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Kaushik, R., Gulati, A., Vedant, D., & Kaushal, V. (2017). Cytological diagnosis of xanthogranulomatous appendicitis. Journal of cytology, 34(1), 48-50. https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.197619
Kaushik, Rajni, et al. "Cytological diagnosis of xanthogranulomatous appendicitis." Journal of cytology vol. 34,1 (2017): 48-50. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.197619
Kaushik R, Gulati A, Vedant D, Kaushal V. Cytological diagnosis of xanthogranulomatous appendicitis. J Cytol. 2017 Jan-Mar;34(1):48-50. doi: 10.4103/0970-9371.197619. PMID: 28182060; PMCID: PMC5259931.
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J Cytol. 2017 Jan-Mar;34(1):48-50. doi: 10.4103/0970-9371.197619.

Cytological diagnosis of xanthogranulomatous appendicitis.

Journal of cytology

Rajni Kaushik, Anchana Gulati, Deepak Vedant, Vijay Kaushal

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.

PMID: 28182060 PMCID: PMC5259931 DOI: 10.4103/0970-9371.197619

Abstract

Xanthogranulomatous reaction can occur in any organ but the most common sites are kidney and gallbladder. Xanthogranulomatous appendicitis (XA) is a rare clinical entity. There are a few case reports of XA diagnosed on histopathology but none on cytology. Here we report a case of a 47-year-old lady who presented with acute abdomen and was found to have a mass lesion in the right iliac fossa. She was diagnosed with XA intraoperatively on imprint cytology that was subsequently confirmed on histopathological examination. Due to the rarity of XA itself and the use of imprint cytology for intraoperative diagnosis the case is being presented.

Keywords: Appendicitis; imprint cytology; xanthogranulomatous appendicitis (XA)

Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest.

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