Cytological findings of metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma in pleural fluid: identification of signet ring cells with Papanicolaou stain.
🔬 Numerous isolated cells with signet ring deformation, characteristic of adenocarcinoma (Papanicolaou stain), were found in the pleural fluid of a patient with gastric cancer.
👉 Source: Cibas - Cytology. Diagnostic Principles and Clinical Correlates 5 ed (2021)
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Microscopy of a native pleural effusion smear. Detection of signet ring cells with a large vacuole in suspected metastatic adenocarcinoma.
Cytological findings in ascitic fluid from a patient with signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma: atypical cell clusters, eccentric nuclei, and elevated CA 125.
Cytological examination of pleural fluid reveals signet ring cells, characteristic of adenocarcinoma. Romanowsky-Giemsa stain used.
