Pilomatrixoma Masquerading as Metastatic Adenocarcinoma.
A Diagnostic Pitfall on Cytology
Published: October 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.5064
Divya Sharma, Shipra Agarwal, L Shyama Jain, Vinay Kamal
1. Resident, Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated LNJP Hospital, New Delhi, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated LNJP Hospital, New Delhi, India.
3. Director Professor, Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated LNJP Hospital, New Delhi, India.
4. Director Professor, Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated LNJP Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Divya Sharma,
Senior Resident, Department of Pathology,
Maulana Azad Medical College, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002, India.
Phone : 91-8860998489, E-mail : sharmadivya20@rediffmail.com
Pilomatrixoma (Px) is a relatively uncommon slowly growing, benign skin appendageal tumor with a wide morphological spectrum, and can pose diagnostic difficulties especially in cases with unusual clinical presentation. We report a case of young male who presented with a nodule over anterior abdominal wall, fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) revealed predominantly small cells in focal acinar pattern suggestive of metastatic carcinoma; however, histopathological diagnosis was Px. The case highlights the diagnostic pitfalls on cytology due to limited morphology.
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