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Extracranial metastasis of a glioma: Diagnosis by fine‐needle aspiration and immunocytochemistry
Author(s) -
LópezRíos Fernando,
Alberti Nuria,
Ballestín Claudio,
PérezBarrios Andrés,
de Agustín Pedro
Publication year - 2000
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 - 10.1002/1097-0339(200007)23:1<43::aid-dc10>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - immunocytochemistry , medicine , fine needle aspiration cytology , metastasis , pathology , glial fibrillary acidic protein , glioma , fine needle aspiration , cytology , radiology , immunohistochemistry , biopsy , cancer , cancer research
Fine‐needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a well‐established method for the rapid diagnosis of metastatic neoplasms. A case of metastatic glioma to the neck is presented. Diagnosis was made by FNAC combined with immunocytological techniques (glial fibrillary acidic protein). To the best of our knowledge, there have only been six previous cases of metastatic gliomas diagnosed by FNAC. FNAC, combined with clinical history and immunocytochemistry, is a rapid and reliable method in the definitive diagnosis of metastatic gliomas. Diagn. Cytopathol. 23:43–45, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.