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The cytologic diagnosis of gangliocytic paraganglioma: A case report
Author(s) -
Dustin Simone M.,
Atkins Kristin A.,
Shami Vanessa M.,
Adams Reid B.,
Stelow Edward B.
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.21858
Subject(s) - paraganglioma , medicine , duodenum , cytology , population , pathology , radiology , environmental health
Gangliocytic paragangliomas are rare tumors primarily found in the duodenum. We report a case of a woman who presented with a retroperitoneal lymph node involved by metastatic gangliocytic paraganglioma. Subsequently, fine‐needle aspiration (FNA) cytology was used to identify the primary duodenal gangliocytic paraganglioma. The smears of the aspirate material were highly cellular and contained a dominant population of epithelioid cells, a second population of ganglion cells and a third population of small, bland spindled cells. To our knowledge, the cytologic features of gangliocytic paraganglioma have not previously been documented. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2013. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.