The Korean Journal of Cytopathology (대한세포병리학회지)
- Volume 10 Issue 1
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- Pages.7-11
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- 1999
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- 1017-0391(pISSN)
Availability of Toluidine Blue Stain in Body Fluid
체액 검체에서 톨루이딘 블루 염색의 유용성
- Lee, Hye-Kyung (Department of Clinical Pathology, Catholic University Medical College) ;
- Joo, Myung-Jin (Department of Anatomical Pathology, Presbyterian Medical Center) ;
- Lee, Kwang-Min (Department of Anatomical Pathology, Presbyterian Medical Center) ;
- Lee, Eun-Hee (Department of Clinical Pathology, Catholic University Medical College) ;
- Sim, Sang-In (Department of Clinical Pathology, Catholic University Medical College)
- 이혜경 (가톨릭의대 부속 성모병원 병리과) ;
- 주명진 (전주예수병원 해부병리과) ;
- 이광민 (전주예수병원 해부병리과) ;
- 이은희 (가톨릭의대 부속 성모병원 병리과) ;
- 심상인 (가톨릭의대 부속 성모병원 병리과)
- Published : 1999.06.30
Abstract
We evaluated the availability of toluidine blue stain in body fluids, such as peritoneal and pleural fluid and urine. Nine hundreds specimens, i.e., 400 pleural and 400 peritoneal fluids and 100 urine samples, respectively, from Jan. 1995 to May 1996 were included. We obtained the result of high sensitivity and high specificity. In toluidine blue stained body fluid in comparison with Papanicolaou stained result. Additionally, we found the diagnostically important crystals in chylothorax and some urine samples, which can not be seen in routine Papanicolaou stain. We thought the toluidine blue stain in body fluid is one of very useful diagnostic methods.