Browsing by Author "Nair, AR"

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    Moderately Differentiated Peripheral Adenocarcinoma of the Lung With Cilia
    (INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, 2014) Nair, AR; Samvedam, S; Madathipat, U; Raman, KT
    We report an extremely rare case in which cilia were identifiable on light microscopic examination in cells of a moderately differentiated peripheral adenocarcinoma in the lung. The cells were positive for cytokeratin 7, and the cilia were highlighted by epithelial membrane antigen staining. The prognostic significance of these extremely well-differentiated ciliated tumor cells will be known only with long-term follow-up of the patient and analysis of more such tumors.
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    Rosette forming glioneuronal tumor of the fourth ventricle in squash cytology smear
    (JOURNAL OF CYTOLOGY, 2014) Nair, AR; Gopalakrishnan, CV; Kapilamoorthy, TR; Radhakrishnan, N
    Rosette forming glioneuronal tumor (RGNT) is a recently recognized and extremely rare glioneuronal tumor occurring in the fourth ventricle. It is crucial for the cytopathologist to be aware of this entity as it can be easily mistaken for more common neoplasms occurring at this site. We present here the cytology of such a rare case of RGNT that was misdiagnosed as ependymoma. The varying cytological features of this entity, as well as the common diagnostic difficulties encountered in cytology, are highlighted in this report.