Fine-needle aspiration cytology of malignant hemangiopericytoma of the salivary gland: A case report
Keiko Shimizu C.T., C.M.I.A.C.
Department of Pathology, Saiseikai Osaka Noe Hospital, Imperial Gift Foundation, Inc., Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorSeiko Ogura C.T., C.M.I.A.C.
Department of Pathology, Saiseikai Osaka Noe Hospital, Imperial Gift Foundation, Inc., Osaka, Japan
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Tadao K. Kobayashi Ph.D., C.F.I.A.C.
Department of Pathology, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, Imperial Gift Foundation, Inc., Ritto, Shiga, Japan
Department of Pathology, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, Imperial Gift Foundation, Inc., Ritto, Shiga 520–3046, Japan.Search for more papers by this authorRyoji Kushima M.D., Ph. D.
Department of Pathology, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, Imperial Gift Foundation, Inc., Ritto, Shiga, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorShinya Toyokuni M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Pathology and Biology of Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorYoko Iwasa M.D., Ph.D.
Laboratory of Anatomic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorMasami Sakurai M.D., Ph.D.
Kobe Women's Junior College, Kobe, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKeiko Shimizu C.T., C.M.I.A.C.
Department of Pathology, Saiseikai Osaka Noe Hospital, Imperial Gift Foundation, Inc., Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorSeiko Ogura C.T., C.M.I.A.C.
Department of Pathology, Saiseikai Osaka Noe Hospital, Imperial Gift Foundation, Inc., Osaka, Japan
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Tadao K. Kobayashi Ph.D., C.F.I.A.C.
Department of Pathology, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, Imperial Gift Foundation, Inc., Ritto, Shiga, Japan
Department of Pathology, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, Imperial Gift Foundation, Inc., Ritto, Shiga 520–3046, Japan.Search for more papers by this authorRyoji Kushima M.D., Ph. D.
Department of Pathology, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, Imperial Gift Foundation, Inc., Ritto, Shiga, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorShinya Toyokuni M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Pathology and Biology of Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorYoko Iwasa M.D., Ph.D.
Laboratory of Anatomic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorMasami Sakurai M.D., Ph.D.
Kobe Women's Junior College, Kobe, Japan
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A 79-yr-old woman presented with a 5-yr history of swelling of the left cheek. The fine-needle aspiration (FNA) smear showed a spindle-cell neoplasm with capillaries and benign endothelial cells. The spindle cells possessed pleomorphic, hyperchromatic elongated nuclei and a moderate amount of ill-defined cytoplasm. They also showed papillary arcades surrounded and encased by relatively small ovoid to short spindle cells. Subsequent surgical excision confirmed the presence of malignant hemangiopericytoma (HP). Immunohistochemical studies on the histologic section using vimentin were strongly positive, consistent with HP. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second published report of FNA cellular features of malignant HP of the salivary gland. Besides delineating the FNA cellular features of HP of the salivary gland, the present case illustrates the value of using immunohistochemical approaches. Diagn. Cytopathol. 1999;21:398–401. © 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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