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1636336

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
The fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology findings in 19 cases of hematopoietic and metastatic neoplasms that radiographically mimicked primary pancreatic carcinoma are reported. These cases represented 11% of 176 malignant diagnoses in a series of 304 pancreatic FNAs. The cytologic diagnoses included 7 non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, 2 Hodgkin's lymphomas, 6 small cell carcinomas (4 lung, 1 gallbladder, 1 skin), 3 squamous cell carcinomas (2 cervix, 1 esophagus) and 1 hepatocellular carcinoma. In six cases the pancreatic lesion was the initial presentation of malignant disease. These included five lymphomas, which probably involved peripancreatic lymph nodes, and a metastatic small cell carcinoma of pulmonary origin. Recognition of unusual morphologic features of pancreatic carcinoma raised the possibility of extrapancreatic malignancies. Electron microscopy and immunocytochemistry performed on FNA specimens were helpful in selected cases. The FNA diagnosis of hematopoietic and metastatic neoplasms that clinically mimic pancreatic carcinoma prompts appropriate clinical studies and treatment and eliminates the need for open pancreatic biopsy and/or resection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-5547
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
471-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Fine needle aspiration of metastatic and hematologic malignancies clinically mimicking pancreatic carcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4354.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article