SOLITARY ANGIOMYOLIPOMA OF THE LIVER - REPORT OF A CASE INITIALLY EXAMINED BY FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY

  • 1 March 1990
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 34  (2) , 201-204
Abstract
Transabdominal fine needle aspiration biopsy of a solitary space-occupying lesion in the liver produced smears containing irregular bundles of smooth muscle cells with granular or fibrillary cytoplasm and slightly pleomorphic nuclei. In a few bundles, aggregates of mature fat cells were present, which is characteristic for an angiomyolipoma. Histologic examination of the resected mass showed it to be a solitary angiomyolipoma of the liver. The diagnosis was further confirmed by immunohistochemical and electron microscopic studies.

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