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Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Eccrine Spiradenoma -Report of a Case-  

Kim, Dong-Ja (Department of Pathology, Fatima Hospital)
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The Korean Journal of Cytopathology / v.16, no.2, 2005 , pp. 98-101 More about this Journal
Abstract
Eccrine spiradenoma is a rare adnexal tumor of the skin and its cytomorphology has seldom been described in literature. To evaluate the cytologic features and diagnostic pitfalls of eccrine spiradenoma, we report a case of 33-year-old male whose clinical presentation was a painful subcutaneous mass at the right preauricular area. Fine needle aspirates revealed tight clusters of multilayered, uniform, cuboidal cells arranged around hyalinized perivascular spaces. Some epithelial cells showed tubules or rosette formations. The background showed scattered, naked nuclei. The histologic findings confirmed the eccrine spiradenoma. The recognition of peculiar cytologic features and clinical correlation could be helpful in the diagnosis of skin adnexal tumors.
Keywords
Skin; Tumor; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Rosette formation;
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