Smear biopsy for on-the-spot diagnosis in stereotactic surgery of CNS tumors. Experience of 101 cases.
We report the correlation between cytological and histological diagnoses in 101 stereotactic biopsies performed on space-occupying lesions of the CNS. Diagnostic accuracy was 89%, in line with the rates reported by other workers.
Ferracini
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R
Laboratorio di Istopatologia, Ospedale Bellaria, Bologna.
Poletti
V
V
Manetto
V
V
Frank-Ricci
R
R
Del Borrello
E
E
D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques