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Renal Transplant Aspiration Cytology. Role For Simple Morphological Criteria
Author(s) -
GOULDESBROUGH D. R.,
McLIGEYO S. O.,
ANDERTON J. L.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1365-2303
pISSN - 0956-5507
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2303.1992.tb00034.x
Subject(s) - medicine , context (archaeology) , fine needle aspiration , biopsy , sampling (signal processing) , renal transplant , cytology , transplantation , pathology , differential diagnosis , radiology , surgery , computer science , paleontology , filter (signal processing) , computer vision , biology
Fine‐needle aspiration (FNA) is a well‐recognized technique for sampling solid organs. It is used in renal transplantation to clarify the cause of a poorly functioning graft. Differential scoring techniques with respect to peripheral blood cell populations, and immunocyto‐chemistry have been employed in this context. We describe the use of simple morphological criteria alone in renal transplant FNA. We compare these with needle biopsy and clinical parameters and show their value in the detection of active cellular rejection. Their limitations are discussed within the framework of other patterns of transplant pathology.