Cytologic Study of Ascites and the Endometrium in Ovarian Carcinoma

Basement Membrane Material and Tigroid Background in a Fine Needle Aspirate of Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma of the Cervix

“…Hirasawa et al described similar findings in endometrial cytology of patients with clear cell adenocarcinoma of the ovary. 10 According to reports, basement membrane material seems to be produced by clear cell carcinoma cells. The material is well known as a cytologic feature of adenoid cystic carcinoma, which can arise at the cervix.…”

Cytology of Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Female Genital Tract in Fine Needle Aspirates and Ascites

“…1 Although the clinical and pathologic features of the tumors have been studied, 1,2 only a few reports have focused on cytologic findings. [3][4][5][6][7] While most of the reported studies consisted of cytologic features of CCC of the ovary in peritoneal fluid or endometrial aspirate materials, [3][4][5][6][7][8][9] a few studies were carried out on fine needle aspiration (FNA) smears. 10,12 In this study, the cytologic features were studied in three FNA smears and one peritoneal fluid metastasis in which the corresponding tumors were located in the vagina, cervix and ovaries.…”

Endometrial Aspiration Cytology for Diagnosis of Peritoneal Lesions in Extrauterine Malignancies

“…This is in basic agreement with the positive rate on endometrial aspiration cytology obtained in previous studies conducted in Japan of 13.6% by Takeshima et al 7 positive rate among stage III or IV patients was relatively high, confirming the findings of previous studies. 1,7,12 Furthermore, the positive rate among patients with mucinous adenocarcinomas in ovarian cancer was significantly lower than that among patients with other histologic types. Differences in the positive rate among histologic types are reportedly related to the degree of intercellular adhesion in ovarian cancer tissue, 7 and further investigations are necessary.…”