Minimally invasive diagnosis of a pericardial mass by CT-guided fine-needle aspiration.
Cardiovasc Pathol
; 25(4): 275-279, 2016.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27131516
ABSTRACT
The preferred management of a cardiac mass remains controversial, but it often includes open-chest surgical excision to obtain an adequate tissue sample for histological workup. We herein report a less invasive approach in which an accurate and timely cytological diagnosis of pericardial angiosarcoma was reached by studying a CT-guided fine-needle aspiration cell block. The cell block showed proliferation of atypical cells with occasional mitotic figures, vasoformative features, and immunoreactivity to WT1, vimentin, CD31, CD34, ERG, and Ki67. Recourse to fine-needle aspiration and cell block study is a valuable diagnostic approach to be considered when a cardiac mass is percutaneously accessible.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pericardium
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Radiography, Interventional
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Heart Neoplasms
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Hemangiosarcoma
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Cardiovasc Pathol
Journal subject:
ANGIOLOGIA
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CARDIOLOGIA
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PATOLOGIA
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
España