Exfoliative cytology and autoradiography using 32P

Atlas of Exfoliative Cytology

The Atlas of Exfoliative Cytology is a valuable distillate of the vast experience of the master cytologist, Dr. George N. Papanicolaou. The doubtless heavy subsidy from the Commonwealth Fund has been well employed. The book has been prepared in all modesty in loose-leaf form "to keep abreast of new advances," and an appeal is made for new material. As befits an atlas, the illustrations are many...

Problems of gastric exfoliative cytology.

Exfoliative Cytology in Gynæcological Practice

Exfoliative cytology of diffuse mesothelioma.

The exfoliative cytology of 14 diffuse mesothelioma (11 pleural and three peritoneal) is described. Malignant cells were identified in 10 patients; in eight malignant cells still retaining the characteristics of mesothelial cells were found. It is suggested that only if malignant cells of this type are recognized should the probable diagnosis of diffuse mesothelioma be made.

Exfoliative cytology in general practice.

Cervical cytology is the examination of exfoliated cells from the surface of ectocervix and lower cervical canal. In early invasive carcinoma of the cervix malignant cells may be shed before the condition is clinically recognizable. In carcinomain-situ, which precedes some or all cases of invasive carcinoma, malignant cells may be exfoliated as many as ten or fifteen years before the condition ...