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Adrenal rest in testis diagnosed by fine‐needle aspiration cytology
Author(s) -
Banik Tarak,
Dey Pranab,
Gogoi Dhrubajyoti
Publication year - 2011
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.21569
Subject(s) - cytology , medicine , nucleolus , rest (music) , fine needle aspiration , sex chromatin , fine needle aspiration cytology , pathology , population , biopsy , nucleus , biology , environmental health , psychiatry , genetics
In this article, we have described an extremely uncommon entity of adrenal rest in testis in fine‐needle aspiration cytology in a 7‐year‐old male child with symptoms of precocious puberty. The patient had a raised serum testosterone level along with a well‐defined solitary mass in the testis. Fine‐needle aspiration cytology smears show a dispersed population of large cells with abundant finely granular cytoplasm, eccentric nuclei, coarse nuclear chromatin, and multiple prominent nucleoli. Considering the clinical, radiological, biochemical, and also cytological features, a diagnosis of adrenal cell rest was made. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2011. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.