Y Sato, Y Okudaira, J Hongo, F Saji, Y Hirota, G Ueda, M Yamasaki, M Inoue, Y Tanaka, K Kurachi
Vaginal smears of 21 patients with malignant ovarian tumors were examined. In 5 cases malignant cells were present: 1 mucinous cystadenocarcinoma, 2 poorly differentiated adenocarcinomas, 1 clear cell carcinoma, and 1 adenoid squamous cell carcinoma arising in a dermoid cyst. Cytomorphology of tumor cells in tissue specimens and imprint, ascites, aspirate uterine corpus, cervical canal and vaginal smears were examined. The ovarian malignant cells of the vaginal smears were grouped, round or oval with eccentric round or oval nuclei having a finely granular chromatin pattern regularly distributed, and with vesicular or vacuolated cytoplasm...
November 1980: Nihon Sanka Fujinka Gakkai Zasshi