[Cytological diagnosis of ruptured membranes (author's transl)].
The authors have attempted to perform a simple and reliable test to affirm the diagnosis of a ruptured membranes. Various methods of staining and histochemical techniques were used. They conclude that the classical method for sampling and the alcohol-ether fixative are the best methods. Only the presence of transparent colourless squames, orange stained by The Harris-Shorr technique, is typical of fetal elements in the vaginal smears, especially they are grouped in clusters.
D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D014626:Vaginal Smears
Diagnostic cytologique de rupture des membranes par les frottis vaginaux.