The peanut shaped organism often found in cats ears
What is Malassezia
100
This product alters cells and stains on a microscope slide
What is 10% Formalin
100
The white fluid often removed from a cats thorax that is FIP positive
What is Chylous
100
What three abnormalities can be diagnosed by performing a cytological evaluation of prostatic secretions
What is hyperplasia, neoplasia and abcessation
100
What three methods of concentration techniques are used to analyze CSF?
What is gravitational sedimentation, membrane filtration, and cytocentrifugation
200
What diagnostic tool collects fewer cells than a scraping, but has more contaminants than a fine needle aspirate
What is an imprint
200
The technique used to get a punch biopsy sample
What is turning the biopsy punch in ONE direction
200
The two tubes that are needed to put centesis samples into post extraction
What is red top and purple top (EDTA)
200
While looking at a fine needle aspirate of a mass you notice that the cells are all the same type but have different sizes and shapes. What term is used to describe this abnormal nuclear configuration?
What is Pleomorphism
200
In order to diagnose prostatic hypertrophy what needs to be performed
What is palpation
300
When an ear sample should be collected.
What is before cleaning
300
You get a biopsy on a patient and want to visualize the cytoplasm of the cell well. What stain are you going to use
What is Romanowsky (Diff Quick/ Wright)
300
Identify the locations where fluid would be removed in the following procedures: Paracentesis, Cystocentesis, Arthrocentesis and Thoracocentesis.
What is abdomen, bladder, joint, thorax
300
The variation in overall cell size is called
What is anisocytosis
300
A doctor describes a cytology sample to you as suppurative, what does this mean
What is purulent
400
Whe is a swab the best option for a diagnostic tool
When imprints, scrapings and aspirates cannot be made
400
What are the three locations that a fine needle aspirate could be used as a diagnostic tool
What is lymph node, nodular lesion and internal organs
400
After performing a centesis on a standing patient you spin down the fluid and notice that the the patient has hemorraged in the last few hours.... How was this identified
The supernatant is clear and the sediment was red
400
When tissue cells have different nucleus sizes what term is used to describe this abnormality
What is Anisokaryosis
400
The cells that are seen on a vaginal cytology of a female dog in her estrus part of her estrous cycle
What is cornified squamous epithelial cells
500
The imprint method that involves touching slides to a lesion on a patient as the lesion is slowly debrided
What is Tzanch imprint
500
Explain the difference between a fine needle aspirate and a fine needle biopsy nonaspirate
What is using a syringe to generate negative pressure
500
A cytologic sample was taken from a patients lymph node and plasma cells were observed, does this finding signify inflamation?
No! Plasma cells are found in a reactive lymph node, not commonly seen with inflammation
500
Name three abnormalities seen in a malignant cell
What is anisocytosis, pleomorphism, anisokaryosis, increased mitotic activity, coarse chromatin, nuclear molding, or multi-nucleation
500
True or false, normal milk contains up to 95% neutrophils