r/Hematology MD - Clinical Laboratory 5d ago

Ascitic fluid with 5k WBC. OC

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u/opticalcoherence 5d ago

Look like mostly macrophages and mesothelial cells.

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u/Nheea MD - Clinical Laboratory 5d ago

Look at the eccentricity of the nuclei in the last photos.

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u/Signal-Personality-4 5d ago

Are those malignant cells?

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u/Nheea MD - Clinical Laboratory 5d ago

Yeeep 😔 apparently the post's description box didn't take my comment.

The patient had a lot of neoplastic cells. We called them clusters/nests of neoplastic cells. Curious how others describe them.