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Ascitic Fluid Cytology in Ovarian Cancer

Microscopy of ascitic fluid sediment from a patient with ovarian cancer: cytological signs of metastatic involvement and atypical cell complexes.

Yulia Guseva Yulia Guseva 1 min
Cytological preparation of ascites: complex of atypical cells with basophilic cytoplasm
Cytological preparation of ascites: complex of atypical cells with basophilic cytoplasm
Smear of ascitic fluid sediment: pronounced cellular and nuclear polymorphism
Smear of ascitic fluid sediment: pronounced cellular and nuclear polymorphism
Cytological preparation of ascitic fluid: layer of polymorphic tumor cells
Cytological preparation of ascitic fluid: layer of polymorphic tumor cells
Ascitic fluid smear: large cell with atypical nucleus within a complex
Ascitic fluid smear: large cell with atypical nucleus within a complex
Cytological preparation of ascites: giant atypical cell in a tumor cluster
Cytological preparation of ascites: giant atypical cell in a tumor cluster
Smear of ascitic fluid sediment: rosette-like cluster of atypical cells
Smear of ascitic fluid sediment: rosette-like cluster of atypical cells
Cytological preparation of ascitic fluid: group of cells with signs of atypia
Cytological preparation of ascitic fluid: group of cells with signs of atypia
Smear of ascitic fluid sediment: cluster of atypical cells in ovarian cancer
Smear of ascitic fluid sediment: cluster of atypical cells in ovarian cancer

🧪 Ascitic fluid. 👩🏻Woman with a history of ovarian malignancy. Here is such “feathered” atypia in the effusion!

🙏 Photos and description kindly provided by KDL biologist Yulia Guseva, Belorechenskaya Central District Hospital.

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