title: Cells from the seminal vesicles: contaminants of the V-C-E smear.
abstract: Cells originating in the seminal vesicles are occasionally observed on routing gynecologic smears. Sometimes, these cells may display large hyperchromatic dense nuclei, which conceivably may produce diagnostic problems. The identification of these cells is therefore of practical significance in order to avoid one more pitfall in gynecologic cytodiagnosis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002648:Child; D002843:Chromatin / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000166:cytology*; D013094:Spermatozoa; D014626:Vaginal Smears
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin