title: Edematous nasal polyp with atypical stromal cells misdiagnosed cytologically as rhabdomyosarcoma. A case report.
abstract: Cytology, histology and immunohistology of an edematous nasal polyp with atypical stromal cells are described. The atypical cells were evaluated as rhabdomyosarcoma cells in touch smears.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Pathology, Medical Academy, Szczecin, Poland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tuziak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kram
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Woyke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014746:Vimentin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen; D014746:Vimentin