[Cytogenetic study of ascitic and pleural exudates].
Chromosome examination was made in direct samples of ascitic and pleural effusions from 58 patients; 10 of them were also studied after being cultured in vitro. Diagnostic cytogenetic analysis allowed a correct diagnosis of malignancy in 91 per 100 of the cases, higher than the 73.4 per 100 obtained in the same series by diagnostic cytology. There was a great variability in the chromosomes number of malignant tumors, without any correlation with tumor type.
D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000235:genetics*; D002877:Chromosomes, Human / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000235:genetics*
Estudio citogenético de exudados ascíticos y pleurales.