[The cytologic diagnosis of synovial sarcomas]

Specific features of the cytologic picture were studied and the criteria of the cytologic verification of the tumor type and genetic appurtenance defined in cytologic studies of puncture biopsy specimens, removed tumor impressions, scrapings off, and histologic sections in the patients with malignant tumors of the synovial tissue. Analysis of the results of histologic studies has demonstrated the potentialities of the puncture cytologic method in the combined preoperative diagnosis of synovial sarcomas.