Primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of Bartholin's gland. A case report.

An extremely rare case of primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of Bartholin's gland in a 71-year-old woman is reported. With the working diagnosis of malignancy of Bartholin's gland on biopsy, she underwent a left radical vulvectomy with bilateral inguinal and pelvic lymphadenectomy and postoperative left vulvar irradiation. The cytologic and pathologic findings on the surgical specimens were distinctive.

Fine-needle aspiration cytology of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis.

Fine-needle aspiration cytology of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in a fifty-seven-year-old Japanese woman is reported. Foamy cells and cells showing a gland-like pattern originating from degenerative renal tubules were found in the aspirated smears. Multinucleated giant cells and cells with pale yellowish cytoplasm were seen in the imprint smears at operation.

Fine needle aspiration cytology of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus.

Primary mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus developing in an 80-year-old Japanese man is described. This is the third case report of this rare tumour which was diagnosed following fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of a metastatic lesion in the left humerus. FNA showed the typical cytological findings of mucoepidermoid carcinoma, that is the presence of squamous, glandular and intermediate neoplastic cells.

Glassy cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix.

Two cases of glassy cell carcinoma which is considered to be a poorly differentiated mixed adenosquamous cell carcinoma in the uterine cervix are described. Its cytologic and histologic findings are distinctive. The tumor cells had moderately amount and ground-glass cytoplasms, and had large nuclei containing a prominent nucleoli.