Comparison of Cyto-Shuttle® and cytocentrifuge as processing methods for nongynecologic cytology specimens

✍ Scribed by James Robb; Carol Melello; Cynthia Odom

• Book ID: 102652810
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 567 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 8755-1039
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199605)14:4<305::aid-dc5>3.0.co;2-e

✦ Synopsis

The Cyto-Shuttle@ (Cancer Diagnostics, Inc., Fairfax, VA) monolayer preparation method was compared to our routine cytocentrifuge method in 129 fluid cytology cases. A single sample from each case was split and prepared by each method. The Cyto-Shuttle preparation was superior to the cytocentrifuge preparation in 51 % of cases, equal to it in 38%. and inferior to it in 11%: bronchial wash/lavage (45 cases), 38%, 49%, 13%; body cavitypuid (39 cases), 72%, 15%. 13%; urine (I8 cases), 56%, 44%, 0%; peritoneal washing (16 cases), 44%, 44%, 12%; and miscellaneous (I1 cases), 36%, 55%, 9%. Cyto-Shuttle preparations were superior due to decreased background and increased number of cells per slide;fixation and morphology were generally equivalent to cytocentrifuge preparations.