Santosh Tummidi, Puneeta Nagiredla, Patro Manoj Kumar, Gaikwad Pravin
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, AIIMS, Bhopal, MP, India.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Maitri College of Dentistry and Research Centre, Anjora, Durg, CG, India.
J Med Case Rep. 2019 Mar 29;13(1):92. doi: 10.1186/s13256-018-1957-8.
Cysticercosis is a zoonotic disease. It is caused by the larval form of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. This disease is a public health problem in a country like India, but its incidence is underestimated. With the advent of fine needle aspiration cytology with rapid on-site evaluation, early detection of this disease is possible, especially when the lesion is in anatomically approachable superficial locations.
We had four cases of cysticercosis diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology with on-site evaluation using toluidine blue stain, followed by Giemsa and Papanicolaou stain. Our cases included three Hindu male patients of age 30 years, 23 years, 17 years and an 26 year old Hindu female.
Fine needle aspiration cytology diagnosis of cysticercosis can be easily made provided the reporting cytologist is aware of the morphological criteria. Rapid on-site evaluation can further help in taking additional material and caution during staining process.
囊尾蚴病是一种人畜共患病。它由猪带绦虫的幼虫形式引起。在印度这样的国家,这种疾病是一个公共卫生问题,但其发病率被低估了。随着具有快速现场评估功能的细针穿刺细胞学的出现,尤其是当病变位于解剖学上易于接近的浅表部位时,这种疾病的早期检测成为可能。
我们有4例囊尾蚴病通过细针穿刺细胞学诊断,使用甲苯胺蓝染色进行现场评估,随后进行吉姆萨染色和巴氏染色。我们的病例包括3名年龄分别为30岁、23岁、17岁的印度教男性患者和1名26岁的印度教女性患者。
只要报告细胞学的医生了解形态学标准,细针穿刺细胞学诊断囊尾蚴病就很容易做出。快速现场评估有助于在染色过程中获取额外的材料并保持谨慎。