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Metastatic small cell carcinoma with psammoma bodies: A diagnostic pitfall
Author(s) -
Chia N.,
Pang B.,
Nga M. E.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1365-2303
pISSN - 0956-5507
DOI - 10.1111/cyt.12469
Subject(s) - psammoma body , medicine , pathology , adenocarcinoma , carcinoma , small cell carcinoma , cancer , immunohistochemistry
Large three‐dimensional neoplastic cell aggregates and psammoma bodies are rare in metastatic small cell carcinoma and could represent a diagnostic pitfall, given their more frequent associations with adenocarcinoma. Careful attention to other classic cytomorphologic features is cardinal to the diagnosis of small cell carcinoma.
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