Fine‐needle aspiration of spleen: Diagnosis of a solitary ovarian metastasis

Jerome S. Nosanchuk, William S. Tyler, Raymond H. Terepka

Diagnostic Cytopathology · 1988 · 16 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

We report a patient in whom a solitary splenic lesion detected by computed tomography (CT) was successfully diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy under CT guidance. The ability to distinguish metastatic carcinoma from lymphoma in the spleen assisted the clinician in making therapeutic decisions. Fine-needle aspiration of spleen is a reasonable diagnostic approach that has been underutilized.

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