Cytology Q&A 17
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A seven-year-old neutered male Jack Russell Terrier presented with an interdigital mass of several weeks’ duration. Smears were made from an aspirate of the mass.
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What features are illustrated in these photomicrographs (both Wright–Giemsa, ×50 oil)? |
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What is your interpretation of these findings? | The cytological features are consistent with moderate to marked pyogranulomatous inflammation with spindle cell proliferation, most likely fibroplasia. |
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What comments do you have regarding these findings? |
Atypical spindle cells with nucleoli and increased numbers typical of proliferation represent a diagnostic problem for all cytologists. In others the differential diagnoses cannot be differentiated on the basis of cytology alone and a biopsy will be needed to determine the definitive diagnosis. |
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