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Case Reports
. 2019 Jul;39(4):400-402.
doi: 10.3343/alm.2019.39.4.400.

First Case of Cellular Cannibalism in Small-Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder Detected in Peripheral Blood

Hyein Kang  1 , Do Hoon Kim  2 , Wonmok Lee  1 , Jungsook Ha  1 , Namhee Ryoo  1 , Dong Seok Jeon  1 , Hye Ra Jung  3
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Case Reports

First Case of Cellular Cannibalism in Small-Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder Detected in Peripheral Blood

Hyein Kang et al. Ann Lab Med. 2019 Jul.
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Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Cellular cannibalism on peripheral blood (PB) smear and bone marrow (BM) biopsy section. (A, B) PB smear showing a tumor cell with a crescentic nucleus engulfing another cell and a large tumor cell enclosing a smaller one in its cytoplasm. (C) PB smear showing “molding” of adjacent cells (black arrows; ×1,000, Wright-Giemsa). (D) BM biopsy section showing cannibalistic cells (yellow arrows; ×400, hematoxylin & eosin).
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