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Cytological Diagnosis Of Typical Carcinoid On Bronchoscopic Brush Smears In An Hiv-Positive Patient, Neeta Kumar, Shahin Sayed, Swati Das
Cytological Diagnosis Of Typical Carcinoid On Bronchoscopic Brush Smears In An Hiv-Positive Patient, Neeta Kumar, Shahin Sayed, Swati Das
Internal Medicine, East Africa
We report a case of typical carcinoid of the lung in a 60-year-old human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive man diagnosed on brush cytology smears. Bronchial carcinoids are rare tumors, accounting for 1% to 2% of all lung tumors. Although the exact incidence in HIV-infected individuals is not known, the paucity of their documentation in the literature indicates that they may be equally rare. Cytological diagnosis on brush smears is rarely documented as the tumor is covered with mucosa and cellular yield is often not good. In this case, bronchial brushings showed distinctive cytological features of typical carcinoid. The awareness of its …