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Ciliated cells in abdominal or pelvic fine needle aspirations: A case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Perry Kyle D.,
Cheng Ning Li,
Eberts Paul,
Yang Jack
Publication year - 2013
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.21750
Subject(s) - medicine , fine needle aspiration , bronchogenic cyst , differential diagnosis , cyst , malignancy , foregut , radiology , cytopathology , biopsy , cytology , pathology , anatomy
Ciliated cells encountered outside of an expected anatomical location (e.g., the respiratory tract, fallopian tube, etc) can represent a diagnostic difficulty for the cytopathologist, especially during preliminary assessment of a fine needle aspiration (FNA) for adequacy or malignancy. We present the cytologic and histologic features of a FNA and needle core biopsy, respectively, of an abdominal mass, likely from a gastrointestinal duplication cyst, foregut cyst or a bronchogenic cyst. We also briefly review the differential diagnosis for ciliated cells encountered in abdominal or pelvic FNAs. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2013. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.