Fine needle aspiration biopsy of orbital meningioma. Report of a case |
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| Authors: | E G Cristallini G B Bolis P Ottaviano |
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| Affiliation: | Institute of Pathologic Anatomy, Civil Hospital of Terni, Italy. |
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| Abstract: | A case of orbital neoformation in a 28-year-old man is described. The cytohistologic diagnosis on fine needle aspiration biopsy specimens was meningioma; this was later confirmed by histologic study of surgical fragments. The cytohistologic features of the aspirated material (nuclear pseudoinclusions, psammoma bodies and cells arranged in whorls) allowed a rapid, reliable, ambulatory diagnosis to be formulated with an advantageous cost/benefit ratio. |
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