Update as of 16 July 2006
May's Good News Story
A big thank you to May Poon at Medlab BoP for our July case of the month. Another life saved... but don't expect to see this one in the papers! You can see it by clicking here.
Conference News
All information about this year's confernce is on the NZIMLS website
Update as of 15 June 2006
Christchurch COTM
A big thank you to Judy Cartwright and the team at Christchurch Hospital for our latest intetesting case. you can see our June Case of the Month by clicking here.
Update as of 11 June 2006
Stick Your Neck Out!
As part of the Napier Cytology Conference on Friday 25 th August the NZSC is hosting a workshop on head and neck. Peter Fitzgerald will present a two hour session using video camera on a multiheader microscope. We would like to conclude this session with a panel discussing 6 unusual/difficult cases from the head and neck. We are looking for cases from throughout NZ so this is your chance to get some feed back on that problem case.
We would like to put 4 photos of each case on our website with clinical details so we would need either the photos (no larger than 1000x1000pixels) or slides by Friday 14th July . We would also need someone (cytotech or pathologist) from your lab to present the case at the conference. This would be on the multiheader with the video camera so no powerpoint would be required.
For further details or to submit a case please contact Sharon Waldvogel-Thurlow at DML, Auckland.
SWT
Update as of 05 March 2006
Conference Convenor Change
Daphne James from Medlab BOP has accepted the role of convenor for the 2006 conjoint NZSC/NZIMLS conference (replacing Carol Green), and will work closely with Ashika Bissoon and Abed Kader in this capacity.
Thanks Rhonda
Our March Case of the Month comes from Rhonda Wendzel of LabPlus, Auckland.[Click here]
Update as of 24 February 2006
Good Luck Carol!
February 17, 2006 heralded Carol Green's last day of work at Valley Diagnostic Laboratory. Seen in this photo is Sue Paine presenting Carol with a bouquet of flowers on behalf of the NZSC.
The NZSC wishes to thank Carol for her immense contribution to cytology over the years.
Update as of 31 January 2006
Thanks Herman
Our February Case of the Month comes from Herman at Medlab Central in Palmerston North.[Click here]
Update as of 12 January 2006
Happy New Year
...And to get things of to a cytological start our new Case of the month is a presentation on Follicular Neoplasms of Thyroid by Abed Kader and Dianne Stanley of Medical Laboratory Wellington.[Click here]
Changes Afoot
The website will be getting a bit of a tidy up over the course of the month and some content will be archived to 'the Vaults'. As is usually the case on Planet Cytology, nothing will be thrown away - just filed so that we we can look at it later and be smug about how obvious the mistakes were. - CJW
Update as of 05 December 2005
Ho Ho Ho.
If you go on holday somewhere exotic then be careful what you bring back with you. This months interesting case demonstrates something even the MAF sniffer dogs missed. Brought down the chimney by Carol Green of VDL! [Click here]
Conference 2006
The 2006 conference will be in a conjoint format similar to 2005, with the NZSC and NZIMLS. It will be held in Napier from 21 to 25 August 2006 at the War Memorial Museum in Napier
Members of the 2006 conference organising committee are:
- Carol Green (Convenor)
- Martin Whitehead
- Herman Venter
- Daphne James
- Sharon Waldvogel Thurlow
- Colleen Wesley
Anyone with suggestions for guest speakers, please forward these to
any of the organisers
- Abed Kader (President)
Update as of 04 November 2005
November CoTM
Unfortunately, the lab due to submit October's case was very busy and will submit a case at a later date. For this month we are indebted to Paul Spek of SCL Christchurch who has shared a rare and intersting story... [Click here]
Update as of 05 September 2005
New Case of The Month
This months's case is courtesy of Karin Bradshaw and based on her poster at this year's conference. [Click here]
Update as of 26 August 2005
Conference Latest
Latest photos from the Christchurch conference now posted. Full report and AGM minutes to follow.[Click here]
Screening Questions?
If you are a woman seeking information about what your cervical smear result means or the breast and cervical screening programmes in general then you might find the official NZ Ministry of Health Screening Programmes' website very useful.
