title: Detection of amyloid in gastric brushing material. A case report.
abstract: A case of gastric amyloidosis in which diagnostic material was detected on gastric brushing material is described. A high index of suspicion and familiarity with the hypocellular, amorphous morphology of amyloid on cytologic smears are essential to the detection of amyloid. Congo red was applied to destained Papanicolaou-stained smears to demonstrate the characteristic green birefringence on cytologically suspicious material.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston 77030.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000682:Amyloid / Q000032:analysis*; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D001706:Biopsy; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid