The smear preparations are hypocellular against a clean, clear background. Examination reveals a complex, interwoven meshwork of delicate, non-cellular fibrillar material and elongated proteinaceous strands, structurally mimicking mucinous or fibrinous strands rather than diagnostic tissue matrix. Only rare, isolated, degenerated or distorted cellular elements are noted, without any cohesive epithelial sheets, clusters of atypical cells, or sheets of atypical lymphoid cells. No definitive viral inclusions, fungal hyphae, pseudohyphae, protozoa, or pathogenic organisms are identified.
Pregnant at 36 weeks with a history of a previous lower segment cesarean section, presenting with a complaint of multiple vaginal cysts from which fluid was aspirated from one cyst to rule out infection or lymphoma
One smear was prepared and stained from submitted 1 ml colorless mucoid fluid.
Aspirated Fluid from Vaginal Cyst (Cytology):