Use of cytological preparations in the frozen section diagnosis of central nervous system neoplasia.
Because cytologic preparations capture the fine cellular detail that frozen sections often obscure, touch and smear preparations are valuable adjuncts to intraoperative histologic diagnoses.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D004824:Epidural Space; D005629:Frozen Sections; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D009837:Oligodendroglioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010870:Pineal Gland; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary