FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY OF CHONDROID SYRINGOMA AND SYRINGOCYSTADENOMA PAPILLIFERUM - A REPORT OF 2 CASES

Fine needle aspiration cytology of one case each of chondroid syringom a and syringocystadenoma papilliferum with histopathologic confirmatio n are reported. The aspirate of chondroid syringoma was characterized by the presence of two distinct components, a mesenchymal element with a chondroid appearance and an epithelial component. The chondroid ele ment predominated in the smears. The aspirate from syringocystadenoma papilliferum showed papillalike clusters and dyshesive, monomorphic ep ithelial cells in a background of inflammatory cells. The clinical dia gnosis and differential cytodiagnoses are discussed.