Tracheal Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Presented with Chronic Asthma Diagnosed by Bronchial Washing Cytology
Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a tumor that mainly arises from salivary glands and is present rarely in airways with nonspecific symptoms. Diagnosis based on bronchial washing cytology is rarely reported because this tumor is usually lined by normal mucosa. A 35-year-old woman was referred to our cente...
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| author | Maryam Mohammadnia Massood Hosseinzadeh Perikala Vijayananda Kumar Sahand Mohammadzadeh |
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| description | Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a tumor that mainly arises from salivary glands and is present rarely in airways with nonspecific symptoms. Diagnosis based on bronchial washing cytology is rarely reported because this tumor is usually lined by normal mucosa. A 35-year-old woman was referred to our center as a case of unresponsive asthma and hemoptysis for the past year. CT scan showed tracheal mass. Bronchoscopy was done followed by bronchial washing cytology and biopsy. Cytology smears revealed sheets and three-dimensional clusters of small cells, and some of them arranged around hyaline mucoid globules. Cell block and biopsy showed classic pathological findings of adenoid cystic carcinoma. Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the airways can be manifested with nonspecific symptoms and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of airway diseases and asthma. This tumor is rarely seen in the bronchial washing specimen. Characteristic cytological findings and using cell block preparation differentiate adenoid cystic carcinoma from other tumors. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-15361d8a22ac451b8dbacc47d032b4c32025-02-03T06:43:39ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352020-01-01202010.1155/2020/65430976543097Tracheal Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Presented with Chronic Asthma Diagnosed by Bronchial Washing CytologyMaryam Mohammadnia0Massood Hosseinzadeh1Perikala Vijayananda Kumar2Sahand Mohammadzadeh3Department of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, IranDepartment of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, IranDepartment of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, IranDepartment of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, IranAdenoid cystic carcinoma is a tumor that mainly arises from salivary glands and is present rarely in airways with nonspecific symptoms. Diagnosis based on bronchial washing cytology is rarely reported because this tumor is usually lined by normal mucosa. A 35-year-old woman was referred to our center as a case of unresponsive asthma and hemoptysis for the past year. CT scan showed tracheal mass. Bronchoscopy was done followed by bronchial washing cytology and biopsy. Cytology smears revealed sheets and three-dimensional clusters of small cells, and some of them arranged around hyaline mucoid globules. Cell block and biopsy showed classic pathological findings of adenoid cystic carcinoma. Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the airways can be manifested with nonspecific symptoms and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of airway diseases and asthma. This tumor is rarely seen in the bronchial washing specimen. Characteristic cytological findings and using cell block preparation differentiate adenoid cystic carcinoma from other tumors.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6543097 |
| spellingShingle | Maryam Mohammadnia Massood Hosseinzadeh Perikala Vijayananda Kumar Sahand Mohammadzadeh Tracheal Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Presented with Chronic Asthma Diagnosed by Bronchial Washing Cytology Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Tracheal Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Presented with Chronic Asthma Diagnosed by Bronchial Washing Cytology |
| title_full | Tracheal Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Presented with Chronic Asthma Diagnosed by Bronchial Washing Cytology |
| title_fullStr | Tracheal Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Presented with Chronic Asthma Diagnosed by Bronchial Washing Cytology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tracheal Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Presented with Chronic Asthma Diagnosed by Bronchial Washing Cytology |
| title_short | Tracheal Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Presented with Chronic Asthma Diagnosed by Bronchial Washing Cytology |
| title_sort | tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma presented with chronic asthma diagnosed by bronchial washing cytology |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6543097 |
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