PROFFERED PAPERS
Monday, March 8,   —  8:00 AM   —  Room 2, 3


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Section F - CYTOPATHOLOGY
Chaired by: Susan Maygarden and William Faquin



8:00 Combining Brushing Cytology (BC), Digital Image Analysis (DIA) and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridizaton (FISH) Increases the Predictive Power of Detecting Malignancy in Extrahepatic Biliary Duct Strictures (EBDS) (327)
DR Salomao, BR Kipp, LM Stadheim, TH Baron, LR Roberts, KC Halling, TJ Sebo - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
8:15 Determination of Loss of Heterozygosity in Atypical and Negative Bile Duct Brushing Cytology Specimens: Contribution towards a More Definitive Diagnosis (292)
U Krishnamurti, E Sasatomi, MH Fowler, D Aldeeb, PA Swalsky, SD Finkelstein, NP Ohori - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
8:30 Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN) of the Pancreas: Cytohistologic Analysis and Correlation with Histologic Grade (311)
PJ Michaels, EF Brachtel, BC Bounds, WR Brugge, MB Pitman - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
8:45 Transglutaminase II, a Useful Biomarker in the FNA Biopsy Diagnosis of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (355)
GY Yang, JF Cangiarella, R Wieczorek, SJ Hwang - New York University Medical Center, New York, NY
9:00 The Value of Intraoperative Imprint Cytology in the Evaluation of the True Margin of Lung Wedge Resection for Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (312)
MI Misztal, RJ Landreneau, RJ Keenan, R Maley, RS Saad, YL Liu, JF Silverman - Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
9:15 Immunohistochemical Panel for Differentiating Benign Mesothelial Proliferation from Malignant Mesothelioma (325)
RS Saad, P Cho, YL Liu, Y El-Gohary, JF Silverman - Allegheny General Hospital/Drexel University, Pittsburgh, PA
9:30 RECESS, EXHIBITS, POSTER SESSION I
11:00 Review of Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology Specimens Using Standardized Reporting Terminology Improves the Correlation with Histological Findings in Follicular Lesions of the Thyroid (348)
JW Wong, AE Rader, PJ Siekkinen, FW Abdul-Karim - University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
11:15 Telomerase Activity in Thyroid Nodules Undergoing Fine Needle Aspiration (269)
A Gallardo, F Mora, J Ybarra, M Vilar, F Alvarez-NuZez, A de Leiva, E Lerma, J Prat - Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
11:30 Interobserver Variability in Ductal Lavage Specimens (314)
CM Noga, N Kelly, G Paner, T Rubinas, A Salhadar, R Massarani-Wafai, S Gabram, T Dougherty, EM Wojcik - Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
11:45 Criteria for Malignancy with Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Mass Lesions during Lactation (247)
R Balassanian, D Sudilovsky - Beth Israel Medical Center, Continuum Health Partners, New York, NY; Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, CA