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Glomus tumor – FNA of one of many reportedly painful foot nodules shows uniform round cells lining branching capillary-sized vessels. Cytology on these sometimes just shows round cell clusters, but this case had nice architecture on smears. SMA+ cute pericytic neoplasm.
Medullary thyroid carcinoma – hypercellular FNA of mostly dyshesive, plasmacytoid cells w/ neuroendocrine chromatin, red granules (arrow), and admixed amorphous material. Calcitonin+/chromo+ and congo red+ amyloid w/ apple green birefringence (shown). Can trigger workup for MEN2.
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A visually striking composition of branching vessels and background mucin from a breast FNA. A small group of carcinoma cells @ the bottom right. #cytopath#cytology#FNA
REPOST of Emory Case of the Week #17
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54 y/o female presents with 12 cm adrenal mass. Radical nephrectomy performed.
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Contributor: @catherinejroe#EmoryCoTW#gupath#endopath
Complete mole
>>Diffuse, villous enlargement with marked hydropic changes
Cistern formation and trophoblastic hyperplasia in a circumferential pattern
>Cytologic atypia
>Broken strands of fibrillar material (cistern formation)
p57 positive in Partial mole and negative in comp
This is an example of squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix:
📍”Tadpole” abnormally shaped cell
📍Atypical keratinizing (pink) cells
📍Necrotic diathesis- granular debris
Screening and HPV vaccines help prevent these cancers! #NationalCancerPreventionMonth#CytoPath#GYNPath
CLASSIC "tissue culture" appearance of a benign mesothelial sheet, inadvertently sampled in a mediastinal FNA. The significant nuclear pleomorphism is not uncommon and such fragments should not be overcalled as "atypical".
Convencional PAP smears.
Adenocarcinoma in situ
Crowded groups of Endocervical cells, with pseudoestratificación.
Elongated nucleous
Clumpping chromatin
Mitosis
Rosette arquitecture
Feathering
Metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma in the CSF – pt w/ a known h/o the disease and suspicion for leptomeningeal carcinomatosis by imaging. Cytology shows loosely cohesive clusters of round cells w/ high N:C ratio and characteristic finely stippled, powdery neuroendocrine chromatin.
EMORY CASE OF THE WEEK #61:
55♂️ w/ weight loss, syncope, thrombocytopenia, & suspected myelodysplastic syndrome.
Peripheral smear & bone marrow biopsy show the following.
Contributors: Leila Kutob & Alex Dent, MD (@isitcancer)
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