Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research
Morphological Evaluation Of The Diagnostic Efficacy Of Cytological Smear Technique Versus Cell Block Method In The Cytology Of Body Fluids
Dr. Rameez Uddin Siddiqui, 2Dr. Mandira Sharma, 3Dr. Meeta Agnihotri
JCDR. 2021: 2612-2618
Abstract
Background: The present study was conducted for evaluating body fluids with conventional smear and cell block at tertiary care hospital. Materials & methods: The present study was conducted on 50 body fluid samples (pleural, synovial, ascitic fluid) from patients were analysed in the cytopathology laboratory of our institute.All 50 fluid specimens were examined for conventional cytological smear (CS) and cell block method (CB). Each fluid specimen was divided in two equal portions with one portion subjected to conventional smear technique, Smear was immediately fixed with 95% alcohol and stained with Haematoxylin-Eosin (H&E).
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