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Pulmonary carcinoid with papillary structure: Report of a case with fine‐needle aspiration cytology
Author(s) -
Evans Hilary,
Blaney Ronald
Publication year - 1994
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.2840110214
Subject(s) - medicine , cytology , lung , papillary tumor , carcinoid tumors , pathology , fine needle aspiration , differential diagnosis , biopsy , radiology , fine needle aspiration cytology
Abstract Fine‐needle aspiration biopsy of a peripheral lung mass in a 44‐yr‐old man revealed a papillary tumor. Histologic examination of the mass, removed by lobectomy, demonstrated a pulmonary carcinoid tumor with papillary structure. Most papillary tumors of the lung are malignant. Pulmonary carcinoid and pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma—benign tumors—have papillary variants. Both have been described in fine‐needle aspiration specimens and should be included in the differential diagnosis of papillary lung tumors. The cytologic features of pulmonary carcinoid are described. Diagn Cytopathol 1994;11:178–181. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.