title: Accuracy of the smear technique in the cytological diagnosis of 650 lesions of the central nervous system.
abstract: The authors analyzed the results of 650 lesions of the central nervous system submitted to intraoperative cytological diagnosis by the smear technique. Cytological and paraffin section diagnoses were compared. The following statistical values were obtained: accuracy of 97.3%, sensitivity of 97.9%, specificity of 95%, positive predictive value of 99.1%, and negative predictive value of 89.6%. The authors comment on their main pitfalls using this cytological diagnostic procedure.
authors: Department of Pathology, Hospital de Clínicas, University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
authors: L F
authors: LF
authors: Bleggi-Torres
authors: L
authors: L
authors: de Noronha
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Schneider Gugelmin
authors: A P
authors: AP
authors: Martins Sebastião
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Werner
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Marques Maggio
authors: J E
authors: JE
authors: Queiroz Telles
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Martins Collaço
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D016543:Central Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D016612:Paraffin Embedding; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity