Lf. Bleggi-torres et al., Accuracy of the smear technique in the cytological diagnosis of 650 lesions of the central nervous system, DIAGN CYTOP, 24(4), 2001, pp. 293-295
The authors analyzed the results of 650 lesions of the central nervous syst
em submitted to intraoperative cytological diagnosis by the smear technique
. Cytological and paraffin section diagnosis were compared. The following s
tatistical values were obtained: accuracy of 97.3%, sensitivity of 97.9%, s
pecificity of 95%, positive predictive value of 99.1%, and negative predict
ive value of 89.6%. The authors comment on their main pitfalls using this c
ytological diagnostic procedure. (C) 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.