The role of fine needle aspiration cytology and imprint cytology in cervical lymphadenopathy.

Objective: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of cervical lymphadenopathy by fine needle aspiration (FNAC) and imprint cytology (IC).

Methods: This study included 94 patients with cervical lymphadenopathy. This study was carried out in the Departments of General Surgery and Pathology, King Fahad Hospital, Hofuf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from June 2001 through to July 2002.

Interdigitating dendritic cell tumor.

Interdigitating dendritic cell tumor is an extremely rare neoplasm that mainly occurs in lymph nodes. In this case report, we describe the histopathological and clinical features of a typical interdigitating dendritic cell case in a 30-year-old Saudi female who presented with a painless unilateral left neck mass. Microscopically, the lesional tissue in the affected lymph node showed whorls and fascicles of spindle cells intermingling with small lymphocytes.