PURPOSE To report an experience with fine-needle aspiration biopsy of selected small melanocytic choroidal tumors during the interval from April 13, 1983, through January 19, 2001. METHODS Retrospective descriptive case series report of 34 patients with a small melanocytic choroidal tumor (maximal diameter, < or = 10 mm; thickness, > or = 1.5 mm but < or = 3 mm) evaluated diagnostically by tr...

OBJECTIVE Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a self-limiting disorder which usually affects young women. There are only a few studies on pediatric KFD patients and their fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytodiagnosis. We report a series of pediatric KFD patients diagnosed by FNA cytology and compare them with adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS By routine FNA cytology and through retrospective review sm...