Year: 1955
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: XFOLIATIVE cytology as a diagnostic aid in E diseases of the esophagus has come into use only recently.The pioneer work dealing with the subject is that of Andersen, McDonald, and Olsen,l* published in 1949, analyzing the findings in 150 cases.That series is the largest reported to date.Subsequently seceral other authors have reported like studies on material ranging from a single case to a series of seventy cases.3.41 6-11, 13, 14, 18 Some of these reports appear merely as minor parts of more general work on the cytology of the upper alimentary tract.The accumulation of a large amount of cytological material pertaining to the esophagus in the cytology laboratories of the Memorial Center for Cancer and Allied Diseases and the New York Hospital has prompted us to undertake the present study, the purpose of which is twofold: (1) to define and outline criteria of normal and abnormal esophageal cytology, and (2) to define and evaluate the usefulness of esophageal cytology as an adjunct in the diagnosis of carcinoma of the esophagus. MATERIAL 4 N D METHODSThis study comprises a total of 364 cases.One or more esophageal washings on each of these patients were examined cytologically at the Papanicolaou Cytology Laboratory, Cornell University Medical College, or at the Strang Laboratory of Cytology, Memorial Center lor Cancer and Allied Diseases.The earliest specimen dates from 1947, and the series includes all subsequent esophageal cases investi-From the Kate Depew Strang Laboratory of Cytology and the Pathology Laboratories, Memorial Center €or Cancer and Allied Diseases, and the Papanicolaou
Source: Cancer
Institutions: American Cancer Society, Cornell University
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1964029215