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Value of ultrastructural studies in fine needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis
M A Martínez González1, M Arguelles Pinto, P de Agustín de Agustín
1Department of Anatomic Pathology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
Acta Cytologica
|July 1, 1995
Abstract:
We studied 156 fine needle aspiration biopsies of tumors from various locations with electron microscopy and, after processing, obtained evaluable material in 99 (63%) cases. Ultrastructural study elicited highly significant or essential findings in 39 patients (39% of the evaluable samples). In the cases requiring urgent treatment we were able to obtain an ultrastructural diagnosis in seven hours.