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Ampulla of Vater/pathology , Common Bile Duct Neoplasms/diagnosis , Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors/diagnosis , Jaundice, Obstructive/diagnosis , Ampulla of Vater/diagnostic imaging , Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance , Common Bile Duct Neoplasms/complications , Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors/complications , Humans , Jaundice, Obstructive/etiology , Male , Middle Aged , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
We present a case of a 5 months old infant who presented with difficulty in breathing and a visible intranasal swelling. Clinical examination revealed a reddish mass medial to the middle turbinate in the left nasal cavity. MRI was done and a provisional diagnosis of nasal glioma was suggested. The mass was surgically excised and sent for histopathology which showed it to be comprising of astrocytes and neuroglial fibers intermixed with a fibrovascular connective tissue stroma. The presence of Glial fibrillary acid protein (GFAP) confirmed the presence of glial tissue.
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Glioma/diagnosis , Glioma/pathology , Nose Neoplasms/diagnosis , Nose Neoplasms/pathology , Astrocytes/pathology , Biomarkers, Tumor/metabolism , Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein/metabolism , Humans , Infant , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Neuroglia/pathologyABSTRACT
The present study highlights the role of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and Ziehl Neelsen (ZN) staining in diagnosis of cutaneous tuberculosis and correlates the cytomorphological features with histopathology.FNAC and biopsy was performed on 30 cases of cutaneous tuberculosis and along with the routine stains, ZN and periodic acid Schiffs staining was carried out in all cases. On cytology, out of 9 cases of lupus vulgaris, 89% showed cohesive epithelioid cell granulomas with or without chronic inflammatory infiltrate; however, acid fast bacilli (AFB) could be demonstrated only in 22.2% on cytology while none on histopathology. Of 19 cases diagnosed as Scrofuloderma, 79% showed caseation necrosis with or without granulomas, 10.5% revealed granulomas with acute inflammatory infiltrates. AFB was demonstrated in 78.9% cases on cytology when compared with 15.8% on histopathology. No conclusion could be drawn in one case each of TBVC and lichen scrofulosorum.Hence, correlating cytomorphological patterns with clinical presentations often yields diagnostic information in cases of cutaneous tuberculosis and frequently obviates the need for biopsy especially in cases of scrofuloderma.
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Biopsy, Fine-Needle/methods , Coloring Agents , Tuberculosis, Cutaneous/diagnosis , Adolescent , Adult , Child , Female , Humans , Male , Tuberculosis, Cutaneous/pathologyABSTRACT
A two-month-old girl was operated for a left-sided eventration of the diaphragm. At surgery, a mass representing an extralobar pulmonary sequestration (EPS) was found inferior to the left lobe of the lung and was excised. Histopathological examination of the resected specimen showed presence of a type II congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM) within it. A review of the relevant literature is presented.
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Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital/complications , Diaphragmatic Eventration/etiology , Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital/pathology , Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital/surgery , Diaphragmatic Eventration/surgery , Female , Hernia, Diaphragmatic/etiology , Hernia, Diaphragmatic/surgery , Humans , InfantABSTRACT
We report a case of nodular hidradenoma in a 90 year old male, presenting with an eyelid swelling. The cytomorphological features are described with special emphasis on cytoplasmic granularity and tubule formation as an important feature in diagnosing and differentiating eccrine tumors from other adnexal neoplasms on FNAC.
