El Hussein Siba, Colanta Agnes, Khader Samer N
The Leopold G. Koss Department of Cytopathology, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York.
Diagn Cytopathol. 2019 Oct;47(10):1072-1075. doi: 10.1002/dc.24296. Epub 2019 Aug 6.
Cercariform cells are slender cells with a bulbous end and a unipolar long cytoplasmic process, resembling Schistosoma cercariae. Since their first description in urothelial carcinoma, multiple studies have attempted to explore their utility in distinguishing metastatic urothelial carcinoma from other common malignant neoplasms, such as adenocarcinoma and squamous-cell carcinoma. Although not pathognomonic, they are most commonly encountered in urothelial carcinoma, but they can also be seen in other neoplasms, raising the possibility that this cytomorphological feature can be exploited to aid in diagnosis.
尾蚴样细胞是细长的细胞，一端呈球状，有一个单极的长细胞质突起，类似于血吸虫尾蚴。自从它们在尿路上皮癌中首次被描述以来，多项研究试图探索它们在区分转移性尿路上皮癌与其他常见恶性肿瘤（如腺癌和鳞状细胞癌）方面的效用。尽管它们并非具有诊断特异性，但在尿路上皮癌中最常出现，不过在其他肿瘤中也可见到，这增加了利用这种细胞形态学特征辅助诊断的可能性。
