PubMed · 1981 · 19 citations · 0 references
MedicineOncologyPathologyCytopathologyNeuro-oncologyNeuropathologyBrain TumorsCentral Nervous System TumorsGlial PathologyNeuro-oncologic PathologyBrain Tumor DiagnosisBrain Tumor PathologyCerebrospinal Fluid AnalysisCerebrospinal Fluid Cytology Specimen CollectionCerebrospinal Fluid DiagnosisCerebrospinal Fluid DiagnosticsCytologic Interpretation Criteria
Malignant cells were found in the cerebrospinal fluid of an elderly woman with a clinically confusing neurologic disease that was recognized as gliomatosis cerebri at autopsy. The usefulness of cerebrospinal fluid cytology in the antemortem diagnosis of this unusual brain tumor is discussed.