[Cytomorphologic criteria of bronchioloalveolar cell cancer]

Cytological material obtained from 100 patients with histologically proven bronchiolo-alveolar cell carcinoma was evaluated on the basis of 27 criteria. Particular features observed were a monocytoid nuclear delimitation (98.4%), central position of the nucleus (90.2%), light-coloured nuclear sap (52.5%), double-nucleation (98.4%), multinucleation (72.1%), phagocytosis (55.7%). Of the features of the accompanying reaction, psuedoproteinosis (9.8%), the presence of hyperplastic pneumocytes II (75.4%) and psammoma bodies (1.6%) are worthy of mention.