Fine needle aspiration study of metastatic mixed adenosquamous carcinoma of the renal pelvis. A case report.
The findings in a fine needle aspirate of a psoas area metastasis from a mixed adenosquamous carcinoma of the renal pelvis are presented. The primary renal tumor is apparently the fourth such case reported in the literature; the pathogenesis of such tumors is briefly reviewed. The value of fine needle aspiration in excluding a clinically suspected abscess and in allowing a specific diagnosis of malignancy is emphasized.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed