Open AccessUtility of squash smear cytology in intraoperative diagnosis of central nervous system tumors
Author(s) -
Shivaraj B. Patil,
Jyoti K. Kudrimoti,
Rachana D Agarwal,
Meenal Vitthal Jadhav,
Ashish Chuge
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.190442
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , neurosurgery , magnetic resonance imaging , predictive value , cytology , pathology
Central nervous system (CNS) squash cytology (CSC) has established itself as a technically simple, rapid, inexpensive, fairly accurate, and dependable intraoperative diagnostic tool. It helps neurosurgeons immensely when management is dependent on it.