Performing and Processing FNA of Anterior Fat Pad for Amyloid

Vinod B. Shidham; Bryan Hunt; Safwan S. Jaradeh; Alexandru C. Barboi; Sumana Devata; Parameswaran Hari

doi:10.3791/1747

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Performing and Processing FNA of Anterior Fat Pad for Amyloid

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Performing and Processing FNA of Anterior Fat Pad for Amyloid

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09:41 min

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October 30, 2010

DOI:

10.3791/1747-v

DOI:

10.3791/1747-v

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09:41 min

October 30, 2010

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Vinod B. Shidham^1,2, 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.