title: Case of pulmonary pneumocytoma: a probable cytological diagnosis with histopathological confirmation.
abstract: Pneumocytoma is a rare benign tumor of the lung that usually presents as a solitary pulmonary nodule. It is believed to arise from the primitive undifferentiated respiratory epithelium. We report a case of pulmonary pneumocytoma that was suspected on needle aspiration smears and confirmed histologically. This case describes the cytological features of pneumocytoma that are rarely described in textbooks.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of General Pathology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
authors.forename: Mayank
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Jigar
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Marie Therese
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Manipadam
authors.forename: Vinay M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D056809:Alveolar Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D008853:Microscopy
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor