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Adrenal myelolipoma: Preoperative diagnosis by fine‐needle aspiration cytology
Author(s) -
Katsuta Koji,
Nakabayashi Hiroshi,
Kuroda Yuzuru,
Liu Paul I.
Publication year - 1989
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.2840050314
Subject(s) - medicine , myelolipoma , differential diagnosis , fine needle aspiration , radiology , cytology , computed tomography , cytopathology , fine needle aspiration cytology , biopsy , adrenal gland , pathology
Fine‐needle aspiration (FNA) was performed under ultrasonographic guidance on a suprarenal mass in a 52‐yr‐old Japanese man. Preoperatively, the diagnosis of adrenal myelolipoma was easily established from the cytologic findings of the aspirates. FNA is a very useful technique for the differential diagnosis of this tumor, and it is particularly valuable for many hospitals that are not equipped with computed tomography.