Fine needle aspiration cytology of primary pulmonary paraganglioma. A case report.
BACKGROUND
Primary pulmonary paragangliomas are rare tumors. To our knowledge, there is no prior report on fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in pulmonary paraganglioma.


METHODS
A 34-year-old man presented with an incidentally found solitary pulmonary mass. FNAC showed papillarylike clusters of epithelioid cells with round to oval nuclei, evenly dispersed chromatin, micronucleoli and occasional anisonucleosis. These cytologic features were suggestive of a sclerosing hemangioma or bronchioloalveolar carcinoma. A right lower lobectomy revealed a primary pulmonary paraganglioma.


CONCLUSIONS
The possibility of pulmonary paraganglioma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of FNAC showing pseudopapillary clusters of epithelioid cells.
Kim
M K
MK
Department of Pathology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Park
S H
SH
Cho
H D
HD
Cho
S J
SJ
Kim
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A
Kim
H K
HK
Yeom
B W
BW
Choi
J S
JS
Kim
C H
CH
D002282:Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography