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Pleuropulmonary blastoma: Diagnosis by fine‐needle aspiration cytology: A case report
Author(s) -
Drut Ricardo,
Pollono Daniel
Publication year - 1998
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(199810)19:4<303::aid-dc16>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - medicine , cytology , pathology , fine needle aspiration cytology , histology , sarcoma , pulmonary blastoma , lung , cytopathology , fine needle aspiration , biopsy
Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is an unusual pleural‐based blastoma presenting in childhood composed by undifferentiated sarcomatous tissue with divergent differentiation and occasional benign epithelial‐lined structures. We are presenting the cytologic features of PPB as diagnosed by fine‐needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the lower lobe of the right lung in a 4‐year‐old girl. The smears showed highly malignant cells with hyperchromatic oval or multilobulated pleomorphic nuclei strongly suggesting an aggressive sarcoma. Histology of the aspirated material also revealed small fragments of a myxoid sarcoma with some pleomorphic anaplastic cells. Lobectomy and surgical pathologic investigation confirmed the diagnosis. PPB seems to be another tumor in which accurate diagnosis may be achieved by FNAC. Diagn. Cytopathol. 1998;19:303–305. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.