title: High-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma presenting as an abscess: diagnosis by fine needle aspiration and review of the literature.
abstract: Neuroendocrine carcinomas (NEC) comprise about 2% of all carcinomas. Review of the literature indicates only a few cases of NEC presenting as an abscess, all having been diagnosed by tissue biopsy. Here, we report the FNA diagnosis of a high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma presenting as an abscess of the axilla/chest wall in a 68-year-old man and review the pertinent literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathon B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Herbst
authors.forename: Ann E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Walts
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D018278:Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems / Q000473:pathology*