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Utility of fine-needle aspiration in the diagnosis of recurrent pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a case report.

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Ackley, CD; Heineman, L; Dodd, LG
Published in: Diagn Cytopathol
December 1998

Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis (PLAM) is a rare disease of undetermined cause that almost exclusively occurs in women of child-bearing age and is characterized by distinct clinical, radiologic, and pathologic findings. PLAM is usually fatal unless treated with hormonal manipulation or lung transplantation. Primary diagnosis usually requires open lung biopsy to demonstrate the characteristic hamartomatous smooth muscle proliferation. To date, cytologic diagnosis of LAM has been limited to an ancillary role. Herein, we report the diagnosis of this neoplasm in a recurrence in an abdominal lymph node using fine-needle aspiration.

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Diagn Cytopathol

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ISSN

8755-1039

Publication Date

December 1998

Volume

19

Issue

6

Start / End Page

458 / 461

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
  • Recurrence
  • Radiography
  • Pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
  • Lung Diseases
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Biopsy, Needle
 

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Ackley, C. D., Heineman, L., & Dodd, L. G. (1998). Utility of fine-needle aspiration in the diagnosis of recurrent pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a case report. Diagn Cytopathol, 19(6), 458–461. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199812)19:6<458::aid-dc11>3.0.co;2-g
Ackley, C. D., L. Heineman, and L. G. Dodd. “Utility of fine-needle aspiration in the diagnosis of recurrent pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a case report.Diagn Cytopathol 19, no. 6 (December 1998): 458–61. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199812)19:6<458::aid-dc11>3.0.co;2-g.
Ackley, C. D., et al. “Utility of fine-needle aspiration in the diagnosis of recurrent pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a case report.Diagn Cytopathol, vol. 19, no. 6, Dec. 1998, pp. 458–61. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199812)19:6<458::aid-dc11>3.0.co;2-g.
Ackley CD, Heineman L, Dodd LG. Utility of fine-needle aspiration in the diagnosis of recurrent pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a case report. Diagn Cytopathol. 1998 Dec;19(6):458–461.
Journal cover image

Published In

Diagn Cytopathol

DOI

ISSN

8755-1039

Publication Date

December 1998

Volume

19

Issue

6

Start / End Page

458 / 461

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
  • Recurrence
  • Radiography
  • Pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
  • Lung Diseases
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Biopsy, Needle