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Seemingly Insignificant, but Crucial Cytomorphological Leads in Diagnosis of Pilomatricoma of Parotid Region
Pilomatricoma is a benign cutaneous appendegeal neoplasm which occurs as dermal nodule on head and neck region of children and young adults. Tumors pose a potential difficulty when diagnosed on fine-needle aspiration cytology. In this communication, we illustrate the cytomorphological features of pi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212295/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25368475 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.142866 |
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author | Bansal, Chakshu Mishra, Jyoti |
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description | Pilomatricoma is a benign cutaneous appendegeal neoplasm which occurs as dermal nodule on head and neck region of children and young adults. Tumors pose a potential difficulty when diagnosed on fine-needle aspiration cytology. In this communication, we illustrate the cytomorphological features of pilomatricoma in a 38-year-female who presented with a nodule over the parotid region. Repeated aspirations of this nodule revealed low cellularity and cytology was hence inconclusive. The final diagnosis was made on histological examination and then retrospectively when those paucicellular cytological smears were analyzed again; showed features that could have driven the pathologist toward pilomatricoma. Familiarization and careful cytological examination under appropriate clinical conditions is warranted. |
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spelling | pubmed-42122952014-11-03 Seemingly Insignificant, but Crucial Cytomorphological Leads in Diagnosis of Pilomatricoma of Parotid Region Bansal, Chakshu Mishra, Jyoti Int J Trichology Case Report Pilomatricoma is a benign cutaneous appendegeal neoplasm which occurs as dermal nodule on head and neck region of children and young adults. Tumors pose a potential difficulty when diagnosed on fine-needle aspiration cytology. In this communication, we illustrate the cytomorphological features of pilomatricoma in a 38-year-female who presented with a nodule over the parotid region. Repeated aspirations of this nodule revealed low cellularity and cytology was hence inconclusive. The final diagnosis was made on histological examination and then retrospectively when those paucicellular cytological smears were analyzed again; showed features that could have driven the pathologist toward pilomatricoma. Familiarization and careful cytological examination under appropriate clinical conditions is warranted. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4212295/ /pubmed/25368475 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.142866 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Trichology 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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Bansal, Chakshu Mishra, Jyoti Seemingly Insignificant, but Crucial Cytomorphological Leads in Diagnosis of Pilomatricoma of Parotid Region |
title | Seemingly Insignificant, but Crucial Cytomorphological Leads in Diagnosis of Pilomatricoma of Parotid Region |
title_full | Seemingly Insignificant, but Crucial Cytomorphological Leads in Diagnosis of Pilomatricoma of Parotid Region |
title_fullStr | Seemingly Insignificant, but Crucial Cytomorphological Leads in Diagnosis of Pilomatricoma of Parotid Region |
title_full_unstemmed | Seemingly Insignificant, but Crucial Cytomorphological Leads in Diagnosis of Pilomatricoma of Parotid Region |
title_short | Seemingly Insignificant, but Crucial Cytomorphological Leads in Diagnosis of Pilomatricoma of Parotid Region |
title_sort | seemingly insignificant, but crucial cytomorphological leads in diagnosis of pilomatricoma of parotid region |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212295/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25368475 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.142866 |
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