Papillary cystic neoplasm of the pancreas. Report of a case diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology.
Fine needle aspiration (FNA) performed on a young woman who presented with a mass in the left hypochondrium yielded fluid. Smears and Cytospin preparations of the fluid showed good cellularity, consisting of relatively monomorphic cells forming a perivascular papillary pattern. FNA cytology thus suggested a diagnosis of papillary cystic neoplasm of the pancreas. Surgical removal of the pancreatic tumor and detailed histologic study confirmed the cytologic diagnosis.
Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, India.
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Jayaram
K U
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Chaturvedi
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RK
Jindal
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Venugopal
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Kapoor
D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography