The Korean Journal of Cytopathology (대한세포병리학회지)

The Korean Society for Cytopathology (대한세포병리학회)
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Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Peripheral Lung - A Case Report -

폐 변연부에서 발생한 점액표피모양암종의 세침흡인 세포검사 - 1예 보고 -

  • Choi, Min-Sung (Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital) ;
  • Jin, So-Young (Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Won (Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Dong-Wha (Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital)
  • 최민성 (순천향대학교병원 병리과) ;
  • 진소영 (순천향대학교병원 병리과) ;
  • 김동원 (순천향대학교병원 병리과) ;
  • 이동화 (순천향대학교병원 병리과)
  • Published : 2005.05.31
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Abstract

The mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a rare tumor in the lung for less than 1% of all pulmonary neoplasm. It is mostly presented as a solitary pulmonary nodule at a large bronchial tree on bronchoscope. But more peripheral located tumor that not accessible to the bronchoscope are rarely reported on literature. The cytologic findings of these tumors are discribed as a mixture of squamous cells, mucous cells, and intermediate cells with overlapped cellular clusters. We experienced a case of peripheral mucoepidermoid carcinoma of lung diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology. The smear showed many cellular clusters on mucoid background. They consisted of many intermediate cells with occasional mucus-secreting cells, but malignant squamous cells were not present.

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