Myeloid metaplasia presenting as a splenic mass: Report of a case with fine-needle aspiration cytology
| Autor: | Vijay Varma, Neva King Thompson, Garth E. Austin, Larry I. Giltman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Histology Myeloid Medullary cavity medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Anemia Spleen General Medicine medicine.disease Pathology and Forensic Medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Fine-needle aspiration Cytopathology hemic and lymphatic diseases Metaplasia Medicine Bone marrow medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Diagnostic Cytopathology. 23:359-361 |
| ISSN: | 1097-0339 8755-1039 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/1097-0339(200011)23:5<359::aid-dc16>3.0.co;2-q |
| Popis: | Myeloid metaplasia, i.e., the formation of bone marrow elements outside of the medullary cavity, may occur in any patient with anemia, regardless of the etiology of the anemia itself. The spleen is frequently the site of myeloid metaplasia, and it may present with varying degrees of splenomegaly; however, no cases have been reported where this entity presented as an isolated splenic mass. Our case was a 79-yr-old man who presented with anemia and a splenic mass by CT scan and who underwent fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of that mass. The smears revealed megakaryocytes admixed with other hematopoietic elements. No fatty elements were identified in the smears. We conclude that splenic myeloid metaplasia may present as a discrete splenic mass lesion, and may be diagnosed using the FNA technique. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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