title: Ciliated cells in abdominal or pelvic fine needle aspirations: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Ciliated cells encountered outside of an expected anatomical location (e.g., the respiratory tract, fallopian tube, etc) can represent a diagnostic difficulty for the cytopathologist, especially during preliminary assessment of a fine needle aspiration (FNA) for adequacy or malignancy. We present the cytologic and histologic features of a FNA and needle core biopsy, respectively, of an abdominal mass, likely from a gastrointestinal duplication cyst, foregut cyst or a bronchogenic cyst. We also briefly review the differential diagnosis for ciliated cells encountered in abdominal or pelvic FNAs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA.
authors.forename: Kyle D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: Ning Li
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eberts
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology*; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002923:Cilia / Q000473:pathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D010388:Pelvis / Q000473:pathology*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology