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Fine‐needle aspiration cytology of adrenal cryptococcosis: A case report
Author(s) -
Powers Celeste N.,
Rupp George M.,
Maygarden Susan J.,
Frable William J.
Publication year - 1991
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.2840070123
Subject(s) - medicine , cytology , cryptococcosis , cytopathology , pathology , fine needle aspiration , eosinophilic , stain , biopsy , staining
A case of adrenal cryptococcosis diagnosed by fine‐needle aspiration biopsy cytology in a 58‐yr‐old man is presented. The organisms were easily seen with routine modified Wright stain (Diff‐Quik) as variably sized yeasts, some with a brightly eosinophilic capsule. The diagnosis was confirmed with mucicarmine and silver stains. The identification of fungi with routine cytologic stains allows a rapid presumptive diagnosis of the infectious agent, collection of material for confirmatory special stains, and prompt initiation of therapy.