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Atlas Interpretation:
Type of Preparation: Conventional
Magnification: High
Clinical History: 64 year old postmenopausal woman with extensive Paget disease of vulva that appears to extend into the vagina
Interpretation:
Other Malignant Neoplasms: Paget disease
Cytomorphologic Criteria: The vaginal smear has loosely cohesive groups and single cells with pleomorphic hyperchromatic nuclei, irregular clumped chromatin, prominent nucleoli, and moderate amounts of cytoplasm. A cytoplasmic vacuole within the binucleated cell is suggestive of glandular differentiation.
Explanatory Notes: The cytologic features, although diagnostic of malignancy and consistent with adenocarcinoma, are not specific for Paget disease. History and comparison with primary tumor support that interpretation.
Follow-up: Compared with prior tissue
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