title: Cytology of central neurocytoma in intraoperative crush preparations. A case report.
abstract: Crush preparation smears of a central neurocytoma revealed branching capillaries mixed with numerous single, polygonal cells showing well-defined, abundant, granular cytoplasm and eccentric, oval nuclei with finely granular chromatin and micronucleoli.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nguyen-Ho
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Nguyen
mesh_terms: D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000032:analysis; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002843:Chromatin / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003584:Cytological Techniques; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods; D018306:Neurocytoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014746:Vimentin / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D002843:Chromatin; D014746:Vimentin