Role of micronucleus in oral exfoliative cytology

Improvization of conventional cytology by centrifuged liquid-based cytology in oral exfoliative cytology specimen

BACKGROUND Exfoliative cytology is the microscopic examination of shed or desquamated cells from the epithelial surface. Centrifuged liquid-based cytology (CLBC) is a modified technique that was used in the current study. AIMS To compare the efficacy of CLBC with conventional cytology in apparently normal mucosa after staining with Papanicolaou (PAP) stain. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty cases...

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...

Quantitative Risk Stratification of Oral Leukoplakia with Exfoliative Cytology

Exfoliative cytology has been widely used for early diagnosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Test outcome is reported as "negative", "atypical" (defined as abnormal epithelial changes of uncertain diagnostic significance), and "positive" (defined as definitive cellular evidence of epithelial dysplasia or carcinoma). The major challenge is how to properly manage the "atypical" patients ...

Exfoliative Cytology in Gynæcological Practice

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 ...