Open AccessSquash Cytology in Neurosurgical Practice: A Useful Method in Resource-Limited Setting with Lack of Frozen Section Facility
Author(s) -
Manish Agrawal,
Shiv Kumar Chandrakar,
Dharampal Lokwani,
Manju Purohit
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/10142.4921
Subject(s) - medicine , cytology , squash , neurosurgery , frozen section procedure , radiology , gold standard (test) , surgery , pathology , archaeology , history
Intra-operative cytology is an important diagnostic tool. It has shown to play an important role especially in the diagnosis of central nervous system tumours. The study was done to assess the feasibility of squash cytology as standalone diagnostic test in setting where frozen section facility is not available.