Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: A Thy4 FNAC result defines the thyroid lesion as _____

Answer: suspicious of malignancy

Flashcard 2: According to the Bethesda system (Thyroid cytopathology), what is the preferred line of Mx for Criteria II?_____

Answer: Clinical follow-up

Flashcard 3: Eosin _____ is a component of Papanicolaou stain.

Answer: Azure

Extra: The Papanicolaou (Pap) stain consists of: 1. Harris Hematoxylin (Nuclear stain) 2. Orange G (OG-6) 3. Eosin Azure (EA), which contains Eosin Y, Light Green SF yellowish, and Bismarck brown Y.

Flashcard 4: Can FNAC be used to differentiate between hurthle cell adenoma and carcinoma?_____

Answer: No

Flashcard 5: The most common stain used for chromosomal karyotyping is the _____ stain

Answer: giemsa

Flashcard 6: _____ follicular clusters each with 10 cells each is considered as adequate thyroid FNAC sampling.

Answer: 6

Flashcard 7: _____ and cytokeratin 5/6 is a useful marker for the detection of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers with squamous differentiation when used in cytologic pulmonary samples

Answer: p63

Flashcard 8: PAP Class V indicates _____ (Bethesda grade: SCC)

Answer: Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Flashcard 9: Can fine needle aspiration distinguish between thyroid follicular adenoma versus carcinoma?_____

Answer: No

Flashcard 10: Liquid-based cytology is commonly used in cervical cancer screening in place of a _____ using a urine specimen

Answer: pap smear