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Morphology quiz: Cytology of a palmar swelling with axillary lymphadenopathy
Author(s) -
Gupta Parikshaa,
Rajwanshi Arvind
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.12603
Subject(s) - medicine , soft tissue , fine needle aspiration cytology , clear cell sarcoma , axillary lymphadenopathy , cytology , pathology , sarcoma , melanoma , soft tissue sarcoma , cancer , breast cancer , cancer research
Clear cell sarcoma of soft tissue (also known as malignant melanoma of soft tissue and clear cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeuroses), is a rare high‐grade sarcoma, currently included in the WHO category of soft tissue tumors with uncertain differentiation. Establishing a diagnosis on cytology is challenging but knowledge of the characteristic cytomorphological and immunocytochemical features of this entity can allow an accurate cytological diagnosis.

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