Drs. Prolla and Diehl's INTERESTING CASE OF THE MONTH February 2005
Cytopathology FNA left eye, 42-year old male, with a choroidal melanoma.

FNA eye cytology: 500x oil M-G-G staining, pigmented malignant cells

Cytology choroidal melanoma, 500x M-G-G staining, pigmented malignant cells

choroidal melanoma, 500x M-G-G staining, pigmented malignant cells

choroidal melanoma, 500x M-G-G staining, pigmented malignant cells

choroidal melanoma, 500x Pap staining, pigmented malignant cells


Cytopathology FNA left eye, with a choroidal melanoma: the smears show presence of many large pigmented malignant cells, most of them isolated, mostly round or oval, practically no fusiform cells are seen. This cellular pattern makes the prognosis worse (the fusiform cell pattern has a better prognosis)



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