title: Smear biopsy for on-the-spot diagnosis in stereotactic surgery of CNS tumors. Experience of 101 cases.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Istopatologia, Ospedale Bellaria, Bologna.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferracini
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Poletti
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Manetto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frank-Ricci
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Del Borrello
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques