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Introduction to CNS Intraoperative Cytopathology

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Central Nervous System Intraoperative Cytopathology

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Despite technologic advances in neuroradiology and neurosurgery, intraoperative consultation is essential for evaluating CNS lesions and providing firm grounds for decision making and guide therapeutic management of patients with CNS lesions. Cytology is a rapid diagnostic modality with >90 % diagnostic accuracy.

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  1. University General Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

    César R. Lacruz MD, PhD, FIAC

  2. University Hospital Extremadura Medical School, Badajoz, Spain

    Javier Sáenz de Santamaría MD, PhD, FIAC

  3. Outpatient Pathology Associates, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Ricardo H. Bardales MD, MIAC

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Lacruz, C.R., Sáenz de Santamaría, J., Bardales, R.H. (2014). Introduction to CNS Intraoperative Cytopathology. In: Central Nervous System Intraoperative Cytopathology. Essentials in Cytopathology, vol 13. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8429-5_1

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