...Paul A. Elgert Background: The earliest cytotechnologists are largely unknown. Summary: In 1943, the book “Diagnosis of Uterine Cancer by the Vaginal Smear” by Papanicolaou and Traut recognized several women who have largely faded from memory. While Mary Papanicolaou and Charlotte Street...

... of Hürthle cells by cytotechnologists (CTs) during screening can improve cytopathologist efficiency and may prevent diagnostic errors due to the oversights of focal findings. Here, we examine the performance of our institutional CTs when screening for Hürthle cell atypia in thyroid fine-needle aspiration...

...Christopher J. VandenBussche; Matthew T. Olson; Christina Adams; Syed Z. Ali Introduction: We previously identified a high level of accuracy among our cytotechnologists (CTs) for identifying nuclear atypia in thyroid fine-needle aspiration (FNA) specimens. Herewith, we present our CT performance...

...Aadil Ahmed; Anna B. Novak; Aisha Farhat Sheerin; Thiraphon Boonyaarunnate; Syed Z. Ali; Matthew T. Olson Objective: To evaluate the performance of cytotechnologists in assessing the adequacy and accuracy of the preliminary diagnosis for fine-needle aspirates of the liver. Study Design: We...

... sample. Metastatic disease to the musculoskeletal system is not uncommon and often requires OSEA when sampled. At large academic centers, cytotechnologists have filled the increased demand for OSEA. However, the performance of cytotechnologists has not been compared with that of cytopathologists for OSEA...

...Matthew T. Olson; Syed Z. Ali Objective: To compare on-site evaluations of adequacy (OSEA) of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) of the pancreas performed by cytotechnologists and cytopathologists. Study Design: A 10-year retrospective review of 2,426 OSEA from 2,223...