title: Clear cell carcinoma of the ovary diagnosed in ascitic fluid. A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Clear cell carcinoma of the ovary (CCC) is a rare variety of ovarian cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case of CCC in a 49-year-old woman was diagnosed in asciticfluid on thin-layer preparations. Peritoneal fluid cytology revealed papillary clusters of cells with clear cytoplasm and extracellular hyaline material generally without neoplastic cells. The tumor was excised, and the histologic sections confirmed the cytologic diagnosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CCC has a distinctive cytomorphologic appearance, and the entity may be diagnosed on ascitic fluid cytology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, San Jorge Hospital, Huesca, Spain. jjvera@salud.aragon.es
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vera-Alvarez
authors.forename: María Dolores
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: García-Prats
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marigil-Gómez
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abascal-Agorreta
authors.forename: José Ignacio
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: López-López
authors.forename: José Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ramón-Cajal
mesh_terms: D018262:Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed