STATUS OF INTRAOPERATIVE CYTOLOGY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF EPITHELIOID HEMANGIOMA

Whereas evaluation of the frozen section of a subcutaneous retro-auric ular mass was equivocal, the correct diagnosis of epithelioid hemangio ma could be suggested on examination of intraoperative cytological sme ars. It is proposed that in the absence of cytological cues of maligna ncy and in the presence of the proper clinical setting, the constellat ion of vascular structures, eosinophils, lymphocytes, and clusters of cuboidal cells with vacuoles in their abundant acidophilic cytoplasm i s indicative of epithelioid hemangioma. (C) 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.