Ascites fluid: peritoneal metastasis of urinary bladder carcinoma


Drs. Prolla and Diehl's INTERESTING CASE OF THE MONTH April 2003 case A

Peritoneal metastasis of urinary bladder carcinoma, 500x M-G-G staining, large isolated malignant cells, clumped chromatin in eccentric nuclei

Peritoneal metastasis of urinary bladder carcinoma, 500x M-G-G staining, large isolated malignant cells, clumped chromatin in eccentric nuclei

Peritoneal metastasis of urinary bladder carcinoma, 500x M-G-G staining, large isolated malignant cells, clumped chromatin in eccentric nuclei

Peritoneal metastasis of urinary bladder carcinoma, 500x Papanicolaou staining, large isolated malignant cells, clumped chromatin in eccentric nuclei

Peritoneal metastasis of urinary bladder carcinoma, 500x Papanicolaou staining, large isolated malignant cells, clumped chromatin in eccentric nuclei

Presence of many large isolated malignant cells, most of them with eccentric nuclei, coarse clumped chromatin, suggestive of peritoneal metastases from poorly differentiated urothelial bladder carcinoma, previously resected. Carcinoma of urinary bladder is a relatively uncommon cause of malignant ascites.




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