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Unusual benign cells in CSF?
-choroid plexus/ependymal cells (acinar formation may mimic met adenoca)

-leptomeningeal cells (sheets. like mesos)

-cartilage from disc (either individual chondrocytes or sheets of fibrocartilage)

-neurons (rare. large nucleolus, nissl substance)
Most common primary brain tumor to shed cells to CSF?
GBM
Small round cell tumor in CSF in kids?
-Medulloblastoma (25% of primary brain tumors in kids!)

-Retinoblastoma (identical to medullo on cytology)

-ALL

-met Ewings

-met rhabdomyosarc

-met small cell ca (in adults)
Top 3 tumors to met to brain?
Lung
Breast
Melanoma
adenovirus in bronchial cells?
smudged nuclear chromatin
decoy cell in urine?
BK (polyoma) virus. smudged nucleus with central clearing and thick nuclear rim/membrane
Measles gives what special type of cell?
Warthin-Finkeldey multinucleated giant cells (may have tiny eosinophilic inclusions, scant cytoplasm, bunch of grapes appearance)
Respiratory syncytial virus?
giant cell with basophilic cytoplasmic inclusion surrounded by halo (may mimic CMV)
Actinomyces on pap?
cotton balls (fuzzy)
Leptothrix on pap? associated with ___?
long thin bacteria. assoc with Trichomonas.
Nocardia?
-delicately branched filamentous gram + bacteria.
-beaded/PEARLS ON STRING!
-partially acid fast.
Old name for lactobacilli?
Doderlein bacilli
Chlamydia on pap?
cells with distinctly outlined vacuoles and cyanophilic granular inclusions
(very hard to dx on pap. may have "pseudo-Chlamydia"
Alternaria?
"snowshoe" appearance, demateaceous/pigmented.
(may be contaminant or pathogen)
Aspergillus (especially niger) may be assoc with which crystals?
calcium oxalate
Adequacy for SurePath pap test:

cells per 40x hpf?
cells total?
Adequacy for SurePath pap test:

~11 cells per 40x hpf
minimum of 5000 squamous cells
Adequacy for conventional pap?

cells total?
Adequacy for conventional pap:

minimum 8,000-12,000 squamous cells
Transformation zone adequacy:

How many cells?
Which 2 types of cells?
Transformation zone adequacy:

minimum of 10 well-preserved endocervical or metaplastic cells
Clusters of naked nuclei on pap resembling endometrials. Due to which drug?
Tamoxifen

http://nih.techriver.net/view.php?patientId=90
Cytolysis of squamous cells on pap (naked nuclei) can be caused by what organism?
Lactobacilli
Single cells with reniform/bean shaped nuclei on pap?
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2
3
Single cells with reniform/bean shaped nuclei on pap?
1. single endometrials
2. histiocytes
3. superficial endometrial stromal cells

http://nih.techriver.net/view.php?patientId=84

http://nih.techriver.net/view.php?patientId=35
Large fragments of bland spindle cells with or without embedded glands on pap?
LUS sampling (aggressive brush). NILM...Do NOT report as endometrials because they are not shedding on their own.

http://nih.techriver.net/view.php?patientId=21