title: The cytology of chordoma.
abstract: A case is presented in which touch imprints of a neoplasm revealed cells with fine bubbly cytoplasm and intracytoplasmic vacuoles with indentation and displacement of cell nuclei. The cytology of these bubbly or physaliferous cells was useful in establishing the diagnosis of chordoma and in the differential diagnosis of similar soft tissue lesions.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*