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Cytological diagnosis of typical carcinoid on bronchoscopic brush smears in an HIV-positive patient

We report a case of typical carcinoid of the lung in a 60-year-old human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive man diagnosed on brush cytology smears. Bronchial carcinoids are rare tumors, accounting for 1% to 2% of all lung tumors. Although the exact incidence in HIV-infected individuals is not kno...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Neeta, Sayed, Shahin, Das, Swati
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3159293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21897551
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.83474
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description We report a case of typical carcinoid of the lung in a 60-year-old human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive man diagnosed on brush cytology smears. Bronchial carcinoids are rare tumors, accounting for 1% to 2% of all lung tumors. Although the exact incidence in HIV-infected individuals is not known, the paucity of their documentation in the literature indicates that they may be equally rare. Cytological diagnosis on brush smears is rarely documented as the tumor is covered with mucosa and cellular yield is often not good. In this case, bronchial brushings showed distinctive cytological features of typical carcinoid. The awareness of its characteristic cytological features and differential diagnosis is required for an accurate diagnosis. Clinical awareness that non–acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining cancers can also occur in HIV-infected individuals in the context of the prolonged survival in the antiretroviral era is equally important. This case emphasizes the clinical importance of a broad differential diagnosis for lung lesions in HIV-positive patients.
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spelling pubmed-31592932011-09-06 Cytological diagnosis of typical carcinoid on bronchoscopic brush smears in an HIV-positive patient Kumar, Neeta Sayed, Shahin Das, Swati J Cytol Case Report We report a case of typical carcinoid of the lung in a 60-year-old human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive man diagnosed on brush cytology smears. Bronchial carcinoids are rare tumors, accounting for 1% to 2% of all lung tumors. Although the exact incidence in HIV-infected individuals is not known, the paucity of their documentation in the literature indicates that they may be equally rare. Cytological diagnosis on brush smears is rarely documented as the tumor is covered with mucosa and cellular yield is often not good. In this case, bronchial brushings showed distinctive cytological features of typical carcinoid. The awareness of its characteristic cytological features and differential diagnosis is required for an accurate diagnosis. Clinical awareness that non–acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining cancers can also occur in HIV-infected individuals in the context of the prolonged survival in the antiretroviral era is equally important. This case emphasizes the clinical importance of a broad differential diagnosis for lung lesions in HIV-positive patients. Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3159293/ /pubmed/21897551 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.83474 Text en © Journal of Cytology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Cytological diagnosis of typical carcinoid on bronchoscopic brush smears in an HIV-positive patient
title_fullStr Cytological diagnosis of typical carcinoid on bronchoscopic brush smears in an HIV-positive patient
title_full_unstemmed Cytological diagnosis of typical carcinoid on bronchoscopic brush smears in an HIV-positive patient
title_short Cytological diagnosis of typical carcinoid on bronchoscopic brush smears in an HIV-positive patient
title_sort cytological diagnosis of typical carcinoid on bronchoscopic brush smears in an hiv-positive patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3159293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21897551
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.83474
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