Fine needle aspiration cytology and cell block in the diagnosis of seminoma testis
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Abhishant Pandey; N M Nandini; A K Jha; G V Manjunath
- Source
- Journal of Cytology, Vol 28, Iss 1, Pp 39-41 (2011)
- Subject
- Fine needle aspiration
cell block
seminoma
Cytology
QH573-671
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0970-9371
Testicular neoplasms which show a wide variety of morphologic types, comprise a small proportion of malignancies. Early identification and treatment is essential for achieving long term survival. The cytologic findings in fine needle aspiration smears from left testicular swelling of a 49 year old male suggestive of a germ cell tumor was complimented by cell block preparation as seminoma. This was confirmed by histopathologic studies. We are presenting this case to emphasize that cell block can be used for diagnosis of testicular tumors.