Difference between revisions of "Pulmonary cytopathology"

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| Weak discriminative valuable
| Weak discriminative valuable
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| Large nucleoli
| Large [[nucleoli]]
| '''Never'''
| '''Never'''
| '''Present'''
| '''Present'''
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#*Good ones are visible with 10X objective (excludes SCLC).
#*Good ones are visible with 10X objective (excludes SCLC).
#*Look for subtle large ones - at higher power.
#*Look for subtle large ones - at higher power.
#*Neuroendocrine tumours occasionally may appear to have nucleoli - one should see good nucleoli in 3-4 cells in one field.
#*Neuroendocrine tumours occasionally may appear to have [[nucleoli]] - one should see good nucleoli in 3-4 cells in one field.
#'''Abundant cytoplasm''' - virtually excludes small cell carcinoma.
#'''Abundant cytoplasm''' - virtually excludes small cell carcinoma.
#Vacuoles with mucin (pink discolouration) - virtually diagnostic, though only seen occasionally.
#Vacuoles with mucin (pink discolouration) - virtually diagnostic, though only seen occasionally.
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#Mixure of epithelioid cells and spindle cells.
#Mixure of epithelioid cells and spindle cells.
#Malignant cells have:
#Malignant cells have:
#*Prominent red nucleolus.
#*Prominent [[red nucleolus]].
#*Pigmented cytoplasm - '''key feature''' (often not pigmented).
#*Pigmented cytoplasm - '''key feature''' (often not pigmented).
#*Pigment may only be present in macrophages
#*Pigment may only be present in macrophages
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