PROFFERED PAPERS
Monday, March 8   —  1:00 PM   —  Room 2, 3


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Section F - CYTOPATHOLOGY
Chaired by: Ritu Nayar and Mary Sidawy



1:00 The Effect of Bethesda 2001 on Reporting of Atypical Squamous Cells: A Follow-Up Study in 1185 Cases (330)
A Simsir, P Sun, O Ioffe, J Cangiarella, P Hummel Levine - New York University, New York, NY
1:15 Is Repeat PCR-Based HPV Testing for Persistent ASC -US Useful? (275)
HE Gulbahce, K Savik, EB Stelow, K Kjeldahl, CA Brown, S Setty, SE Pambuccian - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Fairview University Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
1:30 Type-Specific HPV Testing Identifies Low Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions with Different Risks for Biopsy-Proven HSIL (309)
F Medeiros, L Yuan, G Breslin, J Brodsky, ES Cibas, S Feldman, A Cviko, CP Crum - Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
1:45 Genital Human Papilloma Virus Testing by In-Situ Hybridization Method in Liquid Prepared Atypical Cytologic Materials and Follow up Biopsies (248)
C Bewtra, L Hatcher, Q Xie, Z Gatalica, S Soundararajan, F Zhou - Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE
2:00 Clinical Significance of Reporting Endometrial Cells in Patients over the Age Forty: Assessing Modifications of Bethesda 2001 (251)
W Carter, P Elgert, A Simsir, J Cangiarella - New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
2:15 Evolution of High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion (HSIL) in HIV-Positive Women Compared to the General Population: 5 Year Follow-Up (244)
GJ Bachowski, GG Birdsong, SK Lau, TS Tadros, GM Oprea - Emory University School of Medicine/Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA
2:30 p16INK4 Immunohistochemistry Aids in Resolving Pap Smear and Follow-Up Cervical Biopsy Discrepancies (283)
S Hwang, D Popiolek, L Chiriboga, H Yee, A Simsir - New York University, New York, NY
2:45 Liquid Bead Microrrays (LBMA) Are Suitable for Accurate High-Throughput Typing of All Genital Human Papillomaviruses (344)
J Wallace, Y Zhou, BA Woda, G Pihan - Umass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, MA; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
3:00 RECESS, EXHIBITS, POSTER SESSION II
4:30 NATHAN KAUFMAN TIMELY TOPICS LECTURE
Dr. David Walker
Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: A Critical Opportunity for Pathology in the Era of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections
Hall A