Open AccessCytological diagnosis of small cell osteosarcoma of the bone
Author(s) -
Uma Handa,
Irneet Mundi,
Harsh Mohan,
Sudhir Kumar Garg
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.160573
Subject(s) - medicine , histopathology , osteosarcoma , fine needle aspiration cytology , cytology , thigh , pathology , fine needle aspiration , radiology , anatomy , biopsy
Small cell osteosarcoma (OS) is a rare histological variant of OS that poses unique diagnostic difficulties. We present a case of a 10-year-old child who underwent fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) from a mass in the right thigh. The cytological findings were those of a malignant small round cell tumor, closest to small cell OS. The FNAC findings were confirmed on histopathology.