[Experiences with combined cytologic and histologic findings of gastroscopic biopsy material].

The results of simultaneous cytologic and histologic evaluation of biopsy material from ulcerative and infiltrative lesions of the stomach was evaluated. Cytologic analysis from different portions of the lesions made it possible to distinguish between peptic ulcers and ulcerated carcinomas. The former showed areas of fibrinoid necrosis. Although in malignant lesions necrotic foci may be identified in smears, they are never of the fibrinoid type.