Fine needle aspiration cytology of gastric epithelioid leiomyosarcoma metastasized to the liver. A case report.
BACKGROUND
There have been only a few reports on fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology of epithelioid leiomyosarcoma, especially of the stomach, and a summary of the cytologic findings in this tumor is needed.


METHODS
A case of epithelioid leiomyosarcoma of the stomach metastasized to the liver and was composed cytologically of peculiar binucleated cells.


CONCLUSIONS
Similar findings in most cases are that the cells are round or polygonal, with eccentrically located nuclei. The most variable findings relate to the texture of the cytoplasm, which varies from granular to dense to vacuolar. FNA cytology of epithelioid leiomyosarcoma can show cells that are mononuclear, binucleated or multinucleated, with eccentric nuclei and dense to vacuolar cytoplasm, with the variations probably depending on fixation status.
Park
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Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea.
Kim
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Ham
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D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D004396:Coloring Agents; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
D004396:Coloring Agents