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Fig. 4 | BMC Gastroenterology

Fig. 4

From: The efficacy of pancreatic juice cytology with liquid-based cytology for evaluating malignancy in patients with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm

Fig. 4

PJC findings of malignant IPMN: a A low-power-field image of the smear method. Many inflammatory cells and a large amount of mucus were found in the background, and the tumor cell cluster was heavily stained. b A high-power-field image of the smear method. It was difficult to evaluate the cells at the margin of the tumor cell cluster because of overlapping. c A low-power-field image of LBC. There were few overlapping cells. The background of inflammatory cells and mucus was removed, so the tumor cells scattered solitarily could be evaluated. d A high-power-field image of LBC. The cells at the margin of the tumor cell cluster could be evaluated. PJC, pancreatic juice cytology; IPMN, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm; LBC, liquid-based cytology

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