Objectives: We sought to assess the utility and limitations of both flow cytometry (FC) and
cytology for the analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in a practical clinical setting. Methods …

Objectives: To identify pretest characteristics of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens that will
allow the rational use of flow cytometric analysis (FCA) in the diagnosis of hematologic …

An independent clinical assessment was compared with flow cytometry (FCM) and
cytomorphology results obtained on 227 cerebrospinal fluids investigated for hematologic …

Flow cytometry (FCM) is an adjunct study to routine analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to
investigate for involvement by a hematologic malignancy. However, in our experience, FCM …

Objectives: Since malignant cells were first detected in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF),
numerous methods have been used for CSF examination. The cytocentrifugation and liquid …

Background The identification of central nervous system (CNS) involvement by
malignancies, using cytological analysis of CSF, is crucial for the appropriate treatment of …

(Editor's Note: A high proportion of cerebrospinal fluid [CSF] specimens submitted for
cytology are either totally acellular or contain only a few cells. Many times, the hematology …

Abstract Introduction/Objective Flow cytometric immunophenotyping (FCI) of cerebrospinal
fluids (CSF) has increasingly been used for diagnosing and monitoring hematologic …

Low volume and few cells have hampered the use of flow cytometry for studying
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in routine clinical practice, although information about the cellular …

Flow cytometry facilitates the detection of a large spectrum of cellular characteristics on a per
cell basis, determination of absolute cell numbers and detection of rare events with high …