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Polyomavirus in Urine Cytology: Cell Types and Cancer Risk

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 21:00:00 +0300

🔬 Polyomavirus in urine: when should you be concerned? 🚨

A new study 🧐 has revealed important details about the diagnosis of polyomavirus (PV) in urine tests and its connection to bladder cancer. Here’s the main takeaway:

Polyomavirus in Urine: Cytological Cell Types and Cancer Risk

Sat, 05 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0300

New article from a journal on cytopathology! 🔬 Polyomavirus in urine: when to sound the alarm? 🚨

A new study 🧐 has revealed important details about the diagnosis of polyomavirus (PV) in urine tests and its connection to bladder cancer. Here’s the main takeaway:

Urothelial Carcinoma in Pleural Effusion: Cytology

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0300

🔬 Cytology of pleural effusion. The journal Diagnostic Cytopathology described a unique case of urothelial carcinoma detection in pleural effusion. Smears revealed small to medium-sized tumor cells, solitary and in small groups. Their main feature was prominent intracellular vacuoles, which could have been mistaken for macrophages. 📌 Additional tests Immunohistochemical staining showed: ✅ Nuclear expression of GATA3, CK7, and thrombomodulin ❌ Negative reactions for CD68 and CK20 🔴 Oil-Red staining revealed lipids within the vacuoles.

Urothelial Carcinoma: Atypical Cells in Urine Sediment

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0300

A 56-year-old male patient presented with complaints of hematuria. Reddish-brown urine was delivered to the laboratory. Microscopy of the sediment revealed an abundance of erythrocytes, conglomerates of altered epithelium with atypical, elongated “tailed” cells. It was decided to additionally stain the sediment.

Atypical Transitional Epithelium in Urine Sediment Cytology

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0300

Patient of the urology department, 62 years old. Cytological examination of urine for atypical cells. Magnification 100x. Cytological conclusion: Among erythrocytes: stratified squamous epithelium with signs of hyperkeratosis; isolated and in groups, transitional epithelium with severe atypia, suspicious for transition to Cr. The patient was referred for further examinations.

Urothelial Cell Sheet in Urine Sediment with Tumor

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:57:10 +0300

🙏 Question from a subscriber. What is this conglomerate in the center of the native urine preparation? ✅The patient is a woman born in 1963. The doctor’s diagnosis is a bladder neoplasm of uncertain or unknown nature.