Flashcards
Serous Fluid Cells
Cards in this deck (20)
- 1—Peripheral Blood Cell and Macrophages
(Serous fluid) - 2—Tuberculosis
or
Malignant Effusions
- 3—Increase (↑) Neutrophils
= Infection
(intracellular bacteria may be seen)
- 4—Increase (↑) Neutrophils
= Infection
(intracellular bacteria may be seen)
- 5—Monocytes & Macrophages
- 6—Monocytes & Macrophages
- 7—Normal Mesothelial Cell
-fried egg like cell
-unique to serous fluid
- 8—Normal Mesothelial Cell
-fried egg like cell
-unique to serous fluid
- 9—Normal Mesothelial Cell
-fried egg like cell
-unique to serous fluid
- 10—Reactive Mesothelial Cell
Difficult to differentiate from malignant cells (especially when in clusters/clumps)
Can look multi-nucleated, vacuolated, or phagocytic
- 11—Reactive Mesothelial Cell
Difficult to differentiate from malignant cells (especially when in clusters/clumps)
Can look multi-nucleated, vacuolated, or phagocytic
- 12—Malignant Cell Cluster
-non-uniform
-bizarre shape & staining
-can be multinucleated
- 13—Mesothelial Cell Cluster
-uniform appearance
-can be multinucleated
- 14—Metastatic Adenocarcinoma Cells
in a pleural fluid
- 15—Mesothelial Cells
in a flat cluster
- 16—Malignant Cells
in a ball-like cluster
- 17—Malignant Cells
CANNIBALISM!!!
(ability of one cell to
engulf another cell)
- 18—Signet Ringed Cells
-Vacuoles form into one giant vacuole!
-May be seen in benign or malignant effusions
- 19—Plasma Cell
diseases associated with
increased lymphocytes
- 20—Plasma Cell
diseases associated with
increased lymphocytes