Endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration of accessory spleen: Cytomorphologic features and diagnostic considerations
Gilani SM, Muniraj T, Farrell JJ, Aslanian HR, Cai G. Endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration of accessory spleen: Cytomorphologic features and diagnostic considerations. Diagnostic Cytopathology 2020, 48: 623-628. PMID: 32315514, DOI: 10.1002/dc.24434.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspirationUltrasound-guided fine-needle aspirationFine-needle aspirationProminent vascularityLymphoid cellsLarge platelet aggregatesCytomorphologic featuresNeedle aspirationNeoplastic processNon-specific clinical symptomsKey cytomorphologic featuresMass-forming lesionsPancreatic tail regionMixed inflammatory cellsKey cytologic featuresSmall-sized lymphocytesPancreas/Most patientsMale patientsSurgical managementClinical symptomsInflammatory cellsMean agePeripancreatic tissueDiagnostic challenge