title: Metastatic ganglioneuroblastoma in head and neck diagnosed by fine needle aspiration: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To describe the cytologic findings of a case of ganglioneuroblastoma metastatic to the jaw and neck.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 15-year-old boy with a known case of ganglioneuroblastoma of the kidney for the previous 10 years manifested by right mandibular and neck masses on 2 occasions 1 year apart was diagnosed with metastatic ganglioneuroblastoma by fine needle aspiration (FNA). FNA showed neurofibrillary material, small malignant cells, Homer-Wright rosettes. mononucleated, binucleated and multinucleated ganglion cells and Reed Sternberg-like ganglion cells. Metastatic ganglioneuroblastoma was diagnosed on both occasions, and the patient received appropriate treatment, with resolution of the lesions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case illustrates the FNA findings of metastatic ganglioneuroblastoma in the head and neck region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cytopathology, Dr. Daneshbod Pathology Laboratory, Nemazee Hospital, Iran. daneshbk@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Yahya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Daneshbod
authors.forename: Habib Nurani
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Khojasteh
authors.forename: Barbod
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zamiri
authors.forename: Khosrow
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Daneshbod
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D018305:Ganglioneuroblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D016539:Reed-Sternberg Cells / Q000473:pathology