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Exfoliative cytology of tracheobronchial adenoid cystic carcinoma
Author(s) -
Chen Karl T. K.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199608)15:2<132::aid-dc10>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - medicine , exfoliative cytology , hyaline , adenoid cystic carcinoma , cribriform , pathology , cytology , carcinoma
The cytologic findings in the bronchial brushing and washing specimens of three cases of tracheobronchial adenoid cystic carcinoma are reported and compared with those reported in the literature. The cytodiagnostic features including cribriform epithelial clusters, epithelial balls, branching epithelial cylinders, cellular hyaline mucous globules, and a heretofore unemphasized diagnostic clue in exfoliative cytology—naked hyaline globules in washing smears, are illustrated and discussed. Diagn Cytopathol 1996;15:132–135. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.