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Malignant rhabdoid tumor of the kidney diagnosed by fine‐needle aspiration cytology
Author(s) -
Drut Ricardo
Publication year - 1990
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.2840060211
Subject(s) - medicine , cytology , eosinophilic , pathology , fine needle aspiration , nucleolus , fine needle aspiration cytology , pleural effusion , kidney , radiology , biopsy , nucleus , psychiatry
A case of malignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT) of the kidney diagnosed by fine‐needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in a 4‐mo‐old infant who later developed a left pleural' effusion (also recognized as metastatic disease by cytologic means) is reported. Rhabdoid cells—intermediate‐sized cells with vesicular nuclei and prominent nucleoli, exhibiting a paranuclear, eosinophilic. dense inclusion—seem to be specific enough for this tumor to allow diagnosis by FNAC.