Journal of the Korean Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 2014;10(2):94-98.
Published online September 30, 2014.
Usefulness of Tumor Cytology during Stereotactic Biopsy
Hyun Gon Lee, Moo Seong Kim, Won Hee Lee, Seong Tae Kim, Se Young Pyo, Kun Soo Lee
Department of Neurosurgery, Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea
Abstract
Objective
A stereotactic biopsy is frequently indicated when considering radiotherapy without an established definitive histopathologic diagnosis. The accuracy of biopsy can be limited; therefore, we used a 5×5×5mm advanced method in our practice. We aimed to verify the biopsy and cytology results following stereotactic biopsy.
Methods
We evaluated the results of stereotactic biopsy and cytology of water used to wash the biopsy tools for 33 brain tumors that were operated within a 3-year period.
Results
The biopsies revealed 8 glioblastomas (cytology results : 2 with malignant cells, 6 without malignant cells), 8 malignant lymphomas (cytology results : 2 with malignant cells, 3 with benign cells, and 3 without malignant cells), 6 metastases (cytology results : 6 with malignant cells), 2 anaplastic astrocytomas (cytology results : 1 with suspicious cells and 1 with benign cells), 3 lowgrade gliomas (cytology results : 1 with benign cells and 2 whiteout malignant cells), 4 glioses (cytology results : 2 with benign cells and 2 without malignant cells), and 1 oligodendroglioma. The biopsy sample was lost for 1 patient, but the result of cytology indicated metastatic carcinoma.
Conclusions
Stereotactic brain biopsy with tumor cytology using the water used to wash the stereotactic biopsy device could assist with tumor diagnosis, especially in cases of malignant tumors.
Key Words: Brain tumor, Cytology, Stereotactic biopsy, Stereotactic technique.


ABOUT
BROWSE ARTICLES
EDITORIAL POLICY
FOR CONTRIBUTORS
Editorial Office
Department of Neurosurgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine
50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Korea
Tel: +82-2-2228-2150    Fax: +82-2-393-9979    E-mail: changws@yonsei.ac.kr / changws0716@yuhs.ac                

Copyright © 2024 The Korean Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.

Developed in M2PI

Close layer
prev next