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Fine‐needle aspiration cytology in Kimura's disease
Author(s) -
Jayaram Gita,
Peh Kaik Boo
Publication year - 1995
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.2840130404
Subject(s) - medicine , kimura's disease , cytology , pathology , fine needle aspiration cytology , biopsy , angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia , fine needle aspiration , lymph node , disease , eosinophilia
Three patients presenting with parotid, submandibular, and/or lymph node masses were subjected to fine‐needle aspiration cytology. Smears showed dissociated and clustered endothelial cells, eosinophils, lymphocytes, and Warthin Finkeldey giant cells. In two cases a diagnosis of Kimura's disease was suggested from the FNA cytologic smears. In the third case the presence of mononucleate cells with prominent nucleoli led to a suspicion of Hodgkin's disease. Excision biopsy and histopathologic study established a diagnosis of Kimura's disease in all three cases. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.