POSTER SESSION I Monday, March 24, 2003   —  9:30 AM - 12:00 Noon Exhibit Hall A - C CYTOPATHOLOGY 38 Immunoflow Cytometry and Cell Block Immunohistochemistry in the Diagnostic Work-Up of Lymphocytic Effusions (255) NA Bakshi, AA Giraldo, BA Jones, CJ Aslakson, EE Volk St John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI 39 Comparison of Molecular Abnormalities in Bronchial Brushings and Tumor Touch Preps: The Potential Use of Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) as a Predictive Marker in Early Stage Lung Carcinomas (257) GA Barkan, NP Caraway, T Zaidi, A Alizadeh, D Johnston, F Jiang, RL Katz The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 40 Benign Shed Endometrial Cells in the SurePath Liquid-Based Method: A Potential Pitfall for Overinterpretation as "Atypical Endometrial Cells" (267) AA Chen, RH Tambouret, DC Wilbur Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 41 The Epithelioid Variant of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: Diagnosis by Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy (274) Q (T) Dong, GT McKee, MB Pitman, KR Geisinger, R Tambouret Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Wake Forrest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC 42 Utility of Fine Needle Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: A 4-year Experience at a Cancer Center (279) DD Elliott, NP Caraway, CV Fanning University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 43 Monophasic Synovial Sarcoma: A Cytologic Spectrum (281) CA Ewing, MF Zakowski, O Lin Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 44 Evaluation of Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) for t(14;18)(q32;q21) Translocation with Flow Cytometry (FCM) in the Diagnosis of Follicular Lymphoma (FL) on Fine Needle Aspirates (FNAs) (286) Y Gong, J Gu, NP Caraway, T Zaidi, X Sun, R Fernandez, RL Katz The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 45 Localization of Diagnostic Material within the Aspiration Device in Image-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (IM-FNA) Specimens for Rapid and Efficient Evaluation of Adequacy (288) S Gorombey, P LaPolice, R Bhargava, R Hicks, R Lorenzana, RA Goulart Baystate Medical Center & Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA 46 p63 Immunocytochemistry Assists in the Diagnosis of Problematic Breast Lesions on Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNA) (298) AM Harton, HH Wang, SJ Schnitt, TW Jacobs Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA 47 Significance of Elevated CD4/CD8 Ratio in Flow Cytometry Studies of Nodal FNA Material (300) O Hernandez, T Oweity, G Inghirami, S Ibrahim New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 48 Placental Site Nodule (PSN): A Previously Unrecognized Cause for Abnormal Cervico-Vaginal (CV) Smears (308) LA Iaconis, I-M Shih, DL Rosenthal, SZ Ali The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 49 The LSIL Pap with CIN II/III Biopsy Follow Up (310) S Istvanic, R Goulart, A Hornish, J McCall, R Lorenzana Baystate Medical Center (Western Campus of Tufts University), Springfield, MA 50 SurePath Increases the Detection Rate without Compromising the Positive Predictive Value of the Pap Test (311) V Johari, HE Gulbahce, K Kjeldahl, K Savik, SG Miller, SE Pambuccian University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Fairview Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN 51 Is Atypical Parakeratosis a Robust Predictor of Significant Cervical Pathology? (315) RG Kapur, D Magee, D Treanor, L Turner, B Carroll, D Gibbons St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar, Dublin 6, Ireland 52 Brush Cytology Using Autocyte-Preparation in the Assessment of Pancreato-Biliary Strictures: A Review of 399 Cases (319) A Kolareth, CS Jensen University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 53 Determination of Light Chain Restriction in FNA-Type Preparations of B-Cell Lymphomas by mRNA In-Situ Hybridization (321) LH Lee, A Cioc, GJ Nuovo Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH 54 Diagnostic Value of CD10 and CD34 Expressions in Separating Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma from Metastatic Carcinoma in Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (327) TM Luckasevic, RS Saad, CM Noga, DR Johnson, M Leon, CR Binkert, YL Liu, JF Silverman Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 55 Role and Limitations of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in the Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Spindle Cell Neoplasms (334) S Mehrotra, DR Sariya, LH Liu University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL 56 Calretinin and WT1 Staining of Mesothelioma on Cytology and Tissue (335) NP Memoli, VW Rusch, MF Zakowski Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 57 The Role of FNA Cytology and Immunophenotyping in the Diagnosis of Lymphoid Lesions: A Retrospective Study (346) E Raddaoui, R Beissner, L Sayage, M Holguin Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX 58 Immunocytochemical Evaluation of Thyroid Neoplasms on Thin-Layer Smears from Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsies (350) ED Rossi, M Raffaelli, C Minimo, CP Lombardi, FM Vecchio, A Capelli, G Fadda Catholic University, Rome, Italy; M.C.P.Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA 59 Diagnostic Value of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) of Pancreatic Tumors: A 3-year Experience (353) DR Sariya, NH Siddiqui, LH Liu, A Lamba University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60 High Risk HPV Detection: A Split Sample Comparison of Hybrid Capture and In Situ Hybridization (355) CL Schiller, JM Hy, MT Escobar, KL Kaul, WG Watkin, CD Sturgis Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, IL 61 Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of the Central Nervous System under CT Guidance without Stereotactic Instrumentation (357) RM Seliem, MW Assaad, SJ Gorombey, LA Moral, CN Otis Baystate Medical Center, Western Campus of Tufts University, Springfield, MA 62 ASCUS: Reflex HPV Testing by PCR-Experience with 789 Cases (358) S Setty, HE Gulbahce, CA Brown, RC McGlennen, K Kjeldahl, SJ Lundeen, SE Pambuccian University of Minnesota/Fairview University Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 63 Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Criteria for Distinguishing Intraductal Papilloma from Fibroadenoma and Fibrocystic Change in Fine Needle Aspiration of the Breast (362) DR Stachurski, AF Fischer, A Khan, G Ayata, M Wertheimer, B Xu University of Massachusetts Health Care, Worcester, MA 64 Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided FNA Findings of Gastrointestinal Leiomyomas and Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (365) EB Stelow, MW Stanley, JS Mallery, R Lai, BM Linzie, RH Bradales Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 65 Grading of Follicular Lymphomas (FL) on Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Specimens - Comparison with Image Analysis Proliferative Index and Ki-67 Labelling Index (370) W Sun, N Caraway, H Zhang, L Payne, RL Katz The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 66 72% Sensitivity in Identifying the Urothelial Origin of Poorly Differentiated Carcinomas in Fine Needle Aspiratiion Biopsies Using a Panel of Uroplakin Ia, Ib, II, III Antibodies (373) GX Tong, TT Sun, R Wieczorek, GCH Yang New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 67 Value of GLUT-1 Immunoreactivity To Distinguish Benign Cystic Lesions (BCL) from Cystic Metastasis of Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) of the Head and Neck in Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) Material (378) MF Weiner, RN Miranda, RH Bardales, SJ Baker, P Mukunyadzi, S Korourian, LE De Las Casas University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Truman Medical Center and University of Missouri/Kansas City, Kansas City, MO; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN