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Not all tendon swellings are giant cell tumours
Author(s) -
Sathiah Prasath,
Dehuri Priyadarshini,
Gochhait Debasis
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.12613
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , tendon , dermatology , giant cell , tendon sheath , pathology , radiology
Tendon xanthomas are rare; however, they can be easily diagnosed if one is aware of the typical bilateral symmetrical presentation and cytomorphology. These patients need medical intervention after evaluation of the lipid profile.