[Cytological study in case of gastric leiomyoblastoma. Review of the literature].
The authors describe the fine-needle aspiration cytologic features of leiomyoblastoma. Aspirated tumor cells occur singly, not in clusters. The tumor cells are globular in shape or sometimes have a spindle appearance. The nuclei are round, central or eccentric, with small nucleoli. The cells have well-defined cytoplasmic borders. The cytoplasm is abundant and, to some extent, granular, with sometimes a microvacuolar peripheral pattern. To date five cases of leiomyoblastoma with a cytological study have been published, two of them located to the stomach. A review of the literature is presented.
Clinique Chirurgicale I, Hôpital G. et R. Laënnec, Nantes.
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D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
Examen cytologique en cas de léiomyoblastome gastrique. Revue de la littérature.