Cytology of synovial sarcoma metastases in pleural fluid.
Report is made of the cytology of pleural fluid arising from extensive pleuropulmonary metastases of a biphasic synovial sarcoma of the leg of a 35-year-old male. Both fibrous, spindle-shaped and epithelioid types of tumor cells were present. The epithelioid cells were seen in groups or arranged in glandlike structures. Transformation of the fibrous, spindle-shaped tumor cells into the epithelioid ones was observed, suggesting that these two types of tumor cells are cytogenetically related.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000473:pathology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000473:pathology*