title: [Usefulness of cytologic studies on abdominal fluid in the control of patients with ovarian cancer].
abstract: A report is given about the efficacy of cytology which is gathered by trans-vaginal punction and lavage of the abdominal cavity in 95 patients with ovarian cancer treated before. The cytological findings were the following: Cytological examinations were negative (no tumour cells) in 61/95 cases (64.2%). Examinations were ambiguous in 16/95 cases (16.8%) and tumour cells could be proved in 18/95 cases (18.9%). Relapses appeared in the average time of 25 months after finishing of therapy in 17 cases (30%) with negative cytological examinations. We observed 3 relapses among the patients with ambiguous and 3 ones with positive tumour cells. The cytology of abdominal fluid seems to be a capable method in spite of its incompleteness for following up the patients suffering from ovarian cancer. The failure rate is calculated around 30%. Sonography and computerized tomography can complete the diagnostic spectrum.
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary
vernacular_title: Zur Frage der Zweckmässigkeit zytologischer Untersuchungen von Abdominalflüssigkeit bei der Kontrolle von Patientinnen mit Ovarialkarzinomen.