Atypical cells from the urinary sediment of a patient with cancer of the cervix. The pathological diagnosis was squamous cell carcinoma (cornified type). These cells are clustered into an epithelial pearl. Metastasis to and invasion of the bladder were not found. These cells may have contaminated the container used for urine collection. Sternheimer-Malbin stain, X400.



Atypical cell from the urinary sediment of a patient with cancer of the kidneys metastasized from the tongue. The pathological diagnosis was well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. The long, slender cell in the center of the field is a so-called snake cell. Sternheimer stain, X100.