Diagnosis of Body Fluids Using a Combined Approach of Cytomorphology in Routinely Stained Smears and Cell Blocks: A Boon for Primary Health Care in this Era of Molecular Medicine!

• Main Authors: Aindrila Mandal (Author), Arshad Ayub (Author), Mala Mukherjee (Author), Ranwir Kumar Sinha (Author), Nikhil Kumar (Author), Prima Shuchita Lakra (Author), Asitava Deb Roy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Accurate diagnosis of cells as reactive or malignant mesothelial cells in body fluids is a common problem. The limited sensitivity of cytodiagnosis in effusions primarily results from unclear morphological details of cells, cell overcrowding or overlapping, cell loss, and changes caused by diverse l...