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Anaplastic large cell lymphoma diagnosed from ascitic and pleural fluid effusion cytology in a paediatric patient
Author(s) -
Stephen Norton,
Ravi Soundarya,
Balakrishnan Karuna,
Siddaraju Neelaiah,
Basu Debdata,
Gochhait Debasis,
Ganesan Prasanth
Publication year - 2020
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.12848
Subject(s) - medicine , serous fluid , cytology , pleural effusion , effusion , anaplastic large cell lymphoma , lymphoma , ascitic fluid , biopsy , primary effusion lymphoma , pleural fluid , pathology , radiology , ascites , surgery
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma is commonly diagnosed on biopsy or fine needle aspiration but it is very rarely reported in fluid cytology. However, this tumor can be easily diagnosed and confirmed from the cytosmears of serous effusion samples.