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Fine needle aspiration cytology in sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary: A series of three cases
Author(s) -
Banik Tarak,
Gupta Nalini,
Dey Pranab,
Rajwanshi Arvind,
Dhaliwal Lakhbir Kaur
Publication year - 2012
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.21639
Subject(s) - ovary , stromal cell , medicine , stroma , pathology , cytology , fine needle aspiration cytology , immunohistochemistry
Sclerosing stromal tumor (SST) of the ovary is a distinct subtype of sex cord‐stromal tumor, which is derived from the ovarian stroma and, in turn, from the sex cords of the embryonic gonads. It is a benign tumor, predominantly, unilateral in nature and mostly involves the right side of the ovary. Histopathological features are characteristic and are well described in the literature; however to the best of our knowledge fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) has not been described previously. We present FNAC findings in a series of three cases of SST and discuss the cytomorphological features. We have described Call‐Exner like bodies in one of our cases and hence, suggest that these may not be an exclusive feature of granulosa cell tumor. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2011; © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.