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Aspiration cytology of Ewing's sarcoma light and electron microscopic correlations
Author(s) -
Akhtar Mohammed,
Ali Muhammad Ashraf,
Sabbah Rajeh
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19851015)56:8<2051::aid-cncr2820560828>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - sarcoma , pathology , cytoplasm , ewing's sarcoma , medicine , biopsy , cytology , anatomy , glycogen , ultrastructure , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , endocrinology
Fine‐needle aspiration biopsy specimens from 15 histologically proven cases of Ewing's sarcoma of the bone were studied by both light and electron microscopy. Large glycogen deposits in the Ewing's sarcoma cells could be easily recognized in smear stained routinely with Diff‐Quik (American Scinetific Product, McGraw Park, IL). These deposits appeared as punched‐out clear spaces in the cytoplasm. Ultrastructurally the tumor cells could be divided into chief cells and dark cells. The chief cells were further categorized based on their nuclear morphologic features into cleaved, noncleaved, and intermediate cells. The dominant cell was noncleaved in eight, cleaved in three, and intermediate in four cases. All five tumors with abundant glycogen were composed predominantly of noncleaved cells. The tumor cells in aspiration material appeared to be irregular in shape, and some had cytoplasmic processes. In one tumor these processes were quite prominent; this caused some difficulty in differentiation from neuroblastoma. Cancer 56: 2051‐2060, 1985.