Open AccessMicronucleus and its significance in effusion fluids
Author(s) -
Dravya Jayakumar,
Kalpana Kumari Kasturi
Publication year - 2020
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_42_19
Subject(s) - medicine , effusion , papanicolaou stain , ascites , pathology , micronucleus , stain , gastroenterology , micronucleus test , cancer , staining , cervical cancer , surgery , toxicity
Micronucleus (MN) is an extranuclear body within the cell formed due to failure of incorporation of whole chromosomes or their fragments during cell division. MN scoring can be done to identify malignant effusions.