Breast carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Pérez-Alonso
Keyword(s):  
Breast Carcinoma ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Giant Cells ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Fine Needle ◽  
Needle Aspiration Cytology

Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology in the Diagnosis of Breast Paraffinoma

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Kenneth Y.Y. Kok ◽  
Pemasiri Upali Telisinghe ◽  
Sonal Tripathi
Keyword(s):  
Breast Carcinoma ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Diagnostic Procedures ◽  
Giant Cells ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Multinucleated Giant Cells ◽  
Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Fine Needle ◽  
Needle Aspiration Cytology

<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> Paraffin injections for breast augmentation once a popular form of mammoplasty are now considered obsolete. It had been abandoned by clinicians because of its associated serious complications. The practice is however still available and is being practiced by nonmedically qualified people. Paraffin injection results in the formation of multiple foreign-body granulomas known as breast paraffinoma. The clinical features of breast paraffinoma can mimic and be mistaken for breast carcinoma or inflammatory breast carcinoma. The use of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the evaluation of patients with breast paraffinoma has not been fully evaluated. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> Retrospective review was performed on 30 patients who presented with breast paraffinoma between June 1, 2010, and June 30, 2020, who also had FNAC as part of their breast lump evaluation. <b><i>Results:</i></b> FNAC of 73.3% patients showed multinucleated giant cells and macrophages or histiocytes containing engulfed clear, empty intracytoplasmic vacuoles of varying sizes. In 13.3% of the patients, macrophages or histiocytes with engulfed clear intracytoplasmic vacuoles of varying sizes were seen. In 6.7% of patients, multinucleated giant cells containing engulfed vacuoles of varying sizes were seen, and in 6.7% of patients, hypocellular smears with large amount of clear spaces were seen. Oily droplets were seen in the background of all the smears, and there were no malignant cells seen. These features were compatible with breast paraffinoma. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> Most patients with breast paraffinoma can be managed conservatively and they do not require further treatment; FNAC with its characteristic features can provide the reliable diagnosis of breast paraffinoma and therefore sparing these patients from more invasive diagnostic procedures.

Relevance of modified prognostic score for breast carcinoma on fine needle aspiration cytology in a resource-poor setting

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 21177-21177
Author(s):  
S. A. Malami ◽  
S. M. Sahabi
Keyword(s):  
Breast Carcinoma ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Biological Behavior ◽  
Grading System ◽  
Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Fine Needle ◽  
Prognostic Group ◽  
Needle Aspiration Cytology

21177 Background: Breast cancer is the commonest malignancy in premenopausal Nigerian women in whom it is almost uniformly fatal probably due to lack of access to early diagnosis and treatment. To enhance the value of fine needle aspiration cytology, a rapid and comparatively new technique in our center, we sought to verify if it is also a cost-effective test to predict biological behavior in breast carcinoma. We developed a modified grading system to compare the cytologic features of the cases in our series with known prognostic factors (tumours size, histologic grade and axillary lymph node status) in subsequently excised tissues. Methods: Fine needle aspirates obtained in 42 patients diagnosed as ductal cell carcinoma not otherwise specified (NOS) at the UDUTH Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria were investigated. The three cytologic features used were nuclear grade (score 1–3), cellular dyscohesion (score 1–3), and bare atypical nuclei (score 0, 1). A cytological score of 3 and below was considered a low score, and a score of 4–7 was considered a high score. We also categorized each patient according to the Nottingham Prognostic Index (NPI) into: good prognostic group (GPG), moderate prognostic group (MPG) and poor prognostic group (PPG). The cases in GPG and MPG were considered to belong to a more favourable category. Results of cytoprognostic scores were compared with the respective pathological information calculated by the NPI. Results: Eighteen of the 20 cases that had a cytologically high score were confirmed to be PPG while 2 correlated with MPG. Among the 22 cases that had cytologically low scores 14 cases were not correlated with favourable NPI index (belonged to PPG category) while the remaining 8 correlated well (MPG = 4 and GPG = 4). The overall accuracy for cytologic grading was 62% (26 out of 42 cases). Conclusion: Tumour typing on FNA material correlates with the NPI in the poor prognostic group. However, this modified cytoprognostic score seems to have doubtful promise as a prognostic factor in our group of patients with favourable NPI. The importance of each cytological feature used in this grading system will be determined by regression analysis in a larger sample size. No significant financial relationships to disclose.

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