title: [Cerebrospinal fluid cytology in acute leukemias. (Use of cytocentrifugation for blast cell identification)].
abstract: The authors studied cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in 51 patients with malignant blood diseases. 136 assays were performed over a three month period. In children, two technics were used; in the first case, smears were done with cells obtained through centrifugation; in the second case, CSF was directly thrown on glass slides in a special cytocentrifuge. Only the latter was performed for adults. In each case, the results of the cytological analysis were compared with those of cyto-chemical assay and clinical status.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001100:Arachnoiditis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000032:analysis; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods; D002498:Centrifugation; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Etude cytologique du liquide céphalo-rachidien au cours des leucémies aiguës (Intérêt de la cytocentrifugation pour l'identification des blastes)