THYMOMA MIMICKING LYMPHOBLASTIC LYMPHOMA - A PITFALL IN FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY INTERPRETATION

Authors
FRIEDMAN HD HUTCHISON RE KOHMAN LJ POWERS CN
Citation
Hd. Friedman et al., THYMOMA MIMICKING LYMPHOBLASTIC LYMPHOMA - A PITFALL IN FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY INTERPRETATION, Diagnostic cytopathology, 14(2), 1996, pp. 165-169
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Medical Laboratory Technology",Pathology
Journal title
Diagnostic cytopathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
87551039
Volume
14
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
165 - 169
Database
ISI
SICI code
8755-1039(1996)14:2<165:TMLL-A>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Lymphocyte-rich thymoma often contains lymphoblasts, and lymphoblastic lymphoma often infiltrates the thymus gland. Although these two neopl asms are clinically distinct in most cases, their cytologic features m ay be similar on biopsy. We describe a fine-needle aspiration biopsy o f a thymoma in a 50-yr-old man to increase awareness of this pitfall i n cytologic interpretation. (C) 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.