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*'''Wash''', e.g. ''peritoneal wash'': expect sheets of (benign squamous) cells.
*'''Wash''', e.g. ''peritoneal wash'': expect sheets of (benign squamous) cells.
*'''Spontaneous''', e.g. ''pleural fluid'': usually no large sheets.
*'''Spontaneous''', e.g. ''pleural fluid'': usually no large sheets.
===Approach===
Look for:
#Two cell populations.
#Large dark objects.
#Boerner's red flags.
Boerner's red flags:
#3-D clusters.
#*Doublet & triplets common.
#*Quads-to-Quints - sweat breaks-out.
#*Sextuplets... very nervous.
#"Busy" slide:
#*Nuclear pleomorphism.
#*Too many "intermediate cells".
#*Mitoses - 1-2/slide is "many".
#Vacuolated cytoplasm.
#Small cells with high NC ratio.


===Main DDx===
===Main DDx===
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