Anaplastic large cell lymphoma diagnosed from ascitic and pleural fluid effusion cytology in a paediatric patient
Norton Stephen
Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India
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Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India
Search for more papers by this authorKaruna Balakrishnan
Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India
Search for more papers by this authorNeelaiah Siddaraju
Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India
Search for more papers by this authorDebdata Basu
Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India
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Debasis Gochhait
Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India
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Debasis Gochhait, Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Institute Block, Room No 2023, Puducherry 605006, India.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorPrasanth Ganesan
Department of Medical Oncology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India
Search for more papers by this authorNorton Stephen
Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India
Search for more papers by this authorSoundarya Ravi
Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India
Search for more papers by this authorKaruna Balakrishnan
Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India
Search for more papers by this authorNeelaiah Siddaraju
Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India
Search for more papers by this authorDebdata Basu
Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Debasis Gochhait
Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India
Correspondence
Debasis Gochhait, Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Institute Block, Room No 2023, Puducherry 605006, India.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorPrasanth Ganesan
Department of Medical Oncology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India
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Anaplastic large cell lymphoma is commonly diagnosed on biopsy or fine needle aspiration but it is very rarely reported in fluid cytology. However, this tumor can be easily diagnosed and confirmed from the cytosmears of serous effusion samples.
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