A METHOD FOR CYTOLOGIC EXAMINATION OF CARTILAGINOUS LESIONS

  • 1 April 1987
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 111  (4) , 342-345
Abstract
Chondrocytes, dissociated from their matrix with trypsin and clostridial collagenase, retain their cytologic integrity. Successful preparations have been made from postmortem as well as surgical specimens. The method may lend itself to diagnosis of both neoplastic and developmental lesions.