Difference between revisions of "Gastrointestinal cytopathology"

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==Mucinous neoplasm==
==Mucinous neoplasm==
===General===
*Pancreatic head: classically IPMN.
*Pancratic body & tail: mucinous tumour.
===Cytology===
===Cytology===
Features:
Features:
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*+/-Nuclear atypia.
*+/-Nuclear atypia.


Note:
Notes:
*Mucinous cells - may be contamination from [[stomach]].
*In the body & tail mucinous cells may be contamination from [[stomach]]. (???)
**Lesions in the pancreatic head are approached from the duodenum - do not have this problem.
*Ovarian stroma is '''not''' seen on cytology.


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