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Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Carotid Body Paraganglioma - A Case Report - (부신경절종의 세침 흡인 세포학적 소견 - 1례 보고 -)

  • Kim, Joon-Mee;Chu, Young-Chae
    • The Korean Journal of Cytopathology
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.77-80
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    • 1993

  • Paraganglioma is a benign tumor arising in the paraganglion system scattered throughout the body, but its cytopathologic findings arenot well known. We experienced a case of paraganglioma of carotid body diagnosed by fine needle aspiration. The patient was a 30 year-old female who suffered from the left neck mass for 3 years. The mass was $3\times3cm$ in size without pulsation or bruit. Cytologically, the smear revealed aggregated and singly scattered tumor cells haying abundant pale cytoplasm and indistinct cell borders. Their nuclei were round to oval, but enlarged nuclei were occasionally observed. The nuclear membrane was smooth with fine clumping of chromatin. Differentiation from metastatic follicular carcinoma of the thyroid gland was difficult.

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