Please translate? can have squamous cells yet not cancer? thanks! cytologic diagnosis: peritoneal cyst, fine needle aspiration, thinprep - cell block slides: low cellularity specimen with few squamous cells and acellular debris. no evident malignancy?

Some squamous cells can become malignant, but "squamous" itself never means cancer. Your skin is covered in billions of squamous cells; so are the linings of your vagina, mouth, nose, etc. Many or most skin and genital area cysts are lined with squamous cells, so this is a normal finding. The main result here is there there is no evidence of either malignancy or infection. Congratulations!

It is extremely rare for a peritoneal cyst to have squamous cells. There is a chance that the needle got contaminated with the suamous cells of the skin, Great news is that there is no evidence of malignancy.