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KMID : 0387919920030020094
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Korean Journal of Cytopathology
1992 Volume.3 No. 2 p.94 ~ p.99
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Fine needle Aspiration Cytology of Meningioma Presenting as a Neck Mass
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Abstract
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Meningioma is the most common neoplasm of central nervous system which is hardly diagnosed by cytologic examination. However. preoperative cytologic diagnosis can be easily made in the case of extracranial meningioma, especially in head and
neck
lesion. We recently experienced a case of fine needle aspiration cytology of meningioma in submandibular area of a 24 year-old male patient. The smear revealed high cellularity in the clean background. Individual tumor cell of nests or
syncytium
had round or oval nuclei with fine chromatin and moderate amount of lightly stained cytoplasm with indistinct margin. Characteristic cellular whorls, intranuclear inclusions and scattered psammoma bodies made it easy to diagnose a
meningioma.
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