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http://dx.doi.org/10.3338/kjc.2008.19.2.6188

Imprint Cytology of Hepatic Angiomyolipoma -A Case Report -  

Kim, Ae-Ri (Department of Pathology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine)
Kim, Hong-Jin (Department of Surgery, Yeungnam University College of Medicine)
Choi, Joon-Hyuk (Department of Pathology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine)
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The Korean Journal of Cytopathology / v.19, no.2, 2008 , pp. 188-193 More about this Journal
Abstract
Angiomyolipoma of the liver is a rare benign tumor that's composed of variable mixtures of adipose tissue, smooth muscle and thick-walled blood vessels. We report here on the imprint cytologic features of a hepatic angiomyolipoma in a 47-year-old man. The smears showed spindle and epithelioid tumor cells in clusters, trabeculae and single cells. The spindle cells had elongated, cigar-shaped nuclei with finely granular chromatin and fibrillary cytoplasm. The epithelioid cells had round nuclei with a moderate amount of cytoplasm. Any adipose tissue was not found. Immunohistochemically, both the spindle and epithelioid cells revealed cytoplasmic positivity for smooth muscle actin and HMB-45.
Keywords
Angiomyolipoma; Liver; Cytology; Imprint;
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