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| − | * <spoiler text="Diagnosis?"> | + | * <spoiler text="Diagnosis?">__NOGLOSSARY__ |
* Chronic pancreatits | * Chronic pancreatits | ||
** Occurs in the 4th and 5th decades | ** Occurs in the 4th and 5th decades | ||
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** Strictures of the biliary or pancreatic ducts occurs as well as calcification | ** Strictures of the biliary or pancreatic ducts occurs as well as calcification | ||
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| − | * <spoiler text="What are some of the cytologic features that lead you to the diagnosis?"> | + | * <spoiler text="What are some of the cytologic features that lead you to the diagnosis?">__NOGLOSSARY__ |
* Variable cellularity depending on the fibrosis in the specimen, however usually low cellularity | * Variable cellularity depending on the fibrosis in the specimen, however usually low cellularity | ||
* Smears are polymorphous (ductal cells, acinar cells, macrophages, inflammatory cells, fibrosis, debris, calcification, fat necrosis) | * Smears are polymorphous (ductal cells, acinar cells, macrophages, inflammatory cells, fibrosis, debris, calcification, fat necrosis) | ||
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* Ductal cells out number acinar cells (acinar atrophy) | * Ductal cells out number acinar cells (acinar atrophy) | ||
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| − | * <spoiler text="Differential diagnosis?"> | + | * <spoiler text="Differential diagnosis?">__NOGLOSSARY__ |
* Adenocarcinoma | * Adenocarcinoma | ||
** Occurs later (6th and 7th decades) | ** Occurs later (6th and 7th decades) | ||
