title: Cytologic diagnosis of ascitic fluid in Ibadan, Nigeria.
abstract: Malignant cells were detected in 24.2 percent of 859 ascitic fluid aspirates examined in the Department of Pathology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. Burkitt lymphoma cells accounted for over one half (52.9 percent) of the malignant cells. Cancer cells were also detected in primary liver cell carcinoma, ovarian cancer, and gastrointestinal cancer in decreasing order of frequency. Exfoliative cytology is useful in the differential diagnosis of ascites.
mesh_terms: D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000166:cytology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009549:Nigeria