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Cytological diagnosis of actinomycosis and eumycetoma: A report of two cases
Author(s) -
Hemalata Mahantappa,
Prasad Sruthi,
Venkatesh Kusuma,
S. R. Niveditha,
Kumar Suja Ajoy
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.21337
Subject(s) - medicine , histopathology , actinomycosis , dermatology , fine needle aspiration cytology , mycetoma , population , pathology , cytology , environmental health
Mycetoma and actinomycosis are common in tropical countries and are increasingly diagnosed in other parts of the world due to rapid mobilization of the population. They are usually diagnosed on histopathology. There is very limited data on the role of fine‐needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in diagnosing these lesions. We report here two cases: one of eumycetoma and the other of an actinomycosis that were reliably diagnosed with FNAC. The cytological features were similar to histopathology features and differentiated eumycetoma and actinomycosis. FNAC is a rapid, simple and inexpensive outpatient procedure that helps in rapid diagnosis. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2010;38:918–920. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.