Papillary cystic neoplasm of the pancreas. Report of a case diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology |
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Authors: | G Jayaram K U Chaturvedi R K Jindal S Venugopal R Kapoor |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, India. |
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Abstract: | Fine needle aspiration (FNA) performed on a young woman who presented with a mass in the left hypochondrium yielded fluid. Smears and Cytospin preparations of the fluid showed good cellularity, consisting of relatively monomorphic cells forming a perivascular papillary pattern. FNA cytology thus suggested a diagnosis of papillary cystic neoplasm of the pancreas. Surgical removal of the pancreatic tumor and detailed histologic study confirmed the cytologic diagnosis. |
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