False-positive interpretations in respiratory cytopathology
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Ana Lَpez-Gonzلlez & Antonio Sلnchez & Miguel Yebra & Mariano Provencio
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
We report here the case of a patient diagnosed at first with large-cell carcinoma and treated with chemotherapy. His unusual evolution led to the diagnosis being questioned: he was finally diagnosed with Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG). This is the first description in medical literature of a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis treated with docetaxel plus irinotecan, with complete long-term remission of his illness attained. We think that this combination could be a therapy option for those cases that are refractory to normal treatment. In addition, this case reminds us of the need to be alert before anomalous tumor behavior, particularly perhaps when making diagnostic assumptions with scarce tumor tissue. The presence of false positives through cytology is well known, though rarely written up in cancer literature
Clin Rheumatol Received: 18 August 2009 / Accepted: 9 September 2009
