al-Jitawi S A, Farraj S E, Ramahi S A
Department of Pathology, King Hussein Medical Center, Amman, Jordan.
Acta Cytol. 1995 Jan-Feb;39(1):82-4.
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is an endemic parasitic disease, the diagnosis of which is important for its successful management. Whereas conventional scraping is a technique widely employed for detecting the parasite, fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is used rarely. The value of these two techniques for confirming the clinical diagnosis was compared prospectively in 46 cases. The study indicated that both methods are comparable if performed by trained individuals. However, FNAC is easier to perform and repeat and takes less time to demonstrate the organism. Therefore, FNAC is recommended as the method of choice in confirming the clinical suspicion of cutaneous leishmaniasis in endemic areas.
皮肤利什曼病是一种地方性寄生虫病，对其进行诊断对于成功治疗该病很重要。传统的刮片检查是广泛用于检测该寄生虫的技术，而细针穿刺抽吸细胞学检查（FNAC）很少使用。前瞻性地比较了这两种技术在46例病例中对确诊临床诊断的价值。研究表明，如果由训练有素的人员进行操作，这两种方法具有可比性。然而，FNAC操作起来更容易且可重复，而且显示病原体所需时间更短。因此，建议将FNAC作为在流行地区确诊皮肤利什曼病临床疑似病例的首选方法。
