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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular*

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Animals* ; Humans*

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Biopsy, Fine-Needle* ; Thyroid Gland*

Osteosarcoma in soft tissue is rare and its prognosis is very grave. Comparing with the osteosarcoma of bone, the former is rarer in incidence, poorer in prognosis and found in older patients. Trauma, irradiation or myositis ossificans are considered to be the causes of this tumor. The radical and meticulous surgery is indispensable to eradicate the focus, but there is not infrequent local recurrence and metastasis. We experienced a case of osteosarcoma in the calf muscle, which seemed apparently to have developed from the myositis ossificans without any definite trauma history. In this case the tumor focus was controlled with surgery and radiation therapy but it was found metastasized to the lung and scalp afterwards.
Humans ; Incidence ; Lung ; Myositis Ossificans ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Osteosarcoma ; Prognosis ; Recurrence ; Scalp

A case of sacrococcygeal chordoma diagnosed by fine needle aspiration is presented. This is a case of a 54-year-old woman who came with coccygeal pain of 5-6 months duration. Aspiration biopsy cytology revealed many nests of cells having abundant bubbly cytoplasm and round to oval variably sized nuclei. The cells had indistinct cytoplasmic borders and many of the cells had cytoplasmic vacuoles. The nuclei had thin regular nuclear membranes, finely granular chromatin and one or two small nucleoli. The cells were generally monotonous, but focally pleomorphic with giant cell formation. Mitotic figures were scanty. The backgroud of the aspirate contained abundant mucinous materal. These findings were typical of those of recorded chordoma cases and the diagnosis was confirmed by a following open biopsy. The patient received 4,000 rads of neutron radiotherapy and has been well till March '88.
Female ; Humans ; Biopsy

Fine needle aspiration cytology of three cases of pulmonary hamartoma is presented. Case 1 was in a 67-year-old man with a 7 cm-sized left lung mass. Case 2 and 3 were in 47 and 53 year old females and consisted of 3 cm and 2 cm-sized right lung nodules, respectively. Fine needle aspiration of the masses revealed several fragments of irregularly shaped mature hyaline cartilage or fibromyxoid mesenchyme and sheets of benign epithelial cells in scanty to acellular background. Also scattered were inflammatory cells including lymphocytes, neutrophils and histiocytes and mature fat cells. These features were diagnostic for pulmonary hamartoma and case 1 was histologically confirmed by following surgical excision of the mass. Differential diagnoses about pulmonary hamartoma in the respect of conditions capable of producing cartilage on fine needle aspiration, were discussed.
Female ; Male ; Humans ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Hamartoma

Fine needle aspiration cytologic findings of four cases of chondrosarcoma were described. The cases consisted of one primary scapular tumor, two recurrent shoulder masses, and right upper quadrant mass which developed after an A-K amputation for an unknown tumor. The aspirates characteristically revealed cell-rich smears containing clusters and isolated cells having abundant cyanophilic cytoplasm and round to oval or elongated vesicular nuclei. The cytoplasm was occasionally foamy. The nuclei were usually small but prominent. Nuclear atypism and pleomorphism were frequently associated. The last case showed epithelioid sheets of polygonal cells, possibly representing chondroblasts, and a well differentiated chondroid element. The fine needle aspiration could be a good diagnostic tool for primary, recurrent, and metastatic chondrosarcomas.
Neoplasm Metastasis

Fine needle aspiration cytologic findings of four cases of chondrosarcoma were described. The cases consisted of one primary scapular tumor, two recurrent shoulder masses, and right upper quadrant mass which developed after an A-K amputation for an unknown tumor. The aspirates characteristically revealed cell-rich smears containing clusters and isolated cells having abundant cyanophilic cytoplasm and round to oval or elongated vesicular nuclei. The cytoplasm was occasionally foamy. The nuclei were usually small but prominent. Nuclear atypism and pleomorphism were frequently associated. The last case showed epithelioid sheets of polygonal cells, possibly representing chondroblasts, and a well differentiated chondroid element. The fine needle aspiration could be a good diagnostic tool for primary, recurrent, and metastatic chondrosarcomas.
Neoplasm Metastasis

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Animals ; Rats*

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Animals ; Lung* ; Lymphocytes* ; Mice*