Centrifugal cytology of nipple aspirate cells.
Two improvements in the methodology for obtaining and preparing nipple aspirates from nonlactating women are reported. The first is the development and use of a new breast pump with a controllable vacuum and cups of various sizes. The second is the use of centrifugal cytology to prepare the dispersions.  Twenty-one of 24 breasts of patients in the age range 30 to 49 years produced cellular dispersions which contained foam cells; of them, 13 contained ductal cells. A comparison of glutaraldehyde and ethanol fixation indicated that the cells appeared substantially the same.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001940:Breast / Q000166:cytology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002498:Centrifugation / Q000379:methods; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005348:Fibrocystic Breast Disease / Q000473:pathology; D005487:Foam Cells / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009558:Nipples / Q000166:cytology* / Q000473:pathology; D010212:Papilloma / Q000473:pathology; D013396:Suction / Q000379:methods