[Cytological study in case of gastric leiomyoblastoma. Review of the literature].

The authors describe the fine-needle aspiration cytologic features of leiomyoblastoma. Aspirated tumor cells occur singly, not in clusters. The tumor cells are globular in shape or sometimes have a spindle appearance. The nuclei are round, central or eccentric, with small nucleoli. The cells have well-defined cytoplasmic borders. The cytoplasm is abundant and, to some extent, granular, with sometimes a microvacuolar peripheral pattern. To date five cases of leiomyoblastoma with a cytological study have been published, two of them located to the stomach. A review of the literature is presented.