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Use of Electromagnetic Navigational Transthoracic Needle Aspiration (E-TTNA) for Sampling of Lung Nodules
Published on: May 23, 2015
Acinic cell tumour: a metastasis in the lung diagnosed by electron microscopy of aspirated material
J M McCutcheon1, K Mancer, I Dardick
1Department of Pathology, Toronto Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract:
A case of acinic cell carcinoma, metastatic to lung is presented. Fine needle aspiration showed a low-grade adenocarcinoma. Electron microscopy of the aspirated material, however, allowed definite preoperative diagnosis of metastatic acinic cell carcinoma. The lesion was successfully resected and diagnosis confirmed on histology. Ten years previously an acinic cell carcinoma of similar histology had been excised from the left parotid region.

