MYSTERY DIAGNOSIS:  CT-GUIDED FNA & Core Biopsy:  Liver

Myobacterium Avium Complex
Karposi's  Sarcoma

Clinical History/Findings

25 y/o BM with HIV/AIDs with liver lesions and liver lymphadenopathy.
Partially solid, partially fluid lesion near gallbladder

Specimen Type

A CT-guided FNA and Core Biopsy of the liver was performed.

Cytologic Findings















                                                                     
















































Submitted tted by:
Ann Marie West, BS, CT (ASCP)
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Cytology Department
Dallas, Texas
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Slide 5:  Fite Stain Positive
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Slide 6:  GMS Negative