title: [Primary isolated lymphoma of the liver: rapid cytological diagnosis by fine needle aspiration biopsy].
abstract: A case of primary hepatic lymphoma diagnosed with rapid staining of smears of material collected with echo-guided FNAB is described. The primary isolated lymphoma of the liver is a rare disease and forty reported cases since 1989 have been reviewed in the literature; many of which were first diagnosed at autopsy or shortly before death. Due to the rarity of the primary hepatic lymphoma, a large list of differential diagnosis has to be considered and they all fall into the category of malignant small cell tumors: moreover a definitive diagnosis may be sometimes impossible in a small needle biopsy. In the reported case the importance of a unique morphological feature (lymphoglandular bodies) is discussed in order to stress the easier diagnosis of lymphoproliferative disease allowed on cytological preparations vs. histological ones.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Citodiagnostica 2, Ospedale Civile, ULSS 21 Padova.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blandamura
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boccato
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Linfoma primitivo isolato del fegato: diagnosi citologica "rapida" mediante FNAB.