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The critical difference between a cytologic and histopathologic examination is that the cytologic evaluation disregards topographic and architectural tissue changes. While histology can additionally evaluate the “third dimension” of supracellular architecture and the relationship of the cells to adjacent structures, cytology is based solely on the analysis of cell morphologies. This relative information deficit of cytology compared with histology is balanced by the noninvasiveness of cytology, its simplicity, low cost, and the option of repeating the examination as often as desired.
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Roth, S., Friedrichs, R., Rathert, P. (1993). Cytologic Grading of Urothelial Tumors. In: Urinary Cytology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76184-3_7
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