Fine needle aspiration cytology of a pancreatic cyst in a patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. A case report.
BACKGROUND
Solitary cysts occur in approximately 10% of patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) can be beneficial in evaluating complications related to the cysts and in excluding malignancies and other cystic lesions that can occur in these patients.


METHODS
FNAC was performed on a benign epithelial cyst in a symptomatic, 25-year-old, white female with ADPKD. The aspirate consisted of scattered small, flat groups of uniform epithelial cells arranged in a honey-comb fashion.


CONCLUSIONS
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first FNAC report of a pancreatic cyst in ADPKD.
Silverman
J F
JF
Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and of Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital, 320 East North Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania 15212-4722, USA.
Prichard
J
J
Regueiro
M D
MD
D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D016891:Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant / Q000150:complications*