Afroz Nishat, Khan Nazoora, Hassan Jaseem, Huda M F
Department of Pathology and Surgery, J.N. Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
Diagn Cytopathol. 2011 Feb;39(2):138-40. doi: 10.1002/dc.21394. Epub 2010 Nov 2.
The cytologic touch imprint alone can be diagnostic of pituitary adenomas and meningiomas, etc. A 45-year-old man was operated upon for intracranial meningioma. Imprint cytology revealed distinct cytologic features which helped arriving at the specific diagnosis of pituitary adenoma intraoperatively. Subsequent histopathology and immuno-histochemistry confirmed the diagnosis. Thus intraoperative touch preparations are of immense help in arriving at a diagnosis as well as in excluding other possible differential diagnoses and therefore can replace frozen section for intraoperative consultations of sellar and parasellar tumors.
仅细胞印片就能诊断垂体腺瘤和脑膜瘤等。一名45岁男性因颅内脑膜瘤接受手术。印片细胞学显示出明显的细胞学特征，有助于在术中做出垂体腺瘤的明确诊断。随后的组织病理学和免疫组织化学证实了该诊断。因此，术中触摸涂片对于做出诊断以及排除其他可能的鉴别诊断有极大帮助，故而可替代冰冻切片用于鞍区和鞍旁肿瘤的术中会诊。
