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Fine‐needle aspiration biopsy of tibial adamantinoma: A case report
Author(s) -
Hales Martha S.,
Ferrell Linda D.
Publication year - 1988
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.2840040116
Subject(s) - adamantinoma , medicine , biopsy , tibia , histogenesis , fine needle aspiration , radiodensity , primary bone , odontogenic tumor , ameloblastoma , anatomy , radiology , pathology , radiography , maxilla , immunohistochemistry , odontogenic
Adamantinoma of long bones is a rare, primary bone tumor of controversial histogenesis, usually arising in the anterior mid‐shaft of the tibia. This slowly growing, radiolucent, expansile tumor eventually causes thinning or destruction of overlying cortical bone. Fine‐needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is a rapid, safe, and relatively painless means of obtaining diagnostic material from bone tumors, provided the mass has eroded through or markedly attenuated the overlying cortex. A case is presented of primary adamantinoma of the tibia which was sampled first by FNAB and subsequently by surgical biopsy.