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From: Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology of Para-aortic lymph node metastasis in uterine cervical cancer: diagnostic accuracy and impact on clinical decision making

Fig. 4

The cytological morphology diagnosis of US-FNAC in para-aortic lymph nodes. a Cytology smear showing scattered lymphocytes and histiocytes with mixed morphology is reported as benign results (HE stain,× 10). b Cytology smear showing glandular clusters with atypical epithelial cells scattered in the lymphocyte background is diagnosed as metastatic adenocarcinoma (HE stain,× 20). c In the degenerated necrotic lymphoid tissue, there are clusters of atypical epithelial cells arranged in whirlpool, showing keratinization tendency, which is regarded as metastatic squamous cell carcinoma (HE stain,× 20). d In a large necrotic background, poorly differentiated cancer cells were seen in clusters, with obvious nucleoli and unclear differentiation tendency, which is considered as metastatic undifferentiated carcinoma (HE stain,× 40)

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