Cytopathology practical microscopy workshops are a popular feature of the IBMS Biomedical Science Congress, and will be repeated at the forthcoming event in Birmingham this September. The focus this year is on non-gynaecological cytopathology. This diagnostic branch of cytopathology covers an eclectic mix of interest, as current literature confirms.
Cardiac tamponade as an initial presentation of papillary carcinoma with psammoma bodies and intranuclear grooves – a diagnostic dilemma
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Involvement of body fluids by adenocarcinoma is a common phenomenon; however, metastasis to the pericardial fluid by adenocarcinoma is a rare occurrence. The most common malignancies associated with malignant pericardial effusion are carcinoma of the lung, breast, oesophagus, melanoma, lymphoma and leukaemia.
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