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Pericardial effusion as primary manifestation of metastatic cutaneous adenoid cystic carcinoma: Diagnostic cytopathology from an exfoliative sample
Author(s) -
Benchetritt Maxime,
Butori Catherine,
Long Elodie,
Ilie Marius,
Ferrari Emile,
Hofman Paul
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.20818
Subject(s) - medicine , pathology , cytopathology , cylindroma , pericardium , adenoid cystic carcinoma , pericardial effusion , metastasis , atypia , scalp , adenoid , carcinoma , cytology , dermatology , cancer , surgery
Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) occurs not only as a tumor of salivary glands, but also in very unusual locations, such as in the skin. Only very few cases of primary cutaneous of ACC have metastasized to the lymph nodes and lungs. We present a 53‐year‐old man with metastasis of the pericardium from a primary cutaneous ACC (PCACC) of the scalp, which had been surgically treated 14 years ago. Exfoliative cytologic findings from pericardial effusion included small clusters of basaloid cells with occasional cystlike spaces containing mucoid material. To our knowledge, this is the first case of pericardial metastasis from a PCACC. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2008;36:351–354. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.