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KMID : 0387919930040010077
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Korean Journal of Cytopathology
1993 Volume.4 No. 1 p.77 ~ p.0
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Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Carotid Body Paregangtioma @AU 김준미, 주영채
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Abstract
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Paraganglioma is a benign tumor arising in the paraganglion system scattered throughout the body but its cytopathologic findings arenot well known. We experienced a case of paraganglioma of carotid body diagnosed by fine needle
aspiration.
The patient was a 30 year-old female who suffered from the left neck mass for 3 yeas. The mass was 3×3cm in size without pulsation or bruit. Cytologically, the smear revealed aggregated and singly scattered tumor cells having abundant
pale
cytoplasm and indistinct cell borders. Their nuclei were round to oval. but enlarged nuclei were occasionally observed. The nuclear membrane was smooth with fine clumping of chromatin. Differentiation from metastatic follicular
carcinoma
of
the thyroid gland was difficult.
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