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. 2021 Jun 14;8:662312. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.662312

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Copyright © 2021 Patel, Hissong, Rosado, Burkhardt, Cong, Alperstein, Siddiqui, Park, Song, Velu, Rennert and Heymann.

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A pleural and peritoneal (ascites) fluid specimen was collected concurrently for one patient. (A) The ThinPrep® slide for the pleural fluid specimen demonstrated low overall cellularity, and tumor cellularity was estimated to be 30%. (B) A cell block section for the pleural fluid specimen demonstrated high overall cellularity, and tumor cellularity was estimated to be 30%. (C) The ThinPrep® slide for the ascites specimen demonstrated low overall cellularity, and tumor cellularity was estimated to be 50%. (D) A cell block section for the pleural fluid specimen demonstrated high overall cellularity, and tumor cellularity was estimated to be 5%.