Open AccessCase of pulmonary pneumocytoma: A probable cytological diagnosis with histopathological confirmation
Author(s) -
Mayank Gupta,
Jainam Shah,
Marie Therese Manipadam,
Vinay Murahari Rao
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.130909
Subject(s) - pathology , solitary pulmonary nodule , medicine , lung , nodule (geology) , radiology , biology , paleontology
Pneumocytoma is a rare benign tumor of the lung that usually presents as a solitary pulmonary nodule. It is believed to arise from the primitive undifferentiated respiratory epithelium. We report a case of pulmonary pneumocytoma that was suspected on needle aspiration smears and confirmed histologically. This case describes the cytological features of pneumocytoma that are rarely described in textbooks.