title: Filamentous organisms in gastric brushings and gastric cancer diagnosis.
abstract: An association between filamentous organisms and gastric carcinoma has been reported in gastric biopsies. Review of 45 Papanicolaou-stained gastric brushing specimens revealed filamentous organisms in two cases. In both cases, gastric carcinoma was confirmed on follow-up. Cytopathologists should be aware that the identification of filamentous organisms in gastric brushings is a specific, although insensitive marker of gastric cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Hussein
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000473:pathology; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology