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Acta Cytol. 1995 Jan-Feb;39(1):114-7.

Cytology of pulmonary Fusobacterium nucleatum infection. A case report.

Acta cytologica

C Y Hsu, K T Luh

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.

PMID: 7846999

Abstract

A patient with pulmonary Fusobacterium nucleatum infection presenting as a solitary nodule is reported. The infectious nature of the lung nodule was disclosed by ultrasound-guided percutaneous transthoracic fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) with Liu's stain. The cytologic characteristics of F nucleatum infection are described. The usefulness of real-time ultrasound in fine needle aspiration diagnosis of a peripheral lung lesion is demonstrated, and the role of Liu's stain in FNAC is emphasized.

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