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Preoperative cytological diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma of tunica vaginalis
Author(s) -
Bandyopadhyay Arghya,
Bhattacharya Shubham,
Konar Karabi
Publication year - 2015
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.23325
Subject(s) - tunica vaginalis , medicine , mesothelioma , pathology , cytology , immunohistochemistry , neoplasm , radiology
Malignant mesothelioma of tunica vaginalis testis is a rare aggressive neoplasm with ∼200 cases reported so far. A correct preoperative diagnosis of this rare tumor is difficult. Fine‐needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a rapid and inexpensive diagnostic tool that may prove helpful in such cases. Very few cases have been diagnosed on cytology so far, and the descriptions of the cytological features have rarely been described in the literature. In this report we present the cytological features of malignant mesothelioma of tunica vaginalis testis which was diagnosed by FNAC and subsequently confirmed by histopatholoy and immunohistochemical (IHC) studies. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2015;43:850–854. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.