Tumor markers and cytologic features of cerebrospinal fluid
β Scribed by Michael S. B. Edwards; Richard L. Davis; John P. Laurent
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 535 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
classification. ## METHODS. The study included 24 Papanicolaou-stained fluid samples (15 pleural, 8 peritoneal, and 1 pericardial) from patients with a diagnosis of sarcoma. The following features were evaluated: cellular arrangement, cellularity, nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio, background, quality an
Fifty-jive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens from 42 patients with suspected meningeal tumor involvement were reviewed. Cytology in conjunction with immunocytochemistry identiJied 26 CSF specimens as malignant. There were Jifteen cases of lymphoma, four cases of leukemia, two cases of carcinoma, a
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LC) represents a devastating complication of systemic cancer, and patients with LC have a dismal prognosis and increased mortality. The few studies that have focused on the evaluation of prognostic factors in patients with LC have resulted