Fine-needle aspiration diagnosis of sclerosing hemangioma (pneumocytoma): Report of a case and review of the literature.
Author(s)
Dettrick, Andrew
Meikle, Anne
Fong, Kwun M
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2014
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Sclerosing hemangioma (pneumocytoma) is a rare benign lung tumor with uncertain histogenesis but characteristic histology. Reports of the cytopathology of this tumor are even rarer with only a handful of cases in the literature—many of these incorrectly diagnosed by cytology initially. Herein, we describe a case of sclerosing hemangioma diagnosed prima facie by fine-needle aspiration cytology. A cell block preparation with accompanying immunohistochemistry was instrumental in making the diagnosis. A review of the literature is also presented.Sclerosing hemangioma (pneumocytoma) is a rare benign lung tumor with uncertain histogenesis but characteristic histology. Reports of the cytopathology of this tumor are even rarer with only a handful of cases in the literature—many of these incorrectly diagnosed by cytology initially. Herein, we describe a case of sclerosing hemangioma diagnosed prima facie by fine-needle aspiration cytology. A cell block preparation with accompanying immunohistochemistry was instrumental in making the diagnosis. A review of the literature is also presented.
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Journal Title
Diagnostic Cytopathology
Volume
42
Issue
3
Subject
Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Clinical Sciences