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The value of per-operative smear examination during stereotactic biopsy

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Sixty-two consecutive CT-directed stereotactic biopsies were studied retrospectively to determine the value of the per-operative smear examination. Overall, in 69% of cases the immediate smear result agreed with the definitive histology. However, a smear diagnosis of malignant glioma was more reliable than that of metastasis (with 100% and 55% aggreement with the final result respectively). In those cases where the final histological diagnosis was that of malignant glioma, immediate smear preparations taken from the hypodense centre were found to be more reliable than those taken from the enhancing edge.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

    R. Bradford

  2. Department of Histopathology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

    J. E. McLaughlin

  3. Gough-Cooper Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurology, London

    N. D. Kitchen

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Kitchen, N.D., Bradford, R. & McLaughlin, J.E. The value of per-operative smear examination during stereotactic biopsy. Acta neurochir 121, 196–198 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01809275

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