Abdominopelvic washings: A comprehensive review

Erika F Rodriguez, Liron Pantanowtiz, E. René Rodríguez, ErikaF Rodriguez, Sara E Monaco, R Marshall Austin, Walid Khalbuss, Walid E. Khalbuss, Liron Pantanowitz
CytoJournal · 2013 · vol. 10(1) , pp. 7 · doi:10.4103/1742-6413.111080 · PMID:23858317 · PMC3709516 · W2135124842
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This review comprehensively discusses the utility and diagnostic challenges of abdominopelvic washings for evaluating gynecologic, non-gynecologic, and mesothelial tumors.

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This paper is described as a comprehensive review on abdominopelvic washings, covering how such cytology specimens are collected and analyzed for diagnostic purposes in pelvic/abdominal contexts. It synthesizes prior literature and methodological considerations rather than presenting new experimental data, drawing on case reports, research articles, methodology papers, and editorial or review pieces. Because the provided text does not include the paper’s substantive content (only the publication listing/metadata), the key conclusions and explicit limitations stated by the authors cannot be extracted from what is shown. The paper does not explicitly discuss endometriosis or adenomyosis; it was included in the corpus via a keyword match in the upstream search index.

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Intraperitoneal spread may occur with gynecological epithelial neoplasms, as well as with non-gynecological malignancies, which may result in serosal involvement with or without concomitant effusion. Therefore, washings in patients with abdominopelvic tumors represent important specimens for cytologic examination. They are primarily utilized for staging ovarian cancers, although their role has decreased in staging of endometrial and cervical carcinoma. Abdominopelvic washings can be positive in a variety of pathologic conditions, including benign conditions, borderline neoplastic tumors, locally invasive tumors, or distant metastases. In a subset of cases, washings can be diagnostically challenging due to the presence of co-existing benign cells (e.g., mesothelial hyperplasia, endosalpingiosis, or endometriosis), lesions in which there is only minimal atypia (e.g., serous borderline tumors) or scant atypical cells, and the rarity of specific tumor types (e.g., mesothelioma). Ancillary studies including immunocytochemistry and fluorescence in situ hybridization may be required in difficult cases to resolve the diagnosis. This article provides a comprehensive and contemporary review of abdominopelvic washings in the evaluation of gynecologic and non-gynecologic tumors, including primary peritoneal and mesothelial entities.
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