Fine needle aspiration cytology of juvenile hyaline fibromatosis:casereport
BACKGROUND: Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis (YHF) is a rare inherited disordercharacterized by tumorous growth of hyalinized fibrous tissue. No report on cytomorphology of thiscondition is available in English on MEDLINE. CASE REPORT: A 6-year-old girl had multiple nontendernodules on both ear lobes, nose and scalp. Fine needle aspiration of the nodule on the left earrevealed benign, spindle-shaped cells with an eosinophilic ground substance in the background. Thediagnosis of JHF was made following cytologic and histopathologic studies. CONCLUSION: Fine needleaspiration cytology is reliable for the diagnosis of JHF.
Geethamani,V　Ravindra,S　Reddy,VV
Department of Pathology, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, andVictoria Hospital, Bangalore, India. drgeethavenkat@yahoo.co.in
Fine needle biopsy, NOS　 Diagnostic Juvenile Fibromatosis
