Intraoperative cytodiagnosis of metastatic brain tumors confused clinically with brain abscess. A report of three cases.
Acta Cytol
; 44(3): 437-41, 2000.
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BACKGROUND: Cystic lesions of the brain may have diverse etiologies, ranging from true cysts to malignant tumors with cystic degeneration. Preoperative determination of the exact nature of them as well as intraoperative diagnosis may be sometimes difficult or even impossible. Sensitivity and specificity of diagnosis will be improved by introducing new methods or combining traditional procedures. CASES: Three metastatic brain carcinomas with primary sites of breast, pancreas and prostate presented as cystic lesions and were confused clinically with abscess. Intraoperative frozen section was not revealing. Cytologic study of sediments of aspirated fluid uncovered malignant cells. CONCLUSION: When combined with frozen section, intraoperative cytologic studies in the form of crush preparation, fine needle aspiration or evaluation of aspirated fluid in cystic lesions (as in our cases) can improve diagnostic accuracy by detecting important diagnostic features that otherwise may be missed.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias Pancreáticas
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Neoplasias de la Próstata
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Absceso Encefálico
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Neoplasias Encefálicas
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Neoplasias de la Mama
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Monitoreo Intraoperatorio
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Errores Diagnósticos
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Cytol
Año:
2000
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Irán
Pais de publicación:
Suiza