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Fine Needle Aspiration Cytodiagnosis of A Carcinoid Tumour of the Male Breast
Author(s) -
GUPTA R. K.,
SIMPSON J. S.
Publication year - 1992
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/j.1365-2303.1992.tb00065.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fine needle aspiration , enolase , biopsy , pathology , carcinoid tumour , mastectomy , lymph node , mammary gland , breast cancer , immunohistochemistry , cancer
The diagnosis of a primary carcinoid tumour of the breast in a 38‐year‐old male was initially made from a fine needle aspiration sample. the cytodiagnosis was supported by the histochemical demonstration of Grimelius‐positive granules in tumour cells which were also found in tissue removed in a subsequent biopsy. an immunocytochemical study using markers for neuron‐specific enolase and chromagranin in the aspirated sample and tissue was found to be negative. A total mastectomy with axillary node dissection was performed which showed no residual or metastatic tumour. No primary tumour was found elsewhere.