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File:Pap stain of adenocarcinoma in peritoneal fluid.jpg|Adenocarcinoma in peritoneal fluid, Pap stain. The typical features of adenocarcinoma seen are high nuclear-to-cytoplasm ratio and prominent nucleoli. | File:Pap stain of adenocarcinoma in peritoneal fluid.jpg|Adenocarcinoma in peritoneal fluid, Pap stain. The typical features of adenocarcinoma seen are high nuclear-to-cytoplasm ratio and prominent nucleoli. | ||
Revision as of 20:14, 13 September 2022
Author:
Mikael Häggström, M.D. [note 1]
Evaluation
Look mainly for malignancy:
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Adenocarcinoma in peritoneal fluid, Pap stain. The typical features of adenocarcinoma seen are high nuclear-to-cytoplasm ratio and prominent nucleoli.
When finding adenocarcinoma in pleural fluid in a female, and there is no other specimen, preferably perform immunostaining including PAX-8 and WT-1 to confirm a Müllerian tract origin. Also consider p53 to distinguish low-grade (wild-type staining) from high grade (aberrant staining) serous ovarian carcinoma.
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