Utility of squash smear cytology in fiber-optic bronchoscopic biopsies

Utility of squash smear cytology in fiber-optic bronchoscopic biopsies

Background: Fiber-optic bronchoscopic biopsies yield very small bits of tissue, leading to high false negativity in lung cancer diagnosis, after paraffin embedding. Aim: The aim of the present study is to assess the diagnostic efficacy of squash smear cytology of fiber-optic bronchoscopic biopsies a...

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Main Authors: Sangeetha Keloth Nayanar, Aravindan Karumathil Puthiyaveettil, Kumari Chandrika Bhasurangan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Cytology
Subjects:
Fiber-optic bronchoscope; lung cancer; squash smear cytology
Online Access:http://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2014;volume=31;issue=1;spage=11;epage=14;aulast=Nayanar

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