Role of Intraoperative Pathology Consultation by Imprint and Scrape Cytology in Soft Tissue Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions

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Dermatofibroma. (a) Case diagnosed on imprint smear as benign spindle cell tumor of fibrous origin showing clusters and singly scattered spindle-shaped cells. Background showing foamy macrophages (arrow) (MGG stain, X100). (b) Scrape smear showing cluster of spindle-shaped cells showing bland nuclear chromatin and cytoplasmic projections (H&E, X400). (c) Paraffin-embedded section showing singly scattered and fascicles of spindle-shaped tumor cells with bland nuclear chromatin (H&E, X200).

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