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Fine needle aspiration cytology of primary isolated splenic Blastomyces dermatitidis. A case report
1Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Acta Cytologica
|May 6, 1998
Abstract
Background:
Blastomyces dermatitidis is a dimorphic fungus; its usual port of entry is the lung. Although any organ system can be secondarily involved, non-pulmonary sites of primary infection have been reported.
Case:
This is the first reported case of primary isolated splenic B dermatitidis. The diagnostic value of fine needle aspiration cytology was examined by comparing it with the only previously reported case of primary (not isolated) splenic B dermatitidis.
Conclusion:
In patients with splenic involvement by B dermatitidis, cytologic evaluation can be prompt and diagnostic. FNA biopsy in patients with splenomegaly is safe and well tolerated.