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Cytologic findings in tenosynovial giant cell tumors investigated by fine-needle aspiration cytology.

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Layfield, LJ; Moffatt, EJ; Dodd, LG; Scully, SP; Harrelson, JM
Published in: Diagn Cytopathol
April 1997

Tenosynovial giant cell tumor is a relatively common benign proliferation affecting the articular and periarticular soft tissues. Cytologic findings on smears obtained by fine-needle aspiration are rather characteristic and include a mixture of oval or polygonal mononuclear cells showing vacuolation and/or pigment deposition along with a population of multinucleated giant cells. Separation from other giant cell lesions including true giant cell tumor of bone, chondroblastoma, aneurysmal bone cyst, and granulomatous inflammation must be made. Careful attention to the cytologic findings and correlation with clinical and radiographic data should result in the appropriate diagnosis of tenosynovial giant cell tumor in most cases.

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Diagn Cytopathol

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ISSN

8755-1039

Publication Date

April 1997

Volume

16

Issue

4

Start / End Page

317 / 325

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tendons
  • Synovial Membrane
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms
  • Pathology
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Giant Cell Tumors
  • Female
  • Biopsy, Needle
 

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Layfield, L. J., Moffatt, E. J., Dodd, L. G., Scully, S. P., & Harrelson, J. M. (1997). Cytologic findings in tenosynovial giant cell tumors investigated by fine-needle aspiration cytology. Diagn Cytopathol, 16(4), 317–325. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199704)16:4<317::aid-dc3>3.0.co;2-a
Layfield, L. J., E. J. Moffatt, L. G. Dodd, S. P. Scully, and J. M. Harrelson. “Cytologic findings in tenosynovial giant cell tumors investigated by fine-needle aspiration cytology.Diagn Cytopathol 16, no. 4 (April 1997): 317–25. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199704)16:4<317::aid-dc3>3.0.co;2-a.
Layfield LJ, Moffatt EJ, Dodd LG, Scully SP, Harrelson JM. Cytologic findings in tenosynovial giant cell tumors investigated by fine-needle aspiration cytology. Diagn Cytopathol. 1997 Apr;16(4):317–25.
Layfield, L. J., et al. “Cytologic findings in tenosynovial giant cell tumors investigated by fine-needle aspiration cytology.Diagn Cytopathol, vol. 16, no. 4, Apr. 1997, pp. 317–25. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199704)16:4<317::aid-dc3>3.0.co;2-a.
Layfield LJ, Moffatt EJ, Dodd LG, Scully SP, Harrelson JM. Cytologic findings in tenosynovial giant cell tumors investigated by fine-needle aspiration cytology. Diagn Cytopathol. 1997 Apr;16(4):317–325.
Journal cover image

Published In

Diagn Cytopathol

DOI

ISSN

8755-1039

Publication Date

April 1997

Volume

16

Issue

4

Start / End Page

317 / 325

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tendons
  • Synovial Membrane
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms
  • Pathology
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Giant Cell Tumors
  • Female
  • Biopsy, Needle