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Fine‐needle aspiration cytology in primary cutaneous tumors
Author(s) -
Bharani Vani,
Kumar Rajesh,
Gupta Nalini,
Srinivasan Radhika,
Rajwanshi Arvind,
Nahar Uma,
Dey Pranab
Publication year - 2017
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.23741
Subject(s) - medicine , fine needle aspiration , biopsy , cytopathology , cytology , sampling (signal processing) , radiology , fine needle aspiration cytology , pathology , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
Background Fine‐needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is occasionally used in the evaluation of primary skin tumors. However, in routine evaluation of any soft tissue swelling we encounter the cases of skin lesions. It is essential to know FNAB features of skin lesions. Materials and methods We present detailed cytomorphologic features with histologic correlation of 28 primary skin tumors, evaluated over a period of 4 years. Result An accurate diagnosis was provided in 42.8% cases, while benign or malignant nature was correctly established in 82.1% cases. Conclusions The most common cause of incorrect diagnosis was sampling error and a definitive diagnosis was not provided in adnexal tumors due to overlap of cytologic features and lack of availability of architectural features. The knowledge of cytological features of the skin adnexal tumor is helpful to avoid any mistaken diagnosis. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2017;45:681–688. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.