The Rescue of Unreadable, Thick Smears of Needle Aspirations by Conversion to Histological Specimens

Cook, Lois; McClintock, Richard P.; Gordon, H. W.

doi:10.1179/014788890794667637

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“…Larger biopsies were required to make these difficult morphologic distinctions. The procedure that we use is a modification of the technique that Cook et al 2,3 described in converting an unreadably thick smear into a histologic section.…”

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Histologic Assessment of Equivocal Cytologic Smears

Sumithran¹,

Susil²,

Zainol³

1997

Acta Cytologica

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“…4 There have been previous reports by Cook et al 2,3 on how to convert unreadably thick cytologic preparations into histologic specimens. We tried a modified technique for converting cytologic preparations into histologic sections when the cytologic features were equivocal and we thought that an assessment of cell patterns would be beneficial.…”

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Histologic Assessment of Equivocal Cytologic Smears

Sumithran¹,

Susil²,

Zainol³

1997

Acta Cytologica

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Combined cytological and histological diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in ultrasonically guided fine needle biopsy specimens

Zainol

Sumithran

1993

Histopathology

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This study evaluates the usefulness of a combined cytological and histological approach to the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) when applied to fine needle biopsy specimens obtained under ultrasonic guidance. The material, aspirated from 51 focal liver lesions, was handled in such a way that there was sufficient material for both cytological and histological (cell block) assessment. Of the 29 cases of HCC studied, a confident cytological diagnosis was made in 23 (79%). In the remaining six cases, the cytological features were considered to be suspicious but not diagnostic of HCC. Examination of cell blocks in the six cases enabled a confident diagnosis of HCC to be made in all cases. This was due to the supplementary visual information provided by the histological features, particularly the pattern of arrangement of the tumour cells.

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The Rescue of Unreadable, Thick Smears of Needle Aspirations by Conversion to Histological Specimens

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Histologic Assessment of Equivocal Cytologic Smears

Histologic Assessment of Equivocal Cytologic Smears

Combined cytological and histological diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in ultrasonically guided fine needle biopsy specimens

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