[Endoscopic cytological diagnosis of the upper digestive tract].
207 cases of oesopha-gastric endoscopic exfoliative citology was realized during 1976-1977, 126 was malignant and 81 non-malignant. The high general diagnosis posivity in oesophagus (96,9% without erroneous posivity, and a posivity of 88,8% en stomach, with 4,2% erroneous posivity are remarked. The quick diagnosis, the easy technique and the unexpensive process, both the needed of high professional capacity, are realized. The incidence of tumoral localization, macroscopic and histologic characters on diagnosis security are comented.
D001706:Biopsy; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
Diagnóstico citológico endoscópico del tracto digestivo superior.