Diagnostic pitfall in fine needle aspiration cytology of pilomatrixoma with unusual clinical presentation
Pilomatrixoma (PMX) is a benign skin adnexal tumour with matrical differentiation. It frequently presents as a painless and slow growing solitary skin nodule primarily at the head, face and neck regions. Although there is increasing understanding on the clinical presentations and morphological featu...
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| description | Pilomatrixoma (PMX) is a benign skin adnexal tumour with matrical differentiation. It frequently presents as a painless and slow growing solitary skin nodule primarily at the head, face and neck regions. Although there is increasing understanding on the clinical presentations and morphological features of PMX, difficulties are still expected in establishing the clinical and cytological diagnosis. We report a young girl who presented with a painless post-auricular
swelling for one year with sudden increased in size. Computed Tomography (CT) scan and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) findings were suggestive of a malignancy. Diagnosis of PMX was established and confirmed by tissue histopathological examination. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the diagnostic pitfall of PMX in FNAC specimens, especially in patients with unusual clinical presentations. |
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| spelling | upm-967152022-12-14T13:20:51Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96715/ Diagnostic pitfall in fine needle aspiration cytology of pilomatrixoma with unusual clinical presentation Alzalla, Omar Mat Zin, Anani Aila Mahayidin, Hasni Bakrin, Ikmal Hisyam Pilomatrixoma (PMX) is a benign skin adnexal tumour with matrical differentiation. It frequently presents as a painless and slow growing solitary skin nodule primarily at the head, face and neck regions. Although there is increasing understanding on the clinical presentations and morphological features of PMX, difficulties are still expected in establishing the clinical and cytological diagnosis. We report a young girl who presented with a painless post-auricular swelling for one year with sudden increased in size. Computed Tomography (CT) scan and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) findings were suggestive of a malignancy. Diagnosis of PMX was established and confirmed by tissue histopathological examination. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the diagnostic pitfall of PMX in FNAC specimens, especially in patients with unusual clinical presentations. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96715/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Alzalla, Omar and Mat Zin, Anani Aila and Mahayidin, Hasni and Bakrin, Ikmal Hisyam (2021) Diagnostic pitfall in fine needle aspiration cytology of pilomatrixoma with unusual clinical presentation. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 17 (4). 416 - 418. ISSN 2636-9346 https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2021100810145355_MJMHS_1094.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Alzalla, Omar Mat Zin, Anani Aila Mahayidin, Hasni Bakrin, Ikmal Hisyam Diagnostic pitfall in fine needle aspiration cytology of pilomatrixoma with unusual clinical presentation |
| title | Diagnostic pitfall in fine needle aspiration cytology of pilomatrixoma with unusual clinical presentation |
| title_full | Diagnostic pitfall in fine needle aspiration cytology of pilomatrixoma with unusual clinical presentation |
| title_fullStr | Diagnostic pitfall in fine needle aspiration cytology of pilomatrixoma with unusual clinical presentation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diagnostic pitfall in fine needle aspiration cytology of pilomatrixoma with unusual clinical presentation |
| title_short | Diagnostic pitfall in fine needle aspiration cytology of pilomatrixoma with unusual clinical presentation |
| title_sort | diagnostic pitfall in fine needle aspiration cytology of pilomatrixoma with unusual clinical presentation |
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