title: Intraoperative cytology of clear cell carcinoma of the ovary.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the cytomorphology of clear cell carcinoma (CCC) of the ovary in intraoperative samples of peritoneal fluid, imprint and scraping samples of the tumour tissue.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fourteen histologically confirmed cases, stained by standard cytological procedures, were analysed by light microscopy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 33.3% of peritoneal fluid samples and 92.9% of imprint and scraping cytological samples, besides variable clear cell cellular morphology, one or both distinct cytological characteristics were observed: eosinophilic, hyaline, extracellular, globular substance with or without formation of a 'raspberry' body and an eosinophilic, intracytoplasmic inclusions. These structures were clearly seen only in samples stained by May-Grünwald-Giemsa.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Using cytological analysis of imprint and scraping samples of ovarian tumours it is possible to make a precise intraoperative cytological diagnosis in most cases of CCC of the ovary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecological Cytology, Unviersity Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia. danijela.vrdoljak-mozetic@ri.htnet.hr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vrdoljak-Mozetic
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stanković
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krasević
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Versa-Ostojić
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stemberger-Papić
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rupcić
mesh_terms: D018262:Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery