Cytological features of metastatic melanoma in ascitic fluid: atypical cells with nucleoli, melanin granules in cytoplasm and macrophages.
Metastatic melanoma in ascitic fluid. Tumor cells are discretely arranged, with abundant cytoplasm and eccentric oval nuclei containing prominent nucleoli. Characteristic melanin pigment (brown granules) is visible in the cytoplasm. The pigment is also phagocytosed by surrounding macrophages. Location: ascitic fluid.
Source: M. Sheaff, N. Singh – Cytopathology: An Introduction (2013).
A clinical case of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma with rhabdoid cells in aspirate: cytology and immunohistochemistry in differential diagnosis.
Cytological findings in ascitic fluid from a patient with signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma: atypical cell clusters, eccentric nuclei, and elevated CA 125.
A clinical case report on the cytological examination of peritoneal effusion in a dog with histologically confirmed ovarian dysgerminoma.
