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Collodion Bag: A Cell Block Technique for Enhanced Cell Collection

1993; Oxford University Press; Volume: 24; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/labmed/24.2.94

1943-7730

Colleen Fahey, Ursula K. Bedrossian,

Cervical Cancer and HPV Research

Laboratorians have used various techniques to concentrate cells in an increasing number and variety of cytologic specimens. These techniques include cytospins, filters, and cell blocks. We describe a technique in which cells are effectively concentrated from effusion and fine-needle aspirate samples by sedimenting the cell pellet into a small collodion bag. Laboratorians can obtain a sufficient amount of undiluted specimen by placing these bags in a routine histology cassette.