Open AccessOsseous differentiation in cystosarcoma phyllodes - diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology
Author(s) -
Jayashree Krishnamurthy
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.4103/0970-9371.73305
Subject(s) - medicine , fine needle aspiration cytology , phyllodes tumor , cytology , stroma , fine needle aspiration , distant metastasis , pathology , metastasis , radiology , biopsy , immunohistochemistry , cancer
Osseous differentiation within a phyllodes tumor is extremely rare. Cytological and histological findings of a case of malignant phyllodes tumor with osseous differentiation are presented. A 45-year-old female had a malignant phyllodes tumor with osseous stroma diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology. The cytological findings were representative of the histological features. The diagnosis of these tumors preoperatively is important in planning the most appropriate treatment. It is also important to follow up these patients postoperatively for long periods for recurrence and metastasis.