A case is presented in which inadvertent needling of the nucleus pulposus produced
unusual cells in cerebrospinal fluid which caused diagnostic difficulty. The case in …

T HIS article deals with the study of~ consecutive cases of cerebro-spinal fluid examinations
in which the referring physician requested that the fluid be examined for tumor cells. Tumor …

Four types of cells that may be the source of important diagnostic pitfalls in cerebrospinal
fluid cytology are presented:(1) nucleus pulposus cells,(2) keratinized squamous cells from …

The study of the cellular content of the cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) from patients with diseases
of the central nervous system, especially cerebral tumours, has required the use of a …

THE EXAMINATION of cells in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for cytologic diagnosis has been
widely performed. Although this can be a useful diagnostic technique, there are serious …

Cytologic examination of cerebrospinal fluid was performed in 1,021 patients, using
Nuclepore and Millipore filter techniques. Positive findings were obtained in 89 cases …

Ever since the beginning of the present century, the identification of the cells in
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has been recognized as an important diagnostic procedure …

Seven hundred seventy-five cerebrospinal fluid samples from 748 patients with neurologic
and non-neurologic disorders were studied by a modified cytocentrifuge technic for …

Four hundred and eighty-two cerebrospinal fluid cytocentrifuge preparations were examined
in order to establish morphologic changes inherent in the technic and to define normal or …

WHEREAS TWENTY YEARS AGO the use of diagnostic exfoliative cytology was
exceptional, today in North America it is commonplace. This branch of pathology finds its …