title: Squash cytology of tanycytic ependymoma: A report of two cases.
abstract: Tanycytic ependymoma is a rare variant of ependymoma which has a predilection for the spinal cord. It is a WHO grade II tumour with favourable outcome. Although squash cytology of ependymoma is well described, there is sparse literature available on squash cytomorphology of tanycytic variant. Here we present two cases of squash cytology of tanycytic ependymoma. In the first case the diagnosis of tanycytic ependymoma was considered. However, in the second case a diagnosis of usual ependymoma was offered. Subsequently histopathology confirmed tanycytic nature in both the cases. In this article we discuss the squash cytological features of tanycytic ependymoma along with its differential diagnosis. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2017;45:270-273. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, IPGME&R, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Priyanka Maity
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, BIN, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Shubhamitra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, IPGME&R, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Debashis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chakrabarty
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Park Clinic, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Sandip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, IPGME&R, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Chhanda
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, IPGME&R, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Manoj Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, IPGME&R, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Uttara
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020295:Brain Stem Neoplasms; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D063928:Ependymoglial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
keywords: ependymoma; squash cytology; tanycytic ependymoma