Intraoperative Touch Imprint Cytology of Brain Neoplasms: A Useful High-Diagnostic Tool in 93 Consecutive Cases; Differential Diagnoses, Pitfalls, and Traps

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Result of diagnostic TIC</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Results of routine paraffin sections</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Tumors positive</td><td class="align_center">Tumors negative</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">TIC positive</td><td class="align_center">80</td><td class="align_center">0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">TIC negative</td><td class="align_center">5</td><td class="align_center">8</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Results of a diagnostic TIC presented.</div>

Analytical Cellular Pathology

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Table 3: Intraoperative Touch Imprint Cytology of Brain Neoplasms: A Useful High-Diagnostic Tool in 93 Consecutive Cases; Differential Diagnoses, Pitfalls, and Traps 

Table 3 | Intraoperative Touch Imprint Cytology of Brain Neoplasms: A Useful High-Diagnostic Tool in 93 Consecutive Cases; Differential Diagnoses, Pitfalls, and Traps 