Imprint Cytology of Hepatic Angiomyolipoma: A Case Report.
10.3338/kjc.2008.19.2.188
- Author:
Ae Ri KIM
1
;
Hong Jin KIM
;
Joon Hyuk CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Pathology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. joonhyukchoi@ynu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Angiomyolipoma;
Liver;
Cytology;
Imprint
- MeSH:
Actins;
Adipose Tissue;
Angiomyolipoma;
Blood Vessels;
Chromatin;
Cytoplasm;
Epithelioid Cells;
Humans;
Liver;
Middle Aged;
Muscle, Smooth
- From:Korean Journal of Cytopathology
2008;19(2):188-193
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Angiomyolipoma of the liver is a rare benign tumor that's composed of variable mixtures of adipose tissue, smooth muscle and thick-walled blood vessels. We report here on the imprint cytologic features of a hepatic angiomyolipoma in a 47-year-old man. The smears showed spindle and epithelioid tumor cells in clusters, trabeculae and single cells. The spindle cells had elongated, cigar-shaped nuclei with finely granular chromatin and fibrillary cytoplasm. The epithelioid cells had round nuclei with a moderate amount of cytoplasm. Any adipose tissue was not found. Immunohistochemically, both the spindle and epithelioid cells revealed cytoplasmic positivity for smooth muscle actin and HMB-45.
