Cytologic Features of Pleural Effusion in Apocrine Sweat Gland Carcinoma
| Autor: | Yoshiro Ebihara, Myota Miura, Yoko Maeda, Yoko Miyake, Masako Otani, Motoshige Kudo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Histology business.industry Pleural effusion Apocrine Apocrine Carcinoma Apocrine sweat gland General Medicine medicine.disease Skin appendage Pathology and Forensic Medicine Pleural disease medicine.anatomical_structure Sweat gland Medicine Adenocarcinoma business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Cytologica. 45:74-78 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2650 0001-5547 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000327190 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Carcinoma arising in the apocrine sweat glands is very rare, and there are few reports of the cytologic features. We encountered a case of metastatic apocrine carcinoma in a pleural effusion. CASE: A 46-year-old male had a dark reddish nodule in the right axillary region that was diagnosed as apocrine carcinoma of skin appendage origin. Three years after wide resection and chemotherapy, widespread metastases developed with a massive pleural effusion. Needle aspiration fluid cytology contained clusters of adenocarcinoma. Some tumor cells had abundant cytoplasm or periodic acid‐Schiff-positive, coarse granules. Decapitation secretion was occasionally found on the cell surface. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells were often positive for BRST-2 and BRST-3. CONCLUSION: Cytologic features of metastatic apocrine sweat gland carinoma show some characteristics of adenocarcinoma. Moreover, its definitive diagnosis in a pleural effusion can be made because of retaining the characteristics of apocrine sweat gland. (Acta Cytol 2001;45:74‐78) |
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