- Immunocytochemical Detection of Pneumocystis Carinii in Bronchoalveolar Lavage .
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Kun Young Kwon, Seung Che Cho, Sang Pyo Kim, Kwan Kyu Park, Eun Sook Chang, Chung Sook Kim
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Korean J Cytopathol. 1997;8(1):27-34.
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- Pneumocystis carinii is an established cause of pulmonary infections in immuno- compromised hosts. Several cytological stains, such as Papanicolaou, Gomori methenamine silver(GMS) and Diff-Quik have been used for detection of the organism, but occasionally can be laborious and, due to a degree of nonspecificity, may be misleading.
We evaluated the diagnostic utility of immunocytochemical stains that recognize P.
carinii in bronchoalveolar lavage from experimentally induced P. carinii pneumonia rats(n=15). In addition to routine stains for diagnosis by morphologic recognition of P.
carinii on Papanicolaou, GMS and Diff-Quik stains, bronchoalveolar lavage samples were reacted with immunocytochemical stains using monoclonal antibodies(MAB) 092 and 902.
In bronchoalveolar lavage P. carinii organisms were detected in 9 of 10 cases (90%) using each MAB 092 and 902, whereas GMS and Diff-Quik stains demonstrated P. carinii in 13(86%) and 11(73%) of 15 cases respectively. In lung tissue specimens(n=15) P. carinii organisms were well identified on GMS stain and immunohistochemical stains using MAB 092 and 902 in all cases.
We believe that the immunocytochemical staining using MAB 092 and/or 902 is a very useful and diagnostic tool in addition to GMS and Diff-Quik stain to detect P.
carinii organisms in bronchoalveolar lavage.
- Cytologic Analysis of Malignant Effusion.
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Sang Pyo Kim, Ji Yeon Bae, Kwan Kyu Park, Kun Young Kwon, Sang Sook Lee, Eun Sook Chang, Chung Sook Kim
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Korean J Cytopathol. 1995;6(2):116-124.
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- Eighty cases of malignant effusion were cytologically studied to elucidate the incidence of primary tumor site and cytologic characteristics of each tumor types. Eighty fluid specimens were composed of 43 ascitic, 35 pleural, and 2 pericardial effusion and primary tumor site had been confirmed by histology. The frequent primary sites were stomach (22 cases, 28%), lung (21 cases, 26%), ovary (11 cases, 14%), liver (7 cases, 9%), and breast (4 cases, 5%).
The principal malignant tumors were adenocarcinoma (56 cases, 70%), squamous cell carcinoma (7 cases, 9%), liver cell carcinoma (7 cases, 9%), small cell carcinoma (4 cases, 5%), and non-Hodgkin}s lymphoma (4 cases, 5%). The distinctive cytologic findings according to primary tumor types were as follows ; the gastric adenocarcinomas were mainly characterized by isolated cells and irregular clusters sometimes with signet ring cells. Papillary serous cystadenocarcinoma of ovary showed frequently papillary clusters and occasional psammoma bodies. Breast carcinoma of ductal type showed cell balls with smooth margins. Colonic adenocarcinoma showed rather irregular clusters or palisading pattern of cylindrical cells. Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma, liver cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma, and non-Hodgkin}s lymphoma showed also characteristic features. These findings indicate that the cytological features observed in the great majority of malignant effusion are similar to those of primary tumor types, which are very helpful to indentify the primary tumor site.
- Cytologic Findings of Giant Cell Carcinoma of the Lung.
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Cheol Hee Yun, Ji Yeon Bae, Sang Pyo Kim, Kun Young Kwon, Chung Sook Kim, Eun Sook Chang
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Korean J Cytopathol. 1994;5(2):154-159.
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- Pulmonary giant cell carcinoma is one of the most highly malignant neoplasms of the lung. Although mixed malignant glandular or squamous components may be associated with a giant cell carcinoma, it is a distinct clinical and morphologic entity. We reviewed cytologic presentations of 6 cases of pulmonary giant cell carcinoma. Cytologically, the single most characteristic feature of giant cell carcinoma was an extremely large, bizarre cancer cell engulfing numerous leukocytes. The nuclei of these cells showed occasional prominent nucleoli, and the cytoplasm was abundant. Giant cells were also seen in other types of pulmonary carcinoma, but the giant cells of this neoplasm could be differentiated from those encountered in undifferentiated large cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma by the abundant cytoplasm, the presence of markedly enlarged nuclei, prominent nucleoli, and an significant degree of phagocytosis, In conclusion, precise diagnosis and classification of lung cancer is imperative because of proved correlation between cell type and prognosis.
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