Pancreatitis and pancreatic carcinoma, diagnosed by peroperative fine needle aspiration biopsy.
Thirty-seven cases of fine needle aspiration biopsies from the pancreas with histologic control are reviewed. The different cell types are described and illustrated. The cytologic/histologic correlation was very high. Only cells from very highly differentiated cancers were difficult to distinguish from atypical ductal cells. The clinical implications of the cytologic findings are briefly discussed.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis*