Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Pilomatricoma

Year 1996, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 44 - 45, 30.11.1996

Nasuhi Engin Aydın Bahr Müezzinoğlu Güntekin Ergün Sefa Müezzinoğlu

Abstract

Pilomatricoma
is a common benign lesion of hair bearing skin. Fine needle aspiration cytology
of a pilomatricoma case is presented. In Giemsa stained smears clusters of
basaloid cells adjacent to multinuclear giant cells, occasional calcium
deposits and a prominent inflammatory background were present. Ghost cells and
intermediate cells, reported in many cases, were lacking. Lesion was
histologically confirmed. Basoloid cells with foreign body giant cells in an
inflammatory background were helpful in excluding malignant lesions.

Keywords

pilomatricoma, fine needle aspiration

Pilomatrikomanın İnce İğne Aspirasyon Sitolojisi

Abstract

Pilomatrikoma
saçlı derinin sık görülen bir lezyonudur. Bir pilomatrikoma olgusunun ince iğne
aspirasyonunu sunuyoruz. Giemsa boyalı yaymalarda inflamatuar zeminde bazaloid
hücre kümeleri, bunların komşuluğunda
multinükleer dev hücreler, nadir kalsiyum çöküntüleri görülmüştür. Genelde görülenin
aksine gölge hücreleri ve intermedier hücreler bu olguda izlenmemiştir.Lezyon
total eksize edilerek histopatolojik incelenmesi yapılmıştır. İnflamatuar
zeminde yabancı cisim dev hücreleri ile beraber görülen bazaloid hücreler
malign lezyonlardan ayırıcı tanıda önemlidir.

Keywords

pilomatrikoma, ince iğne aspirasyonu

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