Evaluation of histological appearance of tissues removed by cavitron ultrasonic surgical aspirator (CUSA).
Histological appearances of the tissue fragments obtained by cavitron ultrasonic surgical aspirator (CUSA) were studied in 25 cases to determine whether the aspirated tissue could be used for diagnosis. It was found that a definite diagnosis could be made on the tissue removed by this method.
D000238:Adenoma, Chromophobe / Q000473:pathology; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation*