The cytology of cerebral neuroblastoma.
A case is presented in which smears and touch imprints of a temporal tumor in a young adult male revealed fairly uniform round or polygonal cells, with fine nuclear chromatin and scanty cytoplasm. Occational resette formation was detected in most of the smears. The cytology of these small tumor cells and their arrangement were useful in establishing the intraoperative diagnosis of cerebral neuroblastoma.
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology