CNS cytopathology
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CNS cytopathology is a subset of neuropathology and cytopathology.
An introduction to cytopathology is in the cytopathology article. Cerebrospinal (CSF) specimens are dealt with in a separate article called CSF cytopathology.
Basic approach
| CNS cytology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tumour | Non-tumour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Glial | Non-glial | Infectious | Non-infectious | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Glial vs non-glial:
- Glial has glial strands (stringy processes) ~ 1-2 micrometers thick.
Notes:
- Crush artifact (in smear preparation) can mimic glial processes.
- Crush artifact vs. real glial processes:
- No glial processes run perpendicular to the direction of smear.
- Crushed/elongated nuclei are present in artifactual processes.
- Crush artifact vs. real glial processes:
Metastatic carcinoma
Things that don't smear well
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 URL: http://www.msdlatinamerica.com/ebooks/DiagnosticNeuropathologySmears/sid117213.html. Accessed on: 2 November 2010.
- ↑ URL: http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/JTY1/NeuroTest/Q92-Ans.htm. Accessed on: 3 November 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ironside JW (August 1994). "Update on central nervous system cytopathology. II. Brain smear technique". J. Clin. Pathol. 47 (8): 683–8. PMC 502135. PMID 7962615. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC502135/.