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Performing and Processing FNA of Anterior Fat Pad for Amyloid

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October 30th, 2010

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October 30th, 2010

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Vinod B. Shidham¹^,², Bryan Hunt¹, Safwan S. Jaradeh³, Alexandru C. Barboi³, Sumana Devata⁴, Parameswaran Hari⁵

¹Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, ²Current Address: Department of Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit Medical Center, ³Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, ⁴Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, ⁵Division of Neoplastic Diseases and Related Disorders, Medical College of Wisconsin

Summary

Fat pad aspiration is a preferred, minimally invasive, and low cost approach as compared to other methods to detect amyloid for diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis. This video article demonstrates a procedural outline for performing fat pad aspiration with appropriate processing of the specimen for the optimal diagnostic outcome.

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Anterior Fat Pad

Diagnostic Yield

Gingival Biopsy

Fat Pad Aspiration

Standardized Protocols

Aspirated Specimen Processing

Apple green Birefringence

Congo Red Stained Sections

Polarizing Microscope

Cell Block Preparation

Ultrastructural Evaluation

Electron Microscopy

Chapters in this video

0:00

Title

0:55

Introduction

1:34

Preparing for the Fine Needle Aspiration of Anterior Fat Pad

5:22

Performing Fat Pad Aspiration

6:38

Specimen Handling

7:46

Representative Results

8:56

Conclusion

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