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Adrenocortical carcinoma presenting with a peritoneal effusion
Author(s) -
Arvanitis Leonidas D.,
Pitelka Lisa A.,
Gattuso Paolo
Publication year - 2010
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.21261
Subject(s) - medicine , adrenocortical carcinoma , peritoneal cavity , peritoneal effusion , pathology , peritoneal fluid , carcinoma , immunohistochemistry , peritoneum , effusion , anatomy , surgery
In this report, we describe the fine‐needle aspiration findings of a case of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) that spread to the peritoneal cavity in an 80‐year‐old female. Cytologically, the peritoneal fluid exhibited clusters and single, small uniform cells with round nuclei and a fine chromatin pattern, which in conjunction with the immunohistochemical stains was diagnostic of ACC. Although ACC is the most common malignant neoplasm of the adrenal gland, its metastatic spread to the peritoneal cavity is exceptionally unusual. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2010. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.