Sharma Saniya, Singh Priya, Gupta Pankaj, Lal Anupam, Srinivasan Radhika
Department of Cytology and Gynaecological Pathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
J Cytol. 2018 Apr-Jun;35(2):114-116. doi: 10.4103/JOC.JOC_148_16.
Primary splenic angiosarcoma is a rare malignant vascular neoplasm of mesenchymal origin. The tumor is highly aggressive and has a high metastatic potential. It is usually diagnosed on histopathological examination of splenectomy specimen. Only few cases of angiosarcoma diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology alone have been reported in the literature. The cytologic features of angiosarcoma are heterogeneous, however, diagnosis can be suggested by FNA when vasoformative features are present. A 55-year-old female presented with abdominal pain and hepatosplenomegaly. Computed tomography scan revealed a heterogeneous splenic lesion with liver metastases. FNA from the splenic and liver lesions showed moderately pleomorphic tumor cells closely associated with anastomosing vascular channels. Cell block immunocytochemistry (ICC) showed tumor cells positive for CD31, CD34, CD68 as well as for CD99. FNA supplemented by cell block ICC can render a definite diagnosis of primary splenic angiosarcoma with liver metastasis.
原发性脾血管肉瘤是一种罕见的间叶源性恶性血管肿瘤。该肿瘤具有高度侵袭性且转移潜能高。通常在脾切除标本的组织病理学检查中得以诊断。文献中仅报道了少数仅通过细针穿刺(FNA)细胞学诊断为血管肉瘤的病例。血管肉瘤的细胞学特征具有异质性,然而,当存在血管形成特征时,FNA可提示诊断。一名55岁女性因腹痛和肝脾肿大就诊。计算机断层扫描显示脾脏有一个异质性病变并伴有肝转移。对脾脏和肝脏病变进行FNA检查显示,中等多形性肿瘤细胞与吻合的血管通道紧密相关。细胞块免疫细胞化学(ICC)显示肿瘤细胞CD31、CD34、CD68以及CD99呈阳性。FNA联合细胞块ICC可明确诊断原发性脾血管肉瘤伴肝转移。