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1
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When should you try to aspirate from a lesion?

A

Very solid, internal lymph nodes

2
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Why masses should you not aspirate from?

A

Lymph nodes, spleen, liver, thyroids, +/- bone

3
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Why should you only use a needle for vascular masses and lymph nodes?

A

Reduce blood contamination

4
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Why should you use continuous suction for a spindle cell tumour?

A

May not get good cellularity

5
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Why should you use intermittent suction for internal masses?

A

Risk of laceration

6
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How many lymph nodes should you sample?

A

More than 2, not mandibular

7
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What should you check before aspirating liver/spleen?

A

Platelets/coagulation

8
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WHy shouldn’t you aspirate an adrenal mass?

A

Mass adrenaline release

9
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Why shouldn’t you aspirate carcinomas esp prostate, bladder?

A

Seeding

10
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Which type of neoplasia has especially delicate cells?

A

Lymphoma

11
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Why tumours are unlikely to exfoliate for an impression/swab smear?

A

Mesenchymal tumours/fibrous tissues

12
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How can you prepare a biopsy from the GI tract?

A

Squash

13
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What’s a problem with scraping?

A

Often just get debris or inflammation, but can get Demodex or Cryptococcus

14
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Which tubes should you use for fluid samples?

A

EDTA and plain

15
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What may you do with a fluid if it is less cellular?

A

Centrifuge or make a buffy coat preparation

16
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What’s the problem with Diff Quik?

A

Does not always stain mast cells

17
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Where do you see degenerate neutrophils?

A

Tissue not blood

18
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What causes degenerate neutrophils?

A

Bacterial toxins break down the nuclear membrane causing it to swell

19
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What should you look for if you see degenerate neutrophils?

A

Intracellular cocci

20
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What are the three types of non-inflammatory cells?

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Round, epithelial, mesenchmal

21
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What do round cells look like?

A

Individual, distinct borders, efoliate readily, round to oval

22
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What are four examples of round cells?

A

Mast, plasma, lymphocyte, histiocytoma

23
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What do epithelial cells look like?

A

Clustered, distinct borders, variable exfoliation, round to polygonal, round nucleus

24
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What do mesenchymal (spindle) cells look like?

A

Individual or loosely clustered, wispy borders, poor exfoliation, oval to fusiform, oval to elongated nucleus

25
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Where can you see low numbers or spindle cells?

A

Fibrosis/fibroplasia

26
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What are the five criteria of malignancy?

A

Pleomorphism, increased N:C ratio, nucleolar changes, multinucleation, abnormal mitotic figures

27
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Which organ is multinucleation normal?

A

Liver

28
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How many of the criteria do you need for a malignant neoplasia?

A

3 or more

29
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Below three of the criteria, what could the tissue be?

A

Benign, hyperplastic, dysplastic

30
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Which changes does inflammation lead to?

A

Dysplasia

31
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What do damaged cells look like on histo?

A

No cytoplasm, pale chromatin, prominent nucleoli

32
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Which malignant tumours can look benign?

A

Anal sac adenocarcinoma, thyroid, adrenal

33
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When do you see pleomorphic lymph nodes?

A

Non-neoplastic reactive lymphoid hyperplasia (lymphoma is monomorphic)