio State University, Columbus
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89 Cytopathology of Exra-Cranial Meningiomas: Study Involving 11 Ectopic and Metastatic Meningiomas (412)
R Ocque, WE Khalbuss, SE Monaco, P Michelow, L Pantanowitz - UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA; University of the Witwatersrand, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
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90 Comparison of FNA and Core Biopsy Versus Complete Excision in Monitoring Tumor Response to EGFR Blockade in Murine Xenograft Models (415)
V Parini, P Mroz, W Grizzle, P Kulesza - Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham
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91 Clinicopathological Significance of Perivascular Mesenchymal Cell Clusters in Imprint Cytology of Lymph Nodes (448)
T Wakasa, M Noda, M Shintaku, K Wakasa, M Ohsawa - Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Osaka, Japan; Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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92 Lymphoproliferative Disorders of the Kidney on Fine Needle Aspiration: A Study of 34 Cases (437)
AP Subhawong, TK Subhawong, MT Siddiqui, SZ Ali - Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; Emory, Atlanta, GA
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93 Utility of Carbonic Anhydrase-IX in the Diagnosis of Metastatic Conventional Renal Cell Carcinoma by Fine- Needle Aspiration Biopsy (369)
X Guo, B Ustun, A Adeniran, D Chhieng, A Levi - Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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94 HPV In-Situ Hybridization: Does Magnification Play a Role in Visual Evaluation? (360)
N Fatima, C Cohen, MT Siddiqui - Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta
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95 Computed Tomography-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration and Needle Core Biopsy: Which Specimen Type Yields Diagnostic Results? (388)
Y Kikuchi, D Larsen, L Sayage-Rabie - Texas A&M University Health Science Center and Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX
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