A Case of Crescentic Glomerulonephritis Superimposed on Membranous Glomerulonephropathy.
- Author:
Baek Nam KIM
;
Jin Won YOOK
;
Ji Hong KIM
;
Pyung Kil KIM
;
Hyeon Joo JEONG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pulmonary hamartoma;
Antler-like cluster;
Aspiration cytology
- MeSH:
Aged;
Cytoplasm;
Fungi;
Glomerulonephritis*;
Glomerulonephritis, Membranous*;
Humans;
Male;
Mouth;
Pleural Effusion;
Rhabdomyosarcoma;
Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal;
Sarcoma;
Thoracic Wall;
Young Adult
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Pediatric Nephrology
1999;3(1):95-99
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Cytologic findings of pleural effusion in three cases of rhabdomyosarcoma are reported. Case 1 was a pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma which had devoped at the chest wall of an elderly male patient and caused pleural effusion. The cytologic features were consistent with pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma, that was, showing loose clusters, cellular pleomorphism, and abundant finely vesicular cytoplasm. Cases 2 and 3 were embryonal rhabdomyosarcomas in young adults. Primary site was the oral cavity in case 1, but unknown in case 2 and case 3. The effusion cytology was similar in these cases. Clustered or isolated small round cells with hyperchromatic nuclei and scanty cytoplasm were smeared. The cohesiveness of tumor cells was weak and the cells did not show linear arrangement or nuclear molding. Effusion cytology in a sarcoma patient would be diagnostic when the primary site and the type of sarcoma were already known.
