婦人科領域における捺印細胞 (lmprint Smear) 診に関する研究

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Whether the imprint smear cytology is availableor not as a tool of the gynecosurgical pathology wasstudied, and the following results were obtained.
1. By the use of imprint smear technique satisfactorilythin and beautiful specimens can be obtainedeasily in such ablative tissues as lymph nodes.
2. The imprint smear cytology is available ingynecological surgery, especially during the lymphnode dissection.
3. As the staining methods of the imprint smearspecimens, hematoxylin-Eosin and Giemsa are themost recommendable.
4. An erroneous diagnosis was given in the imprintsmear cytology in 6 per cent of the lymphnode specimens, and in 11 per cent of the ovarianand uterine tumors. On the contrary, by the useof frozen section histology an erroneous diagnosiswas given only in two percent of the examinedcases.
From these results the author reached a conclusionthat the imprint smear cytology should be usedmore widely in gynecosurgical practice, especiallyin hospitals where not so well-equipped. The frozensection histology, however, seems to be in generalmore recommendable than the imprint smear cytologyas the pathological tool in gynecological surgery.