CYTOMORPHOLOGY OF A MIXED PIGMENTED NONPIGMENTED PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA OF THE CILIARY BODY - A DIAGNOSTIC PITFALL IN THE EVALUATION OF INTRAOCULAR TUMORS/

Authors
LAVER NV RUBINFELD RS BAUM M DEBRITO PA
Citation
Nv. Laver et al., CYTOMORPHOLOGY OF A MIXED PIGMENTED NONPIGMENTED PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA OF THE CILIARY BODY - A DIAGNOSTIC PITFALL IN THE EVALUATION OF INTRAOCULAR TUMORS/, Diagnostic cytopathology, 14(3), 1996, pp. 259-262
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Medical Laboratory Technology",Pathology
Journal title
Diagnostic cytopathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
87551039
Volume
14
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
259 - 262
Database
ISI
SICI code
8755-1039(1996)14:3<259:COAMPN>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Intraoperative cytology is an alternative and sometimes preferred meth od to frozen section in the rapid evaluation of surgical biopsies. Thi s report describes the cytological, histological, and immunohistochemi cal features of a case of mixed pigmented/nonpigmented pleomorphic ade noma of the ciliary body with clinical and morphological features remi niscent of malignant melanoma. The characteristic cyto-histomorphology of this unusual tumor and its distinguishing features from malignant melanoma are discussed. (C) 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.