The Korean Journal of Cytopathology (대한세포병리학회지)
- Volume 3 Issue 2
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- Pages.94-99
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- 1992
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- 1017-0391(pISSN)
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Meningioma Presenting as a Neck Mass
경부 종괴로 나타난 수막종의 세침흡인 세포학적 소견
- Yim, Hyun-Ee (Department of Pathology, Yousei University College of Medicine) ;
- Park, Young-Nyun (Department of Pathology, Yousei University College of Medicine) ;
- Lee, Kwang-Gil (Department of Pathology, Yousei University College of Medicine)
- Published : 1992.12.30
Abstract
Meningioma is the most common neoplasm of central nervous system which is hardly diagnosed by cytologic examination. However, preoperative cytologic diagnosis can be easily made in the case of extracranial meningioma, especially in head and neck lesion. We recently experienced a case of fine needle aspiration cytology of meningioma in sub-mandibular area of a 24 year-old male patient. The smear revealed high cellularity in the clean background. individual tumor cell of nests or syncytium had round or oval nuclei with fine chromatin and moderate amount of lightly stained cytoplasm with indistinct margin. Characteristic cellular whorls, intranuclear inclusions and scattered psammoma bodies made it easy to diagnose a meningioma.