… Serous cavity fluids (SCF) can be transported to the cytology laboratory in both unfixed
and fixed states; we prefer the former. Unfixed (fresh) fluid should be sent to the laboratory as …

… There is also a completely new section on the cytology of cerebrospinal fluid. The appropriate
methods for studying this material are much the same as for serous fluids, and as no book …

… Cells in body fluids tend to degrade and lose their immunoreactivity. This is especially true
for the hypotonic environment of cerebrospinal fluid. Therefore, emphasis is placed on fast …

A great variety of neurological diseases require investigation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to
prove the diagnosis or to rule out relevant differential diagnoses. The objectives were to …

… The cerebrospinal fluid was examined within 2 hours of collection in 30 cases; in 63 the
cytology was less satisfactory since the fluid was either examined later than 2 hours or its time of …

… Cerebrospinal cytology studies also may be sent in cases of possible leptomeningeal …
Detection of malignant cells on cytologic examination of the CSF is the diagnostic gold standard …

… Inherent limitations of conventional cytology often result in a failure to diagnose lymphomatous
meningitis in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens from patients who actually have the …

… This study illustrates the difficulties in achieving accurate diagnoses from cerebrospinal
fluid … and normal and inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid specimens. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) …

… were identified based on CSF cytology only and their outcome was … cytology is a useful tool
to stage newly diagnosed patients with ependymoma. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology is a …

… demonstration of exfoliated neoplastic cells in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Abnormal cells
… fluid for additional studies, the preservation of the cells for later analysis should a cytological …