Karotis cisim tümörlerinin ince iğne aspirasyon sitolojisi ile tanısı (İki olgu sunumu)

Aim: Carotid body tumors (CBT) are rare tumors that must be considered in the differential diagnosis of head and neck masses. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a useful but risky method for providing definitive diagnosis of these tumors. For this reason, FNAC experiences and cytologic findings of CBT are limited in the literature. Case report: First case is 28-year-old male, second case is 67-year-old female. Both patients were admitted to Ear Nose Throat polyclinic with right cervical mass and then referred to our FNA polyclinics . The slides of both patients revealed bloody background and groups, nests or separate tumor cells. Tumor cells had roundoval eccentrically placed nuclei and a moderate amount of finely granulated cytoplasm. First case was confirmed both histopathologically or radiologically, second case was only confirmed radiologically. Conclusion: We presented cytologic findings in two cases of CBT and discussed the differential diagnosis in the light of the pertinent literature