Drs. Prolla and Diehl's INTERESTING CASE OF THE MONTH December 2008 case A
Ascites fluid, 65-year old female with gastric tumor: signet-ring carcinoma.

200x M-G-G staining

500x M-G-G staining, high power view of previous image

1,000x M-G-G staining, very high power view of previous image

1,000x M-G-G staining, another very high power view

500x M-G-G staining, high power view

1,000x M-G-G staining, very high power view of previous image

1,000x M-G-G staining, very high power view

1,000x M-G-G staining, very high power view of previous image

1,000x M-G-G staining, very high power view

1,000x M-G-G staining, very high power view

500x M-G-G staining, high power view

500x M-G-G staining, high power view

500x M-G-G staining, high power view



The smears show abundant number of isolated, round cells, with abnormal looking morphology: highly atypical nuclei, some of them pushed to the periphery of the cell by mucin containg vacuoles, typical of signet-ring carcinoma. This was confirmed by gastric resection of the tumor.






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