Open AccessIntraoperative squash smear cytology in CNS lesions: A study of 150 pediatric cases
Author(s) -
Ankur Jindal,
Kanwalpreet Kaur,
Kusum Mathur,
Vinod Kumari,
Himanshi Diwan
Publication year - 2017
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/joc.joc_196_15
Subject(s) - medicine , cytology , ependymoma , medulloblastoma , histopathology , astrocytoma , pathology , population , glioma , environmental health , cancer research
Tumors of the central nervous system in the pediatric age group occur relatively frequently during the early years of life. Brain tumors are the most common solid malignancies of childhood and only second to acute childhood leukemia. Squash cytology is an indispensable diagnostic aid to central nervous system (CNS) lesions. The definitive diagnosis of brain lesions is confirmed by histological examination.