Document 0288
 DOCN  M9550288
 TI    Fine needle aspiration cytology of mycobacterial spindle cell
       pseudotumor. A case report.
 DT    9505
 AU    Corkill M; Stephens J; Bitter M; Department of Pathology, University of
       Colorado Health Sciences; Center, Denver.
 SO    Acta Cytol. 1995 Jan-Feb;39(1):125-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95149614
 AB    We report a case of mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumor (MSP) in a
       lymph node from an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patient diagnosed
       by fine needle aspiration (FNA). The FNA cytology was characterized by
       spindle cell proliferation without the typical foamy histiocytes usually
       seen in mycobacterial infections and mimicked a mesenchymal neoplasm,
       particularly Kaposi's sarcoma. This case illustrates the importance of
       including MSP in the differential diagnosis of lymph node FNAs from
       immunocompromised patients, particularly those that show spindle cell
       proliferation suspicious for Kaposi's sarcoma or another mesenchymal
       neoplasm.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS  Adult  Biopsy, Needle
       Case Report  Diagnosis, Differential  Human  Lymph
       Nodes/MICROBIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY  Lymphatic
       Diseases/COMPLICATIONS/*MICROBIOLOGY/*PATHOLOGY  Male  Mycobacterium
       avium Complex/ISOLATION & PURIF  Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare
       Infection/COMPLICATIONS/  DIAGNOSIS/*PATHOLOGY  Sarcoma,
       Kaposi's/DIAGNOSIS/ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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