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 -