Abstract :
In dedicated cancer care centres, the major bulk of cases deal with adenocarcinoma deposits in effusion fluid cytology or lymphoblasts in CSF as occasional findings, where there is a functional hemato-oncology unit. Here, we present three not so common cases even for a regional cancer Institute- Pleural effusion due to secondary involvement of DLBCL, CSF spread of Medulloblastoma, and a case of AML with CNS relapse. It is mostly challenging for the practising pathologists, to provide a diagnosis based on the smear findings on first hand; as universally( not just in our Institute!) there is reluctance on behalf of the clinicians to provide at least a bare minimum case history.
Keyword :
Fluid cytology, Lymphomatous effusion, Medulloblastoma, CSF, AML, CNS relapse.