Use of cytological preparations for the intraoperative diagnosis of stereotactically obtained brain biopsies: A 19-year experience and survey of neuropathologists

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 454-458

  Firlik, Katrina S ^a,b   Martinez, A Julio ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Cytological analysis; Intraoperative diagnosis; Stereotaxis; Touch preparation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FROZEN SECTION; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0032782132     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.3.0454     Document Type: Article

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