Positions

Overview

  • Diana Lin, M.D., joins the division as an assistant professor whose research interests focus on cytopathology and head and neck pathology. This includes molecular characterization of thyroid tumors, specifically focusing on the sequencing of cytologic smears. Lin completed her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at Rush University Medical Center and a cytopathology fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

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    2021 Incidental Thyroid Nodules Found During Acute Stroke Angiography: Prevalence, Outcomes, and Suggested Management Guidelines 2021
    2020 Cystic parathyroid adenoma: Two cases of a rare phenomenon 2020
    2020 Revisiting a rare disease: Oral cavity basaloid squamous cell carcinoma at a high-volume tertiary center 2020
    2020 Racial differences and an increased systemic inflammatory response are seen in patients with COVID-19 and ischemic stroke 2020
    2019 Is regional lymph nodes metastisis of head and neck paraganglioma a sign of aggressive clinical behavior? A clinical/pathologic review 2019
    2019 MDM2 amplification and immunohistochemical expression in sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma..  Human Pathology.  28-36. 2019
    2019 Role of Fine Needle Aspiration in Post Liver Transplant Patients 2019
    2019 Rapid onside evaluation with telecytology significantly reduced unsatisfactory rates of thyroid FNA: a case control study 2019
    2019 Subgemmal Neurogenous Plaque: A Clinical and Pathologic Review with Comparison to Common Head and Neck Neural Tumors 2019
    2018 An uncommon disease: Periductal Stromal Sarcoma of the Breast 2018
    2018 Ectopic thyroid tissue: immunohistochemistry and molecular analysis 2018
    2018 Aldosterone contributes to elevated left ventricular mass in black boys. 2018
    2017 A 55-year-old female with leukoencephalopathy with cerebral calcifications and cysts: Case report and radiopathologic description 2017
    2017 Endobronchial Metastasis from Extrapulmonary Neoplasms: Analysis of Clinicopathologic Features and Cytological Evaluation by Bronchial Brushing 2017
    2017 Hematologic malignancies discovered on investigation of breast abnormalities.  Southern Medical Journal.  110:614-620. 2017
    2017 Hematologic malignancies discovered on investigation of breast abnormalities; a clinicopathological study. 2017
    2017 A 54-Year-Old Male with Multiple Intracranial and Extracranial Masses.  Brain Pathology.  27:693-694. 2017
    2017 Spectrum of Clinicopathological Deviations in Long-Segment Hirschsprung Disease Compared with Short-Segment Hirschsprung Disease: A Single-Institution Study.  International Journal of Surgical Pathology.  25:216-221. 2017
    2017 Utility of intraoperative frozen sections in surgical decision making for acute invasive fungal rhinosinusitis.  International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology.  7:502-507. 2017
    2017 Metastatic Signet-Ring Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder in Cerebrospinal Fluid.  Diagnostic Cytopathology.  45:73-76. 2017
    2017 Positive correlation of Anti-Herpes simplex type I virus antibody levels with pemphigus vulgaris disease status and activity in a large patient cohort 2017
    2017 Positive correlation of anti-herpes simplex type 1 virus antibody levels with pemphigus vulgaris disease status and activity in a large patient cohort 2017
    2016 Vaginal fine-needle aspiration: A useful alternative to biopsy.  Diagnostic Cytopathology.  44:665-669. 2016
    2016 Asymptomatic diffuse "encephalitic" cerebral toxoplasmosis in a woman with systemic lupus erythematosus.  Journal of Clinical Neuroscience.  29:194-196. 2016
    2016 Fine needle aspiration cytology of cystic primary adult granulosa cell tumor of the ovary: Potential diagnostic pitfalls with other cystic ovarian lesions.  Diagnostic Cytopathology.  44:461-465. 2016
    2016 Cytological features of Castleman disease: A review.  Journal- American Society of Cytopathology.  5:100-106. 2016
    2015 Fine needle aspiration of secondary synovial sarcoma of the thyroid gland 2015
    2015 Cytologic findings of hematologic malignancies in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.  Journal- American Society of Cytopathology.  4:267-275. 2015
    2015 Radiation esophagitis.  Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.  139:827-830. 2015
    2014 Benign cystic mesothelioma associated with ipsilateral renal agenesis: A case report and review of literature.  Pediatric and Developmental Pathology.  17:487-490. 2014
    2014 Cytologic features of the normal pineal gland on squash preparations.  Diagnostic Cytopathology.  42:939-943. 2014
    2014 Hematologic lesions in urine cytology.  Journal- American Society of Cytopathology.  4:107-112. 2014
    2013 Ulcerative lesions in an advanced AIDS patient.  Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology.  68. 2013

    Book

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    2016 Fibrous and myofibroblastic tumors and reactive lesions. In: Pearls and Pitfalls in Neoplastic Dermatopathology 2016

    Full Name

  • Diana Lin