Pelvic endometriosis diagnosed on touch imprint cytology
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. sselvaggi@facstaff.wisc.edu
Diagnostic Cytopathology
|November 27, 2002
Abstract:
A case of pelvic endometriosis on touch imprint cytology in a 34-yr-old woman is presented and discussed. Touch preparations of the core biopsies showed both epithelial and spindle cell components. Bland-appearing epithelial cells, arranged in tight clusters and sheets, contained finely granular chromatin and scant cytoplasm. Clusters of bland-appearing spindle cells with oval nuclei containing small prominent nucleoli were present. The differential diagnosis and diagnostic pitfalls are discussed.
