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. 2015 Jun 19:191–219. doi: 10.1016/B978-1-4557-4083-3.00006-1

Figure 6-35.

Figure 6-35

Neoplastic effusion. Mesothelioma. Abdominal. Dog.

Same case A-C. A, One small cluster of reactive mesothelium is shown in comparison with two large neoplastic cell clusters. (Wright-Giemsa; LP.) B, Cell clusters are variable in size and cytoplasmic vacuolation. Morphology is indistinguishable from that of secretory adenocarcinoma. (Wright-Giemsa; HP oil.) C, Large cell clusters are grossly visible at the feathered edge of a direct smear of this abdominal fluid.

(Material courtesy of Sarah Hammond et al., Virginia Tech University; Case 6 of 2012 ASVCP case review session.)