Cytodiagnosis of Hodgkin's disease in bronchial brush smears.
A case of 65 years of old female in which Reed-Sternberg cells were found in brush specimens from bronchial mucosa is reported. Histopathologic specimens from bronchial mucosa and lymph nodes were estimated too. We would like to direct attention to the necessity differential diagnosis Reed-Sternberg cells with adenocarcinoma cells in brush specimens from bronchial mucosa.
Woyke
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Department of Tumor Pathology, School of Medicine, Szczecin.
Markiewski
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D016539:Reed-Sternberg Cells / Q000473:pathology*