TY - JOUR
AU1 - Yang, Grace C.H.
AU2 - Wan, Livia S.
AU3 - Papellas, Juliana
AU4 - Waisman, Jerry
AB - Acta Cytologica Use for Body Fluids, Fine Needle Aspirations and Endometrial Brush Biopsies Grace C. H. Yang, M.D., F.I.A.C., Livia S. Wan, M.D., Juliana Papellas, A.S., and Jerry Waisman, M.D., M.I.A.C. OBJECTIVE: To obtain an ideal cell block wherein the dometrial brush biopsies, processed with the above proto- maximal number of cells are displayed within the small- col, there was a compact cell block containing packed cells est area on the block surface. or tissue fragments in a clean background devoid of red STUDY DESIGN: Cyto- blood cells. Rich Red (AutoCyte, Inc., CONCLUSION: The com- The compact cell block is about Elon College, North Caroli- pact cell block is about na, U.S.A.) is added to fresh 10–20% the size of a con- 10–20% the size of a cellular sediment in a cen- ventional cell block, yet conventional cell block, yet more trifuge tube at a ratio of 1:1. more cells are on display, After two minutes, three to thus reducing the need for cells are displayed on a single four drops of plasma and deeper cuts and screening level of a section from the topical thrombin (5,000 time while increasing the ef- U/10 mL) is added. The tube paraffin 
TI - Compact Cell Blocks
JF - Acta Cytologica
DO - 10.1159/000331830
DA - 2011-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/karger/compact-cell-blocks-3SGqogV6Vr
SP - 703
EP - 706
VL - 42
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -