Body Fluid Effusions: Identifying Benign vs. Malignant Cells (by 4CEUINC)

Continuing Education Credits

P.A.C.E.® Contact Hours (acceptable for AMT, ASCP, and state recertification) (CEU Unlimited): 3 hour(s) Course number 511-023-21, approved through 6/30/2023

Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel Credit Hours - General (Cytology): 3 hour(s) Course number 20-599022, approved through 6/30/2023

Objectives

• Describe 3 types of effusions.
• Identify the significance of WBCs in effusions.
• Describe the gross appearance of serous fluids.
• Discuss Mesothelial cells.
• List the differences of benign vs malignant cellular features.
• Identify benign and malignant found in effusions.

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Course Outline

• DOWNLOAD PDF FILES
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• COURSE INTRO
• Title Slide
• Course Details
• Author Information
• Author Information
• Course Objectives
• EFFUSION TYPES
• Effusion Types - Section Slide
• Defining Effusions
• How Effusions Occur
• Defining Effusion Types
• Subtypes of Effusions
• Fluid Sources
• Appearance and Significance
• Causes of Effusions
• Patient Observations
• Knowledge Check - 1
• Knowledge Check - 1 ANSWER
• Knowledge Check - 2
• Knowledge Check - 2 ANSWER
• BODY FLUID WBC's
• Body Fluid WBC's - Section Slide
• Body Fluid Differential
• Neutrophils
• Small Lymphocytes
• Eosinophils
• Macrophages
• Disease States & WBC's
• Knowledge Check - 3
• Knowledge Check - 3 ANSWER
• Knowledge Check - 4
• Knowledge Check - 4 ANSWER
• MESOTHELIAL CELLS
• Mesothelial Cells - Section Slide
• Identifying Cells
• Abscence of Cells
• Identifying Benign Cells
• Identifying Benign Cells
• Benign Mesothelial Cells
• Identifying Atypical Mesothelial Cells
• Identifying Reactive Mesothelial Cells
• Mesothelial Cell Windows
• Malignant Mesothelial Cells & Mesothelioma
• Malignant Mesothelial Cell Examples
• Knowledge Check - 5
• Knowledge Check - 5 ANSWER
• BENIGN vs. MALIGNANT CELLULAR FEATURES
• Benign vs. Malignant Cellular Features - Section Slide
• Distinctive Cellular Features
• Nuclear Differences
• Nuclear Differences
• Nuclear Texture
• Nuclear Texture
• Cytoplasmic Ratio
• Cytoplasmic Ratio
• Nucleoli Differences
• Nucleoli Differences
• Cytoplasmic Granules
• Cytoplasmic Granules
• Cytoplasmic Granules
• Vacuoles
• Vacuoles
• Nuclear Molding
• Nuclear Molding
• Knowledge Check - 6
• Knowledge Check - 6 ANSWER
• Knowledge Check - 7
• Knowledge Check - 7 ANSWER
• IDENTIFYING BENIGN vs. MALIGNANT CELLS
• Identifying Benign vs. Malignant Cells - Section Slide
• Benign Mesotheial Cell
• Benign Mesothelial Cell
• Benign, Reactive Mesothelial Cells
• Benign, Reactive Mesothelial Cells
• Benign Cells
• Benign Mesothelial Cells
• Benign Mesothelial Cells
• Malignant Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells
• Malignant Adenocarcinoma
• Pleural Effusion - Malignant Lymphoma
• CSF - Malignant Lymphoid Cells
• Lung Origin - Malignant Adenocarcinoma
• Malignant, Metastatic Adenocarcinoma
• Pleural Fluid - Malignant Lymphoma Cells
• Pleural Fluid - Malignant Adenoma
• Malignant Plasma Cell Leukemia
• Other Cells
• Benign Cellular Findings in Various Disease States
• Malignant Cellular Findings in Mesothelioma & Adenocarcinoma
• Benign vs. Malignant Decision Tree
• Knowledge Check - 8
• Knowledge Check - 8 ANSWER
• Knowledge Check - 9
• Knowledge Check - 9 ANSWER
• Knowledge Check - 10
• Knowledge Check - 10 ANSWER
• CONCLUSION
• References
• Contact Us
• Thank You