Difference between revisions of "Cytopathology"

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**+/-Yellow granular pigment (bile).
**+/-Yellow granular pigment (bile).


[[Hepatocellular carcinoma]]:
====Hepatocellular carcinoma====
{{Main|Hepatocellular carcinoma}}
 
Cytology:
*Clusters of liver cells surrounded by endothelial cells.<ref name=Ref_APBR679>{{Ref APBR|679}}</ref>
*Clusters of liver cells surrounded by endothelial cells.<ref name=Ref_APBR679>{{Ref APBR|679}}</ref>
*+/-Nuclear atypia.
*+/-Nuclear atypia.
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*Low grade [[HCC]] is composed of cytologically normal appearing cells; the arrangement is what is diagnostic of malignancy.<ref name=Ref_APBR679>{{Ref APBR|679}}</ref>
*Low grade [[HCC]] is composed of cytologically normal appearing cells; the arrangement is what is diagnostic of malignancy.<ref name=Ref_APBR679>{{Ref APBR|679}}</ref>


[[Cholangiocarcinoma]]:
Image:
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/78147607@N00/2331529448 HCC cytology (flickr.com/euthuman)].
 
====Cholangiocarcinoma====
{{Main|Cholangiocarcinoma}}
 
Cytology:
*Looks like an adenocarcinoma:  
*Looks like an adenocarcinoma:  
**Eccentric nuclei, one [[nucleolus]] per cell, abundant cytoplasm, nuclear size var. cell-to-cell, irregular nuclear membrane, irregular/uneven chromatin pattern.
**Eccentric nuclei, one [[nucleolus]] per cell, abundant cytoplasm, nuclear size var. cell-to-cell, irregular nuclear membrane, irregular/uneven chromatin pattern.
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