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Fine‐needle aspiration biopsy of disseminated sporotrichosis: A case report
Author(s) -
Gerhard Renê,
de Moscoso Patrícia Carrasco,
Gabbi Tatiana Villas Boas,
Valente Neusa Yuriko Sakai
Publication year - 2008
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/dc.20777
Subject(s) - sporotrichosis , papanicolaou stain , medicine , fine needle aspiration , biopsy , sporothrix schenckii , pathology , cytology , cytopathology , giemsa stain , differential diagnosis , cervical cancer , cancer
In this report, we describe a case of disseminated sporotrichosis that was diagnosed by fine–needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). The cytologic smears exhibited a large number of macrophages, few polymorphonuclear neutrophils and numerous round or oval, sometimes elongated, isolated and scattered yeast‐like structures localized extracellularly or inside macrophages. These structures were clearly visualized by Giemsa and Papanicolaou methods. Cultures from skin biopsy material revealed fungal colonies which were subsequently identified as Sporothrix schenckii . The cytologic aspects, the correlation with histologic findings and the differential cytologic diagnosis were reviewed. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2008;36:174–177. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.