Open AccessEvaluation of Intraoperative Cytological Smears for Diagnosis of Brain Tumors with Special Reference to Immunohistochemistry
Author(s) -
Saurav Sarkar,
Moumita Sengupta,
Chhanda Datta,
Uttara Chatterjee,
Subhasis Ghosh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of medical and paediatric oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 0975-2129
pISSN - 0971-5851
DOI - 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_28_16
Subject(s) - medicine , papanicolaou stain , context (archaeology) , cytology , immunohistochemistry , neurosurgery , pathology , h&e stain , prospective cohort study , radiology , cancer , paleontology , cervical cancer , biology
Brain tumors are heterogeneous group of benign and malignant tumors of glial, meningeal, neuronal, embryonal, and lymphoid origin. Rapid intraoperative diagnosis of the nature of the tumor helps the surgeon to plan the extent of surgery and modify it accordingly.