[Cytological diagnosis of ruptured membranes (author's transl)].

The authors have attempted to perform a simple and reliable test to affirm the diagnosis of a ruptured membranes. Various methods of staining and histochemical techniques were used. They conclude that the classical method for sampling and the alcohol-ether fixative are the best methods. Only the presence of transparent colourless squames, orange stained by The Harris-Shorr technique, is typical of fetal elements in the vaginal smears, especially they are grouped in clusters.