TY - JOUR
AU1 - Smedts, Frank
AU2 - Schrik, Maria
AU3 - Horn, Thomas
AU4 - Hopman, Anton H.N.
AB - TECHNIQUES Diagnostic Value of Processing Cytologic Aspirates of Renal Tumors in Agar Cell (Tissue) Blocks Frank Smedts, M.D., Ph.D., Maria Schrik, C.T., Thomas Horn M.D., Ph.D., and Anton H. N. Hopman, Ph.D. Objective the gold standard. To adapt a method enabling utilization of most of the har- Results vest from a fine needle aspirate in an effort to improve di- agnostic accuracy in the assessment of a renal tumor in a In 53% of conventional cytologic smears, the cellular yield single histologic slide. was sufficient to render a correct diagnosis. In 12% the di- agnosis was incorrect, in 21% only a differential diagnosis Study Design could be formulated, and in In a series of 43 renal tumors, 14% too few diagnostic cells 2 fine needle aspirations were were present in the conven- The method we described not only performed, 4 smears were pre- tional smears for a cytologic enhances the diagnostic accuracy of pared after each aspiration for diagnosis. It was, however, FNAC but could also be a serious conventional cytology and the possible to correctly diagnose remaining aspirate was pro- histologic sections from 97% of competitor with the core biopsy cessed for the improved agar AM tissue blocks. 
TI - Diagnostic Value of Processing Cytologic Aspirates of Renal Tumors in Agar Cell (Tissue) Blocks
JF - Acta Cytologica
DO - 10.1159/000325182
DA - 2011-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/karger/diagnostic-value-of-processing-cytologic-aspirates-of-renal-tumors-in-001PjKjCwg
SP - 587
EP - 594
VL - 54
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -