FYGVE Practical Pathology 2017-2018
Session 3, Cytology Challenge 2
Instructions:
Click on the slide to view it. Manipulating the image should be self-explanatory. You will just need to be able to move around on the slide and click on the different objectives for this exercise. The options at the top of the screen can be ignored.
For each slide:
- Classify the sample as adequate or not. Specifically, are there enough cells, are they spread out in a monolayer, did they stain well? Most or all of these are adequate, but this is what you should ask yourself each time you review or submit a cytology sample.
- Describe the material on the slide.
- Give a diagnosis or a short list of differential diagnoses.
- What would you do next?
Case 1: FNA from a cutaneous mass on thorax of an 8 year old Boxer dog.
Case 2: FNA from firm, “crunchy” mass on right hind paw of an Airedale terrier.
Case 3: FNA from an ulcerated gingival mass on a domestic shorthair cat.
Case 4: Impression smear from a mass on the right thorax of a Rottweiler dog.
Case 5: FNA from an intra-abdominal mass in a German Shepherd dog.
Case 6: Impression smear from enlarged axillary lymph node of a cat.
Case 7: Impression smear from an intra-abdominal mass in a German Shepherd.
Case 8: Bone marrow smear from a dog.
Case 9: Tracheal wash (cytospin) from a dog.
Case 10: Blood smear from a hawk.
NOTE: The slide scanner does not allow magnification equivalent to what you would see using oil immersion (100X). I picked cases here where I thought you could 'see' enough at 40X to reasonably assess the slide. When you do cytology in-house, you should use your oil objective lens. If you don't use oil, you run the risk of missing important, potentially diagnostic, details.
NOTE: The slide scanner does not allow magnification equivalent to what you would see using oil immersion (100X). I picked cases here where I thought you could 'see' enough at 40X to reasonably assess the slide. When you do cytology in-house, you should use your oil objective lens. If you don't use oil, you run the risk of missing important, potentially diagnostic, details.