Morphometric Analysis and Immunocytochemical Staining on Cytospin Preparation in Effusion Cytology: A Study
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Introduction: Morphological differentiation between reactive mesothelial proliferation and metastatic carcinoma cells may be extremely difficult in conventional centrifuge deposit smears stained with papanicolaou and romanowsky dyes. In the present study immunocytochemistry and morphometric analysis were performed on cytospin preparation of effusion categorized as atypical/suspicious on toluidine blue stained wet films.
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