Snot what you think: Mucus or myxoid matrix with epithelioid cells and bubbly cytoplasm?

Cytopathology. 2022 Jan;33(1):149-152. doi: 10.1111/cyt.13036. Epub 2021 Oct 12.

Abstract

A case of progressive nasal obstruction in a 63 year old man is described. FNA cytology yielded dominant myxoid matrix with charateristic epithelioid cells, round nuclei with nucleoli, and eosinophilic, granular or vacuolated cytoplasm to allow a diagnosis tto be made.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cytodiagnosis*
  • Cytoplasm
  • Epithelioid Cells* / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mucus