CYTOLOGIC DETECTION OF HEPATIC METASTASES

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 24  (4) , 325-327
Abstract
Cytologic preparations and histologic specimens from 404 [human] liver biopsies were reviewed. The cytologic specimens were prepared from the saline rinsings of the Klatskin biopsy needle. Malignant neoplasms were detected by both methods in 50 cases. In 7 cases, neoplasms were diagnosed by cytologic techniques alone; in 9 cases neoplasms were present in the biopsy only. No false-positive cytologic diagnoses of malignancy occurred. Cytologic examination of the rinsings of the biopsy needle is a sensitive and highly specific adjunct to biopsy in the detection of hepatic metastases.

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