Diagnostic utility of the cell block method versus the conventional smear study in pleural fluid cytology

Background: The cytological examinations of serous effusions have been well-accepted, and a positive diagnosis is often considered as a definitive diagnosis. It helps in staging, prognosis and management of the patients in malignancies and also gives information about various inflammatory and non-in...

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Main Authors: Udasimath Shivakumarswamy, Surekha U Arakeri, Mahesh H Karigowdar, B R Yelikar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Cytology
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Online Access:http://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2012;volume=29;issue=1;spage=11;epage=15;aulast=Shivakumarswamy