[Limitations of colonic lavage in the cytopathological diagnosis of inflammatory and neoplastic lesions].
The authors describe the personal experience on colonic lavage cytology in neoplastic or inflammatory diseases. Although the presence of false negative results in the lesions of right colon, the method could be useful in the diagnosis of selected cases.
Villanacci
V
V
Cattedra di Anatomia ed Istologia Patologica, Università Brescia. villan@iol.it
Grigolato
P G
PG
Bonardi
M
M
Gattamelata
M
M
Moreschetti
R
R
Ghirardi
M
M
Di Fabio
F
F
Nascimbeni
R
R
Salerni
B
B
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