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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 139-142 |
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Role of squash cytology in intraoperative diagnosis of spinal lesions
Mousumi Kar1, Moumita Sengupta1, Saurav Sarkar1, Saikat Bera1, Chhanda Datta1, Uttara Chatterjee1, Samarendra Nath Ghosh2
1 Department of Pathology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Neurosurgery, Bangur Institute of Neurology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Prof. Uttara Chatterjee
57/11A, Ballygunje Circular Road, Kolkata - 700 019, West Bengal
India
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DOI: 10.4103/JOC.JOC_11_17
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Background: Squash cytology for intra operative diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) tumors is an immensely important modality. Though its role in brain lesions is unquestionable and has been proven in a number of studies, its utility for spinal lesions is still a grey zone. Aims: To assess the diagnostic accuracy of squash preparation in spinal lesions and its statistical significance (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value) following histological confirmation. Materials and Methods: A total of 57 cases of spinal tumors were taken. May-Grunewald-Giemsa staining (MGG) and Hematoxylin-Eosin (H&E) were done in each one of them. Rest of the tissue was processed for histological diagnosis and results were compared. Results: In our study, histology was taken as the gold standard. By comparing the results, squash preparation had sensitivity of 95.75%, specificity 80.0%, positive predictive value (PPV)95.74%, and negative predictive value (NPV) 80.80%. Schwannoma was found to be the most prevalent tumor in the spine (17/57) in our study, followed by meningioma (13/57). Diagnostic accuracy for schwannoma was fairly high i.e. 92.3%, followed by meningioma (82.35%). Highest diagnostic accuracy was documented in intradural, extramedullary compartment. Conclusion: Inspite of having pitfalls and various limitations in case of spinal lesions, squash preparation is a rapid and easy method with fairly high diagnostic accuracy. So it can be reliably used as an intraoperative diagnostic tool in spinal lesions.
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