Not by blood alone: Diagnosis of hemangiomas by fine-needle aspiration

Hemangiomas are common vascular neoplasms which are being radiographically detected and biopsied with increasing frequency during the workup of patients with malignant disease. The increasing confidence of radiologists in biopsying these lesions is in contrast to the reluctance of pathologists to ma...

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Published in:Diagnostic cytopathology 1998-10, Vol.19 (4), p.250-254
Main Authors: Layfield, Lester J., Mooney, Eoghan E., Dodd, Leslie G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Biopsy, Needle
Dermatology
fine-needle aspiration
hemangioma
Hemangioma - diagnosis
Hemangioma - diagnostic imaging
Hemangioma - pathology
Humans
liver
Liver Neoplasms - diagnosis
Liver Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Liver Neoplasms - pathology
Medical sciences
Radiography
soft tissue
Tumors of the skin and soft tissue. Premalignant lesions
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Summary:Hemangiomas are common vascular neoplasms which are being radiographically detected and biopsied with increasing frequency during the workup of patients with malignant disease. The increasing confidence of radiologists in biopsying these lesions is in contrast to the reluctance of pathologists to make a specific diagnosis of hemangioma. Eleven cases of hemangioma, from both hepatic and superficial sites, were reviewed and the fine‐needle aspirate findings discussed and illustrated. Three‐dimensional arcades composed of bland elongated spindle cells or compact dense coils of spindle cells associated with scattered spindle‐shaped cells were identified in 10 of 11 cases. In conclusion, recognition of the cellular pattern of hemangiomas combined with the radiologic information can enable a positive diagnosis of hemangioma to be made. Diagn. Cytopathol. 1998;19:250–254. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:8755-1039
1097-0339
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199810)19:4<250::AID-DC4>3.0.CO;2-E