Open AccessSquash preparation: A reliable diagnostic tool in the intraoperative diagnosis of central nervous system tumors
Author(s) -
Sumit Mitra,
Manoj Kumar,
Vivek Sharma,
Debasis Mukhopadhyay
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.4103/0970-9371.71870
Subject(s) - medicine , papanicolaou stain , frozen section procedure , histopathology , diagnostic accuracy , cytology , h&e stain , gold standard (test) , radiology , squash , pathology , staining , cancer , cervical cancer , history , archaeology
Intraoperative cytology is an important diagnostic modality improving on the accuracy of the frozen sections. It has shown to play an important role especially in the intraoperative diagnosis of central nervous system tumors.